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Marc Andreessen | Shane Smith Has Questions Feb 05, 2025

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Shane and Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen unpack how a Chinese open-source AI breakthrough could mark a “Sputnik moment” for the West, why governments are bent on crushing emerging technologies, and what recent events mean for the future of startups, freedom of speech, and global innovation. From exposing how AI can be deliberately taught to lie, to dissecting the ongoing U.S.–China rivalry and the far-reaching impacts of open-source software, Andreessen offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at political maneuvering, corporate self-interest, and the moral questions that will define the next wave of technological progress. Marc shares his candid takes on crypto, central bank digital currencies, and the possibility of a new Cold War over AI. This is the most crucial conversation shaping our world right now and you have a front row seat.

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Covid Lab Leak Theory Examined | Shane Smith Has Questions Jan 28, 2025

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Shane does a deep dive on the bombshell Covid report with the man who chaired the committee, Congressman Brad Wenstrup. He gets alternate opinions from Dr. Alina Chan, a molecular biologist, who specializes in gene therapy and is a cell engineering scholar and lab leak theory supporter and Dr. Paul Offit, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases who shares his insights in a riveting conversation.

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Can the Government Control the Weather? | Shane Smith Has Questions Jan 10, 2025

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Shot before the California disaster, Shane does a deep dive on weather modification and geo-engineering, the realities, the truths, and the Internet conspiracy theories that emerge and why, with Harvard-educated meteorologist Matthew Cappucci, entrepreneur and Rainmaker CEO Augustus Doricko, and former solar energy exec and proponent o government weather manipulation ideas, Dane Wigington.

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Brigham Buhler One on One | Shane Smith Has Questions Dec 19, 2024

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Shane and ex Big Pharma rep turned advocate Brigham Buhler dissect the varying reactions of the United Health Care CEO tragedy in NYC, why people are so upset at insurance companies, social media memes and reactions, systematic issues in insurance company care denial, egregious industry practices, price gouging, RFK Jr. and his possible impact on the system, government complicity, and much more on why the system is broken and how to fix it.

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Tom Bilyeu One on One | Shane Smith Has Questions Dec 03, 2024

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Entrepreneur and podcaster Tom Bilyeu of Impact Theory and Shane on our algorithm-induced national divorce, the erosion of public trust giving rise to new voices, how Tom data-tracks his sleep, A.I. induced massive change, the A.I. paperclip maximizer experiment, capitalism vs. Communism, banks’ Fractional Reserve System as a means of control, inflation as a hidden tax, Big Food’s big bad, the sane center as a unifying destination, Tom’s favorite books for maximizing knowledge, and how incremental self-improvement leads to long term growth and much more.

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One on One with Brianne Dressen | Shane Smith Has Questions Nov 26, 2024

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Shane has questions for Brianne Dressen, a Utah mother and former preschool teacher turned advocate, to discuss her life-changing experience as an AstraZeneca vaccine trial participant. Dressen details the severe, long-term injuries she suffered, how medical and governmental systems silenced her, and her ongoing legal battle. They also get into RFK Jr.'s controversial appointment as HHS Secretary in 2025, the danger of vaccine hesitancy, censorship, and the role of the government in silencing dissent with programs like the virality project and the suppression of vaccine injury stories on social media. Dressen’s story is a powerful call for transparency, accountability, and support for those affected by vaccine injuries. Visit React19.org to learn more and support her advocacy efforts.

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Shane Smith Has Questions | Destiny One On One Nov 19, 2024

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Shane sits down with Destiny, internet personality, live streamer, and political commentator. They discuss Destiny’s viral debates with public figures and his approach to political discussions, why people are susceptible to various theories, lack of trust in our systems, the validity of the Dead Internet Theory, polarization, state sponsored disinformation, statistical misinterpretation, and how people view the past as better than it actually was.

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Shane Smith Has Questions | The Future of Immigration Nov 15, 2024

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Shane talks to border experts Todd Bensman and Nick Gillespie about what might happen in a Trump presidency moving forward.

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Shane Smith Has Questions | How Safe Is The Election? Nov 05, 2024

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Can we fully trust elections? Find out when Shane Smith and election law expert David Becker, Executive Director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) to ensure trustworthy elections, discuss how misinformation affects election confidence, possible foreign influence, myths surrounding voter fraud, non-citizens and dead people voting, Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems, why vote counting in the U.S. can take days, decentralized election management, how U.S. voting machines are secure against hacking attempts, the dangers of not conceding elections, and much more!

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Shane Smith Has Questions: Immigration and Open Borders Oct 31, 2024

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Immigration is a massive issue, and Shane wants to find out what’s really going at our Southern border, so he talks to Democratic strategist James Carville, Vice President of the Border Guard Council Art Del Cueto, Democratic Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, and Arizona Sherriff Mark Lamb, to shed some light on the American border and the complex immigration situation by talking to people who have spent extensive time there, working tirelessly to improve the situation. This is part one of a far-reaching episode.

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