Podcast Episodes

Patrick Collison — Why Silicon Valley's most talented should leave

We discuss:

* what it takes to process $1 trillion/year

* how to build multi-decade APIs, companies, and relationships

* what's next for Stripe (increas…

2 years, 1 month ago

Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth

It was a great pleasure speaking with Tyler Cowen for the 3rd time.

We discussed GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matte…

2 years, 2 months ago

Lessons from The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro [Narration]

This is a narration of my blog post, Lessons from The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro.

You read the full post here: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.c…

2 years, 2 months ago

Will scaling work? [Narration]

This is a narration of my blog post, Will scaling work?.

You read the full post here: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/will-scaling-work

Listen on Appl…

2 years, 2 months ago

Jung Chang (Wild Swans author) — Living through history's largest man-made famine

A true honor to speak with Jung Chang.

She is the author of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (sold 15+ million copies worldwide) and Mao: The Unkn…

2 years, 4 months ago

Andrew Roberts — Why Hitler lost WWII, Churchill as applied historian, & Napoleon as startup founder

Andrew Roberts is the world's best biographer and one of the leading historians of our time.

We discussed

* Churchill the applied historian,

* Napoleon …

2 years, 4 months ago

Dominic Cummings - COVID, Brexit, & Fixing Western Governance

Here is my interview with Dominic Cummings on why Western governments are so dangerously broken, and how to fix them before an even more catastrophic…

2 years, 4 months ago

Paul Christiano — Preventing an AI takeover

Paul Christiano is the world’s leading AI safety researcher. My full episode with him is out!

We discuss:

- Does he regret inventing RLHF, and is align…

2 years, 5 months ago

Shane Legg (DeepMind Founder) — 2028 AGI, superhuman alignment, new architectures

I had a lot of fun chatting with Shane Legg - Founder and Chief AGI Scientist, Google DeepMind!

We discuss:

* Why he expects AGI around 2028

* How to al…

2 years, 5 months ago

Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown) — Past, present, & future of mathematics

I had a lot of fun chatting with Grant Sanderson (who runs the excellent 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel) about:

- Whether advanced math requires AGI

- Wha…

2 years, 5 months ago