Podcast Episodes

Visakan Veerasamy - Singapore, Talent, & History

Visakan Virasamy is an eccentric Singaporean who weaves together of sparkling web of insight, wit, and positivity throughout the world of twitter. He was part of the early marketing team at ReferralC…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Ananyo Bhattacharya - John von Neumann, Jewish Genius, and Nuclear War

Ananyo Bhattacharya is the author of The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann. He is a science writer who has worked at the Economist and Nature. Before journalism, he was a me…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Stephen Grugett (Manifold Markets Founder) - Predictions Markets & Revolutionizing Governance

Stephen Grugett is a cofounder of Manifold Markets, where anyone can create a prediction market. We discuss how prediction markets can change how countries and companies make important decisions.

Mani…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Pradyu Prasad - Imperial Japan, the God Emperor, and Militarization in the Modern World

Today I talk to Pradyu Prasad (blogger and podcaster) about the book "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan" by Herbert P. Bix. We also discuss militarization, industrial capacity, current events, …

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

26: Pradyu Prasad - Imperial Japan, the God Emperor, and Militarization in the Modern World

Season 1 Episode 26

Today I talk to Pradyu Prasad (blogger and podcaster) about the book "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan" by Herbert P. Bix. We also discuss militarization, industrial capacity, current events, …

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

25: Razib Khan - Genomics, Intelligence, and The Church of Science

Season 1 Episode 25

Razib Khan is a writer, geneticist, and blogger with an interest in history, genetics, culture, and evolutionary psychology.

Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/sh04dEtBAoE

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Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Razib Khan - Genomics, Intelligence, and The Church of Science

Razib Khan is a writer, geneticist, and blogger with an interest in history, genetics, culture, and evolutionary psychology.

Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast p…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Jimmy Soni - Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the Paypal Mafia

Jimmy Soni is the author of The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley.

Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.

Episod…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Bryan Caplan - Discrimination, Poverty, & Mental Illness

I interview the economist Bryan Caplan about his new book, Labor Econ Versus the World, and many other related topics.

Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a New Yor…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Richard Hanania - Foreign Policy, Fertility, and Wokeness

Richard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy: How Generals, Weapons Manufacturer…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago