Acquired Rough Cuts Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/acquired-rough-cuts Unpolished episodes -- thank you for giving feedback! © 2026 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 00a45188-c904-5eee-ba4f-09bfa7091fbd yes en Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:11:54 -0800 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:12:07 -0800 https://img.transistorcdn.com/6ubqR6BWHSv_ppH5m-E7QdNRxZfdGgj8dym1Adthb-E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxOTY1LzE2ODUx/NDE4NDMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Acquired Rough Cuts episodic Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Unpolished episodes -- thank you for giving feedback! Unpolished episodes -- thank you for giving feedback!. Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal No No Formula 1 (Rough Draft) 21 21 Formula 1 (Rough Draft) full 5dc790b0-c4f4-4203-b989-dfefe705c6a2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5e03e461 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed. There's a lot of polish and fixes that will be applied between now and release to eliminate crosstalk, remove crinkling and throat-clearing, smooth the audio to sound more natural, do EQ, remove likes/ums, background noise, etc. 

Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! We have until noon PT on Sunday March 1 to make changes!

]]> Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed. There's a lot of polish and fixes that will be applied between now and release to eliminate crosstalk, remove crinkling and throat-clearing, smooth the audio to sound more natural, do EQ, remove likes/ums, background noise, etc. 

Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! We have until noon PT on Sunday March 1 to make changes!

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:06:53 -0800 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 16840 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed. There's a lot of polish and fixes that will be applied between now and release to eliminate crosstalk, remove crinkling and throat-clearing, smooth the audio to sound more natural, do EQ, remove likes/ums, background noise, etc. 

Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! We have until noon PT on Sunday March 1 to make changes!

]]> No Coca-Cola (Rough Draft) 20 20 Coca-Cola (Rough Draft) full 0d20c804-3198-4bb8-99e2-5ef5a8d89cf5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9e4b47de Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this Sunday afternoon PT. 

Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. There are also two cold opens. We will pick only one. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this Sunday afternoon PT. 

Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. There are also two cold opens. We will pick only one. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:53:37 -0800 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 15088 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this Sunday afternoon PT. 

Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go. There are also two cold opens. We will pick only one. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> No Trader Joe's - Rough Draft 19 19 Trader Joe's - Rough Draft full d4338674-9551-4002-878a-48802dc662bb https://share.transistor.fm/s/7e09c29c Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this Sunday afternoon PT. Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this Sunday afternoon PT. Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:12:57 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 12551 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this Sunday afternoon PT. Note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome, and please don't be shy about telling us (Ben and David) if you listen and have thoughts! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> No Google: The AI Company (Part III Rough Draft) 18 18 Google: The AI Company (Part III Rough Draft) full 5d0f5d74-153f-4809-9a01-20ceb8169d4c https://share.transistor.fm/s/2cdb2f9c Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this coming Sunday. That there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this coming Sunday. That there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:36:35 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 14978 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing this coming Sunday. That there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> No Epic Systems (MyChart) - Rough Draft 17 17 Epic Systems (MyChart) - Rough Draft full 14560025-2e68-4614-b797-8b4ca3db8767 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ac0323bd Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing. Please note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing. Please note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:56:29 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 14212 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed, edited, or removed before releasing. Please note that there is silence in the beginning where the intro music will go.

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> No Indian Premier League Cricket (Rough Draft) 16 16 Indian Premier League Cricket (Rough Draft) full 8cc58256-28b3-4291-893a-c8218c4890a5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e226b4d0 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed before releasing. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed before releasing. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> Sat, 22 Mar 2025 04:37:30 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 16036 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with things that may be fixed before releasing. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

]]> No Rolex (Rough Draft) 15 15 Rolex (Rough Draft) full db7bda57-11b0-43d0-8bb2-b9e29da0bd0d https://share.transistor.fm/s/60c29520 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with audio quality defects that will be fixed before releasing. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

Note that it is expected that the theme song is missing :)

]]> Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with audio quality defects that will be fixed before releasing. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

Note that it is expected that the theme song is missing :)

]]> Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:37 -0800 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 18563 Thank you for listening to this rough draft! Please note that this is a pre-release version with audio quality defects that will be fixed before releasing. 

All feedback and corrections are welcome! This may change significantly before released to the public.

Note that it is expected that the theme song is missing :)

]]> No Ikea (pre-release draft) 14 14 Ikea (pre-release draft) full 99057f98-1707-4814-9439-4b4a9a880d46 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3036d3bc This is a pre-release version that may change before the final. Some rough cuts are expected and will be smoothed in the edit process. It also includes silence where the intro music will go and multiple takes of a cold opening.

