Build or Break

How one central idea can anchor every scene of a sitcom, and why being fired from a show you created can hit hard.

Nov 3, 2026 01:09:56 57 min read 10 views

Who really decides what you pay for your prescriptions? Mark Cuban says it’s three middlemen controlling 85% of the market, so he built Cost Plus Drugs to take them on. The Shark Tank investor talks with KIND founder Daniel Lubetzky about the Luka Dončić trade and feeling like he let Mavs fans down, the $82,000 embezzlement that wiped out his company’s bank account, and why he partied like a rock star after his first exit. Plus: the MBA classes he snuck into at 18, getting put through a table by WWE’s Sheamus, and why he doesn’t want to be president. 00:00 Intro: 3 Middlemen, 85% of Your Meds 00:57 Meet Mark Cuban: Garbage Bags, Curiosity & Checking Your Hole Card 10:14 The Power of Broke: Getting Fired, Starting MicroSolutions & Why AI Is the New PC 16:26 Letting Go: Selling the Mavs & Watching Luka Get Traded 19:20 Running Lean: Shark Tank, Cost Plus & the 3 Middlemen Who Control 85% 27:37 Citizens vs. Special Interests & Would Mark Run for President? 36:59 Social Media Warfare: Why Algorithms Control Voters 41:07 Claimable, Learning With AI & Why He Only Punches Up 47:11 Shark Tank Behind the Scenes & Sneaking Into MBA Classes at 18 54:40 The Mexican Inquisition: First Million vs. First Billion & the $82,000 Embezzlement 1:01:37 Build or Break: NBA Fines, Flopping & WWE Tables 1:08:03 Hedging, Retiring at 35 & Partying Like a Rock Star https://www.instagram.com/DanielLubetzky https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellubetzky https://x.com/DanielLubetzky https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellubetzky https://daniellubetzky.com/ 🙋🏻Become a Builder: https://buildersmovement.org/  Music: Amos Cochran https://www.editscoremusic.com/ Production: Straybird Studios https://www.straybird.studio/ Post Production: Jennell Lewis & Scott Convery Social Media Production: https://www.edits-etc.com/ Build or Break Team:  Executive Producer & Host: Daniel Lubetzky Executive Producer: Kristin Schneider Head of Programming & Production: Joel Rubin Marketing & Communications: Sarah Black Associate Producer & Social Media: Taylor Larned Booking & Scheduling: Kayla Rose Network Relations: Julianna Cohen

Oct 27, 2026 01:11:40 56 min read 53 views

Larry David told Jason Alexander he was playing George Costanza wrong. Then, when Seinfeld made him an international celebrity, it took him the better part of 30 years — and a lot of therapy — to figure out what to do with that. Jason sits down with KIND founder Daniel Lubetzky, his friend of 25 years, to talk about the Seinfeld years and everything around them: the theater professor who told him he’d never play Hamlet (“try Falstaff instead”), how he built George out of Woody Allen, Jackie Gleason, and Larry David himself, and the work that first brought them together. He gets into what doesn’t make the highlight reel: being bullied as a kid, why magic and theater made him feel powerful, winning a Tony Award by 30, expecting Seinfeld to end his career, and why the five worst words in show business are his own name. Plus the night on Broadway when  Liza Minnelli missed a performance of The Rink and Chita Rivera taught him what leadership looks like. They also revisit their trips to Israel and Ramallah with OneVoice, a grassroots peace movement — including the man who mailed pallets of Kabbalah books to the Ayatollah. Also: the Seinfeld finale, the Magic Castle, LA delis, and why Jason hates playing himself on TV. https://www.instagram.com/jalexander1959/ https://www.youtube.com/@reallynoreallypodcast https://www.instagram.com/reallynoreallypodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/DanielLubetzky https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellubetzky https://x.com/DanielLubetzky https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellubetzky https://daniellubetzky.com/ 🙋🏻Become a Builder: https://buildersmovement.org/  Music: Amos Cochran https://www.editscoremusic.com/ Production: Straybird Studios https://www.straybird.studio/ Post Production: Jennell Lewis & Scott Convery Social Media Production: https://www.edits-etc.com/ Build or Break Team:  Executive Producer & Host: Daniel Lubetzky Executive Producer: Kristin Schneider Head of Programming & Production: Joel Rubin Marketing & Communications: Sarah Black Associate Producer & Social Media: Taylor Larned Booking & Scheduling: Kayla Rose Network Relations: Julianna Cohen

Oct 20, 2026 01:03:23 45 min read 88 views

Matthew McConaughey took 20 years of his worst reviews into the desert for a weekend. He believed a lie about himself for more than 40 years. And he says he's better for both.  In this interview on Build or Break, Matthew sits down with Daniel Lubetzky for a conversation that goes well past the highlight reel: what he found on his Little Mr. Texas trophy while writing Greenlights, what the critics taught him, and the moment in Joel Schumacher's office when he had the nerve to say he should play the lead in A Time to Kill.  They also get into why he refuses to be called a victim, the value of not knowing how bad things are, and why he thinks we need to bring embarrassment back. And they talk about America in its 250th year: why the country was a gamble, and why the bet is still on the table. All this, plus a surprise phone call mid-interview... and the Mexican Inquisition. https://www.youtube.com/c/MatthewMcConaughey https://www.instagram.com/officiallymcconaughey/ https://x.com/McConaughey https://www.instagram.com/DanielLubetzky https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellubetzky https://x.com/DanielLubetzky https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellubetzky https://daniellubetzky.com/ 🙋🏻Become a Builder: https://buildersmovement.org/  Music: Amos Cochran https://www.editscoremusic.com/ Production: Straybird Studios https://www.straybird.studio/ Post Production: Jennell Lewis & Scott Convery Social Media Production: https://www.edits-etc.com/ Build or Break Team:  Executive Producer & Host: Daniel Lubetzky Executive Producer: Kristin Schneider Head of Programming & Production: Joel Rubin Marketing & Communications: Sarah Black Associate Producer & Social Media: Taylor Larned Booking & Scheduling: Kayla Rose Network Relations: Julianna Cohen

Oct 13, 2026 01:02:36 44 min read 86 views