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Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world's greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.

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October 20, 2026

Jason Calacanis (0:00)

All right, everybody, welcome back to This Week in Startups, Monday, October 19th. Twist, Lon Harris is here.

Lot in the news, lots going on. Don't want to lose a minute of it. That's why I have a Plaud on the back of my phone. So great, because if I'm in a meeting, if I have an ad hoc meeting, I can say, hey, can I record this? And then I press the button, boom, I'm recording, I put it on the desk, I'm all set.

Lon Harris (0:51)

Oh no, I can do that. I think I have the magnetic back, I think it works even just like this.

Watch this.

Jason Calacanis (0:58)

Oh, if you have the magnetic back, you put it on the lapel.

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