The Rip Current with Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward

jake@jacobward.com

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Booking Overview

This is a primarily solo expert and reported-analysis show about the invisible forces shaping technology, politics, business, science, and culture, with occasional interviews featuring prominent policymakers and subject-matter experts. Agencies could credibly pitch legislators, technology-policy specialists, researchers, business leaders, and journalists with original analysis or firsthand expertise; booking is likely high difficulty because the show is hosted by an established journalist and appears selective about external guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 96

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 19.0k subscribers

Contact Information

jake@jacobward.com

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Host

Jacob Ward - Veteran journalist who has covered technology, science, and business for NBC News, CNN, PBS, and Al Jazeera, and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Wired. He is the fo...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior policymakers, technology-policy experts, researchers, business leaders, and journalists with direct expertise and original analysis on major forces shaping society.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership in government, technology, science, business, or journalism, Development of significant policy, research, or industry work, Recognized expertise in consequential public issues

Recent Guest Discussions

Sara Jacobs - AI Governance, Algorithmic Discrimination, Federal Agency Enforcement, Political Opposition To AI Regulation, And State-level Regulation.

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Rip Current with Jacob Ward
:

The Fight to Protect You Against AI (with Rep Sara Jacobs)

June 26, 2026

Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) just introduced the Sectoral AI Governance Act, a bill that would let federal agencies enforce existing laws — on housing, hiring, disability rights, benefits — when an algorithm is the one making the decision. It creates no new crimes. It's what she calls a "minimum viable product."I sat down with her to push on the hard parts: why the bill leans on agency power at the exact moment the Trump administration is stripping it and suing states over their AI l...

The First Stock Market Greed Machine

June 12, 2026

In 1602, Dutch merchants invented the stock market — and built it so no one who bought in could ever get their money back. Today, that same machine lists on the Nasdaq as SPCX.SpaceX just raised $75 billion in the largest IPO in history — nearly triple the previous record. But strip away the size and look at what a share actually buys: no vote that can change anything, money the company keeps permanently, and one man holding 82% of the decisions. That structure wasn't invented by Elon Musk. I...

The SpaceX IPO: Your Money, Musk's Kingdom

June 09, 2026

SpaceX goes public this Friday in what could be the largest IPO in the history of capitalism. But before you invest — or find out your 401(k) already has — there's something you should understand about what you're actually buying.Elon Musk's S-1 filing gives him 85.1% of the voting power in the combined SpaceX/xAI company. That means your money goes in, his rules stay permanent. This isn't a quirk of one founder's ego — it's the fullest expression yet of a two-decade market structure that Goo...

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