About this episode
Episode 1 : A Star is Born! After too many excuses, the Merge newsletter’s Mike Benitez launches the inaugural Merge podcast! Co-hosting duties are shared with Jake Chapman ( @VC ) and Tim Nolan (@NatSecTim). In this episode, we talk about 3 things the newsletter has never covered in its 2-year existence: venture capital, TikTok, and American Dynamism. Show Notes: (00:30) – the world’s most okayist defense podcast (1:02) – Co-host intros (3:58) – What is venture capital (20:49) – Jake and the Army Venture Capital Corporation (26:20 ) – TikTok and national security (39:16) – WTH is ‘American Dynamisn’ Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.themerge.co/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/the_merge