The New Founding Podcast

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Ron Dodson, CEO & Portfolio Manager of Dallas North Capital Partners, to discuss his personal journey from talented guitarist, to pilot, to hedge fund manager, as well as his thoughts on the 2024 election, pending financial crisis, and how the Trump team should handle corruption and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.   (1:08) Fiscal crises and the gr...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Ethan Thornton, Founder of Mach Industries, to discuss the future of warfare, drones, and what Mach Industries is building to prepare the US to win the next conflict. The future of warfare is mass-scale unmanned drone & hypersonic missiles.  Total victory depends on the ability to build the most, the fastest, and the cheapest.  Ethan Thornton dropped out of...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Nate Fischer, Founder & CEO of New Founding, Co-founder of American Reformer, and Co-founder of a $1Billion RE firm, to discuss the aftermath of the 2024 election and what it means for the future of conservatism, Americanism, the US economy, Christianity, and much more.   #NateFischer #Election #2024 #DonaldTrump #MAGA #Government #DC #Swamp #Bureaucracy #I...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Sean McMeekin, Professor of European History and Culture and Author of Stalin's War, to discuss the origins of Communism, the influence and impact of Lenin and Stalin, World War II Revisionism, and applications to modern day US politics.   #SeanMcMeekin #Communism #WorldWarII #Stalin #Lenin #Election #War #Famine #Politics   Sean McMeekin teaches courses in mod...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Darryl Cooper, Host of the Martyr Made Podcast and Co-Host of "The Unraveling with Jocko Willink," to discuss the what three events he would change in human history to put the world on a better path.   #DarrylCooper #West #War #Government #History #WorldWarI #Reformation   Darryl Cooper is Host of The Martyr Made Podcast, Co-host of The Unraveling w/ Jocko Will...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Josh Manchester, former Officer in U.S. Marines and General Partner at Champion Hill Ventures, about his early investment in SpaceX, pending global catastrophes, AI, government regulation of industry, and new ventures on the horizon.   #JoshManchester #ChampionHill #Venture #Business #Industry #Space #AI #Defense #NationalSecurity   Josh Manchester founded Cham...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Joe Rigney, Author of "Leadership & Emotional Sabotage," Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College, and Associate Pastor at Christ Church. They talk history, politics, the dangers of unbridled passions, how mobs form, the dark side of empathy, how empathy is often selfish, roots of leadership, CS Lewis, Shakespeare, Caesar vs. Brutus, and how it all a...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Douglas Wilson, Senior Minister of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, Host of the "Blog and Mablog" Podcast, and author of over 50 books including "Mere Christianity" and "Reformed is Not Enough" to discuss:   1:35 - Possible election outcomes 5:30 - Kamala Harris as a "sacrificial lamb." 7:50 - Betting markets as political indicators. 16:35 - Trump and pro-life e...

Earlier in August, Santiago & Josh sat down with Darryl Cooper, host of the Martyr Made Podcast and Co-Host of "The Unraveling" with Jocko Willink to discuss the insanity of western elites, cultural, spiritual, and economic implications of mass migration, the weaponization of the media, marriage, family, religion and more.   Enjoy our longest episode to date!    Learn more about Darryl Cooper'...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Packy McCormick, Founder of Not Boring and a16z Crypto advisor, to discuss Packy's early career and launch of the Not Boring newsletter, his favorite startups, some of the most exciting companies shaking up the defense and energy industries, and what the future holds for American Dynamism.   We cover:    > The American Millennium > Starting a newsletter d...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview CR Wiley, a pastor, author, investor, and illustrator.  We cover: > Toxic masculinity  > Pastors who cannot relate to men > Growing up in (and escaping) Scientology > Productive property and the productive household > How pastoring in the hood made him a better writer > Globalism and the decline of the American Empire > Rob Henderson's Luxu...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Joe Colangelo, Founder & CEO of Boxcar, a boutique integrated commuting company.   Joe is one of the scrappiest founders you'll ever meet.  He went from renting out his driveway to NYC commuters and a spreadsheet to building Boxcar, a commuting company backed by Paul Graham and loved by thousands of professionals. We cover: The last barcar in NYC Read Paul...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Jake Kozloski, Founder & CEO at Keeper, a premium AI enhanced match-making service that seeks to transform modern dating culture, eliminating the inefficiencies of Tinder, Bumble, Henge, etc. and replace it with authenticity and matches with aligned values and goals that are made for marriage.   We cover:   > the dating industrial complex > Keeper's m...

