Mats Lederhausen, co-founder and CEO of Andas and former McDonald's and Chipotle executive, makes the case for inspirational capitalism: business as a force for good.

Acumen's Yasmina Zaidman returns to discuss what the dismantling of USAID means for international development, aid and philanthropy, and how the field is adapting.

Simon Bowen, creator of the Models Method and founder of a leadership consultancy, on why businesses should anchor the communities they serve.

Rutgers historian Kate Epstein asks a provocative question: what if AI is making us dumber? A conversation on her essay "We, Robots" and the limits of automated thinking.

Dan Lerman, one of the world's top SAT and ACT tutors, takes us inside the mysterious world of elite private tutoring and what it means for educational opportunity.

Former US Attorney Mack Jenkins on the biggest cases of his career and the evolving role of the courts in American democracy.

Anand Sanwal of The Formidable Fellowship and CB Insights on how entrepreneurship could help fix our broken education system.

Ben Kuethe Oaks of Divert explains why America wastes roughly 40% of its food, and how business can turn that waste into a solution.

Seventh-generation corn farmer Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag on regenerative agriculture, carbon footprints and how farmers can thrive while protecting the environment.

Darius Dale of 42 Macro returns for a deep dive into DOGE and its $2 trillion target, separating the hype from what the analysis actually shows.

Melissa Walker of the States Project on why state legislatures are the most overlooked source of power in American politics, and how giving circles are changing that.

USAFacts president Poppy MacDonald on empowering Americans with accessible, non-partisan data, and why we should think of ourselves as shareholders of America.

Frank Rohde, founder and CEO of Ownify, on a new way to pair first-time homebuyers with socially conscious investors and open a path to ownership.

Acumen's Yasmina Zaidman on how entrepreneurship and patient capital can tackle the world's most intractable problems, and what works in social impact investing.

Nate Helbach, founder and CEO of Neutral, on building regenerative, sustainable real estate in an industry responsible for about 40% of annual CO2 emissions.

Azoria Partners founder James Fishback on markets, the global economy, and his case for meritocracy and open debate.

UCLA law professor and Hoover Institution fellow Eugene Volokh cuts through the noise on what free speech law actually says and what it doesn't.

Democratic donor and strategist Dmitri Mehlhorn on political investing, the threats to American democracy, and why he stays optimistic that the fight for freedom can be won.

FairVote's Deb Otis makes the case for ranked choice voting and proportional representation as the way to a better election system in America.

LA4LA strategist Sarah Dusseault on the work underway to unlock affordable housing at scale and what it will take to solve Los Angeles' homelessness crisis.