The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond Podcast
1) Episode 105: Dan Koch: Music, Faith, Trauma & Why Reality Heals
Musician turned therapist Dan Koch joins The Puck: Venture Capital & Beyond to share his remarkable journey from touring in a rock band to pioneering research on spiritual abuse. We explore how faith ...Show More
2) Episode 104: Aaron David Miller on the Future of Israeli-Palestinian Peace
As violence flares in Gaza and the Middle East teeters on the edge of a wider crisis, The Puck turns to Aaron David Miller — a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; a forme...Show More
3) Ep. 103 — Anat Admati on Financial Fragility, Accountability, and the Future of Capitalism
Stanford professor and financial reform advocate Anat Admati joins Jim to unpack the growing fragility in our financial system and the dangerous myths still shaping public policy. From shadow banking ...Show More
4) Ep. 102 – John B. Judis: Populism, Realignment, and the Fight for America’s Future
Journalist and author John B. Judis joins Jim to unpack the political chaos of our time—from Trump and Sanders to shifting class loyalties, cultural divides, and the fragile state of democracy. Is a n...Show More
5) Episode 101 – David French: Moral Clarity in an Age of Manufactured Distrust
David French returns to The Puck for a wide-ranging, deeply thoughtful conversation about the state of American democracy, the risks of authoritarianism, and the spiritual costs of political polarizat...Show More
6) The Puck – Episode 100: The Pursuit of Happiness with Jeffrey Rosen
To mark our 100th episode and launch of Season 9, Jim Baer sits down with Jeffrey Rosen—President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, host of We the People, and author of The Pursuit of Happi...Show More
7) Episode 99: Greg Walton Returns to Discuss Belonging, Identity, and Civil Discourse
Stanford psychology professor Greg Walton returns for his second appearance on The Puck to discuss his new book, Ordinary Magic: The Science of How We Can Achieve Big Change with Small Acts. Three yea...Show More
8) Episode 98: Kristian Rönn
On this episode of The Puck: Venture Capital & Beyond, Jim Baer sits down with Kristian Rönn—climate tech founder, AI ethicist, and author of The Darwinian Trap—to explore how humanity can escape dest...Show More
9) Episode 97: Michelle Goldberg
In this powerful episode of The Puck, Jim Baer sits down with Michelle Goldberg—New York Times columnist, author, and longtime voice of progressive political commentary—for a deep and timely conversat...Show More
10) Episode 96: Jonathan Rauch
What if the strongest case for Christianity’s role in democracy came from an atheist? Jim Baer sits down with Jonathan Rauch to discuss Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy, an...Show More