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What Michael Nielsen Thinks About Basically Everything
Michael Nielsen (@michael_nielsen), research fellow at Y Combinator Research, joins Erik for a wide-ranging discussion about a variety of topics, inc…
6 years, 10 months ago
Why What You Know Is More Valuable Than Who You Know, and More with Auren Hoffman and Tod Sacerdoti
Erik is joined on this episode by Auren Hoffman (@auren), former co-founder and CEO of LiveRamp and Tod Sacerdoti (@tod), former CEO and founder of B…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Rise of Devsumer/No-Code with Ilya Sukhar and Alex Yaseen
Erik is joined on this episode by Ilya Sukhar (@ilyasu) of Matrix Partners and formerly of Parse, and Alex Yaseen (@alexyaseen), co-founder and CEO o…
6 years, 10 months ago
Existential Risks, Ecological Economics, and How The Blockchain Will Transform Capitalism with Vinay Gupta
Erik is joined by Vinay Gupta, CEO of Mattereum, for a wide ranging discussion about crypto, world government, existential risks, science fiction, en…
6 years, 10 months ago
A Deep Dive on Community Building with Scott Heiferman
Erik is joined by Scott Heiferman (@heif), co-founder of Meetup.
They discuss the reason that IRL (in real life) meetups are important and why in-pers…
6 years, 10 months ago
Requests For Startups: E-Commerce and Logistics with Laura Behrens Wu and Talia Goldberg
Erik is joined by Laura Behrens Wu (@LauraBehrensWu), co-founder and CEO of Shippo, and Talia Goldberg (@taliagold), venture investor at Bessemer.
Th…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Case For A Gift Economy with Miki Kashtan
On this episode Erik is joined by Miki Kashtan, author and NVC teacher. They discuss the problems of exchange in general as a way of fulfilling human…
6 years, 10 months ago
Robert Greene on His New Book “The Laws of Human Nature”
Robert Greene (@RobertGreene), author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, joins Erik on this episode to talk about how we can “pene…
6 years, 10 months ago
Tyler Cowen On His New Book: "Big Business: A Love Letter To An American Anti-Hero"
Erik is joined by Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen), economist, author, and returning fan-favorite. He talks with Erik about why big business should be celeb…
6 years, 10 months ago
What Noah Smith and Parker Thompson Think About Basically Every Economic Policy
Erik is joined on this episode by Noah Smith (@Noahpinion), Bloomberg opinion writer, and Parker Thompson (@pt), partner at AngelList. They cover a w…
6 years, 10 months ago