That’s Firewall’s base case for 2024. But what are all the variables that could upend this likeliest of outcomes? Bradley explores the scenarios. Plus, he inventories his own career to decide if where he went to college made a damn bit of difference.

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Science plus economics plus politics — biotech start-ups face a truly daunting obstacle course. Bradley talks to John Flavin, the CEO and founder of Portal Innovations, about his efforts to build a supportive environment for innovation in Chicago and what it portends for other cities.

Is the news bringing you down? Join the club. When did every story turn so quickly into trench warfare, everybody firing madly at each other without anyone gaining ground? Bradley reviews the major newsmakers — Trump, DeSantis, Netanyahu, Taylor Swift, Jack Dorsey — but delivers the most certainty on one issue: If airline pilots should ever be incapacitated and a passenger must be recruited to land the plane, you're better off with almost anyone other than him.

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When Miles Wolff started his career in baseball, you could buy a minor-league club for peanuts. So he bought as many as he could, including the legendary Durham Bulls. Bradley talks to Wolff about building a business out of what you love, the legacy of the San Diego Chicken and why the term "big league" is a pejorative to him. They're joined by co-host Ari Leffell, who runs the Hall of Very Good Players.

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Bradley on shaky banks, shaky charges against Trump, Israel's shaky democracy and the shaky Mets (well, no change there). Plus, he talks to Lisa Quigley of Solving Hunger about the growing momentum of universal school meals and why even good causes require extreme vigilance down the stretch.

It's no joke. Bradley talks to Ravi Gupta, the CEO and founder of the nonprofit media company Lost Debate, about how to blow up political orthodoxies. Plus, the long-term benefits of working for a hard-ass boss.

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When Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen came to the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank depositors, Bradley says, she saved the innovation economy a world of hurt. But have any lessons been learned? Will the VC industry simply snap back to business as usual? And will Biden pay a price?

What we know and what we don’t know about the shocking collapse of a critical tech-industry institution.

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Could there be such a thing? Nick Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic, joins Bradley to discuss  the humane alternatives to media polarization and the dumpster fire known as Twitter. "Someone is going to figure this out," says Thompson.

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How and why has Europe moved so far ahead of the US in tech regulation? Carl Miller, a social-media expert with Demos, a London-based think tank, joins Bradley to discuss how to make the major social platforms clamp down on harmful content. 

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