Warm Intro

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Warm Intro is what happens when you sit down at a dinner party and fall into the best conversation in the room.  Not an interview. A conversation. Honest, human, and sometimes weird conversation with interesting people doing big things.  Entrepreneurs, artists, politicians and chefs open up about their childhoods, hot takes and insecurities — with honesty, humor, and heart. Hosted by Chai Mishra. Views are our own.

  1. The Chinatown Local Running To Succeed Nancy Pelosi

    MAR 14

    The Chinatown Local Running To Succeed Nancy Pelosi

    Connie Chan is running for the most important house seat in the country. Her path here has been unlike anyone else's. Connie is an immigrant and a daughter of San Francisco's Chinatown. She rose through the ranks of its city government, eventually coming to represent a large portion of it. She's a proud progressive from a very proudly progressive city, now in a race for mainstream power. Join us for sentimental conversation about how Connie got her name, what went wrong in San Francisco and Chai's question that made Connie pause. 0:07 Chai's Warm Intro to Connie 1:50 Origin of her name 3:29 Moving to the US at 13 4:50 First time in San Francisco 6:30 SF Chinatown 7:15 Connie's childhood hero 8:43 Starting out as a translator 14:19 How Connie won her campaigns 17:30 Connie's view of SF politics 20:02 Connie's district 1 21:20 Daughter of Chinatown 22:50 Immigrant civil rights movement 27:54 Why run for Congress 29:26 What makes a good campaigner 37:02 Debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and Scott Wiener 38:40 SF's problems 44:42 Loss of civic pride in SF 48:10 SF is the future 49:28 Role of SF's Congresswoman 53:44 What to say to 13 yo Connie 54:45 Name after Connie Chan Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things. Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    57 min
  2. The Woman Helping Create Superbabies

    MAR 12

    The Woman Helping Create Superbabies

    0:00 Chai's warm intro to Noor 1:40 Parents’ unconditional love 7:35 Chai’s thoughts on parenting 8:16 Noor’s childhood 12:29 Orchid was always the goal 18:46 What’s Orchid and why? 25:30 Early Users and Haters 30:52 Criticism that Noor understands 34:35 Orchid’s accidental life changing story 38:52 Noor’s dream world 43:48 Just being a grandma Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things. Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    48 min
  3. The Funniest Man On LinkedIn

    FEB 25

    The Funniest Man On LinkedIn

    Jack Kuveke is a spitting image of the disgraced CEO Adam Neumann. At 20, he ran a 50 million dollar crypto fund in Belgrade, Serbia. His meme factory is called Jabroni Capital. All of this and almost everything else about Jack is objectively hilarious. Jack is an absurd man who has had an absurd career in an absurd industry. This has given him the ability to ridicule tech and finance better than anyone else. He sincerely roasts CEOs, he ironically broetry praising Elizabeth Holmes and his fake VC firm can’t invest in you “because you’re too early”. He does all of this on the most unintentionally funny platform, Linkedin. Join us for a ridiculous conversation about how Jack made a career posting memes, why Peter Thiel is so worried about the anti-christ, and why VCs and CEOs (including Chai) love getting roasted by Jack. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things. Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    57 min
  4. The Immigrant Woman Who Sold A Million Sneakers

    FEB 12

    The Immigrant Woman Who Sold A Million Sneakers

    Sidra Qasim created the internet’s favorite sneaker. In getting there, she has lived a life that no one could have predicted. Born and raised in rural Pakistan, Sidra clawed her way out of a system that afforded her no opportunities. Through sheer will, she made it to America and started a company that no one believed she could run. But now, at 39, Sidra is the founder CEO of Atoms — notoriously the world’s most comfortable sneaker brand, with over 1,000,000 pairs sold, worn by celebrities from Malala to Marques Brownlee, funded by Silicon Valley’s greatest minds. Join us for a deeply sentimental conversation about what true courage looks like, how things go viral, and how just about every founder deals with depression at one point. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things. Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    1h 1m
  5. The NASA Engineer Building America’s New Iron Dome

    FEB 5

    The NASA Engineer Building America’s New Iron Dome

    Sebastian Fischer is a different kind of Silicon Valley engineer. He’s not a coder. He builds physical objects that move fast, blow up and generally bring about shock and awe.  Sebastian started by building tiny rockets in his parents' backyard with his little brother. But those rockets eventually took him to NASA, Lockheed Martin, Amazon Prime Air and Cruise Self Driving.  Now, he's onto his most wildest project yet, Wardstone — building satellites that detect missiles and shoot them down before they reach America.  Join us for a fast-moving conversation about the ethics of building defense tech, whether America’s military is falling behind, what happens if we get lose the threat mutually-assured-destruction and the tiny California town that's building the future of war.  Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things. Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    47 min
  6. The 22 Year Old Building A Hotel On the Moon

    JAN 28

    The 22 Year Old Building A Hotel On the Moon

    Skyler Chan wants to make humanity intergalactic and he's not entirely sure why anyone would want to work on anything else.  At 22, Skyler has already lived a life. He flew airplanes with the Canadian Air Force, started a company, worked at Tesla, NASA and every major space organization, got into YC and had a dozen brushes with death all before he could legally drink.  Now, he's sure. He knows what he wants to build: the first hotel on the moon. And that's just step one.  Join us for a soaring conversation about why space is worth working on, the strange but common experience of being a 22 year old founder in SF and how Skyler wants to die. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things. Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    48 min
  7. A Warm Thank You

    12/31/2025 · BONUS

    A Warm Thank You

    A message from Chai. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things. Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    5 min
  8. The Most Bipartisan Congressman in America

    12/02/2025

    The Most Bipartisan Congressman in America

    Congressman Mike Lawler holds a seat that no other Republican had held since the year he was born (he is a 39-year-old Republican from deep-blue New York). The reason he was able to win — and keep — that seat is the same reason he's been ranked one of the most bipartisan members of Congress: he understands the assignment. He knows politics is about persuasion, not purity. It's about talking to people you disagree with and finding areas of agreement so you can make progress. Join us for our final conversation of the season about Americans' love of flipping off the president, the worst part of campaigning, whether bipartisanship is even a virtue worth aspiring to anymore, what President George W. Bush is proudest of, and why you shouldn’t give up on America just yet. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things. Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    55 min
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Warm Intro is what happens when you sit down at a dinner party and fall into the best conversation in the room.  Not an interview. A conversation. Honest, human, and sometimes weird conversation with interesting people doing big things.  Entrepreneurs, artists, politicians and chefs open up about their childhoods, hot takes and insecurities — with honesty, humor, and heart. Hosted by Chai Mishra. Views are our own.

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  • Creator
    Wefunder
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Warm Intro
  • Show Website
    Warm Intro

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