Hardpoints

Free speech online is a central debate that has been raging for over a decade, and everyone has a strong opinion. See what someone who has been at the center of it all has been doing about it, from Facebook to Elon.

Guest: Michael O'Herlihy has been working at the intersection of safety, free speech, and tech for decade, including time at Google, Uber, Facebook, and Twitter / X.

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Living a life of meaning can happen anywhere, not just in the military or non-profits, but well into business. Rethink the way you do business and how to lead.

Guest: Daniel Kim is the founder & CEO of the Dragon Kim Foundation and the Managing Partner of CapFin Partners & Abacus Partners. He has career of investing insight around work with meaning, including his work developing leaders of impact in high school.

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Surfer, CEO, Filmmaker - See how one man decided that his favorite sport and his business acumen led him to rethink how he can live his life. 

Guest Breene Murphy is the president of Carbon Collective Investing, a climate investment advisory firm with specialties in retirement plans (410ks), individual advising, and ETFs. 

Breene also writes about climate and investing on LinkedIn and has been published in Nasdaq.  He’s a lifelong surfer, environmentalist, he made a documentary called “Seven Crossings” which is about paddleboarding off the coast of California, and he’s a dad.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/breene-murphy-climate-friendly-401k/

The world's economy relies upon that everything you see has either been mined or grown. Learn about the life of an extraordinary Alaskan and her passion for using microbes to address the exploding pressures upon the planet's need for raw materials. 

Dr. Liz Dennett is the CEO & Founder of Endolith, where they use custom designed microbes to mine the metals our world needs.

Look at the world through the eyes of a former F-16 pilot and Department of Defense official about the intersection of energy and national security.

Today's guest, Dave Belote, is a retired Air Force colonel and F-16 pilot who earned two Bronze Stars during Operation Iraqi Freedom and served as commander of Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Dave remains committed to public service. He has run unsuccessfully to represent his hometown in the Virginia State Senate and recently completed a 3-year term as secretary of the Virginia Beach Electoral Board. He is a founding director of the Southeast chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs and serves on the board of the Southeastern Wind Coalition. He is also a five-time Jeopardy! champion.

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Tariffs and how they're created have so many effects on the world we live in, from manufacturing, to national security, to startup ecosystems. Neal & Mike discuss how they overlap and what that means for American leadership.

Interview: Neal interviews Mike so new listeners can learn about how a guy from Idaho came to be a Navy pilot and a climate entrepreneur.

There aren't different rules for leaders, just sometimes different results. Think through how being sloppy with security secrets is dangerous to us all.

Plus, learn about how Neal Rickner came to host Hardpoints and his journey in startups, energy, & national security.