We sit down with Wade Stotts of Canon Press/The Wade Show with Wade to cover The First Meme Election:   > Trump assassination attempt > Seizing the memes of production > Why conservatives make cringe content > When to edgelord poast > Rooting conservatism > Why rationalists can't tell stories     Learn more about Wade Stotts' work: https://canonplus.com/pages/wade-stotts https://...

On June 13, 2024, a gunman tried to assassinate President Donald Trump while he spoke in Butler, PA.   Three days later, we hosted a discussion with Erik Prince on X/Twitter to discuss how this could possibly have happened.   This is the full recording.   - Secret Service failures - Malice or incompetence? - What does standard executive protection look like? - His story from the Bush "Shoe Thrower...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Lucas Vaz, Founder & General Partner at Ravelin Capital and Brazilian Immigrant to America, to discuss his early career, why he left Brazil, discovering venture capital, launching his own VC - Ravelin Capital, and what he looks for in Founders.   #LucasVaz #Brazil #America #Economics #Freedom #Capitalism #Communism #VentureCapital #RavelinCap #Founders #Ent...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Austin Bishop, General Partner at Tamarack Global and Co-Founder of Atomic Industries. We cover: - Being a quant and head of trading at a $70B hedge fund - Studying mathematics, hanging with startups - Learning business through punk rock - Starting Atomic Industries - Globalization and how to make it in America - Reindustrialize (www.reindustrialize.com) - Why...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Daniel Cruz and Bob Hogan, Founders of Presidio Healthcare, to discuss the need for pro-life health insurance that aligns with ethical values and does not pay for abortifacient services like traditional health insurance.   #DanielCruz #BobHogan #PresidioCare #Healthcare #Prolife #Obamacare #Exemption #Mandate   *Disclaimer - Faulty wiring was discovered in Mic...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Trae Stephens, Partner at Founders Fund and Co-Founder of Anduril Industries & Sol. We cover:   > End of the Exquisite and the rise of the Attritable > Economics of modern warfare > Coming back down the curve: nuclear deterrence > Why Palmer Lucky? > Ramjets in the swimming pool > Form newspaper editor to international man of mystery (sort...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Ryan Delk, Co-Founder & CEO of Primer, to discuss the formation of microschools, why public and private school teachers are getting burned out, Primer's tech stack solution, and the future of homeschooling.   > Why 30% of teachers want to quit their jobs > Building Primer > What is a "Microschool"? > Education should incentivize upside maximizat...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Samo Burja, President of Bismarck Analysis and Author of the "Bismarck Brief." We discuss: What is a Live Player? They said Schwarzenegger was just an actor French colonialism ends (in 2020) Modern education is bad for you Live players need dead players How committees kill How to build a real research team The haystack of the world Africa and the Greying Planet...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview James Poulos, Editor at Large for Blaze Media and Host of "Zero Hour" on Blaze TV, to discuss America's social, political, and spiritual decline in the wake of its technological rise.    > Are e/acc and techno-optimism a new form of pagan idolatry? > AI is Automated Simulation > We've seen this movie before > Catechize the bots > Tom Wolfe and th...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Camden Spiller, CEO of Maddox Industrial Transformer. Recently, we've had a few prominent founders and investors who've built things most people have heard of. Camden has flown under the radar but is on track to do $1b in revenue and has doubled the size of his business every year for 9 years.  Meet the Christian founder and investor you've never heard of.  Don...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Katherine Boyle, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. We cover:   > The Vibe Shift > D.C. brings open-mindedness to Silicon Valley? > Beyond Right and Left > How did Lana Del Rey become the right-coded queen? > Against irony > The best founders: polymaths who can focus > The future of journalism > Go direct (to reality) > Young fou...

Today, Santiago & Josh interview Logan Hall, Digital Strategist for Blaze Media.   > Three principles for the Right > His approach to Twitter > Crafting sticky narratives > From thrifts shops to DC > The online world as a tool > The three horsemen of 2024: Elon, Tucker, Trump > Sympathy for the broken > Why the left can't meme > Politician-GPT vs. red-blooded leaders...