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Sep 25, 2026
DanielHOST
Known for his outspoken views, Thiel has previously criticized figures like climate activist Greta Thunberg and AI safety advocate Eliezer Yudkowsky, likening them to the Antichrist for their regulatory stances.
MayaHOST
Thiel made these comments in Berlin, where he received the Axel Springer Award for his significant impact on business and technology.
MayaHOST
As a partner at Founders Fund, Thiel is invested in several major AI firms, including OpenAI and Palantir Technologies.
DanielHOST
It's a fascinating and contentious perspective, and it will be interesting to see how these discussions around AI regulation evolve.
John PassantinoHOST
Okay, so this week in Berlin, which we haven't talked about in a while here, the publishing giant Axel Springer, which owns Politico and Business Insider here in the US, is honoring none other than the pro-MAGA tech billionaire, Peter Thiel.
John PassantinoHOST
In announcing that they were going to honor him at this annual Axel Springer Award, the chief executive, Matthias Daffner, lauded the PayPal and Palantir co-founder as what he calls, quote, one of the rare entrepreneurs who reminds us that progress requires courage and nonconformism.
John PassantinoHOST
Getting chills just thinking about it.
John PassantinoHOST
So to honor him at the ceremony this week in Berlin was none other than Barry Weiss herself, who'd flown in just for the occasion.
Oliver DarcyHOST
The White House has banned Politico from their grounds and then was forced to allow them back on.
Oliver DarcyHOST
But there's this ongoing litigation on this front.
Oliver DarcyHOST
And you invite this guy who is a supporter of Donald Trump who has a horrible record with the press, and you honor him, you give him your namesake Axel Springer award, whatever, at this ceremony, he goes after the press and calls them a left-wing hate factory, says it's a lopsided landscape, a one-sided media landscape.
Oliver DarcyHOST
It's not as free as you'd like it to be, et cetera, et cetera.
Peter ThielGUEST
And the, yeah, that's sort of-- I, I don't have an answer to that, but that would, that would be the kind of question I would, I would, I would try to think about really hard.
Mathias DöpfnerHOST
Tonight, you're going to receive the Axel Springer Award.
Mathias DöpfnerHOST
And when I informed you about that, you said something very remarkable.
Mathias DöpfnerHOST
Uh, you said, uh, "Thank you.