
Andrew Yang Podcast
Entrepreneur, best-selling author, nonprofit founder, philanthropist, and former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang hosts conversations about the biggest issues facing America today.
Latest episodes

Jun 17, 2024 • 48min
Empowering America's Future Entrepreneurs & Leaders
Venture for America (VFA) is a nonprofit entrepreneurial career accelerator founded by Andrew Yang in 2011. Its mission is to recruit talented young people to become entrepreneurs and leaders in growth companies, creating new jobs and opportunities nationwide. Learn about VFA's new CEO, Carrie Murphy, and her unique approach to identifying and nurturing talent. Explore strategies for supporting the next generation of builders and leaders, and how VFA plans to address future challenges, like communities losing vital legacy businesses without succession plans. Have a question for Andrew? Send us your questions to mailbag@andrewyang.com to hear your question answered on the show!Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pdsb35vqH64Want to learn more? Check out VFA Pulse on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2q9oQeTvoe8kQ07iJhh1GeCheck out Generation Startup, which features VFA in 2016, available now on Amazon Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07WP6SD8T/Follow Carrie Murphy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-murphy-8a8948a/ | https://ventureforamerica.org/Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyangGet 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yangGet 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 2024 • 43min
The Future of Ranked Choice Voting
Roughly 75% of Americans feel that our country is not working for them. How do we achieve structural democratic reform that gets our government working again for the American people? Meredith Sumpter, the new CEO of FairVote, details how Ranked Choice Voting is the key to unlocking the political gridlock and empowering voters to have real voice and real choice in selecting more accountable and responsive elected officials. Find out how Ranked Choice Voting has become the highest ROI endeavor to solving some of the biggest issues like climate change, homelessness and much more. Plus, send us your questions for our special Q&A episode to mailbag@andrewyang.com!Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DQxtfSbYIDMFollow Meredith Sumpter: https://x.com/MeredithSumpter | https://fairvote.org/staff/meredith-sumpter/Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyangGet 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yangGet 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 3, 2024 • 41min
Ghost Newspapers, News as a Civic Good, and Rebuilding Trust in Journalism
Over the last 20 years, over 2000 local newspapers have shut down, leading to a 65% drop in the number of journalists and a sharp increase in political polarization. Steven Waldman founded Rebuild Local News, a non-profit coalition of over 3000 local newspapers, to combat this decline and advocate for local journalism. How did the rise of Craigslist kill the local newspaper? What can local papers learn from public libraries? And is it time to completely rethink the role of news in our society? Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9H7aqbXi4n4Follow Steven Waldman: https://twitter.com/stevenwaldman | https://rebuildlocalnews.orgFollow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyangGet 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yangGet 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2024 • 1h 6min
Andrew Yang on the path to UBI, the explosion of AI, and optimism for the future
Carly Reilly interviews Andrew Yang at the 2024 Hudson Valley Ideas Festival, discussing UBI inspiration, COVID stimulus checks, and AI misconceptions. They explore optimism vs. pessimism, the need for political reform, and the impact of UBI on poverty alleviation. Yang shares insights on societal metrics, economic responses to crises, and navigating utopia vs. dystopia. The conversation touches on VAT, nature app usage, UBI myths, and entrepreneurship's role in democracy.

May 20, 2024 • 52min
Political software is a walled garden. Can anyone break through?
If you're a Democratic candidate in the U.S., you use Democratic software; if you're Republican, you use Republican software. But what if you're independent? You're out of luck, locked out of both the technology and the voter data required to run a competitive campaign. Farhad Mohit founded and ran Flipagram, now better known as TikTok. After Flipagram's acquisition, Farhad felt like he had the necessary experience to challenge the walled garden of political tech, starting a suite of tools for independents known as Good Party. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GO9hszWKT4oFollow Farhad Mohit: https://goodparty.org | https://twitter.com/farhad667Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyangGet 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yangGet 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 13, 2024 • 40min
How to Give a TED Talk
Andrew and Zach go behind the scenes and reveal how a TED talk comes together - from the writing and revision process to the weeklong conference itself. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/K_XtG0rw8B0Watch the TED Talk: https://youtu.be/1Ws3w_ZOmhIFollow Zach Graumann: https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann | https://instagram.com/zachgraumannFollow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyangGet 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yangGet 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 6, 2024 • 58min
Is Ozempic a Magic Pill? Johann Hari weighs its risks & benefits
In one survey, 47% of Americans said they would take Ozempic or similar drugs, which promise to help people lose 5-24% of their bodyweight — but what's the catch? After Johann Hari began taking Ozempic in 2023, he began investigating how Ozempic affects brain chemistry, the causes of obesity in the western world, and the risks of weight-loss drugs compared to those of obesity. Johann also shares some unexpected secondary consequences of the rise of this new class of weight-loss drugs.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9sN8efXdbzQRead Magic Pill - https://amzn.to/44uEQQhFollow Johann Hari: https://johannhari.com | https://twitter.com/johannhari101Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyangGet 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yangGet 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Apr 29, 2024 • 48min
Can housing be cheaper?
As housing has become increasingly financialized, it's also become more and more out of reach for most people. Atticus and Andrew talk about the housing crisis, utilizing unused spaces, rethinking how rent is paid, and what's getting in the way of more affordable housing for all. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ubnCtwA-JgMFollow Atticus LeBlanc: https://padsplit.com | https://twitter.com/atticusleblancFollow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyangGet 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yangGet 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 22, 2024 • 1h 21min
Mark Normand, Sam Morril, & Andrew Yang talk comedy and politics
Mark Normand, Sam Morril, and Andrew Yang engage in a lively discussion covering topics like comedy, politics, New York City, running for office, polarization, and societal divisions. The conversation includes insights on politicians' authenticity, voter behavior shifts, cancel culture, media influence, and the impact of celebrity endorsements on elections.

Apr 15, 2024 • 48min
How an independent candidate got 42% of the vote against an incumbent
As an independent candidate, Greg Orman received a stunning 42.5% of the vote in his race against an incumbent senator in Kansas. Greg joins Andrew to talk about facing an unprecedented opposition effort from Republicans, wasted votes, and cheat codes for independents.Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X7tY6jX5Y4wA Declaration of Independents - https://amzn.to/4cQd3OhFollow Greg Orman: https://greg-orman.com | https://twitter.com/GregOrmanFollow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyangGet 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yangGet 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices