Sean Bowe is a core cryptographer and engineer who played a major role in building Zcash’s technology. Dev Ojha, also a cryptographer, is the founder of Osmosis. He is now working on helping Zcash scale and go post quantum. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Timestamps 0:00 - Why Dev’s working on Zcash 12:24 - AI is surveillance’s ul...
Apr 04, 2026•1 hr 23 min
Sean Bowe and Jack Grigg aka str4d are both cryptographic engineers working on the Zcash protocol. Sean’s latest project is Tachyon, intended to bring encrypted money into the hands of 8 billion people. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Timestamps 0:00 - Project Tachyon 10:20 - Privacy can’t be an afterthought for a protocol 15:24 -...
Oct 11, 2025•1 hr 41 min
My conversation with Samo Burja, founder of Bismarck Analysis. He chairs the editorial board of Palladium Magazine. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:18 - Live players 5:41 - Great Founder Theory 11:20 - Our material technology rests on our social interactions 14:23 - Optimism...
Jul 11, 2025•59 min
My conversation with Zooko Wilcox and Josh Swihart on unstoppable private money. Zooko Wilcox is a legendary cypherpunk and one of the founders of Zcash—private, digital money. Josh Swihart is the CEO of Electric Coin Company, the team behind the Zcash protocol and the Zashi wallet app. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Timestamps 0...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 34 min
My conversation with Ethan Thornton, founder of Mach Industries . Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:07 - Why Mach needs to exist 3:16 - Early experiments 5:07 - Dropping out of MIT 8:36 - Raising $85 million at 19 years old 11:20 - Decentralized vertical supply chains 13:54 - ...
Mar 15, 2025•53 min
My conversation with philosopher and author Peter Boghossian. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:00 - The enlightenment 5:51 - The dangers of moral relativism 21:28 - Modern education is failing us 31:14 - What’s worth preserving in the West 37:00 - Is wokeism filling the void left by athei...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 16 min
My conversation with Zooko, Nate Wilcox, and Sean Bowe about the Zcash protocol. Zooko is a cypherpunk who co-founded Zcash along with his brother, Nate Wilcox, and others. Sean Bowe is a cryptographer and engineer who has played a crucial role in the development of Zcash and has made significant contributions to advancements in zero-knowledge proofs, particularly zk-SNARKs, which underpin Zcash’s privacy features. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or ...
Jan 22, 2025•3 hr 21 min
My conversation with Naval Ravikant. Enjoy! Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:00 - The Theory of Everything 4:48 - How do you know what’s true? 7:51 - Groups search for consensus, individuals search for truth 13:07 - We have never run out of a single resource 15:25 - Are we destroying the Earth? 17:48 - Marxism denies wealth creation 21:28 - Regulation kills innovation 27:05 - