Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWill Schoder — On Curation, Consumption & Compression
Episode 190
Will Schoder is a video essayist who explores a diverse range of topics including psychology, meaning, re-enchantment, metamodernism, mortality, and …
2 years, 3 months ago
Ben Westhoff — Fentanyl, Inc.
Episode 189
Ben Westhoff is a best-selling investigative journalist focusing on culture, drugs, and poverty.
Ben's book Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Creat…
2 years, 3 months ago
Roon — On Shape Rotators, AGI & Tenet
Episode 188
AI researcher, memelord extraordinaire, and techno-optimist Roon joins the show to discuss coming up with the shape rotator vs. wordcel meme, what an…
2 years, 3 months ago
Katherine Dee — On Attention, Astroturfing and the Nostalgia Trap
Episode 187
Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist, and internet culture reporter. A contributor to publications such as UnHerd, Tablet, and Blaze Media, she is a…
2 years, 4 months ago
Derek Sivers (Part Two) — Just Do The Thing
Episode 186
The inimitable Derek Sivers returns for Part Two of our conversation.
Important Links: Part One Website Twitter Still Too Soon to Tell & Other S…
2 years, 4 months ago
Derek Sivers (Part One) — How to Become a Picasso [BONUS EPISODE]
Episode 185
Over the years, Derek Sivers has been a musician, circus performer, computer programmer, author, public speaker, and entrepreneur.
In the 2000s, he …
2 years, 4 months ago
John Fio — The Wizard & The Warrior
Episode 184
John Fio is an inventor and entrepreneur who has bootstrapped four products that have collectively generated hundreds of millions of dollars of reven…
2 years, 4 months ago
James Pethokoukis — The Conservative Futurist
Episode 183
James Pethokoukis is a policy analyst, official CNBC contributor, and Dewitt Wallace Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also the crea…
2 years, 4 months ago
Bojan Tunguz — From Physicist to Grandmaster
Episode 182
Bojan Tunguz is a senior systems software engineer at NVIDIA, quadruple Kaggle grandmaster, former top 10 Amazon reviewer, and former physicist.
He …
2 years, 5 months ago
Julie Fredrickson — "Circumstances change. Humanity doesn't. Plan accordingly."
Episode 181
Julie Fredrickson is a former founder and the Managing Partner of Chaotic Capital, an "early stage fund for companies that adapt our lives and system…
2 years, 5 months ago