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Onward Podcast

A Fundrise podcast, with CEO Ben Miller & guests

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IPO Roadshow: VCX is the public ticker for private tech

Feb 20, 2026

Ben and Cardiff examine the history of financial innovations, what VCX is, and what it means for the everyday investor who's been locked out of private markets.

Real estate AI is a revolution: The launch of RealAI — Episode 54 of Onward

Jan 28, 2026

Real estate is about to get disrupted by technology, again. AI is coming for the core workforce of the industry—acquisitions, underwriting, asset management, market analysis—and it’s going to separate winners from everyone else.

Transcript: "Real estate AI is a revolution: The launch of RealAI"

Jan 28, 2026

A reader-friendly transcript of the audio from Episode 54 of Onward.

Building the largest multifamily lender in the nation, with Willy Walker CEO of Walker & Dunlop — Episode 53 of Onward

Jan 20, 2026

Willy Walker joins Onward to share how he scaled a small, local mortgage shop into a national real estate finance platform.

Transcript: "Building the largest multifamily lender in the nation, with Willy Walker CEO of Walker & Dunlop"

Jan 20, 2026

A reader-friendly transcript of the audio from Episode 53 of Onward.

How will AI impact the economy? — Episode 52 of Onward

Jan 05, 2026

In this end-of-year episode of Onward, we move past the tired “Is AI a bubble?” debate and ask the bigger question: What happens after the buildout—when trillions of dollars of AI data centers translate into real economic output.

Transcript: "How will AI impact the economy?"

Jan 05, 2026

A reader-friendly transcript of the audio from Episode 52 of Onward.

Transcript: "Inside Justice: How the System Really Works, with Hallie Hoffman"

Dec 02, 2025

A reader-friendly transcript of the audio from Episode 51 of Onward.

Inside Justice: How the System Really Works, with Hallie Hoffman — Episode 51 of Onward

Dec 02, 2025

In this episode of Onward, Ben sits down with Hallie Hoffman — a career federal prosecutor, former Criminal Chief of the Northern District of California, and General Counsel of the DEA — to unpack how the justice system really works behind the scenes.

The guy behind the guy, with Scott Plank of Under Armour — Episode 50 of Onward

Sep 25, 2025

Scott Plank joins us to share what it really feels like to bet everything, lose big, win bigger, and keep moving forward.

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