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Jul 30, 2024 • 55min

Abuelita's RVA

Karina Benavides on her critically acclaimed restaurant Abuelita's, whose guisos, grilled cactus and red mole ranchero pay homage to her native Jalisco, Mexico. Guest hosted by Ian Stewart.
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Jul 23, 2024 • 1h

Just Joe

Social media darling "Just Joe" Altier -- self-proclaimed blue collar musician -- on making a living in the era of disruption from TikTok, Spotify and AI. Plus, Def Leppard, Rush and Cyndi Lauper.
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Jul 17, 2024 • 51min

ICYMI

In case you missed it: Netflix's "How to Rob a Bank;" The Economist on the solar revolution; former CIA director Gen. David Petraeus.
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Jul 1, 2024 • 54min

We Cannot Comprehend the Solar Revolution

The Economist's Hal Hodson on how solar energy is rapidly eclipsing our fossil fuel-based reality. The implications are revolutionary -- from clean water and A/C for the poorest populations; to a Saharan land grab; to solar-powered carbon vacuums; to fatter corporate profits. And so many dividends we cannot yet imagine.
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Jun 21, 2024 • 53min

Netflix's "How to Rob a Bank"

Seth Porges on his hit Netflix documentary "How to Rob a Bank" -- which tells the stranger-than-fiction story of the 'Hollywood Bandit,' a treehouse-dwelling ex-meth dealer who evaded authorities as he hit bank after bank in and around Seattle.
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Jun 14, 2024 • 51min

Gen. David Petraeus

Former CIA director. Professor. Commander. PhD. The 37-year military leader is now a partner with investing colossus KKR. We discussed the Middle East, Afghanistan, Ukraine, China, frontier-markets investing and Petraeus's bestseller, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine.
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Jun 10, 2024 • 52min

ICYMI

Highlights from recent episodes, including Slate's head of audio Alicia Montgomery; Chicken Fiesta founder Harold Vega; and Larry Ingrassia, author of A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
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May 22, 2024 • 54min

Author Lawrence Ingrassia: A Fatal Inheritance

Lawrence Ingrassia on his book A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery. The veteran journalist, who lost his mother, two sisters, brother and nephew to cancer, discusses the painstaking detective work that has gone into understanding his family's Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.
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May 19, 2024 • 54min

Filmmaker B.K. Fulton

Soulidifly Productions' founder and CEO B.K. Fulton on reinventing from the top executive ranks of Verizon into a career as a prolific filmmaker and Broadway producer.
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May 12, 2024 • 52min

Chicken Fiesta

Restaurateur Harold Vega on leaving the violence of his native Colombia for the U.S. -- where he bussed tables and accumulated the ambition and capital to found Virginia rotisserie empire Chicken Fiesta.

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