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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