Talking Books

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The podcast currently has 160 episodes available.

Talking Books episodes:

October 03, 2023 Kanye West Donda but it's just my voice
The Donda Album but it's just my voice
0:00:00 - Donda Chant
0:00:52 - Jail
0:05:49 - God Breathed
0:11:23 - Off The Grid
0:17:02 - Hurricane
0:21:01 - Praise God
0:24:47 - Jonah
0:28:02 - Ok Ok
0:31:24 - Junya
0:33:52 - Believe What I Say
0:37:55 - 24
0:41:13 - Remote Control
0:44:31 - Moon
0:47:12 - Heaven and Hell
0:49:37 - Donda
0:51:45 - Keep My Spirit Alive
0:55:26 - Jesus Lord
1:04:21 - New Again
1:07:24 - Tell The Vision
1:09:08 - Lord I Need You
1:11:50 - Pure Souls
1:17:46 - Come to Life
1:22:55 - No Child Left Behind
1:25:54 - Jail pt 2
1:30:51 - Ok Ok pt 2
1:34:14 - Junya pt 2
1:37:16 - Jesus Lord pt 2
...more
1h 49min
October 03, 2023 All-In Summit: Alexandra Botez takes on the Besties in a 1v4 simultaneous chess match
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Alexandra Botez to All-In Summit ‘23!
(1:35) Rules and ratings
(5:46) Chess match
(17:55) Results
(21:00) Q&A with Alexandra
(22:34) Conversations with fans and the creator economy
(27:30) Expanding distribution
(30:11) Live events
(31:04) Poker
(32:15) Growing up with chess
(36:10) Chess scandals
...more
41min
October 02, 2023 All-In Summit: "Luxury Beliefs are Status Symbols" with Rob Henderson
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Rob Henderson to All-In Summit ‘23!
(1:45) Luxury beliefs are status symbols
(3:25) Thorstein Veblen’s theory of the leisure class
(6:18) Dueling
(9:27) Defund the police
(10:55) Torching your own social capital
(11:52) The nuclear family
(16:48) Q&A with the besties
(18:44) Economic incentive to not get married
(22:09) The Two-Parent Privilege
(24:06) Cancel culture
(27:57) Populist movements
(29:50) Promiscuity
...more
33min
September 28, 2023 All-In Summit: AI film and the generative art revolution with Caleb Ward
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Caleb Ward to All-In Summit ‘23!
(1:47) The future of film
(2:30) Star Wars by Wes Anderson in 20 hours
(5:55) Barbenheimer
(6:48) All-In AI film presentation
(9:35) Biggest technical challenges to full personalized AI film

...more
12min
September 28, 2023 All-In Summit: Jenny Just on Peak6, the female market correction, poker, and risk
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Jenny Just to All-In Summit ‘23!
(2:20) APEX Fintech Solutions
(4:48) PEAK6 returns and investment philosophy
(07:36) Managing risk
(09:22) The female market correction and Poker Power
(14:22) Repetition of risk
(18:15) Gender differences as third rail
(20:40) Expected value and probability
(24:17) Safe spaces, risk and loss
...more
30min
September 26, 2023 All-In Summit: Tobi Lutke on consumer spending, teams, Amazon, AI, and more
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke!
(2:00) Consumer Spending
(6:00) Teams vs family
(10:36) Deliverr
(12:42) Amazon
(19:00) Shop Pay
(22:30) Shipping features and AI
(27:22) “Tobi’s Shopify”
...more
32min
September 26, 2023 All-In Summit: In conversation with Larry Summers
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Larry Summers to AIS!
(2:14) Consumer spending, inflation, and the likelihood of a soft landing
(7:24) What would Larry do as Federal Reserve Chair?
(10:29) Inflation, interest rates, and political motivations
(14:09) Regulation to create “frameworks in which freedom can flourish”
(16:29) American resilience and self-denying prophets
(20:46) Educational reform, self-esteem, and achievement
(25:35) Affirmative action and legacy admissions
(30:30) Free speech and academic freedom

...more
35min
September 26, 2023 All-In Summit: MrBeast on his journey, business model, and the future
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Jimmy Donaldson to AIS!
(2:24) Jimmy's story and elements of success
(8:21) The mission
(12:10) MrBeast as a new kind of studio
(15:06) Beast Philanthropy
(15:48) The business model
(26:17) The content creator community
(30:48) Audience Q&A
...more
35min
September 26, 2023 All-In Summit: In conversation with Brian Armstrong
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Brian Armstrong to All-In Summit ‘23!
(0:27) Regulation
(1:42) Crypto innovation in America
(3:53) “Weaponizing the SEC”
(5:49) Consumer protection vs government overreach
(9:15) “Using the judicial system to beat back the administrative state”
(11:07) Decentralized identity and other use cases
(16:10) Accredited investor laws
(17:50) Crossing the crypto chasm
(21:01) User demographics and product utility
(23:21) Research Hub and other interests
(24:50) Pro-crypto candidates
(25:24) Sam Bankman-Fried
...more
28min
September 26, 2023 All-In Summit: Nuclear fusion and the potential for energy abundance
This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
(0:00) Besties welcome Commonwealth Fusion Energy CEO Robert Mumgaard and Helion Energy CEO David Kirtley to All-In Summit ‘23!
(2:20) Robert Mumgaard presentation: Commonwealth Fusion Systems
(13:00) David Kirtley presentation: Helion Energy
(22:31) Bestie Q&A: Price per kilowatt hour at scale
(24:55) A Tesla-Edison rivalry?
(27:38) Does fusion’s potential minimize global warming fears?
(30:03) Would government investment accelerate fusion scaleup?
(34:58) Rate-limiting technical challenges
(38:51) Political and social acceptance

...more
45min

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How many episodes does Talking Books have?

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