Podcast Episodes

Michael Gibson & Danielle Strachman — The 1517 Rebellion (EP.279)

Episode 279

Michael Gibson and Danielle Strachman, co-founders of 1517 Fund, join the show to discuss their rebellion against higher education, why universities stifle creativity, why IQ doesn't correlate with i…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ed Latimore — The Art of Self-Transformation (EP.278)

Episode 278

Ed Latimore: boxer, physicist, and author of Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business makes his third appearance on the show to discuss hard-won wisdom about impulse control, self-forgiveness, the challen…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sam Arbesman — Science, Complexity and Humanistic Computation (EP.277)

Episode 277

Sam Arbesman, complexity scientist, author of "The Magic of Code," and scientist in residence at Lux Capital, joins me for a wide-ranging exploration of how we navigate an increasingly complex world …

Published on 5 months ago

Nick Maggiulli — Climbing the Wealth Ladder (EP.276)

Episode 276

Nick Maggiulli, data scientist turned financial writer and COO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, joins me to discuss his latest book,The Wealth Ladder, which presents a six-level framework for building …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Lawrence Yeo — The Inner Compass (EP.275)

Episode 275

Lawrence Yeo — writer, illustrator and author of "The Inner Compass" — joins the show to discuss the power of intuition in an uncertain world.

We explore why embracing uncertainty leads to greater cu…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Storr—The Status Game (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 archive. Years later, these remain some of my favorite conversations. W…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Rupert Sheldrake — On Scientism, Morphic Resonance and the Extended Mind (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 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Aaron Stupple & Logan Chipkin — The Sovereign Child: Liberating Kids from the Tyranny of Rules

Episode 274

What if everything we think we know about raising children is not just wrong, but actively harmful? Aaron Stupple and Logan Chipkin, authors of "The Sovereign Child," join Infinite Loops to make a ca…

Published on 6 months ago

Nadia Asparouhova — An Antimemetic Rollercoaster

Episode 273

Nadia Asparouhova, author of "Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading," joins me for a fascinating exploration of why some ideas go viral while others—often the most important ones—resist trans…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Miyoba Hamuhuma and Israel Balogun — Grassroots Solutions for Africa's Impoverished Youth (EP.272)

Episode 272

I'm joined today by two remarkable men I met through the O'Shaughnessy Fellowships and Grants program.

Israel Balogun was homeless and illiterate until the age of 22. Now, he leads a Nigerian youth r…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago