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What was it like to get on that stage? And I have a bunch of questions about- Yeah, what was it like? It seemed like people are not sitting in chairs, right? They're just mulling about. Tell us what the vibes are.

What was it like to get on that stage? And I have a bunch of questions about- Yeah, what was it like? It seemed like people are not sitting in chairs, right? They're just mulling about. Tell us what the vibes are.

So if you get a big applause, they'll pause it for you and you don't have to try to keep up.

So if you get a big applause, they'll pause it for you and you don't have to try to keep up.

This is a perfect segue because there are reports that friend of the pod, Tucker Carlson, had a big impact on talking to Trump about his selection of J.D. Vance and said, don't pick a neocon. That'll get you assassinated. That was one report. That was advice that came before the assassination attempt, obviously. So conspiracy theorists are kind of losing their minds over this.

This is a perfect segue because there are reports that friend of the pod, Tucker Carlson, had a big impact on talking to Trump about his selection of J.D. Vance and said, don't pick a neocon. That'll get you assassinated. That was one report. That was advice that came before the assassination attempt, obviously. So conspiracy theorists are kind of losing their minds over this.

But let's talk about the selection of J.D. Vance, because that is a big surprise, I think, in many quarters. Tell us about J.D. Vance. You're friends, yeah?

But let's talk about the selection of J.D. Vance, because that is a big surprise, I think, in many quarters. Tell us about J.D. Vance. You're friends, yeah?

Why is he the best pick in your mind?

Why is he the best pick in your mind?

All right. So let me get some feedback from the rest of the panel. I'll just give you a couple of bullet points about him. For those of you who don't know J.D. Vance, yeah, he worked at Peter Thiel's Mythical Capital and Steve Case's Revolution. And so he worked for a Republican and a Democrat in Steve Case. Started his own firm called Naria Capital.

All right. So let me get some feedback from the rest of the panel. I'll just give you a couple of bullet points about him. For those of you who don't know J.D. Vance, yeah, he worked at Peter Thiel's Mythical Capital and Steve Case's Revolution. And so he worked for a Republican and a Democrat in Steve Case. Started his own firm called Naria Capital.

And he went to Ohio State, graduated Yale, was actually classmates with Pivake. We talked about that. He's only 39 years old. So he's half the age of Trump. As you mentioned, combat correspondent for six months in Iraq in 2005, 39 years old. And Teal backed him with, I think, the largest Senate race donation in history, 15 million. And so this is quite a...

And he went to Ohio State, graduated Yale, was actually classmates with Pivake. We talked about that. He's only 39 years old. So he's half the age of Trump. As you mentioned, combat correspondent for six months in Iraq in 2005, 39 years old. And Teal backed him with, I think, the largest Senate race donation in history, 15 million. And so this is quite a...

Ascension Chamath from a venture capitalist to potentially vice president and obviously potentially president. He's in the second spot. So were you a proponent of the J.D. Vance as well?

Ascension Chamath from a venture capitalist to potentially vice president and obviously potentially president. He's in the second spot. So were you a proponent of the J.D. Vance as well?

The press says you lobby Trump as well.

The press says you lobby Trump as well.

He's great. We all read Hillbilly, Elegy. I don't know if we talked about it on this pod years ago, but you and I certainly talked about it a bunch, Shamath. And... You know, he came from nothing.

He's great. We all read Hillbilly, Elegy. I don't know if we talked about it on this pod years ago, but you and I certainly talked about it a bunch, Shamath. And... You know, he came from nothing.