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How to Predict the Future
Jason Matheny on IARPA, originally published November 2023
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Santi Ruiz
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1:24:18
How UK Biobank Was Built
Founding an institution that won't pay off for decades
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Santi Ruiz
48:44
What Can We Learn From Estonia?
"You can’t bribe a computer"
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Santi Ruiz
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46:18
How to Save DC's Metro
Randy Clarke on abundance, the "transit-industrial complex," & the Bloop
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Santi Ruiz
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33:12

May 2025

How to Run the Treasury Department
Kyla Scanlon & I talk Direct File, Democrats, and debt with Wally Adeyemo
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51:03
How to Build the '90s DOGE
"Congress ate dessert first and cut the number of people without simplifying the rules”
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Santi Ruiz
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59:05
How the Federal Transit Administration Works
“If you've seen one transit agency, you've seen one transit agency”
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1:19:53
How to Salvage a Transit Project
"When you give yourself too much rope, you hang yourself"
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1:06:48
Launching the Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook
A moment of your attention
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Santi Ruiz
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April 2025

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