The SPAC Podcast
🎙️ Welcome to The SPAC Podcast — your front-row seat to the dynamic world of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies.
Hosted by Michael Blankenship, a leading capital markets attorney and partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, and Joshua Wilson, executive producer and capital markets advisor, The SPAC Podcast brings you candid conversations, insider insights, and sharp analysis from the people shaping the future of the SPAC market.
Whether you’re a sponsor, investor, founder, attorney, banker, or just curious about the mechanics and momentum behind SPACs — this show is your go-to source for education, strategy, and real-world stories from the dealmakers behind the deals.
🚀 What You’ll Hear
In each episode, we’ll unpack:
- The structure, lifecycle, and mechanics of SPACs — from IPO to de-SPAC
- Legal and regulatory insights that matter to sponsors and targets
- Interviews with founders, investors, and advisors who’ve navigated successful transactions
- Trends and forecasts from the front lines of capital markets
- Lessons learned, deal strategies, and ways to leverage SPACs as a growth vehicle
We’re not just watching the SPAC market — we’re talking to the people building it.
🎧 Meet Your Hosts
Michael Blankenship is the Office Managing Partner of Winston & Strawn LLP (Houston) and Co-Chair of the firm’s Capital Markets practice. He has represented over 100 public companies, private equity firms, and SPACs in IPOs, M&A, de-SPACs, and securities offerings. Known for his clarity, legal acumen, and deal fluency, Michael brings unmatched insight into the regulatory, transactional, and strategic forces shaping the SPAC space.
Joshua Wilson is experienced in investment banking and the founder of multiple media brands, including The Investor Relations Podcast. With over 2,000 interviews under his belt and deep experience in real estate, private capital, and investor engagement, Josh brings a fresh voice and strategic lens to every conversation — helping connect deals with the stories and people behind them.
Together, they bridge law, finance, and media — guiding listeners through the world of SPACs with clarity, credibility, and curiosity.
🌎 Who This Show is For
- SPAC Sponsors & CEOs
- Institutional and Private Investors
- Investment Bankers & Corporate Attorneys
- Venture-backed Founders and Startups
- Private Equity & Family Offices
- Finance Professionals and Capital Markets Enthusiasts
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Where the Next Big Opportunities Lie in SPACs
Looking ahead, Chris Sorrells shares his “crystal ball” on where Spring Valley and the SPAC market are headed. From nuclear and AI to rare earths and defense tech, he outlines where the next generation of SPAC opportunities will emerge.
Guest: Chris Sorrells – Chairman and CEO of Spring Valley
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The views, opinions, and statements expressed by the guest are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The SPAC Podcast, its hosts, or affiliated organizations. This content is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice.
Michael J. Blankenship is a licensed attorney and is a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP. Joshua Wilson is a licensed Florida real estate broker and holds FINRA Series 79 and Series 63 licensure. The content of this podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as legal, financial, or compliance advice. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of any regulatory agency, law firm, employer, or organization.
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Mike Blankenship: So getting a crystal ball out. Looking ahead, where do you see the best opportunities for Spring Valley and for investors who still believe in SPACs is a viable path to the public markets?
Chris Sorrells: Nuke, it's, it certainly very attractive at this point. We've had. Three or four SMRs now closed in trading in the public market. A fifth is about to occur maybe as early as next week. They have been massive homeowners by all accounts. At some point that will get saturated. That is more in the SMR category.
I think they're gonna be neat opportunities in and around the value chain as we are demonstrating with the success, initial success with Eagle, where there are other parts of the value chain inside of that nuke industry that can use and benefit from, public transparency, public markets, access to capital, anything ai.
I think will be relatively compelling. There's still not a lot of great ways Pure plays to play AI in the public markets. This is an entire category and it's a category that. Probably, can handle hundreds and hundreds of public companies in all different aspects of that value chain. I do think we will, as the sector matures, we will see more of that.
Quantum computing has certainly been an interesting arena. We will see more there. We've talked about rare earth you're going to see more there as long as we're focused on reshoring. You will see different elements in different parts of the rare earth value chain here in the us. Defense tech is another area that I think there, there's going to be some focus life extension.
Think biotech, a lot of focus on that. Not a lot of pure plays out there to do that. And possibly, even some of the betting markets, like the prediction markets poly market Kashi, some of these types of things. That, that's where we focus, where as an investor we can.
Provide the public PM exposure to something that he doesn't otherwise have, but would like to have or could use or benefit in the portfolio, as a hedge or an investment.
Mike Blankenship: Thanks. Thanks, Chris. Totally agree with all of that. I don't have any further questions. I will say I am working on a number of D facts related GPU.