Axios Re:Cap

Dan dives into Elon Musk's company Neuralink with Axios AI reporter Kaveh Waddell.  In the "Final Two", San Francisco delays its "IPO Tax" and the Air Force warns against storming Area 51.

Dan and Axios CEO Jim VandeHei discuss if Trump's inflammatory tweets were premeditated strategy, or just spouting off. In the "Final Two" Ackman gets its activist and the 1 regulator not concerned about Libra.

Dan talks about the Amazon workers striking in Minnesota and Europe with Axios' Erica Pandey.  In the "Final Two", escalating treason talk from Peter Thiel & a Silicon Valley scandal gets settled. 

Dan and Axios tech reporter David McCabe discuss Peter Thiel's attacks on Google, just days after a White House airing of grievances over perceived social media bias. 

Dan looks at the changing dynamic of sports fandom and its relation with E- Sports with 4 time U.S. Olympian Angela Ruggiero.  In the "Final Two", Big Tech treads on Telecom and a possible solution to deep fakes.

Dan digs in with investigative reporter Vicky Ward, who wrote the first magazine profile of Epstein back in 2003, but who says some vital allegations didn't make the final cut.

Richard Branson's space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, today announced that it will go public via a complex financial transaction called a reverse merger. Dan digs into the deal and its ramifications with Axios Space editor Miriam Kramer. 

Dan discusses the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team winning the World Cup and their pursuit of equal pay to that of the men's team with Axios sports editor Kendall Baker.   In the "Final Two" WeWork's unusual path to IPO and how the U.S. Government might be using your face.

Dan and TPG co-CEO Jon Winkereid on why hundreds of large companies are asking the Supreme Court to find that employees can't be fired for their sexual orientation or gender identity. 

Dan and Arizona Republic reporter Maria Polletta on Nike's controversial decision to pull its "Betsy Ross flag" sneaker, and why it may cost Arizona workers a large manufacturing plant.