#1277 Bradley Tusk on Insane Story Of How Startups Beat Politicians
The Pomp Podcast
Anthony Pompliano
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, writer, and owner of P&T Knitwear bookstore. In this conversation, we talk about his brand new book, called “Obvious in Hindsight.” It is all about a fictional story of innovative technology, flying cars, and what they have to go through with politicians, mafia members, etc. This is a great conversation about how technology meets politics, and the reality on the ground.
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Pomp writes a daily letter to over 250,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Many of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp |
| 0:07.7 | podcast, which is my effort to find the most interesting people in the world and sit with them for hours while I ask questions in an effort to learn. So it would mean the world to me if you would subscribe to the show on your favorite audio platform, watch episodes on YouTube, |
| 0:21.1 | and tell your friends and family about the podcast. My goal is to help millions learn from the |
| 0:26.5 | world's most interesting people. So let's get in to today's episode. Bradley Tusk is a venture |
| 0:31.5 | capitalist, political strategist, writer, and owner of P&T Knitware Bookstore. Now Bradley has a brand new book. It's a novel |
| 0:39.0 | called Obvious in Hindsight, and it's all about a fictional story of an innovative technology, |
| 0:43.7 | flying cars, entering into various cities across the country, and what they have to go through |
| 0:48.5 | in terms of fighting off politicians, mafia members, and many others. Bradley and I have done |
| 0:54.1 | multiple podcast episodes together, |
| 0:56.1 | and each time I learn something all about how technology meets politics and the reality on the |
| 1:01.2 | ground. He is one of the most sought-after political consultants in the world, and he has continued |
| 1:06.4 | to help companies from Uber to Bird to Lemonade and many, many more figure out how to navigate the |
| 1:11.7 | regulatory environment. Here is my conversation with Bradley Tusk. Anthony Pompliano runs |
| 1:18.3 | Pomp Investments. All views of him and the guests on his podcast are surely their opinions |
| 1:23.1 | and do not reflect the opinions of pomp investments. You should not treat any opinion expressed by pomp or his guest as a specific |
| 1:30.2 | inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy, but only as |
| 1:34.9 | an expression of his personal opinion. |
| 1:36.9 | This podcast is for informational purposes only. |
| 1:40.9 | Today's episode is brought to you by Base. |
| 1:43.2 | Base is making it their mission to bring a billion people on chain. |
| 1:46.6 | What exactly is base? |
| 1:48.1 | It's a layer two offering a seamless experience for both builders and users. |
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