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Optimists Make Money

Stephen McBride

Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money. Learn about the near future directly from the people building it. Conversations with top 1% founders and innovators building tomorrow's most important companies, giving you practical insights to make the right investing, business, and career decisions. Hosted by Investor and Author Stephen McBride.

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76 episodes

  1. Why Cheap Drones Are Breaking the Economics of War | OMM Compilation 44:44
  2. The Rocket Part Holding Back America's Missile Production | Orbital Composites 33:53
  3. Turning Mercury Into Gold Inside a Fusion Reactor | Marathon Fusion 46:26
  4. The New Satellite Economy: Beyond Cheap Rockets | Muon Space 55:17
  5. Why America's Military Systems Still Can't Talk to Each Other | Picogrid 45:58
  6. This Warehouse Robot Could Change Shipping Forever | Pickle Robot Company 57:56
  7. How China Got Ahead—and How America Can Catch Up | Compilation 53:33
  8. China Controls 90% of Rare Earths. This Startup Has a Fix | Maglut 42:56
  9. This Machine Could End America's Water Shortages | Eden 49:52
  10. Firefighting Drones: The 5-Minute Fix for America's $1 Trillion Wildfire Problem | Seneca 41:21
  11. Hunt the Archer, Not the Arrow: Why the Military's Biggest Enemy Is a $20K Drone 39:50
  12. Turning Nuclear Waste Into the World's Longest-Lasting Battery | Omega 49:41
  13. America Needs to Build Again. Its Factories Aren't Ready. | Dirac 1:06:00
  14. Is Embryo Selection Eugenics? He Says No. | Herasight 1:04:02
  15. "Synthetic Fuel Could Cost 30% of Today's Fossil Fuel" | Syntholene 1:04:02
  16. They're Actually Going to Mine an Asteroid | Astroforge 53:06
  17. Matt Ridley Knows How to Stop the AI Apocalypse 28:29
  18. The Future will be Built, Not Coded | Jamie Gull 52:35
  19. Look Inside the Startup Making Homes Affordable Again | Cuby 49:38
  20. This Founder Says AI Can Educate a Billion Kids | Alpha School 45:38
  21. The Startup Lifting Cities out of Flood Zones | Laurence Allen of Terraform 1:03:08
  22. The Founder Taking On China's Battery Empire | Ethan Loosbrock 34:29
  23. AGI Is BS | Jamie Metzl's AI Prediction 54:53
  24. Why the AI Panic is a Lie (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP #60 1:12:05
  25. How $500 Drones Are Forcing America to Reinvent Its Military | ROP #59 47:40
  26. America's Drone Market is About to Collapse (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP #58 49:35
  27. Founder's Guide to Winning the New Space Race | ROP #57 38:40
  28. His "Factory in a Box" Builds a House in 30 Days | ROP #56 30:28
  29. America's Nuclear Waste "Problem" is a Lie (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP #55 43:42
  30. This New American Battery Gives an EV a 1,500 Mile Range | ROP #54 50:06
  31. The AI Tutor Built for Elon's Kids is Now Available to Everyone | ROP #53 45:20
  32. His Nuclear Reactor Will Make Energy CHEAP Faster Than You Think | ROP #52 58:05
  33. The End of "Made in China" is Arriving Faster Than You Think | ROP #51 46:46
  34. Why The Ruling Class Fears AI (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP # 50 22:28
  35. China's Drone Monopoly is Ending (And This American AI is Why) | ROP #49 47:20
  36. He Sold His Startup to DoorDash. Now He Builds AI Guns. | ROP #48 35:25
  37. Ex-SpaceX Engineer: His WATER Engine Will Conquer Space Faster Than You Think | ROP #47 44:55
  38. His AI Laser Destroys Drone Swarms for Pennies | ROP #46 40:04
  39. This School Teaches a FULL DAY in 2 HOURS (And Kids Excel & Love Learning) | ROP #45 46:38
  40. Why He Quit NASA to End The Oil Industry | ROP #44 42:26
  41. Pranking Feynman: Hsu's Humorous Encounter with a Quantum Pioneer | ROP #43 42:52
  42. "Designer Babies" Are Here (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP #42 50:36
  43. Why We're Now Building Satellites Like Toyota Cars | ROP #41 26:29
  44. Palantir's Madeline Hart 41:56
  45. New Podcast Episode: Solving the Hidden Crisis in American Manufacturing 55:40
  46. New Podcast Episode: Flying Boats and Underwater Drones 42:25
  47. Neuralink's FIRST Patient: Paralyzed to MIND CONTROL (And It's Actual Sci-Fi) | ROP #37 45:54
  48. This NEW AI Chip Will Conquer Disease Faster Than You Think | ROP #36 51:34
  49. Matt Ridley: How Your 14X Richer Future Arrives Faster Than You Think | ROP #35 50:51
  50. Ex-Anduril Green Beret: His ROBOT GUN Kills Drones in 2 SHOTS | ROP #34 32:24