Forged in America

E63: Trump Gets Crushed: What Happens to America Next?

Forged in America: Is America Losing Its Common Sense? Why good intentions aren't enough—and why results matter more than rhetoric. America remains one of the world's m

E62: Silicon Valley's Biggest VCs Have Lost Their Way

David Hornik & Eric Carlborg: Why Silicon Valley's Biggest VCs Have Lost Their Way Is venture capital still about backing great entrepreneurs—or has it become a giant mo

E61: Congressman Andy Barr - Can the GOP Survive After Trump?

Congressman Andy Barr: Can the GOP Survive After Trump? What happens to the Republican Party when Donald Trump is no longer its defining figure? Can the GOP build a last

E60: a16z's Alex Rampell: Why the Best Founders Are Sociopaths

Alex Rampell: AI, Billion-Dollar Founders, and the Future of American Capitalism What happens when artificial intelligence can outperform the smartest people in the room

E59: I Worked Inside DOGE...Here's What Really Happened.

What really happened inside Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)? And did its effort to overhaul Washington actually work? This week on Forged in Ameri

E58: Fintech Unicorn Dave: From $4B to $60M—and Back

Jason Wilk has lived through one of the wildest round trips in public-market history. He co-founded Dave to take on the big banks and give everyday Americans a better al

E57: Michele Tafoya: 5 Super Bowls to Senate Run

Michele Tafoya spent decades on the biggest stages in sports, becoming one of the most recognizable voices in football as an Emmy-winning sideline reporter for NBC’s Sund

E56: He Backed SpaceX & Figure AI Early: What He Saw

What separates the venture investments that look insane from the ones that become generational companies? Shane Neman is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has backe

E55: The 400K College Scam — Top Ivy League Admissions Expert Explains

What if the biggest lie we tell young Americans is that a college degree is automatically worth the price? Andreas Stamatakis is one of the country’s leading Ivy League

E54: Judge Roy Altman Makes the Case for America

United States District Judge Roy K. Altman joins Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein for a wide-ranging conversation about immigration, American exceptionalism, the legal syste

E53: Why Are So Many Successful People Unhappy?

What if everything you’ve been taught about happiness is wrong? Tal Tsfany is the President and CEO of the Ayn Rand Institute, a former technology entrepreneur and execu

E52: The American Dream Isn’t Dead 🇺🇸

Is the American Dream dead—or are we looking at it the wrong way? In this episode of Forged in America, Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein compare two radically different pat

E51: Tom Hayes Says “Berkshire Is Done” & China Might Beat USA

Investor Tom Hayes, founder of Great Hill Capital and better known as “Turnaround Tom,” joins Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein to explain why some of the best investments ar

E50: Tom Gimbel Says Gen Z Needs a Wake-Up Call

Tom Gimbel is back on Forged in America for a wide-ranging conversation about work, parenting, politics, AI, and why so many young Americans feel like they can’t get ahea

E49: One Of America's Top Immigration Experts Has A Solution

In this episode of Forged in America, Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein sit down with Stuart Anderson, Executive Director of the National Foundation for American Policy, form

E48: Brain Cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Addiction, Psychedelics & Future of Medicine

In this episode of Forged in America, Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein sit down with Dr. JJ Desai—Stanford-trained physician, entrepreneur, and CEO of Lotus Neuro—to explore

E47: Dan Crenshaw On His Loss, Iran, Tucker & Misinformation

Dan Crenshaw is back on Forged In America—and this time, he has nothing to lose. After a stunning primary defeat that will bring his four terms in Congress to an end, th

E46: Pete Kadens Round 2--USA Debate Continues + Markets Debrief

Pete Kadens is back for Round 2. After his first appearance on Forged in America sparked such a strong response, we brought Pete back to continue the debate—and this tim

E45: A Top Surgeon on GLP-1s, Longevity, and Future of Medicine

Orthopedic surgeon and entrepreneur Dr. Ben Domb joins Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of medicine, AI, longevity, GLP-1s, rob

E44: Pete Kadens created $4B, 7,000 jobs, and wants to fix America

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Pete Kadens joins Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein for one of the most candid political conversations we've had. A lifelong Democrat, Pete do