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How to Invest Federal Funds Like a VC
"Nobody had done it before, so nothing like this existed"
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Santi Ruiz
45:50
How to Calm Oil Markets
Listen now (79 mins) | "You’d need an ungodly amount of leverage"
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Santi Ruiz
3
1:19:36
How to Hide the President’s Condition
"He had better days and not-so-good days"
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Santi Ruiz
3
50:34
How to Catch a Lab Leak
"Hey boss, I've just managed to kill a whole bunch of people here"
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Santi Ruiz
53:12

June 2024

How to Ban Biological Weapons
"I purified rare earths in the garage"
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Santi Ruiz
1
54:34
How to Present Decisions to POTUS
"My job was to be an honest broker"
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Santi Ruiz
4
50:00
How to Shape a Market
"It's a delicate exercise when you're dealing with a monopolist"
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Santi Ruiz
2
1:08:57
How to Run a CIA Base in Afghanistan
Plus announcements and our summer reading list
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Santi Ruiz
2
45:01

May 2024

How to Investigate the Federal Government
"Sometimes folks will not fully appreciate our authority... our attorneys will have to educate them"
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Santi Ruiz
6
How to Assess the Future's Technologies
"What you really need, Congressman, is a house inspector"
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Santi Ruiz
1
How to Forecast the American Budget
"It's a $25 trillion economy, and moving it is hard. Most programs don't."
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Santi Ruiz
1
How to Teach Congress to Do Its Job
"the rules of the chambers are fantastically abstruse"
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Santi Ruiz
1
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