{"podcast":{"title":"Build or Break","slug":"build-or-break-8006393","podcast_index_feed_id":8006393,"rss_url":"https://rss2.flightcast.com/jcal6hh51ojy5f2u6fc7w28x.xml","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://files.flightcast.com/workspaces/h4oz3yrjufcn01ncqox6eund/01KYQFZVRH46M443AZBCM6X7KB/build_or_break_-_show_cover_1400x1400.jpg","author":"Daniel Lubetzky","episode_count":7,"summary":"Daniel Lubetzky — KIND Snacks founder, Shark Tank investor, Mexican Jewish social entrepreneur — sits down with the world's most fearless builders to uncover what it takes to create, innovate, and build things when others would have broken. Our guests are founders, comedians, scientists, athletes, actors, and public figures. No matter what field they come from - business, sports, entertainment, media, politics, or culture - they all face the same fork in the road. Daniel pushes past what they built to why they were willing to risk it, and how they kept going when it started to break. Real conversations about entrepreneurship, leadership, resilience, and the decisions that define a builder.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T00:18:26.052171+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-or-break-8006393"},"episode":{"title":"Kevin O'Leary: America Loses to China if We Regulate AI","slug":"kevin-o-leary-america-loses-to-china-if-we-regulate-ai","published_at":"2026-09-03T10:06:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-or-break-8006393/kevin-o-leary-america-loses-to-china-if-we-regulate-ai","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-or-break-8006393","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01M14VVRBBY8DHRCHK4XM5YXCB.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01M14VVRBBY8DHRCHK4XM5YXCB.mp3","summary":"Kevin O'Leary opens up about the $12.9M card he wore to the Oscars, what he did that almost ended his engagement, and the moment his stepfather told him he'd never make it. Before Shark Tank, before \"Mr. Wonderful,\" Kevin O'Leary was a kid getting told by his stepfather that he wasn't good enough to be a photographer. In this episode of Build or Break, Kevin sits down with Daniel Lubetzky for a conversation that goes far past the TV persona — the $12.9M sports card he bought on a hunch (and turned down $21M for), the night he had to tell his fiancée he cheated, firing his best friend in the early days of his first company, and the \"signal vs. noise\" framework he learned from Steve Jobs that still runs his entire day. You’ve never seen Mr. Wonderful like this. I’VE never seen him like this. This is Kevin without the edit — brutal honesty about business, marriage, grief, and the stepfather he says made him who he is. Thank you for coming, Kevin! https://www.instagram.com/kevinolearytv/ https://www.youtube.com/@kevinoleary https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinolearytv https://x.com/kevinolearytv https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinolearytv/ Personal site: https://kevinoleary.com O'Leary Ventures: https://olearyventures.com Shark Tank profile: https://sharktankgroup.com/kevin-oleary.html Show Notes: All images from Kevin’s Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/DanielLubetzky https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellubetzky https://x.com/DanielLubetzky https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellubetzky https://daniellubetzky.com/ 🙋🏻Become a Builder: https://buildersmovement.org/ Music: Amos Cochran https://www.editscoremusic.com/ Production: Straybird Studios https://www.straybird.studio/ Post Production: Jennell Lewis & Scott Convery Social Media Production: https://www.edits-etc.com/ Build or Brea…","meta_description":"Kevin O'Leary opens up about the $12.9M card he wore to the Oscars, what he did that almost ended his engagement, and the moment his stepfather told him h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4091,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/build-or-break-8006393/episodes/kevin-o-leary-america-loses-to-china-if-we-regulate-ai/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-or-break-8006393/kevin-o-leary-america-loses-to-china-if-we-regulate-ai.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}