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And, This Is How To Build A Better Media Business With Axios’s Jim VandeHei

Oct 15, 2026 · 1h 18m

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Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei joins the show to talk through how AI is changing the media industry, why he rejects the simple solutions floated by today’s politicians and how he’d handle saving legacy media institutions. He then shares his philosophy on how to manage one’s time and business effectively as articulated in his new book book Simplify: Do 50 Percent More with 50 Percent Less co-written with his Axios co-founders, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz 00:00 An Era As Significant As The Great Depression 2:46 Trust Loss In Institutions 6:09 The Challenge Of Breaking News In An AI World 11:42 How To Fix Business Leaders Selling Out 16:57 How Algorithms Shape Our…