Geoff Shullenberger is back for another fantastic episode. Geoff is one of the leading scholars on French philosopher Rene Girard. For this episode, we explore Girard's ideas and why they are important. We discuss the implications for the "New Right"; how Girard's ideas are becoming more popular; religion mapping to Girard's ideas; Christianity, Judaism, and Violence; growing out of your Ayn Rand phase, and much more.
Geoff is the Managing Editor of Compact Magazine, a teacher, a thinker, and an important influence on many leading figures in Silicon Valley and beyond.
During the discussion we mentioned a few links:
Geoff's discussion with Justin Murphy
Scott Alexander on I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
I interviewed Chris Giancarlo. Chris is the former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Senior Counsel to Willkie Farr & Gallagher, and the co-founder of the Digital Dollar Project.
We had a wide-ranging discussion covering crypto policy, the future of central bank digital currencies, financial competition with China, regulatory policy, crypto as a store of value for electricity, payments between GPTs, and much more. This episode is a must-listen.
I interview Jennifer Schulp, director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. She focuses on the regulation of securities and capital markets. She has testified before Congress multiple times, including before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on House Administration.
We discuss regulatory land grabs and mission creep, why ESG is terrible branding, crypto as a store of value for electricity, fractional reserve banking, payment for order flow, and how to protect investors from themselves. This is a wide-ranging conversation with a true expert in the field. Highly recommended.
There's only one thing worth talking about this week. I am so upset, but there is a lot to cover about the war.
For this special episode, I had the great honor of sitting down with Ethan Penner. Ethan is a Wall Street legend - he created the CMBS market - and he has written a new book entitled Greatness is a Choice. We discuss a wide range of topics, including religion, charisma, counter-consensus thinking, sobriety, flow state, and much more. This is a fabulous interview - highly recommended.
Ethan's book is available for pre-order here on Amazon.
Hello, darlings. We are back with a fun new episode covering: highlights from my daughter’s bat mitzvah, why I think inflation is over (8:16), transgender bathing suits at Target (14:00), broken windows policing (18:36), Jordan Neely (24:55), and why legalization of stuff will backfire (29:50).
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Hello, darlings. After a brief hiatus, I'm back with a fun new episode. I was in Israel for a few weeks, and in this week's episode I reflect on that trip. The purpose was to celebrate my daughter's bat mitzvah. This week I reflect on the highlights, my thoughts on Israel, and bat mitzvah celebrations.
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Hello, darlings. I am now officially a stand-up comedian! This week we discuss my first performance and where I go from here. We also cover buccal fat removal, the Super Bowl and the horrible halftime show, gambling in sports, the Chinese balloons, and Copenhagen Cowboy.
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Hello, darlings. I am back from the World Economic Forum in Davos and have a recap for you. On this episode, I cover the highlights, the best speakers, becoming my alter-ego, Mauricio, and some key takeaways. Also on this episode, Fauda, racial stereotypes, the Chinese balloon, and much more.
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Hello, darlings. I am headed to Davos for the World Economic Forum next week. On this episode I do a brief explainer of the event, talk about some of the conspiracies surrounding it, and try to make it approachable. We also cover Ozempic and weight loss meds, Andrew Tate, groomers, trafficking, and Prince Harry.
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Hello, my bubelahs. Big week as we cover Kanye, Alex Jones, Antisemitism, The Republican Party, Interest Rates, FTX, Twitter, Freedom of Speech, Public Libraries, Rona Policy, China Protests, and more.
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Hello, my bubelahs, and happy Thanksgiving! This week we have a lot to cover, including:
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Hello, my bubelahs. I'm heated about Paypal and so I'm back with a bonus episode this week. We cover:
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Hello, bubelahs. This week we have the fabulous Rebekah Panepinto back as a guest. We discuss serial killers, romantic quid pro quo, murder dungeons, dating apps, people who write Yelp reviews, Adnan Syed, and much more!
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Hello, my bubelahs. I'm a bit heated this week, because fck these guys.
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Hello, my bubelahs. I hope you had a meaningful fast. This week we cover:
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Shana tovah, my bubelahs. This is our year. I can feel it. Back to the serious stuff this week, including:
I've had some requests for podcast transcripts. I'm working on finding an automatic way to produce those for subscribers!
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We're back baby! This week we discuss the cyclicality of life. Gotta savor the good times. Jeffrey Dahmer (he seems fun), off-color jokes, the Thai cave kids, Game of Thrones, and more.
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On this week’s podcast, I had the privilege of speaking with Geoff Shullenberger. Geoff is a teacher at NYU and an accomplished author and thinker. He is one of the world’s leading experts on the work of Rene Girard. We had a far-ranging discussion covering:
I highly recommend listening to the whole thing, I learned a lot from Geoff and I think he is a great intellectual.
You can find Geoff’s writing on his blog Outsider Theory and in Compact Magazine as well as on Twitter.
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Bonus episode! We cover the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and what a strange anachronism it is, Jordan Peterson, fat activism, charisma and beauty, monkeypox, the FDA, orthodontics, infant formula update, and much more.
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