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How $500 Drones Are Forcing America to Reinvent Its Military | ROP #59
A handful of $500 drones recently caused $5 billion in damage to a fleet of Russian strategic bombers. This is the new reality of warfare, and America is not ready.
Nov 5


America's Drone Market is About to Collapse (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP #58
China's DJI owns 90% of the US commercial drone market. A nationwide ban is about to make them illegal, threatening to collapse the industry overnight. Thoron founder Thayne Kollmorgen says: good.
Oct 29


Founder's Guide to Winning the New Space Race | ROP #57
A new generation of founders is winning the new space race, and they're doing it by breaking one simple rule.
Oct 22


His "Factory in a Box" Builds a House in 30 Days | ROP #56
America is facing a housing crisis driven by two core problems: a massive skilled labor shortage and 50 years of zero productivity growth in construction.
Oct 15


America's Nuclear Waste "Problem" is a Lie (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP #55
America doesn't have a nuclear waste problem; it has a financial one. In this episode, Exodys Energy founder Carl Perez reveals why the 50-year-old fear of spent fuel is based on a lie, and why solving it will unleash the nuclear renaissance.
Oct 8


This New American Battery Gives an EV a 1,500 Mile Range | ROP #54
Venture capitalists recently returned from China declaring America's battery race "futile."
Oct 3


The AI Tutor Built for Elon's Kids is Now Available to Everyone | ROP #53
When Elon Musk couldn't find a school good enough for his kids, he started his own at SpaceX.
Oct 1


His Nuclear Reactor Will Make Energy CHEAP Faster Than You Think | ROP #52
For 50 years, nuclear power has meant billion-dollar cost overruns and decade-long delays. That's about to change.
Sep 24


The End of "Made in China" is Arriving Faster Than You Think | ROP #51
For decades, "Made in China" was the default setting for the global economy.
Sep 17


Why The Ruling Class Fears AI (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP # 50
The modern panic over AI isn't new; it's a predictable pattern driven by elites whenever a technology threatens the status quo.
Sep 10


China's Drone Monopoly is Ending (And This American AI is Why) | ROP #49
China's 70% monopoly on the world's drones is being broken by a new American "flying brain" with 300 trillion operations per second of onboard AI.
Sep 3


He Sold His Startup to DoorDash. Now He Builds AI Guns. | ROP #48
After selling his software startup to DoorDash, most founders would cash out and relax. Steve Simoni decided to build an AI-powered machine gun instead.
Aug 27


Ex-SpaceX Engineer: His WATER Engine Will Conquer Space Faster Than You Think | ROP #47
After working on SpaceX's Starship and America's return to the Moon, Halen Mattison left to solve a key problem for a multi-planetary future: building a gas station on Mars. His breakthrough is a propulsion system that uses electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen—one of the most efficient chemical rocket fuels known.
Aug 20


His AI Laser Destroys Drone Swarms for Pennies | ROP #46
Michael LaFramboise’s grandfather rose from sleeping in a Detroit bar booth to become Ford’s chief chemist.
Aug 14


This School Teaches a FULL DAY in 2 HOURS (And Kids Excel & Love Learning) | ROP #45
What if you could get a full day's A+ education in just 2 hours? It’s not a hypothetical - it’s happening right now at Alpha School, the school we all wish we had growing up.
Aug 6


Why He Quit NASA to End The Oil Industry | ROP #44
Casey Handmer quit his dream job at NASA for one reason: to build the machine that will end the oil industry by making unlimited, cheap fuel from nothing but sunlight and air.
Jul 30


Pranking Feynman: Hsu's Humorous Encounter with a Quantum Pioneer | ROP #43
Steve Hsu shares an unforgettable encounter with Richard Feynman, revealing a humorous prank that left a lasting impression.
Jul 23


"Designer Babies" Are Here (And It's a Good Thing) | ROP #42
Nucleus Genomics founder Kian Sadeghi reveals why the era of "designer babies" is already here—and how it will allow humanity to end genetic disease before birth.
Jul 18


Why We're Now Building Satellites Like Toyota Cars | ROP #41
What if building a satellite was as simple as ordering a Toyota? Apex Space founder Ian Cinnamon joins us to reveal how this manufacturing revolution is America's key to winning the new space race. Forget bespoke, billion-dollar spacecraft that take a decade to build—the future is a satellite factory in the sky.
Jul 9


New Podcast: Palantir’s Madeline Hart
Most people know the name Palantir thanks to its surging stock – up 400% in the last year.
Fewer people know Palantir has achieved this growth by fundamentally transforming America’s defense industry. I talked to Palantir’s Madeline Hart to discuss how that happened and what’s next.
Jul 2
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