Few people sit at the nexus of business and politics like Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins. As head of <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/cisco-csco-q2-earnings-report-2025-ee846066?mod=WSJ_BNPOD">a company that makes much of the infrastructure underlying the internet and artificial intelligence systems</a>, and as <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/ceos-dont-plan-to-openly-question-trump-ask-again-if-the-market-crashes-20-e8448820?mod=WSJ_BNPOD">chairman of the lobbying group Business Roundtable</a>, Robbins has a unique perspective on the rapid changes facing both Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. How is he navigating this moment? And what lessons did he learn from playing basketball with an all-time legend? Robbins speaks to WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims">Christopher Mims</a> and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tim-higgins">Tim Higgins</a> on the Bold Names podcast. 

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