🎙️ Introducing the #ParadoxPodcast

Kyle Tibbitts

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Kyle Tibbitts

5 min readSep 20, 2019

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We live in a paradoxical time where we have more comfort but less peace, more connectivity but less connection, more information but less wisdom. The purpose of this podcast is to explore these natural tensions with independent voices who will push our thinking. This is the #ParadoxPodcast.

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🎙️ #1 — Michael Davidson — Looking beyond government to solve big problems

Released: September 20, 2019

Michael Davidson is the CEO of GenNext, an organization that recruits business leaders in the private sector, educates them on critical issues like economic opportunity, education and global security and empowers them to have a direct impact both inside and outside of government. Michael is a super sharp guy who cares about the restoring the marketplace of ideas, reviving civics, and solving the leadership deficit in this country.

🎙️ #2 — Jennifer Fearing — The good lobbyist

Released: October 4th, 2019

Jennifer Fearing is one of the most successful, innovative, and admired lobbyists in California. She left a lucrative corporate consulting career to advocate on behalf of issues that are close to her heart. Jennifer successfully ran the 2008 Proposition 2 campaign, also known as the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. Jennifer spent eight years working for the Humane Society of the United States and in 2014 founded Fearless Advocacy, a lobbying firm dedicated to advancing the public policy agendas of causes she believes in. A graduate of UC Davis and Harvard’s Kennedy School, Jennifer has been featured on the Capitol 100, an annual list of the most impactful people in California government.

🎙️ #3 — James Beshara — Mental health is wealth (part 1)

Released: October 18th, 2019

James Beshara (J Beshara) is a modern day renaissance man — an entrepreneur, angel investor, podcaster, author, musician. James is a prolific creator who operates with passion and compassion. and he’s probably one of the most honest entrepreneurs I’ve ever met. James founded three startups including Tilt which was acquired by Airbnb in 2017. At Airbnb James was Director of Group and Social Travel and then the Global Head of Airbnb Music. James has angel invested in dozens of startups like Gusto, Mercury Bank, Halo Top Ice Cream, Bolt and many others, including several multi-billion dollar companies, and is now a full-time angel investor. This year, he launched the Below The Line podcast which is, without any exaggeration, my favorite new podcast of 2019.

🎙️ #4 — Trae Stephens — Just warfare in the age of technology

Released: November 1st, 2019

Trae Stephens is a venture capitalist at Founders Fund with partners like Peter Thiel, Brian Singerman, Cyan Banister and Keith Rabois, where he invests across sectors with a particular interest in startups operating in the government space. He’s also Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industries with Palmer Luckey, who founded Oculus, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014. Anduril is a defense technology company focused on developing autonomous systems for U.S. military and is by far one of the most interesting, and for some controversial, new startups in the last two years. Previously, Trae was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, where he led teams focused on growth in the intelligence/defense space as well as international expansion, helping large organizations solve their hardest data analysis problems.

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About the hosts

Kyle Tibbitts

Kyle has spent the last ten years building marketing machines for startups and currently works at Opendoor, where he was the second marketing hire. Prior to Opendoor, he worked at HotelTonight (acquired by Airbnb) and ThisLife (acquired by Shutterfly). Kyle graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Political Science and took 6 months off to work as an Intern in the Office of Political Affairs at the White House at 19. He lives in the East Bay with his wife and 18-month-old daughter and loves learning from smart, humble people. Connect with him on Twitter.

Alex Khan

Alex is an Attorney who lives in Sacramento and works at the State Capitol as the Principle Policy & Budget Consultant for the State Assembly for all Healthcare Policy. Prior to working in state government, Alex attended law school at the McGeorge School of Law at the University of Pacific. Alex lives with his wife Heather and Rhodesian Ridgeback, Justice. Connect with him on Twitter. Kyle and Alex met at age 16 while serving as Congressional Pages in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington D.C. during the summer of 2004. They’ve been great friends ever since.