Raoul Pal explains why the AI race between China and the U.S. won’t slow down. “AI is the most powerful technology we’ve ever discovered. We’ve just created intelligence.” “All the intelligence we’ve ever understood was generated on a carbon substrate. Now we’ve jumped from carbon to silicon, and it’s a million times faster.” “This race is so big that nobody can afford to lose. I’m talking about the race between China and the U.S.” “Imagine China wins because the U.S. gets slowed down by regulation. The rate of intelligence per joule of energy is doubling every 4.2 months, If you’re out of the game for three years while China keeps accelerating, you may never catch up.” “You end up with one nation-state controlling the most powerful technology the world has ever seen, Both sides have to accelerate. They can’t stop because the game is simply too big to lose” “Every country, every lab, everybody has to spend everything on this. It’s the biggest race of all time.” Full episode 👇

Hayden Panettiere says her mom’s response to ending their business relationship broke her heart. She says her mom just wanted the money. “When I was 19, I finally worked up the courage to split from her business-wise because I desperately wanted a relationship with her. I just wanted her to be my mom.” “She came into my trailer during lunch while we were filming Heroes, and I told her, ‘I don’t want us to work together anymore. I just want you to be my mom.’ I wasn’t expecting her response: ‘You owe me.’ That’s all she said before walking out.” “It left this dark cloud over my head. What did she mean by ‘I owe her’? I was disappointed to find out she meant money.” “She never pursued a real relationship with me as just a mother and daughter. Once the business aspect was gone, I hoped she would simply be my mom. The fact that she didn’t seem to want a relationship with me was a tough pill to swallow.”

Snoop Dogg shares the unbelievable story of how Dr. Dre discovered him. “One day, Warren G was at a bachelor party for one of Dre’s homeboys. The music cut off, so he threw my tape in, and the whole party started rocking Dre asked, ‘Who that?’, Warren G said, ‘That’s my homie Snoop I was telling you about.” “Not long after, Dre called me but I thought somebody was playing on my phone. I said, ‘Man, this ain’t no motherfucking Dr. Dre,’ and hung up.” “He called right back, warren G said, ‘Snoop, cuz, I got Dre on the phone, I picked up, and Dre said, ‘I like that mixtape. What you doing Thursday? Come by the studio.” “So me, Warren G, and my homeboy Rump drove over there, I was nervous because I had no idea what to expect.” “Dre put on James Brown’s “The Big Payback” and said, ‘Rap over this, So I did.” “When I finished, he didn’t ask for another take. I asked, ‘Did I do it right? He said, ‘Yeah… that shit cool.’” “Looking back, that was my audition. Dre was seeing if I was really built for it, that was my one shot.”

AJC reveals why Pokémon cards have an edge over NFTs and meme coins. “I would actually first contend with whether it’s NFTs or meme coins. It’s a mixture of both, and I think that’s kind of fine. What matters is that both of those were cultural asset trades. We ascribed high cultural value to NFTs in 2021, and we ascribed high cultural value to meme coins in 2024 and 2025. The reason they went down is that the cultural value wasn’t actually there. If you ask 100 people, ‘What are Bored Apes?’ or ‘What are Pudgy Penguins?’ most of them probably won’t know. We definitely overindexed on how culturally valuable these assets were, even though that’s exactly where they derive their value from. There are no cash flows here. All that matters is whether the asset is desirable. Is there cultural significance or status associated with it? Meme coins are similar, although I’d say that’s true to a slightly lesser extent. It’s like, ‘I’m buying WIF because WIF is funny, and everyone else thinks it’s funny.’ But then you realize, ‘Wait, I actually overestimated how many people think this is funny. It’s really just me and my crypto buddies.’ Trading cards, however, don’t run into that problem. Ask 100 people if they’ve heard of Bored Apes, WIF, or Pokémon cards. Pretty much 100 out of 100 people will say they’ve heard of Pokémon. That’s the advantage of trading cards, especially Pokémon cards. They already have cultural value outside of crypto. Everyone knows about them. They’re desirable even to people who have nothing to do with crypto or investing. People just like Charizard, Pikachu, or someone like Shohei Ohtani and want to collect cool memorabilia.”