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The Portal Podcast #018: Eric Weinstein (Solo) – Slipping the DISC: State of The Portal/Chapter 2020

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This "housekeeping" (cough cough) episode of The Portal is only for the hard core listeners who launched this experiment with us. This year we begin to take on the idea of the Distributed Idea Suppression Complex or "DISC".  From…

The Portal Podcast #017: Anna Khachiyan – Reconstructing The Mystical Feminine

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Somewhere on the road between Stalingrad and Forever21, something essential got misplaced amidst the bathos. Eric works through a bottle of Red wine on air with social, literary and artistic theorist Anna Khachiyan (co-host of the explosive…

The Portal Podcast #014: London Tsai – The Reclusive Dean of The New Escherians

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What happened to the Mathematical and Scientific art movement after MC Escher? It went underground.  In this episode of the Portal, Eric begins tracking down the leaders of this hidden movement; one that is smuggling higher…

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…

The Portal Podcast #007: Bret Easton Ellis – The Dark Laureate of Generation X

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Eric sits down with Bret Easton Ellis; the two Gen X’ers graduated from rival high schools in a disaffected 1982 Los Angeles that inspired Ellis’ first novel “Less Than Zero”. In this conversation, they reflect on LA, Generation…

The Portal Podcast #006: Jocko Willink – The Way of the Violent Intellectual

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Jocko Willink is a man who radiates decency. He is also part of a community of warriors drawn to test themselves in the crucible of deadly combat against an evil and implacable foe. Eric sits down with Jocko Willink to learn how this cerebral…