Asad Ramzanali (Vanderbilt) and Daniel King (FAI) discuss the debates over data centers, their power and water usage, and how to balance national AI goals with community concerns.

Ian Banks argues that after 20+ years of conservative absence from science policy debates, the right has a chance to rebuild America's research institutions by cutting paperwork that consumes 42% of researchers' time, funding high-risk moonshots instead of incremental studies about plaques, and demanding that physics experiments speak for themselves without DEI statements.

Matt Perault and Jai Ramaswamy of a16z argue that regulating misuse of AI beats trying to control its development.

Ian Cinnamon, Nathan Leamer, Joshua Levine, Bridgit Mendler, Chairman Carr, and others join to discuss Space.

Tom Johnson of Wiley Rein (Formerly office of Chairman Pai), joins to discuss the future for the FCC given Trump's consolidation of control over agencies combined with Loper Bright's decrease in agency authority.

Lars Schonander and Dan Lips dig into the policy weeds of government efficiency reform.

Senator Joni Ernst joins to discuss SBIR, DOGE, and government waste.

Evan and American Compass’s Oren Cass discuss the turmoil over NVIDIA’s exports to China and the U.S. government’s new equity stake in Intel.

Evan Swarztrauber joins Nick Solheim on American Moment to discuss Tech Coalitions in the new administration.

Elsa Johnson and Garret Molloy join to discuss Chinese intelligence networks on American college campuses.

Charles Clancy, CTO of MITRE, and FAI's Joshua Levine, join to discuss how to overcome, or leverage, American democracy for achieving AI dominance.

Dr. Pete Shadbolt joins the Dynamist to discuss the scaling quantum and attendant national security risks.

Evan is joined by Jacob Mchangama, Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt, and author of Free Speech: A History From Socrates to Social Media, and Ashkhen Kazaryan, Senior Legal Fellow at The Future of Free Speech to discuss the trend towards censorship in social media.

Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice, Gail Slater, joins to discuss antitrust realignment.

FAI's James Wallner and Luke Hogg join to break down the collapse of the proposed 10 year moratorium on state AI regulation.

Austin Bishop and Julius Krein of NAIA join to discuss the hurdles facing the US in revitalizing manufacturing.

Kelvin Yu, Chris Griswold, Santi Ruiz, and Robert Bellafiore join to discuss the Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook and its proposals, the state of manufacturing and science innovation.

Summary: Author Patrick McGee discusses his new book on how Apple got entangled in Communist China and built the country’s technology manufacturing sector.

Ed Petit de Mange, Director of Fuel Recycling at Oklo, Patrick O'Brien, Director of Government Affairs at Holtec International, Kathleen Nelson Romans, Head of Commercial Development at Aalo Atomics, and Emmet Penney, energy writer and Senior Fellow at FAI join the dynamist to talk about the future of small modular reactors and regulatory bottlenecks that stymie development.

Clare Morell, director of the Technology and Human Flourishing Project at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, joins to discuss her book, "The Tech Exit" on the effects of smartphones on children and mitigation strategies.