Episodes: 131
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 1.2k subscribers
Publicly listed emails
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info@cmbg.com
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Jim Baer - Host and interviewer exploring venture capital, entrepreneurship, technology, healthcare, economics, and public policy with prominent external guests.
Lori Garver - NASA Commercialization, Institutional Resistance, Space Investment, Procurement, Healthcare Policy, And Social Security
Christopher Beha - Religion, Atheism, Science, Doubt, Artificial Intelligence, Attention, And Ethics
Jason Furman - Economic Risks, Oil Shocks, Artificial Intelligence Valuations, Private Credit, Deficits, And Inflation
Avik Roy - Healthcare Costs, National Debt, Insurance Markets, Medicare, Medicaid, Healthcare Reform, And Fiscal Policy
Annie Lamont - Healthcare Investment, Artificial Intelligence, Electronic Health Records, Medicaid, Drug Development, And The Future Of American Medicine
Sara Seager: The Search for Life on Venus, Widowhood, and Autism
October 01, 2026
Sara Seager joins The Puck to talk about her search for life beyond Earth, including a privately funded mission to Venus, her post-traumatic growth after losing her husband, being diagnosed as autistic in her 40s, and her return home to Toronto after 30 years at MIT.
Avi Loeb: This Is a Blind Date of Interstellar Proportions
September 17, 2026
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb - former chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, head of the Galileo Project, author of Extraterrestrial and Interstellar - joins Jim Baer for a conversation that isn't really about aliens. It's about how serious people think about the unknown."This is a blind date of interstellar proportions." Loeb makes the case that the search for intelligent life deserves the same funding urgency as the $2.4 trillion the world spends on defense every year - and that the bi...
Michael Moritz: Steve Jobs, Sequoia, and the Weight of History
September 03, 2026
My guest today is Michael Moritz. He started as a journalist at Time Magazine, then spent 35 years at Sequoia Capital backing Google, Yahoo, PayPal, and YouTube. Before any of that, he wrote The Little Kingdom, the first inside account of Apple, written with unusual access to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and later relied on by Walter Isaacson for his own Jobs biography.In this conversation, Moritz reflects on what made Jobs different before the world caught on (he calls him a bit of a mystic...
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The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond is hosted by Jim Baer. Its publicly listed emails are thepuckpod@gmail.com and info@cmbg.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed emails for The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond: thepuckpod@gmail.com and info@cmbg.com.
Podseeker estimates The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Established venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, technology or healthcare executives, economists, policy experts, authors, and senior public-sector leaders with demonstrated expertise and substantive perspectives. Common among recent guests: Senior leadership in government, investment, research, or industry; Published books or recognized thought leadership; Substantial expertise in venture capital, technology, healthcare, economics, or public policy. Recent guests include Lori Garver, Christopher Beha, and Jason Furman.
High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.
Recent episodes cover Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Healthcare, and Economics. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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