The Portal Podcast #013: Garry Kasparov – Avoiding Zugzwang in AI and Politics

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In this cordially combative episode, Eric sits down with Russian chess legend, multiple-year champion and (inarguably) one of the greatest players of all time, Garry Kasparov. The two discuss transcending AI-induced demotivation, AI brilliancy…

The Portal Podcast #012: Vitalik Buterin – The Ethereal Prince and His Virtual Machine

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In this episode, Vitalik Buterin sits down with Eric to discuss ethereum, the wider world of crypto and heterodox economics. Taking note of the new development of blockchain in 2010, Eric wrote an essay called “Go Virtual Young Man”.…

The Portal Podcast #011: Sam Harris – Fighting with Friends

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On this episode of The Portal, Eric talks to one of his closest friends, neuroscientist, philosopher and meditation-guru, Sam Harris. When Sam and Eric sit down they generally agree about a large number of things. So in this experiment…

The Portal Podcast #010: Julie Lindahl – Shaking the poisoned fruit of shame out of the family tree

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Eric sits down with Julie Lindahl, author of "The Pendulum". What happens when an ethnically German girl growing up in Brazil gets curious to finally make sense of her family history to stop the cycle of dysfunction? Julie Lindahl’s new…

The Portal Podcast #009: Bryan Callen – Cracking Wise

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Eric sits down with friend, philosopher, comic, actor and fighter Bryan Callen for a wide ranging conversation on camaraderie, conflict and comedy. Over the course of 2+ hours, the two discuss difficult topics like the holocaust, gender…

The Portal Podcast #008: Andrew Yang – The Different Candidate the Media Wants You to Ignore

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In this episode of the Portal, Eric checks in with his friend Andrew Yang to discuss the meteoric rise of his candidacy; one that represents an insurgency against a complacent political process that the media establishment doggedly tries…