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What happens to a publisher when an AI personal assistant can just give you the news?
Jim VandeHei is the CEO of Axios, the co-founder of Politico and the author of Just the Good Stuff. Mary Long caught up with VandeHei for a conversation about:

The “aha” moment that created Politico.

How AI changes our relationship with information.

Practicing good times paranoia and bad times optimism.

The case for teaching kids how to play poker.

Companies mentioned: ABNB, JPM

Host: Mary Long
Guest: Jim VandeHei
Producer: Ricky Mulvey 
Engineers: Desiree Jones, Austin Morgan
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