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Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev sits down with Vlad to tell his life story and break down the remarkable rise, near-collapse, and resurgence of one of the most disruptive financial companies of the modern era.
Tenev details the journey behind building Robinhood, whose commission-free trading model helped transform retail investing and forced the traditional brokerage industry to adapt. He discusses the company's rapid growth, going public, and eventually reaching tens of millions of customers—including millions who opened their first-ever brokerage account through Robinhood.
The conversation also tackles Robinhood's most controversial moment: the 2021 GameStop trading restrictions. Tenev explains what happened behind the scenes, the massive collateral requirements the company suddenly faced, and why Robinhood's response created years of criticism and conspiracy theories.
Tenev then breaks down Robinhood's dramatic stock journey, from its IPO and subsequent collapse to single-digit prices to its eventual recovery. He explains how the company used the downturn to expand beyond stock trading into retirement accounts, high-yield products, Robinhood Gold, active trading tools, banking services, and products aimed at high-net-worth customers.
Looking ahead, Tenev discusses 24/7 trading, tokenized stocks, private-market investing, crypto, Robinhood Social, and his long-term vision of turning Robinhood into a default global financial platform where users can manage virtually every aspect of their financial lives.
Vlad also shares his own investing experiences and introduces Tenev to VladStocks, leading to a discussion about potentially bringing its portfolio-sharing concept to Robinhood Social.
From startup founder to leading a multibillion-dollar public company, Vlad Tenev tells the full story behind Robinhood and where he believes investing is headed next.

In this unreleased VladTV sit-down, DJ Vlad appears on camera for a wide-ranging interview with Mike Tyson that moves from boxing history to a tense exchange over Tyson’s relationships with figures from his past. Tyson reflects on reports of earning $300 million, bankruptcy, survivor’s remorse, and giving away luxury cars, while Ed Lover’s legendary Bentley story resurfaces. The conversation also covers Larry Holmes, Don King’s cash offers, Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier, Evander Holyfield, Buster Douglas, and the Don King lawsuit.

Tyson opens up about fame, self-hate, media scrutiny, Tupac’s publicity mindset, TK Kirkland, his wife’s influence, Mike Tyson’s Mysteries, Broadway, podcasts, Queens, New York, Vegas, Jersey, and Macau. Vlad also asks about Zip, Puffy, and Southside Crips connections, prompting one of the interview’s sharpest moments.

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In this VladTV full interview, Vincent “Gigi” Marino, a former Patriarca crime family soldier from Boston and Revere, recounts his path from aspiring Massachusetts state trooper to armed robber, Mafia associate, and federal inmate. Marino discusses his Italian roots, early stickups, bank robberies in Boston’s North End, and the rise of the New England Mafia under Raymond Patriarca Sr. and Raymond Patriarca Jr. He details the violent 1980s–90s power struggle involving Frank Salemme, Joseph Russo, Vincent “The Animal” Ferrara, Whitey Bulger, Stevie Flemmi, and FBI agent John Connolly, including the 1989 IHOP shooting and the RICO case that led to a 35-year sentence. After serving 28 years, Marino reflects on prison politics, Fort Dix, Whitey Bulger’s killing, legal work behind bars, and life after release as an author and filmmaker with Patriarca Purge. A rare firsthand account of Boston organized crime, federal corruption claims, and survival.

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Former Delta Force team leader, Green Beret, and *American Badass* author Dale Comstock sits down with VladTV for an uncensored full interview tracing his extraordinary life story—from growing up in a military family in Germany and Fort Lewis to the 82nd Airborne, Delta Force selection, and frontline special operations. Comstock recounts the 1989 Panama prison rescue of Kurt Muse during the U.S. invasion that led to Manuel Noriega’s arrest on drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering charges in Miami. He also opens up about the Darien jungle Black Hawk crash, Operation Desert Storm, Somalia and *Black Hawk Down*, Afghanistan contractor missions, PTSD, combat ethics, and the politics of war. The conversation expands into Israel, Gaza, Iran, COVID, AI surveillance, masculinity, and the mindset he believes separates elite operators from everyone else. Watch the complete VladTV conversation with one of America’s most experienced special operations veterans.

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Retired Marine Raider and Scout Sniper Cody Alford sits down with VladTV to reflect on his path from Texas teenager to combat Marine after 9/11, and the brutal realities he faced in Iraq. Alford details his role with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines during the Battle of Fallujah, where 95 U.S. service members were killed and 560 wounded, including surviving a headshot to his Kevlar helmet on his first day in the city. He describes close-quarters firefights, Echo Company, Delta Force support, Operation Steel Curtain, Ramadi, foreign fighters, Saddam Hussein’s former compounds, and the toll of urban warfare. Alford also discusses deployments to Afghanistan, the Taliban, the U.S. withdrawal, PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, veterans’ mental health, and his post-military life. The conversation expands to war, media narratives, Israel-Palestine, Iran, and the human cost of combat.#CodyAlford #Fallujah #VladTV #Marines #IraqWar