Giant Ideas

About Giant Ideas

Giant Ideas invites leading minds from tech, business, politics, and beyond to explore the giant ideas changing our world. Giant Ventures, founded by Cameron McLain and Tommy Stadlen, backs purpose-driven founders shaping civilisation.

Publisher

Giant Ventures

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jan 2024

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

91 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Isomorphic Labs President Max Jaderberg: Can AI Solve All Disease?

   Today, we're joined by Max Jaderberg, President of Isomorphic Labs. Isomorphic Labs, the Alphabet-backed company spun out of DeepMind, is using AI to design new medicines, with the mission of solving all disease. Tommy Stadlen and Cameron McLain talk to Max about why he believes no future exists where medicines aren't designed with AI, and why he'd be "severely disappointed" if disease doesn't mean something completely different 30 years from now. He speaks about: What "solve all disea...

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   What Traits Do the BEST Founders Share? Tommy & Cameron's Reflections

   After more than 50 episodes interviewing founders, investors and leaders, Giant co-founders Tommy Stadlen and Cameron McLain turn the mic on themselves to ask what the best entrepreneurs have in common. From resilience, storytelling, obsession and self-awareness, to the power of control. They speak about: Cameron's four founder traits, and why three out of four is the barWhy Tommy added control to his list (and what Alex Ferguson has to do with it)Producing under fire vs simply enduringThe c...

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   AOL Co-founder, Steve Case: AI Lessons from the Internet Boom

   Today, we're joined by Steve Case, the co-founder of AOL, to talk about what the first internet boom can tell us about this one. Steve started AOL in 1985, when 3% of people were online. He took it public in 1992 as the first internet company to list, and now runs Revolution, the firm behind Rise of the Rest and more than 200 investments across 100 American cities. Cameron McLain talks to Steve about why AOL raised just $10 million over seven years (while today's AI companies are seede...

Who has been a guest on Giant Ideas

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Trip Adler
• Reid Hoffman
• Alain de Botton

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

25 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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