Jacob Helberg, Delian Asparouhov, Christian Garrett
37 episodes
6 months ago
From heretical to mainstream: The Hill and the Valley Forum is a private bipartisan community of lawmakers and innovators committed to harnessing the power of technology to address America's most pressing national security challenges. In 2025, headliners of the conference included: Palantir CEO Alex Karp, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, Howard Lutnick, Anthropic Co-founder Jack Clark, OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil, Google CIO Ruth Porat, David Friedberg, Vinod Khosla, Josh Kushner, and more. The podcast is hosted by the co-hosts of The Hill & Valley Forum: Author and Under Secretary of State (E) Designate for the Trump administration Jacob Helberg, Principal at 137 Ventures Christian Garrett, and Partner at Founders Fund and Founder of Varda Space Industries Delian Asparouhov.
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From heretical to mainstream: The Hill and the Valley Forum is a private bipartisan community of lawmakers and innovators committed to harnessing the power of technology to address America's most pressing national security challenges. In 2025, headliners of the conference included: Palantir CEO Alex Karp, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, Howard Lutnick, Anthropic Co-founder Jack Clark, OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil, Google CIO Ruth Porat, David Friedberg, Vinod Khosla, Josh Kushner, and more. The podcast is hosted by the co-hosts of The Hill & Valley Forum: Author and Under Secretary of State (E) Designate for the Trump administration Jacob Helberg, Principal at 137 Ventures Christian Garrett, and Partner at Founders Fund and Founder of Varda Space Industries Delian Asparouhov.
The Hill & Valley is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co
Congressman Ritchie Torres, James Litinsky, and Raef Sully | Strategic Independence: Reclaiming America's Energy and Mineral Supply Chains
The Hill & Valley Forum Podcast
26 minutes
6 months ago
Congressman Ritchie Torres, James Litinsky, and Raef Sully | Strategic Independence: Reclaiming America's Energy and Mineral Supply Chains
In this Hill and Valley Forum panel on critical minerals, Congressman Ritchie Torres, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky, Lilac Solutions CEO Raef Sully, and Lowercarbon GP Clay Dumas discuss America's dangerous dependency on China for critical minerals like rare earths and lithium. They highlight the urgent need for domestic supply chains, the challenge of competing against China's mercantilist tactics, and how technological innovation combined with smart government policy can help the US regain mineral independence.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Preview
(0:28) Introduction and Congressman Torres on America's complacency in critical minerals
(3:20) James Litinsky on MP Materials' journey to build a complete domestic rare earths supply chain
(7:46) Discussion of China's mercantilist approach to controlling critical mineral markets
(11:10) Raef Sully on Lilac Solutions' lithium extraction technology advantages
(14:54) Analysis of market manipulation and China's strategy to crash prices
(16:29) Raef on strategic reserves and incubating domestic critical mineral industries
(20:20) James on needing policy solutions beyond tax credits to counter Chinese price manipulation
(22:29) Raef on America's technological advantage and investing in innovation
(24:22) Congressman Torres on the importance of critical minerals for defense and decarbonization
(26:55) Closing
The Hill & Valley Forum Podcast
From heretical to mainstream: The Hill and the Valley Forum is a private bipartisan community of lawmakers and innovators committed to harnessing the power of technology to address America's most pressing national security challenges. In 2025, headliners of the conference included: Palantir CEO Alex Karp, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, Howard Lutnick, Anthropic Co-founder Jack Clark, OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil, Google CIO Ruth Porat, David Friedberg, Vinod Khosla, Josh Kushner, and more. The podcast is hosted by the co-hosts of The Hill & Valley Forum: Author and Under Secretary of State (E) Designate for the Trump administration Jacob Helberg, Principal at 137 Ventures Christian Garrett, and Partner at Founders Fund and Founder of Varda Space Industries Delian Asparouhov.
The Hill & Valley is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co
