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Episodes

June 3, 2023

E25: Apple and Facebook, Crypto and VR, Open vs Closed Ecosystems

Dan and Erik discuss Apple's upcoming release, VR, the debt deal, nuclear energy and more.

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June 10, 2023

E26: Clash of Elites with Nadia Asparouhova

t Nadia joins Erik, Dan and Antonio to debate the different movements in tech and determine what they should be doing to achieve the impact they want to have.

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June 15, 2023

E27: [Bonus] Marc Andreessen and Anton Troynikov on Why AI Will Save …

Today, we have a special bonus episode: a discussion between the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, and the founder of AI database company Chroma, Anton Troynikov.

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June 17, 2023

E28: Katherine Boyle and Mike Solana on Liberal Arts Debate, Tech Cul…

Katherine Boyle and Mike Solana join Erik, Dan, and Antonio to discuss whether a liberal arts degree is worth it and how to save San Francisco.

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June 24, 2023

E29: Brokenism, The Borg, and Bravery with Alana Newhouse

Alana Newhouse, the Editor in Chief of Tablet Magazine, joins Erik and Antonio on this week's episode.

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July 2, 2023

E30: Affirmative Action, the Administrative State, and The Right's Vi…

In this episode, Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg discuss the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision, the administrative state, and the right's victory in the courts.

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July 10, 2023

E31: Threads vs Twitter, Zuck vs Elon, and Silicon Valley’s Civil War…

Fan favorite Mike Solana, Editor in Chief of Pirate Wires, joins Erik, Dan, and Antonio this week to discuss Meta’s Threads, status, and the future of social media Moment of Zen is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. To...

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July 18, 2023

E32: Twitter, Threads, and Remote Work with Eugene Wei

Writer and technologist Eugene Wei joins Dan, Erik and Antonio to talk about Twitter, Threads, and his views on remote work.

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July 23, 2023

E33: News News Yum Yum with Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz returns to discuss his recent essays on AI, violence, and much more including: San Francisco, mandatory military service, Vogelin, and life extension.

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July 29, 2023

E34: Noah Smith on YIMBYism, California Land Use, and the Best Run Ci…

Economist and writer Noah Smith returns to the podcast to talk to Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg about housing, politics, land use and policing in California and beyond.

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Aug. 6, 2023

E35: Alex Kaplan on the LK-99 Superconductor: the Drama, Democratizat…

Alex Kaplan shot to fame on Twitter last week for his thread on the LK-99 superconductor, and why it has the potential to be the most important physics discovery of our lifetime. Today he joins Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg …

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Aug. 14, 2023

E36: Religion, Canceled Thinkers, LARPing Liberalism, and The End of …

Antonio Garcia Martinez is back from his travels, and joins Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg to dive into his current theory of ‘The End of History’. They also discuss the cancellation of intellectual figures like Richard Hanania, contrast the political …

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Aug. 21, 2023

E37: Mike Solana on Peter Thiel, the Ideal Presidential Candidate, an…

Mike Solana joins Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, and Antonio Garcia Martinez to track the rise and ‘vibe shift’ away from the woke industrial complex, from social media algorithms and anon accounts, to media disruptions like Substack and Gawker.

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Aug. 26, 2023

E38: Crypto Hour and IQ, the Next Great Culture War Issue

Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg discuss what is exciting in Crypto right now, covering friend.tech, Forecaster’s updates, PWAs, superchain 2a, and the challenges of a crypto winter.

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Sept. 3, 2023

E39: Bull/Bear Case for Vivek and Erik’s interview with Vivek Ramaswa…

Erik Torenberg and Dan Romero analyze what Vivek Ramaswamy’s rise in the polls really means, where he goes from here, and we air Erik’s full interview with Vivek from this spring.

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Sept. 8, 2023

E40: Balaji Srinivasan on the Tribal Lens, America’s Blunder, and His…

Balaji Srinivasan joins Erik Torenberg and Dan Romero on the Moment of Zen podcast to share his new theory of the Tribal Lens, why cognitive territories will gain increasingly more power than land-defined territories, why the US is no longer …

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Sept. 10, 2023

E41: Balaji on How the Tech Tribe Can Save Our Cities - Part 2

Balaji Srinivasan returns to go deeper into his theory of the Social Lens – dividing the world into Red, Blue, and Gray tribes and offering a roadmap to the next era where Gray can take control.

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Sept. 16, 2023

E42: Walter Russell Mead on Wonks vs Proles, Post Liberalism, and Pol…

Dan, Antonio, and Erik sit down with Professor Walter Russel Mead, an American academic, author, WSJ- and Tablet-contributor and podcast host to discuss the shape of the next era after our information age.

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Sept. 25, 2023

E43: Ideas from Balaji and Curtis That Changed Our Minds

Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg talk about their intellectual evolution, why San Francisco is back, and the ideas finding new momentum because of the thorny politics in tech the last few years.

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Oct. 2, 2023

E44: Elon and the Border Crisis, the Case for Immigration, and the Am…

Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg talk about the ongoing border crisis, the history of immigration to the US, and the case for and against immigration.

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Oct. 7, 2023

E45: The Hoax of the Century, Hybrid Warfare, and Israel's Future wit…

Dan Romero, Erik Torenberg and Antonio Garcia Martinez are joined by journalist Jacob Siegel to discuss disinformation, the evolving narrative between tech and political power, and geopolitics.

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Oct. 16, 2023

E46: Why this is BLM for Jews, Unpacking the conflict, and Prediction…

Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg discuss the history of Israel, Gaza, and Iran and what happens next in this war on the ground. They also discuss the schism in the current thing, the public discourse, and political implications in the …

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Oct. 23, 2023

E47: Antonio's Dispatch From Israel

Antonio Garcia Martinez, reporting live from Israel, joins Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg to share his firsthand perspective on the ground, discussing the unfolding events, and potential outcomes for Israel and Gaza.

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Oct. 30, 2023

E48: MoZ gets Nuke Pilled with Packy and Julia

Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg are joined by Packy McCormick of Not Boring and Julia DeWahl (founder of Antares, ex-SpaceX) to talk about the past, present, and future of nuclear energy.

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