SALT Talks

Erika Nardini is the CEO of Barstool Sports. Known for its original takes and unfiltered view, Barstool Sports is a driving force in comedy, sports, entertainment and culture. 

Under Erika’s leadership, Barstool Sports has experienced explosive brand and business growth as one of the fastest-growing companies on the internet. It is the 6th largest podcast platform in the world with the number one sports podcast and female podcast, and the 10th largest distributed media company in the US. Barstool Sports drives 1.6 billion social views and 26 million video views monthly and 11.9 million listeners across its platforms, owning the 18-34 year old demographic.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Chris is an author and has served as president of DMG Entertainment Motion Picture Group and GM of DMG North America, internationally orchestrating the creative and business activities of DMG—a multi-billion dollar global media company headquartered in Beijing. 

Chris has also produced or supervised twenty-one films, grossing $2 billion in worldwide box-office. As an author, Fenton chronicled much of that work in "Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Business."

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Brad Thor is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty thrillers, including: Near Dark, Backlash (One of Suspense Magazine‘s Best Books of the Year), Spymaster (“One of the all-time best thriller novels” – The Washington Times), The Last Patriot (nominated Best Thriller of the Year by the International Thriller Writers Association), Blowback (One of the “Top 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time” – NPR), and The Lions of Lucerne (“One of the best political thrillers ever” – Barnes & Noble).

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Kirstjen Nielsen is an internationally recognized expert and proven leader on critical security issues facing governments and institutions. She served as the sixth Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017-2019, directing widespread actions to increase the security and resilience of the nation against evolving threats across land, air, sea and cyber domains.

In this conversation, Kirstjen discusses the significant progress in cyber security over the last 4-6 years, how to better share information, and what the government should do regarding the private sector.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Richard Haass is the President of the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, publisher and educational institution dedicated to being a resource to help people better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor and A Death in Vienna. Daniel’s books are critically-acclaimed best sellers around the world and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Prior to his novelist career, Daniel became a journalist at the age of thirty-three, directing CNN’s political talks. There is a tremendous amount of historical content worked into all of his novels.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Ketan Patel is the CEO and the founder of Greater Pacific Capital, an investment firm focused on India and its links to international markets, and on technology, healthcare and financials and services. Greater Pacific Capital (“GPC”) has developed a distinctive platform that invests to support value creation in businesses through the application of strategy and ideas, thematic insights and capital. Patel is also the author of "The Master Strategist: Power, Purpose and Principle."

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Eric Daimler is a leading authority in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Eric served under the Obama Administration as a Presidential Innovation Fellow for AI and Robotics in the Executive Office of the President, with the sole authority for driving the agenda for United States leadership in research, commercialization and public adoption of AI & Robotics.

“Don’t confuse a clear vision with a short time horizon.” Take the Jetsons, for example. We had a clear vision of a robot who would do all these things. Nowadays, we have a Roomba. AI will be most successful when deployed in very structured environments.

On AI and consciousness, “this will certainly not happen in the next 10-20 years, if ever. We don’t even understand our own consciousness.” 

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Jason Mudrick is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Mudrick Capital Management, an investment firm that specializes in long and short investments in distressed credit. Jason began his Wall Street career in 2000 as an associate at Merrill Lynch’s Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banking group.

Jason’s focus on the middle market and taking advantage of smaller opportunities has differentiated Mudrick Capital Management from other shops. One notable position is with e-Cigarette company, N-Joy. With 70% of smokers wanting to quit, “you have a preventable problem if these people make the switch from traditional cigarettes.” The COVID-19 pandemic has only served as a catalyst for those looking to make the switch.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Jerry Pascucci is a Managing Director of UBS Financial Services. He also serves as Head of Global Alternative Investment Solutions, where he is responsible for research, sourcing, underwriting, structuring, risk management, administration and distribution of all alternative investment products, as well as private equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure and impact offerings.

The hedge fund industry is doing well in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As opposed to the 2008 financial crisis, there is more capital to work with. With time and operational capability, companies will persevere. Otherwise, there is ambiguity in what will happen when capital investors get into some friction.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.