iconoclastic
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In Episode 1, you’ll hear how Gorsuch’s worldview was shaped by his iconoclastic mother, his reaction to life on a liberal college campus, and by young conservative movements of the 1980s.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
Staff who previously hunted for iconoclastic founders with promising startups were sent to find AI data-center sites, the energy needed to power them and the chips to run them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Reality TV loves to generate iconoclastic figures like Paul, turning real people and their issues into characters and storylines.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Over the weekend, Institutional Shareholder Services, a firm that advises investors how to vote their shares, recommended against approving the 2025 pay award that Tesla’s board has proposed for its iconoclastic CEO.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2025
“I know. But all my iconoclastic eggs are in the NYU basket. I can’t fight my mom on every front.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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