Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare

Jason Calacanis· Host0:00

All right, everybody. Welcome back to the number one podcast in the world. Freeburg's out saving the world, creating new potatoes, or I don't know, quinoa, maybe some Brussels sprouts. I'm not sure what he's working on at this point. In his place, his personal favorite bestie, he always says that, "When I'm not here, I want Brad Gersten in the seat." Welcome back. We haven't seen you on the pod since your shout-out at the State of the Union. Take us behind the scenes for a brief moment here, Brad, of what it's like- [laughs] ... to get a shout-out from POTUS at the State of... Did you know it was coming? Did you choreograph to this thing? Did you, did you choreograph that, or was that more spontaneous? I, I honestly had no idea it was coming, and in fact, I, I found out after the fact that it wasn't in the speech, and the president added it to the speech, so I don't even think it was, you know- That's so awesome ... few days before going to happen. But we got an invite to the State of the Union, and, you know, listen, it's an institution. This has happened every year for 250 years in the country. I've never been. I thought... I did know he was gonna talk about Trump accounts, so I figured if I'm ever going to go, that's the time to go. And I have to say, you know, I'm just a sucker for democratic institutions and democratic traditions. It w- it was an extraordinary night. Set aside, you know, the headlines about what Democrats did or Republicans did, just the, whether it's a Democrat president or Republican president, that this happens every year. You have to go report on the State of the Union. So it was a, it was a special night. Did dinner ahead of time. We're in the chamber. The chamber, as you all know, is very small, and so, you know, just to your right was