Axios - Season 4 - Episode 16
Senator Rand Paul, R-KY; NASA Administrator Bill Nelson; FTX Founder & CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
24 Oct 2021
29 min
English
Docuseries
U/A 16+
Senator Rand Paul, R-KY is joined by Axios co-founder Mike Allen on Capitol Hill to talk about the senator's call to fire NIAID director Anthony Fauci, and his views on vaccinations, the debt ceiling and cryptocurrency. With FTX Founder & CEO Sam Bankman-Fried sits down with Axios business editor Dan Primack at the cryptocurrency trading platform's new headquarters in the Bahamas. The two discuss the future of crypto trading, government regulation and the 29-year-old's philanthropic plans for his $22.5 billion fortune. And, Matt and Mercedes Schlapp of the American Conservative Union speak with Axios managing editor Margaret Talev. Dubbed Washington's "Trump-Era 'It Couple'," the Schlapps discuss GOP ambitions for the 2022 midterms, President Trump's plans for 2024, the fraying relationship between corporations and conservatives and the future of the conservative movement. Lastly, NASA Administrator, former Senator and astronaut Bill Nelson talks to Axios space reporter Miriam Kramer about the billionaires going to space, NASA's moonshot "Artemis" program and the global space race between the U.S. and China.Show more
Cast: Mike Allen, Jonathan Swan, Jim VandeHei
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