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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Inspired by the brand new city envisioned in the Bay Area, Bradley picks his wish list of what a tech utopia ought to have. Plus, he breaks down the political inputs and policy outputs of the migrant crisis. And — not to be missed — he outlines the best practices for a ‘food crawl.’ (If you have no idea what that is, well, listen.)

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Venture capital legend Alan Patricof joins Bradley at P&T Knitwear for a live discussion of his memoir 'No Red Lights: Reflections on Life, 50 Years in Venture Capital and Never Driving Alone' and audience Q+A.

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It’s time to wage war on New York City’s illegal weed shop. Bradley outlines the tactics he’d use to change the political inputs and force the mayor and governor to act. Plus, he finds common ground with the lefties on the City Council — can you guess what the issue is?

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For anyone who's ever been baffled by a medical lab report, Nicole Bocskocsky, the CEO and founder of Elaborate, has your back. She explains to Bradley how she was inspired to create a sensible and trustworthy new platform for delivering health data.

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