Podcast Episodes

Jason Crawford — The Roots of Progress

Episode 162

Jason Crawford is the founder & president of The Roots of Progress, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century.

Jason has written well over 100 essays on…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

David Pinsof — Everything is Bullshit

Episode 161

David Pinsof is an evolutionary social scientist and a co-creator of the game Cards Against Humanity. He holds a PhD in Psychology from UCLA, where he studied the evolutionary origins of political bu…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Dylan O'Sullivan — Essayful

Episode 160

Dylan O'Sullivan is a writer and media specialist based in Cork, Ireland.

Dylan's work has been published in magazines such as The Spectator and Areo. He is also the creator of Essayful, a Substack …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

John Sills — The Human Experience

Episode 159

After starting his career on a market stall in Essex, John Sills has spent the last twenty-five years working to make the world a better place for customers.

John is the Managing Partner at the cust…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Billy Oppenheimer — On Curiosity, Creativity & Conceptual Ancestors

Episode 158

Billy Oppenheimer is a researcher for Ryan Holiday. He is also known for his viral long-form tweets and Six at 6 on Sunday newsletter.

Billy is insatiably curious. He is a master at drawing lessons…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Jimmy Soni & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Future of Publishing

Episode 157

Friend-of-the-show (and new O'Shaughnessy Ventures team member) Liberty RPF joins Jim and fellow friend-of-the-show Jimmy Soni to discuss the current state of the publishing industry and the new oppo…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Alex Danco — On Self-Delusion, Sancho Panza, Safe Words & Seinfeld

Episode 156

Alex Danco returns for his seventh (yes, SEVENTH) appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss, as usual, pretty much everything other than the topics we had prepared in advance.

This week, we discuss: T…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Gurwinder Bhogal — Certainty is the Death of Thought

Episode 155

Gurwinder Bhogal is a writer and programmer who writes about the myriad ways in which technology and psychology conspire to fool us and how we can withstand the covert assault on our senses.

Gurwind…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Ed Latimore — The Difference Between Being Liked and Being Respected

Episode 154

This week, we're delighted to welcome Ed Latimore back for his second Infinite Loops appearance.

Ed is a best-selling author, former professional heavyweight boxer, competitive chess player, Physics…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Edward Rooster — I Did My Best. I Gave My All. I Was Here.

Episode 153

Edward Rooster is one of our favourite writers. His themes include the future, mythology, time and history. He has written two books, Box of Stars and Harvest, and he is currently working on a third.…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago