Podcast Episodes

Michael Perry — Improbable Mentors and the Art of Midwestern Storytelling (EP. 289)

Episode 289

What happens when a shy farm kid from rural Wisconsin who never dreamed of being a writer becomes one of America's most beloved storytellers? Michael Perry joins Infinite Loops to share his remarkabl…

Published on 9 hours ago

Kenneth Stanley — The Trap of the Objective (EP.288)

Episode 288

Ken Stanley – AI researcher and author of "Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned" – joins me to explore why ambitious objectives can blind us to the stepping stones that make breakthroughs possible. Ken is…

Published on 1 week ago

Elle Griffin — Rethinking Ownership and the Future of Work (EP. 287)

Episode 287

Writer, editor, and founder of The Elysian, Elle Griffin joins me on Infinite Loops to discuss her vision for participatory capitalism, a world where ownership, reputation, and creativity are shared …

Published on 2 weeks ago

Jay Yang — The Power of Permissionless Action (EP. 286)

What if the biggest barrier between you and your dreams isn't talent, connections, or luck— but simply the belief that you need permission to act? Jay Yang joins Infinite Loops to challenge one of th…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Jeff Bussgang — The Experimentation Machine (EP.285)

Episode 285

Jeff Bussgang — entrepreneur, venture capitalist, Harvard Business School professor, and co-founder of Flybridge Capital — joins Infinite Loops to explore how AI is transforming the operating systems…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Dan Wang — China, US and our Collective Future (EP.284)

Episode 284

Dan Wang, author of "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future," joins me to explore why China builds while America blocks, how lawyers strangled U.S. infrastructure, and why Connecticut trains…

Published on 1 month ago

Alex Danco — Speeches and Spells for the Kings and Priests (EP.283)

Episode 283

It's Alex Danco's landmark 10th appearance on Infinite Loops!

He joins the show to discuss his move from Shopify to a16z (where he'll be building out their editorial operations), the power dynamics b…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Sangeet Paul Choudary — AI and our System Reshuffle (EP.282)

Episode 282

Sangeet Paul Choudary, bestselling author of Platform Revolution and Reshuffle, and senior fellow at UC Berkeley, joins the show to challenge the conventional wisdom about AI's impact on our economy.…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Michael Dean — The Architecture of Essays (EP.281)

Michael Dean — architect-turned-writer, O'Shaughnessy Fellow, and creator of Essay Architecture — joins the show to explore the hidden structures beneath nonfiction and why essays, like buildings, ca…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Roon — On Shape Rotators, AGI & Tenet (Infinite Loops CLASSICS)

Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the Infinite Loops archive. Years later, these remain some of my favorite c…

Published on 2 months ago