From AI and Defense Tech, to Tariffs and the New Streaming Wars: The Best of Bold Names

Bold Names

The Wall Street Journal

Technology

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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WSJ’s Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins take a trip into the Bold Names podcast archives. They’ve covered everything from artificial intelligence and humanoid robots, to the online sports betting industry and the new streaming wars. Check out highlights from some of their favorite interviews. Plus, Tim and Christopher look back on what made these conversations memorable and share their own insights on guests including Anduril founder and CEO Palmer Luckey, venture capitalist Sarah Guo and Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman. Bold Names returns with new episodes on Fridays starting September 12 on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Check Out Past Episodes: Booz Allen CEO on Silicon Valley’s Turn to Defense Tech: ‘We Need Everybody.’ Venture Capitalist Sarah Guo’s Surprising Bet on Unsexy AI Reid Hoffman Says AI Isn’t an ‘Arms Race,’ but America Needs to Win Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and the AI ‘Fantasy Land’ Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at [email protected] Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Read Christopher Mims’s Keywords column . Read Tim Higgins’s column. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?
0:04.8	So we started the business two years ago.
0:07.2	We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs.
0:12.5	But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy.
0:18.0	Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at Apple.com forward slash hello vet.
0:26.5	Mims.
0:27.3	Tim.
0:28.3	Can you believe we've done 23 episodes of bold names.
0:32.2	I genuinely cannot.
0:35.7	But I do know that we've covered a lot of ground in that time.
0:39.3	AI, robots, defense tech, EVs, the end of the global economic system as we know it,
0:45.3	the online sports betting industry, Tubey.
0:48.3	And we're not finished.
0:49.3	We're coming back September 12 with new episodes on Fridays and will be on YouTube. So our fans and my
0:57.7	mom will be able to see us. Shout out to moms. Tim, how are we going to celebrate? Well, how else?
1:04.5	But a clip show. And we went through the bold names archives and picked some favorite moments, the most memorable
1:12.2	conversations with guests who really surprised us, really excited us, and we put it all together.
1:17.9	Think of it as, now that's what I call Bold Names, Volume 1.
1:23.4	We're going to start with Palmer Lucky, the founder and CEO of Defense Tech Company, Anderell.
1:30.7	That's next.
1:35.6	First stop on our trip into the Bold Names Archives, Palmer Lucky, the founder and CEO of
1:40.9	weapons manufacturer, Andro.
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