If you have any feedback, it is absolutely welcome ahead of release!

]]> This is a pre-release version that may change before the final. Some rough cuts are expected and will be smoothed in the edit process. It also includes silence where the intro music will go and multiple takes of a cold opening.

If you have any feedback, it is absolutely welcome ahead of release!

]]> Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:18:02 -0800 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 12155 This is a pre-release version that may change before the final. Some rough cuts are expected and will be smoothed in the edit process. It also includes silence where the intro music will go and multiple takes of a cold opening.

If you have any feedback, it is absolutely welcome ahead of release!

]]> No Meta (Pre-release draft) Meta (Pre-release draft) full 6c878277-674c-4996-9942-597bbca59101 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0a2c8898 This is a draft of the final episode, which will go live the evening of October 27th. Please note that this is a pre-release draft and may be revised before the final. Thank you for listening!

Note: there is about 20 seconds of silence where the intro will be.

]]> This is a draft of the final episode, which will go live the evening of October 27th. Please note that this is a pre-release draft and may be revised before the final. Thank you for listening!

Note: there is about 20 seconds of silence where the intro will be.

]]> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:57:34 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 23042 This is a draft of the final episode, which will go live the evening of October 27th. Please note that this is a pre-release draft and may be revised before the final. Thank you for listening!

Note: there is about 20 seconds of silence where the intro will be.

]]> No Microsoft Volume II (Draft) 13 13 Microsoft Volume II (Draft) full 050c44fe-efbb-4877-9231-3dcea822ed44 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cbffbee7 This is a draft of the final episode, which will go live the evening of July 21st. If you listen between now and then, all feedback welcome! 

Please note that this is a draft and will be revised before the final.

]]> This is a draft of the final episode, which will go live the evening of July 21st. If you listen between now and then, all feedback welcome! 

Please note that this is a draft and will be revised before the final.

]]> Sat, 20 Jul 2024 09:26:24 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 18333 This is a draft of the final episode, which will go live the evening of July 21st. If you listen between now and then, all feedback welcome! 

Please note that this is a draft and will be revised before the final.

]]> No Microsoft - The PC Era - Pre-Release Draft 12 12 Microsoft - The PC Era - Pre-Release Draft full 3982d132-b10b-4f45-9647-b6cdeff0b7fb https://share.transistor.fm/s/be68d7e9 This is a pre-release draft. Contains sections that may be removed before final copy.

If you find anything in accurate, confusing, or boring, please tell Ben or David!

This episode covers the first 20 years of Microsoft from founding through the launch of Windows 95.

Note: there is about 20 seconds of silence where the intro will be.

]]> This is a pre-release draft. Contains sections that may be removed before final copy.

If you find anything in accurate, confusing, or boring, please tell Ben or David!

This episode covers the first 20 years of Microsoft from founding through the launch of Windows 95.

Note: there is about 20 seconds of silence where the intro will be.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:14:52 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 16474 This is a pre-release draft. Contains sections that may be removed before final copy.

If you find anything in accurate, confusing, or boring, please tell Ben or David!

This episode covers the first 20 years of Microsoft from founding through the launch of Windows 95.

Note: there is about 20 seconds of silence where the intro will be.

]]> No Renaissance Technologies - Rough Cut 11 11 Renaissance Technologies - Rough Cut full b71dfd22-8e7d-49eb-9b6d-01333fc49165 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4b3a6f41 This is a pre-release version that will change dramatically before the final. It also includes silence where the intro music will go and multiple takes of a cold opening.

]]> This is a pre-release version that will change dramatically before the final. It also includes silence where the intro music will go and multiple takes of a cold opening.

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:53:39 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 12132 This is a pre-release version that will change dramatically before the final. It also includes silence where the intro music will go and multiple takes of a cold opening.

]]> No Hermès (Rough) 10 10 Hermès (Rough) full c5db8b60-6dfe-487e-aebe-496c57f90659 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7fe25d11 This is a rough cut and is not final. Contains no intro music, multiple takes of certain sections, and needs to be tightened up!

]]> This is a rough cut and is not final. Contains no intro music, multiple takes of certain sections, and needs to be tightened up!

]]> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 13:04:10 -0800 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 16609 This is a rough cut and is not final. Contains no intro music, multiple takes of certain sections, and needs to be tightened up!

