
Michael Goodbody is the CEO of Get Access, a curated private markets platform connecting great companies with investors who bring both capital and the ability to help. He joined Guy Oseary of Sound Ventures in 2025 to...


Smart Humans explores the world of alternative investments. From Venture to Collectibles, NFTs to Real Estate, Art to Debt and beyond - we discuss a new world of investment opportunities and the catalysts that impact their demand. Join our host Slava Rubin as he talks with entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders across the diverse ecosystem. Any data, text, or other content on this page is provided as general market information and not as investment advice. Past performance is not necessarily an indicator of future results. Investing involves risk and possible loss of principal capital.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSmart Humans explores the world of alternative investments. From Venture to Collectibles, NFTs to Real Estate, Art to Debt and beyond - we discuss a new world of investment opportunities and the catalysts that impact their demand. Join our host Slava Rubin as he talks with entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders across the diverse ecosystem.
Recent episodes include "Smart Humans: Get Access CEO Michael Goodbody on the evolution of private markets and opening up access to transformational companies" (21 October 2026, 44 minutes), "Smart Humans: Star Mountain Capital CEO Brett Hickey on the world of lower middle-market private investing and targeting resilient businesses" (12 October 2026, 42 minutes), and "Smart Humans: Pre-IPO Investor Briefing on AI Infrastructure companies and Fluidstack w/ Sacra's Jan-Erik Asplund" (2 October 2026, 50 minutes).
Smart Humans with Slava Rubin publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes.
Booking probability for Smart Humans with Slava Rubin is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Smart Humans with Slava Rubin requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Smart Humans with Slava Rubin's contact route on record: verified email.
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Michael Goodbody is the CEO of Get Access, a curated private markets platform connecting great companies with investors who bring both capital and the ability to help. He joined Guy Oseary of Sound Ventures in 2025 to...

Brett Hickey has 25 years of private investing and investment banking experience and 20+ years of lower middle-market private investing experience. He has completed over 100 direct platform investments and 50...

Brought to you by Templum Recorded 7/13/26 Slava Rubin and Jan-Erik Asplund explore the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market, focusing on Fluidstack and other key companies, technological trends, and investment...

Episode #127
Rajat is the Founder and CEO of Chef Robotics. Prior to Chef, Rajat was Founder and Managing Partner at Prototype Capital, a pre-seed venture capital fund investing in founders who apply new technology to old...

Marques Colston is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of The Champion Fund. Operator and executive with more than a decade of leadership across the NFL, emerging sports leagues, and private capital. Co-owner of three...

Recorded 8/4/26 Slava Rubin and Jan-Erik Asplund explore the recent IPO of SpaceX, its market performance, and the potential upcoming IPOs of major AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks.

Shane Neman is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He founded and successfully exited two technology companies, JoonBug and EZ Texting, before moving to the investing side. Today he is the Manager of Neman Ventures, a...

John Cadeddu is the founding and managing partner at Corner Ventures. John brings 25 years of venture capital experience to this role and is a generalist with domain expertise in machine learning and artificial general...

Bradley Hatton-Jones is the Founder and CEO of Orbit2Orbit, an Australian space company building the infrastructure required to validate, move and service technology beyond Earth. Bradley led the design and build of...

Episode #121
Vincent's Slava Rubin is joined by Sacra's Jan-Erik Asplund to explore the rapidly evolving field of quantum computing, its current state, future potential, and investment opportunities. They share insights on private...

Prath Reddy, CFA, serves as the CEO of Percent, where he was instrumental in setting the company's trajectory since its inception. With a solid background in financial services, particularly in investment banking and...

Episode #119
Vincent co-founder Slava Rubin and Sacra co-founder Jan-Erik Asplund take an in-depth look at the autonomous driving market, looking at market leader Waymo and emerging startups, as well as existing big tech companies...

Episode #118
Ron Biscardi is one of the most influential figures in the alternative investment world. As Co-Founder and CEO of iConnections, Ron is building the largest capital introduction ecosystem in existence collectively...

SpaceX is going public this week, and Vincent's Slava Rubin is joined by Sacra's Jan-Erik Asplund for an in-depth analysis of the upcoming IPO. They look into SpaceX's business segments, valuation, market potential, and...

Slava Rubin was co-founder and CEO at indiegogo in addition to being co-founder at Vincent, co-founder at Nillion and co-founder and Managing Partner of Humbition, an early stage venture fund. He is also currently a...

Recorded 4/15/26 Vincent co-founder Slava Rubin and Sacra co-founder Jan-Erik Asplund take an in-depth look at new public funds that offer investors access to private shares in companies on the path to an IPO like...

Episode #114
Alan Konevsky is CEO and a board member of tZERO, a pioneer in blockchain innovation for the financial markets. Appointed CEO in September 2025, Alan leads the company’s strategy to scale a regulated platform for...

Recorded 3/3/26 Vincent's Slava Rubin and Sacra's Jan-Erik Asplund take an in-depth look at the Healthtech sector, and key startups Oura, Abridge, and Open Evidence, as well as OpenAI's impact on the industry.

Episode #112
Recorded 2/12/26 Vincent's Slava Rubin, Milk Road's John Gillen and Sacra's Jan-Erik Asplund discuss the current state of crypto, gold, and prediction markets, and the shift towards financial entertainment in investing.

Vincent's Slava Rubin and Sacra's Jan-Erik Asplund take an in-depth look at some of the hottest startups in one of the hottest sectors - defense tech. They discuss Anduril, Shield AI, Saronic, and how the current...
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Former NFL Wide Receiver, New Orleans Saints, Champion Venture Partners
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