Andrew Yang was right about the 2024 election. He was right about AI. He was right about MATH. When he talks, you better pay attention!
I sat down with Andrew Yang for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from personal to political and back again — getting bullied as the only Asian kid in his school, quitting a prestigious law firm five months in, and building the "Yang Gang" from a fringe campaign into a national movement built on a $3 million baseball cap. Andrew opens up about the hardest year of his life — becoming a father to a son later diagnosed as on the autism spectrum — and connects it directly to why he ran for president. He breaks down why 94% of Congress never loses reelection despite a 10% approval rating, why he quit the Democratic Party in 2021, and why investors will fund almost anything as long as it has "AI" in the name. Along the way: the real story behind "MATH," his viral Cupid Shuffle moment, and a live demonstration of my favorite party trick/pain tolerance tester I brought over from Mexico!
Andrew is funny, blunt, and still relentlessly early on the things everyone else eventually catches up to. Watch the full interview now.
0:00 – Cold open & Intro
2:05 – Getting bullied as the only Asian kid in school
4:40 – Quitting his law career & his first failure
9:12 – The roots of his entrepreneurship
13:32 – Investors who'll only fund you if you slap "AI" on it
19:55 – The real origin story of "MATH"
24:45 – Gerrymandering, primaries, and why Congress doesn’t work
39:04 – Andrew’s vision for an independent presidential primary
44:57 – His two biggest lessons for anyone running for office
48:50 – His biggest professional regret
54:38 – What Andrew’s doing now
58:23 – Mexican Inquisition and Toques
1:08:06 – Rapid-fire: Build or Break round
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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 Break Team:
Executive Producer & Host: Daniel Lubetzky
Executive Producer: Kristin Schneider
Head of Programming & Production: Joel Rubin
Marketing & Communications: Sarah Black
Associate Producer & Social Media: Taylor Larned
Booking & Scheduling: Kayla Rose
Network Relations: Julianna Cohen
