The New Founding Podcast

Delian Asparouhov, world's first drug and space arms dealer, partner at Founders Fund, talks about building the world of atoms, investing in reality, applied mathematics, how a cold email changed his path, economics of space manufacturing, challenges of drug formulation in microgravity, investing in software and hardware, exploring Miami as the next tech hub, and the importance of partnering with capital and attracting talent.

Nic Carter joins us to talk about the weaponization of finance in the West, how stablecoins are good for the country and bad for the deep state, and how to communicate a winning strategy in a politically hostile environment.    Notes: Nic's site: https://niccarter.info/about/ Follow Nic: https://twitter.com/nic__carter A man, a plan, and a canal: https://medium.com/@nic__carter/a-man-a-plan-a-canal-39012ec7c603 Castle Island Ventures: https://castleisland.vc/

Alex Bromage sits down with Santiago Pliego and Joshua Clemans to discuss his startup, Pasteur, which is taking advantage of new niche markets in the packaging space. Alex discusses lessons of early startup development, work cultures across Italy and Sweden, opportunities in the packaging space and more.   https://www.passtur.io/ https://twitter.com/AlexBromage

Andrew Crapuchettes built a centi-million dollar tech company. In the summer of 2020, he refused to compromise his values before his woke board.  On this episode, he shares the story of the showdown with the board, the effects of building faithful companies, and lessons for operating as a God-honoring CEO.  https://www.redballoon.work/ https://twitter.com/ACrapuchettes https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/09/how-getting-fired-for-his-beliefs-became-a-huge-opportunity-for-my-husband-and-our-family/

Joshua Clemans and Santiago Pliego are joined by Isaac Waitman, founder and CEO of Copium Investments, a RE/PE firm betting on the future economic growth of Idaho. We chat about his start as a 3rd-generation entrepreneur, his Christian Liberal Arts education background, foregoing an MBA to start a PE firm in his mid 20s, and the culture-shaping business opportunities of betting in Red States like Idaho. Follow Issac: https://twitter.com/IsaacWaitman Isaac's firm: https://www.copiuminvest.com/ “Ploductivity” Book: https://canonpress.com/products/ploductivity/ Trammel Crowe Memos from the 80s: https://tinyurl.com/4rk77h6j

Ben Merkle, President of New Saint Andrew College talks cultivating a spine in Higher Ed,  student debts, the birth dearth, the ideal education for free people, and his path from dropout marine tanker to college president.   https://nsa.edu/ https://twitter.com/PresidentNSA https://twitter.com/NewSaintAndrews https://www.facebook.com/newsaintandrewscollege

Doug Wilson is a pastor, writer, and prescient cultural commentator. He has founded and co-founded organizations including the Association of Classical Christian Schools, the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, New Saint Andrews College, and Canon Press, among others. Doug joins us to discuss the times we live in, association with co-belligerents, and what and how to build in adverse times.   Follow Douglas Wilson: https://twitter.com/douglaswils Read Douglas Wilson's Blog: http://dougwils.com/ Read 'The Importance of Owned Space' Article: https://www.aaronrenn.com/i/45996627/the-moscow-idaho-case-study Watch 'Why the Apostle Paul Punched Right': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMWxwpWACo4  

@JoshuaClemans and @SantsPliego are joined by @BabyGravy9 to talk about drinking raw eggs, gay frogs, chemically-driven gender dysphoria, Russian farming, the vilification of cholesterol, links between politics and health, the productive household, and the presence of microplastics across the food industry.   Follow Raw Egg Nationalist: www.x.com/BabyGravy9 "The Gay Frogs Election" Article: https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-gay-frogs-election/ Buy "The Eggs Benedict Option": https://tinyurl.com/45dvts73 Buy REN's cookbook: https://tinyurl.com/5ymmkcdz Watch "The End of Men": https://nation.foxnews.com/tucker-carlson-originals-the-end-of-men-nation/

Lafayette Lee describes why men go to war, the unseen optimism of Cormac McCarthy, stewarding the inheritance of family stories, and how to combat bleakness in a digital age.   Follow Lafayette Lee: https://twitter.com/Partisan_O Lee's Substack: ruins.substack.com "The Hungry Country": https://ruins.substack.com/p/the-hungry-country IM 1776: https://im1776.com/author/lafayette-lee/ Follow Joshua Clemans: https://twitter.com/JoshuaClemans Follow Santiago Pliego: https://twitter.com/SantsPliego

Josh Clemans and Santiago Pliego are joined by Jon Askonas, Assistant Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America, and cover a wide range of topics: Jon's latest series about technology and reality in the New Atlantis, what facts are, what problems does Apple Vision Pro solve, and the future of AI.   Jon's series on the New Atlantis: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/collections/reality-a-post-mortem Reality is Just a Game Now: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/reality-is-just-a-game-now Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonAskonas Follow Josh Clemans: www.twitter.com/JoshuaClemans Follow Santiago Pliego: www.twitter.com/SantsPliego