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Katherine Boyle + Erik Torenberg + Marc Andreessen 24 Oct 2025 • EN

Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America

In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, Marc Andreessen, Katherine Boyle, and Erik Torenberg dive into the movies that best explain America, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to Tropic Thunder to Fight Club. They explore how Tarantino’s revisionist masterpiece reimagines 1969 and the end of America’s cultural inn

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Erik Torenberg + Marc Andreessen & Amjad Masad 23 Oct 2025 • EN

Marc Andreessen and Amjad Masad: English As the New Programming Language

Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, joins a16z’s Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg to discuss the new world of AI agents, the future of programming, and how software itself is beginning to build software. They trace the history of computing to the rise of AI agents that can now plan, reason, and code for hours wit

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Erik Torenberg & Reid Hoffman 20 Oct 2025 • EN

Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Humanity

Reid Hoffman has been at the center of every major tech shift, from co-founding LinkedIn and helping build PayPal to investing early in OpenAI. In this conversation, he looks ahead to the next transformation: how artificial intelligence will reshape work, science, and what it means to be human. In this episode, Reid jo

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Anish Acharya & Kevin Rose 22 Oct 2025 • EN

Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code

In this episode, a16z's Anish Acharya joins Kevin Rose for an in-depth, fast-paced conversation on the rebirth of consumer technology, and how AI is reshaping what it means to build, invest, and create. They talk about why AI has reignited the consumer renaissance, what it means to build “weird and working” products, a

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The Psychology of Love and Connection with Dr. Rick Hanson Psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson joins Dr. Richard Louis Miller to explore how compassion, community, and love can rewire the human brain — and why our survival as a species may depend on it. Together, they discuss the “two wolves within us,” how positive neuroplas

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Katherine Boyle + Erik Torenberg & Marc Andreessen 17 Oct 2025 • EN

Marc Andreessen on the State of Film and Hollywood

Hollywood is going through a major cultural and creative reset, and Marc Andreessen thinks it’s long overdue. In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, Marc joins Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle to dissect the past decade of filmmaking, from the rise of “the message” in every movie to the return of genuine comedy

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