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The Portal Podcast #005: Rabbi David Wolpe – So a Rabbi and an atheist walk into a podcast…

Beyond New Atheism: is a constructive adult relationship possible between atheism and religion? On this episode of the portal, Eric hosts leading conservative rabbi David Wolpe and explores the possibilities for, and problems with, a new synthesis of atheism and religion in our modern era that avoids special pleading. Sponsors of this episode of The Portal: Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/portal […]

August 20, 2019 by
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The Portal Podcast #003: Werner Herzog – The Outlaw as Revelator

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 […]

July 25, 2019 by
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The Portal Podcast #002: What is “The Portal”?

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 […]

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