Deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had a very bad week but in five or ten years, could it feel like the best thing that ever happened to him? Plus, why the media giving us what we want is not actually what we want and a quick appraisal of emerging tech investors. But first, Bradley opens with three quick thoughts on the outbreak of war in Israel.

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Ever had a deal get stuck in the mud during contract negotiation with endless redlines and ballooning legal fees? Turns out there's a fix for that. Bradley talks to Jim Wagner, co-founder and CEO of The Contract Network, an AI-powered contract collaboration platform that helps stakeholders close deals quickly and easily.

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Every New Yorker knows the feeling of discovering that in most of America, you just can't do simple things like walk .2 miles to get a cup of a coffee. Bradley tells his tale of woe. Plus, what we learned from Mayor Adams' no-show during the flood, how Lina Khan is taking on Amazon and why Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are probably no better or worse than any parents.

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If and when the media industry recovers its footing, what will it look like? Bradley talks to Jon Kelly, founder and CEO of Puck, which just celebrated its second anniversary, about the great opportunity that lies between the plodding behemoths and the lonely, on-their-own Substackers.

But how much of that is the Mayor's fault? Chris Coffey, head of Tusk Strategies, sits down with Bradley for their regular check-in on city politics. Plus, Bradley proposes Bush v. Gore as the greatest political tragedy of our times; Chris offers a surprising alternative theory.

Starting with $750 in their pockets, Roy and Bertrand Sosa built Netspend into a billion-dollar business and had an exit beyond their wildest dreams. Then they bought it back! Bradley talks to them about what they want Netspend to be when it grows up. Plus, as part of our bonus double-feature, he asks Martina Larkin of Project Liberty about what it takes to build a better Internet.

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If there's one thing Bradley's learned from being alive for 50 years, it's to stop torturing himself about his flaws and shortcomings and mistakes — and to use writing as a way to work out what he thinks.  A candid conversation about his essay entitled "Reflections at 50."

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Alexis Rockman is an artist who paints giant, beautiful and often disturbing scenes of environmental destruction. Bradley talks to him about what happens when art and reality collide. "I've made plenty of paintings that I certainly wouldn't want to live with," says Rockman, "and somehow miraculously sold."

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Why stop at weed? With New York electing not to enforce the law, says Bradley, there's never been a better time to jump into the drug business. More seriously, he also considers the loneliness epidemic, what it would take to change the political inputs for the White House on the migrant crisis, the Elon Musk biography and a great new book about longevity.

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If an inherent problem of arguing about sports is that you can never tell who wins, well, FactBattle offers a super cool solution — let AI be the judge! Bradley talks to Ari Leffell about the little start-up they've been working on together that gives fans a chance to compete with each other.

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