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00:00 – Who is Pete Buttigieg, really?
00:14 – Mayor, veteran, scholar… beard guy?
01:10 – The beard origin story (and Chasten’s role)
02:13 – Eugene’s beard journey: from baby face to philosopher
04:03 – Trevor’s beard trauma: the laser years
05:13 – Mayor Pete, Secretary Pete, or just Pete?
06:11 – The retired superhero phase
07:17 – Can you ever really step away from public service?
08:47 – Watching your own work get undone
10:02 – Going on Fox News to “say this”
11:56 – When your successor puts a Trump sign on your projects
12:56 – Why America’s politics always flips every four years
15:16 – Are Democrats stuck in “normal times” while the rules change?
17:12 – Winning the era vs. winning the election
18:50 – America’s institutions aren’t broken – they’re outdated
19:53 – Who really pays for political failure
22:48 – Do politicians actually want young people to vote?
24:31 – What if both parties only agree on 30% of the truth?
25:40 – AI: the one issue not yet poisoned by politics
27:07 – How vaccines became partisan overnight
29:35 – When corporations choose a side before voters do
31:10 – How culture decides politics before Congress does
33:22 – How voters can feel less helpless
36:32 – Why local action still changes lives
38:40 – The power of uncomfortable conversations
40:40 – The beard, the Overton Window, and political fashion
42:09 – How nationalizing politics kills local problem-solving
43:30 – Reality, imagination, and fixing potholes
46:24 – Why social feeds make us arrogant
47:40 – Bowling Alone and the death of community
49:20 – Why isolation feels like polarization
50:20 – Democracy or the strongman: the choice ahead
51:47 – What makes America… America
54:25 – The appeal of breaking everything
57:20 – Do Democrats still do things?
59:04 – Bureaucracy vs. boldness: why things don’t get built
1:04:05 – First-world budget, third-world problems
1:04:44 – Inequality: the root of almost everything
1:06:19 – Will AI fix inequality or make it permanent?
1:07:40 – The laws that sound crazy until they aren’t
1:10:33 – Why the left needs a strategy room
1:12:37 – Government grocery stores and the limits of policy
1:17:05 – Should governments act like companies?
1:22:18 – How monopoly power breaks democracy
1:23:35 – How corruption kills progress
1:24:35 – Can America rebuild global trust?
1:27:00 – “America First” vs. “America Alone”
1:29:11 – The price of inconsistent values
1:33:15 – Leading with values, not just power
1:35:29 – Rebuilding trust at home and abroad
1:40:33 – The danger of defending oppression
1:44:20 – What the next generation of leadership must do
1:46:45 – From rhetoric to reality: fascism in our time
1:48:50 – A new world demands new frameworks
1:49:35 – Outro: Pass it on (even if you didn’t like it)
