Meet the Most Feared Person in Silicon Valley
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Lina Khan has inspired an unusually bipartisan coalition of allies — and antagonists. As chair of the Federal Trade Commission, she became known as the most hated regulator on Wall Street. As too principled for Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Too bold for Ticketmaster and the NCAA. But Khan isn't done taking on the corporate class — or finding strange bedfellows like Steve Bannon and Michael Jordan. Can her alleged "hipster anti-trust" movement inspire a "standing army" for the people? And could she be our next Supreme Court justice?
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| 0:32.4 | Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out. |
| 0:34.5 | I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is. |
| 0:38.9 | I think Lena Khan should have been given more power, should have been able to do more things. |
| 0:43.6 | I think there's obviously a big problem. |
| 0:45.1 | I think it's a big problem in Silicon Valley. |
| 0:47.7 | Right after this ad. |
| 0:59.2 | Do I call you Lena? Do I call you, Lena? Do I call you chair con? How does it work? Whatever you want. I mean, I'm not really a chair anymore. |
| 1:02.9 | Well, I was going to say, I don't know if it's like, you know, you're sort of Mr. President forever. |
| 1:07.5 | I don't know how it works with the FTC. I think we get to set the rules, so whatever you want. |
| 1:11.5 | You're going casual today. |
| 1:13.4 | We can do that. |
| 1:14.2 | I mean, it would seem fitting. |
| 1:16.2 | Well, look, I've told a bunch of people in my life, you were coming to visit our studio today. |
| 1:21.7 | And thank you for being here, by the way. |
| 1:23.9 | And the reactions tend to go into two camps. |
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