The Portal Podcast #035: Balaji Srinivasan – The Heretic & The Virus

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Investor Balaji Srinivasan is a highly original thinker in Silicon Valley on Biotech to Blockchain and everything in between. Most recently, he was quite early in warning us about the Coronavirus and was ridiculed for his efforts…

Eric on Into the Impossible, Ep 49: Theories of Everything, Geometric Unity, Mathematical Reality

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Part 1 of Brian Keating's fascinating interview with mathematician & economist Eric Weinstein on the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast. Topics include Eric's provocative new ideas on physics and science culture. Eric is a vocal critic of…

The Portal Podcast #034: Zev Weinstein – On Parenting, Boys & Generation Z

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This is the first episode of The Portal which was 100% recorded at home, during quarantine, under social isolation. The guest is none other than my own son Zev Weinstein and the recording was timed to straddle his midnight transition from…

Eric on Rage Against the Brush with BUA #28

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Rage Against the Brush is an art talk show where BUA gets his celebrity guests to go deep and open up while drawing together.

The Portal Podcast #033: Josh Wolfe – The Mind Financing The Future

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Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital is a leading mind in the current wave of venture capitalists making waves. While aware of each other for some time, in this episode Josh sits down with Eric for their first meeting. Together the two explore…

The Portal Podcast #032: J. D. Vance – American Dreams and Nightmares

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It is said that there is not one American dream but many, and few have lived more than JD Vance. Growing up in Appalachia on the border between poverty and the lower working class, JD knew economic fear first hand as well as the cultural…