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AI, Energy and Climate Podcast

AI's Promise and Peril — and How to Simplify: Jim VandeHei

Sep 15, 2026 · 44m

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Axios CEO and co-founder Jim VandeHei has spent more than a year using AI obsessively, finding it remarkably useful for writing and thinking. Yet he is deeply concerned about AI’s risks and the failure of leaders to prepare for the huge challenges created by AI. Join host David Sandalow as he and VandeHei discuss these topics and VandeHei's new book, Simplify, which offers practical advice on how to clarify priorities in a chaotic time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices