What if everything we are taught in economics 101 is not only wrong, but may even be setting us up for populism, dictatorship or revolution? On this episode of the Portal, Eric is joined by renegade Economist Professor Timur Kuran whose theory of Preference Falsification appears to explain the world wide surge towards populism, and […]
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In this episode of “The Portal” podcast, Eric interviews legendary film-maker and director, Werner Herzog about his life in outlaw film-making before a live audience. Transcript [00:00:03] Eric Weinstein: Hello. You’ve found The Portal. I’m your host Eric Weinstein, and this will be our second interview episode to be released. I think we have something really remarkable for you […]
Eric discusses his thinking behind launching The Portal Podcast, as well as his theory that the podcast industry should explore moving to what he terms a “Riskvertising” model. In his theory, advertisers transition to becoming “riskvertisers” by pledging to support and protect popular and responsible programs through hysterical social media outrage events. In such a […]
Welcome to The Portal. Episode 1 is a conversation with Peter Thiel. Please subscribe to The Portal anywhere you listen to podcasts, and leave us a rating and review in Apple Podcasts. Transcript Eric Weinstein: Hello and welcome to The Portal’s first episode. Today, I’ll be sitting down with Peter Thiel. Now, if you’ve been following me […]