Podcast Episodes

Kyle Thiermann (Surfer, Author, Young Dude)

I sat down over coffee with Kyle on my recent drive through Santa Cruz. Our spontaneous, far ranging conversation included birding in Manhattan, our …

14 hours ago

Richard Schweid

Richard is one of my favorite writers and one of my favorite people. His books have followed his interests, from chili peppers to the Cuban revolutio…

1 day, 16 hours ago

ROMA 114 (Viva España!)

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The world cup, seen through the eyes of an anthropologist. The si…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Dave Booda

Dave has been around. He spent eight years in the navy, lived in Bali for a while, led hundreds of intimacy workshops, explored non-monogamous relati…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

ROMA 113

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Are the vikings cool yet? The importance of distance in historica…

1 month ago

First Convo with Rick Beato (Re-release)

With almost 800 episodes in the archives, new listeners (and old) often ask me for recommendations. In response, I’ll occasionally re-post some of my…

1 month ago

ROMA 112 Little Big Men

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Accents. The World Cup. How soccer strategies reflect on contempo…

1 month ago

Jan MacKell Collins (Wild Women of the Wild West)

Jan is a historian specializing in telling the stories of the many extraordinary women of the Old West — many of them madams and prostitutes. She’s w…

1 month ago

Kevin Russell (Does AI Think Before Speaking?)

I love talking with Kevin about cutting-edge technology. He’s up to his neck in the stuff. He doesn’t just dabble in it. He’s practically submerged i…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Robert Wright (Author: The God Test)

Robert Wright is the New York Times bestselling author of The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning. His previous books i…

1 month, 2 weeks ago