How has the pandemic has permanently altered the nature of cities? Jim Kapsis and Molly Turner, the hosts of the Technopolis podcast, join Bradley for a special collaboration episode.

Bradley considers the most pressing questions of the week; what is to be learned from China's knee-capping of the ride-hailing giant Didi? Who would pay a minimum retainer of $250K a month to a consulting firm that can't keep its own house in order? And could a competitive eater be the most dominant athlete of our time?

As fixated as Americans are on the presidency, we know shockingly little about the closest confidantes of our presidents and how they've influenced history. Bradley talks to Gary Ginsberg, the author of the excellent new book 'First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents.' Can you name the only president in history who had no first friend? We'll give you one guess.

As lawmakers in Washington begin to make serious moves against the monopolistic powers of big tech, Bradley analyzes the huge fight that lies ahead. Plus, he post-mortems Andrew Yang's run for Mayor of New York and why the future of politics can't come quickly enough.

Bradley trots out an old favorite argument of his — the link between the OJ Simpson trial and Donald Trump's victory in 2016 — and explains what it means for the future of politics. Plus he analyzes the new public choice option in Nevada and the tinkering of gun laws in Colorado as evidence that democracy is not fully broken.

The geography of tech has never been more competitive, as companies pursue ever more hospitable places to do business. John Thomey of Urban Tech News gives Bradley the new lay of the land.

Katerra promised to revolutionize the construction industry but the signs of its demise were evident years go, says Bradley. Plus he breaks down the imminent failure of the progressive movement to land the big prize. 

The pet industry is a dog-eat-dog world, but Patricia Machado and Regina Haymes turned their start-up, Pride & Groom, into a hit with a novel concept — reconceptualizing dog shampoo as a beauty product.

Hard as he tries, Bradley has never been able to meditate. Living without the New York Times, however, that's no problem. Plus, summer movies to see in the theater, the ethics of running a business that doesn't need to make money, the latest on the Yang campaign and the new narrative driving the NYC mayoral race.

The key to personal branding, says Kinsey Grant, proprietor of the 'Thinking is Cool' podcast, is never faking it. Strip away the artifice, she tells Bradley, and let your audience see and hear the real you. Her brand is "not anybody else's idea of me. It's just me."