# Neil Thanedar

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Neil Thanedar on getting into politics and making a positive impact

Neil Thanedar chats with Owen and Peter about his new book, Positive Politics. We discuss minimising war, improving healthcare, and more!

Dark Money & Democracy – Featuring Neil Thanedar of MCFN S3:E10

In this revealing episode of Political No-Brainer, host Jeff Rabinowitz sits down with Neil Thanedar, Executive Director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network (MCFN), to discuss the powerful influence of money in politics. They explore the rise of dark money, the challenges of tracking campai…

Neil Thanedar - Positive Politics, Ambitious Optimists and Scientist CEOs

Today’s Interintellect host is Neil Thanedar, author of Positive Politics. We spoke about his journey in entrepreneurship, from working with his father to build a testing lab to co-founding Laboor, and why he believes the future belongs to scientist-CEOs. Naturally, we also dug into the core ideas …

Ep. 195 - How to Use Politics to Change the World with Neil Thanedar

If politics has started to feel like nothing but noise, this conversation offers a different way in. Entrepreneur, investor, and author Neil Thanedar joins me to talk about his new book Positive Politics. We discuss why politics, messy as it is, is still one of our most powerful tools to create…

"Positive Politics" with Neil Thanedar, Executive Director, Michigan Campaign Finance Network

Democracy does not need to be reinvented. It needs to be cared for. In this conversation, Neil Thanedar reflects on how transparency strengthens public trust by helping communities better understand the systems that already serve them. Drawing on the investigative work of the Michigan Campaign Fin…

From Startups to Statehouses: Rebuilding Politics from the Ground Up

In this high-energy and thought-provoking episode of People, Politics and Pork, hosts Newell Clark and Greg Webb welcome entrepreneur, author, and political reform advocate Neil Thanedar to the mic. From surviving snowstorms and Olympic obsessions to diving headfirst into campaign finance reform, t…

Stop Blaming Presidents. Fix the Incentives - Startup Playbook for Fixing Politics | Neil Thanedar

Why is politics so broken — and why do we keep blaming our presidents for everything? Is dark money the real problem… or is it the incentive structure behind the system? In this episode of Meyerside Chats, I sit down with Neil Thanedar — Executive Director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, …

Ambitious Optimism with Neil Thanedar

Neil Thanedar is a nonprofit leader and activist who started his career as a scientist, founder, and angel investor. His three startups are now worth over $100 million. He is executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, a nonpartisan nonprofit fighting dark money in Michigan politic…

Positive Politics: Neil Thanedar on Building a Y Combinator for Politics

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Neil Thanedar joins Eric Jorgenson to talk about Positive Politics: A Proven Playbook to Get into Politics, Change Your Life, and Change the World—the book he decided to write in late 2024 and published in 2025, on a thousand words a week. Neil explains why “books are a way to own an idea,” how t…

You're Not Burnt Out. You're Starving for Purpose.

You took the vacation. You downloaded the meditation app. You fixed your sleep. And you still feel like you're dragging yourself through every week. Here's the thing nobody tells you: that might not be burnout at all. In this episode of Warrior Mindset, we dig into an idea from writer and entrepren…