Episodes

  • Marc Andreessen | Shane Smith Has Questions

    Marc Andreessen | Shane Smith Has Questions
    Feb 5 2025
    Shane and Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen unpack how a Chinese open-source AI breakthrough could mark a “Sputnik moment” for the West, why governments are bent on crushing emerging technologies, and what recent events mean for the future of startups, freedom of speech, and global innovation. From exposing how AI can be deliberately taught to lie, to dissecting the ongoing U.S.–China rivalry and the far-reaching impacts of open-source software, Andreessen offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at political maneuvering, corporate self-interest, and the moral questions that will define the next wave of technological progress. Marc shares his candid takes on crypto, central bank digital currencies, and the possibility of a new Cold War over AI. This is the most crucial conversation shaping our world right now and you have a front row seat. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code SHANE at https://www.shopmando.com! #mandopod #ad Download the PrizePicks app today and get $50 after your play your first $5 lineup with code SHANE X: https://x.com/a16z Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a16z/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z/ Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Covid Lab Leak Theory Examined | Shane Smith Has Questions

    Covid Lab Leak Theory Examined | Shane Smith Has Questions
    Jan 28 2025
    Shane does a deep dive on the bombshell Covid report with the man who chaired the committee, Congressman Brad Wenstrup. He gets alternate opinions from Dr. Alina Chan, a molecular biologist, who specializes in gene therapy and is a cell engineering scholar and lab leak theory supporter and Dr. Paul Offit, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases who shares his insights in a riveting conversation. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Can the Government Control the Weather? | Shane Smith Has Questions

    Can the Government Control the Weather? | Shane Smith Has Questions
    Jan 10 2025
    Shot before the California disaster, Shane does a deep dive on weather modification and geo-engineering, the realities, the truths, and the Internet conspiracy theories that emerge and why, with Harvard-educated meteorologist Matthew Cappucci, entrepreneur and Rainmaker CEO Augustus Doricko, and former solar energy exec and proponent o government weather manipulation ideas, Dane Wigington. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Brigham Buhler One on One | Shane Smith Has Questions

    Brigham Buhler One on One | Shane Smith Has Questions
    Dec 19 2024
    Shane and ex Big Pharma rep turned advocate Brigham Buhler dissect the varying reactions of the United Health Care CEO tragedy in NYC, why people are so upset at insurance companies, social media memes and reactions, systematic issues in insurance company care denial, egregious industry practices, price gouging, RFK Jr. and his possible impact on the system, government complicity, and much more on why the system is broken and how to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Tom Bilyeu One on One | Shane Smith Has Questions

    Tom Bilyeu One on One | Shane Smith Has Questions
    Dec 3 2024
    Entrepreneur and podcaster Tom Bilyeu of Impact Theory and Shane on our algorithm-induced national divorce, the erosion of public trust giving rise to new voices, how Tom data-tracks his sleep, A.I. induced massive change, the A.I. paperclip maximizer experiment, capitalism vs. Communism, banks’ Fractional Reserve System as a means of control, inflation as a hidden tax, Big Food’s big bad, the sane center as a unifying destination, Tom’s favorite books for maximizing knowledge, and how incremental self-improvement leads to long term growth and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • One on One with Brianne Dressen | Shane Smith Has Questions

    One on One with Brianne Dressen | Shane Smith Has Questions
    Nov 26 2024
    Shane has questions for Brianne Dressen, a Utah mother and former preschool teacher turned advocate, to discuss her life-changing experience as an AstraZeneca vaccine trial participant. Dressen details the severe, long-term injuries she suffered, how medical and governmental systems silenced her, and her ongoing legal battle. They also get into RFK Jr.'s controversial appointment as HHS Secretary in 2025, the danger of vaccine hesitancy, censorship, and the role of the government in silencing dissent with programs like the virality project and the suppression of vaccine injury stories on social media. Dressen’s story is a powerful call for transparency, accountability, and support for those affected by vaccine injuries. Visit React19.org to learn more and support her advocacy efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Shane Smith Has Questions | Destiny One On One

    Shane Smith Has Questions | Destiny One On One
    Nov 19 2024
    Shane sits down with Destiny, internet personality, live streamer, and political commentator. They discuss Destiny’s viral debates with public figures and his approach to political discussions, why people are susceptible to various theories, lack of trust in our systems, the validity of the Dead Internet Theory, polarization, state sponsored disinformation, statistical misinterpretation, and how people view the past as better than it actually was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Shane Smith Has Questions | The Future of Immigration

    Shane Smith Has Questions | The Future of Immigration
    Nov 15 2024
    Shane talks to border experts Todd Bensman and Nick Gillespie about what might happen in a Trump presidency moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 17 mins