]]> No Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) - Rough Cut 2 9 9 Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) - Rough Cut 2 full 4fad35e5-9883-4a59-83a9-6d1ac10f947b https://share.transistor.fm/s/59c04d10 This is a pre-release version of the episode that may still be revised.

There is some silence at the beginning where the music will go.

]]> This is a pre-release version of the episode that may still be revised.

There is some silence at the beginning where the music will go.

]]> Sat, 20 Jan 2024 07:59:58 -0800 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 13505 This is a pre-release version of the episode that may still be revised.

There is some silence at the beginning where the music will go.

]]> No Novo - Rough Cut 8 8 Novo - Rough Cut full 905e4063-f680-4d98-843a-8fe27345771f https://share.transistor.fm/s/2b40867c This is a rough draft of the episode and contains some segments that will be cut. It may also have a few duplicative areas where we pick which version we like better.

]]> This is a rough draft of the episode and contains some segments that will be cut. It may also have a few duplicative areas where we pick which version we like better.

]]> Thu, 18 Jan 2024 07:05:22 -0800 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 14204 This is a rough draft of the episode and contains some segments that will be cut. It may also have a few duplicative areas where we pick which version we like better.

]]> No Visa - Super Rough for Gaurav 7 7 Visa - Super Rough for Gaurav full d1afa70e-fb24-455b-acd9-b5967f2a0c5e https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f853a12 Just cut out the big chunks and breaks from raw recording. Still needs editing!

]]> Just cut out the big chunks and breaks from raw recording. Still needs editing!

]]> Thu, 19 Oct 2023 07:41:45 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 17164 Just cut out the big chunks and breaks from raw recording. Still needs editing!

]]> No Charlie Munger Interview - Rough Cut for Avi 6 6 Charlie Munger Interview - Rough Cut for Avi full 66c39f64-6edc-4b54-af68-1f2eb45a8ef3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/399159e9 Audio is very rough and will sound better in the final version!

]]> Audio is very rough and will sound better in the final version!

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:43:35 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 4081 Audio is very rough and will sound better in the final version!

]]> No Charlie Munger - Ben Illustrative Cut - Super Rough - With Transitions 5 5 Charlie Munger - Ben Illustrative Cut - Super Rough - With Transitions full 84892d0f-6cab-484c-a9c8-92c1e266156d https://share.transistor.fm/s/a8844948 Idea to send to David about how it could sound if we edit this way.

]]> Idea to send to David about how it could sound if we edit this way.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 09:09:31 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 4135 Idea to send to David about how it could sound if we edit this way.

]]> No Jensen Huang Interview - Not yet released 4 4 Jensen Huang Interview - Not yet released full ead359f4-e484-4c12-99e9-0d068f3fe5fa https://share.transistor.fm/s/4be2baba Pre-release version of the interview with Jensen before it is finalized for public consumption! 

]]> Pre-release version of the interview with Jensen before it is finalized for public consumption! 

]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:51:44 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 5388 Pre-release version of the interview with Jensen before it is finalized for public consumption! 

]]> No NVIDIA Part III (Rough) 3 3 NVIDIA Part III (Rough) full 1230e894-4022-4585-ad3a-2ee5da19b95f https://share.transistor.fm/s/b6a64553 Rough cut of the episode. Still needs Ben and David to remove boring, inaccurate, or repetitive bits.

Thank you for helping by listening early!

Note that there is no intro music yet.

]]> Rough cut of the episode. Still needs Ben and David to remove boring, inaccurate, or repetitive bits.

Thank you for helping by listening early!

Note that there is no intro music yet.

]]> Mon, 04 Sep 2023 07:47:42 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 10580 Rough cut of the episode. Still needs Ben and David to remove boring, inaccurate, or repetitive bits.

Thank you for helping by listening early!

Note that there is no intro music yet.

]]> No Costco (Draft) 2 2 Costco (Draft) full 8312f81d-6d5d-4772-892a-7bde40dd4d2f https://share.transistor.fm/s/6d48430d Draft version of Costco episode that will go live on Aug 20th!

]]> Draft version of Costco episode that will go live on Aug 20th!

]]> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:52:33 -0700 Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 10892 Draft version of Costco episode that will go live on Aug 20th!

]]> No Lockheed Martin (Rough) 1 1 Lockheed Martin (Rough) full 44a6d789-2a04-4a63-a5fb-a7cf269c7cc7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f973d8e Rough cut -- thanks for giving feedback!

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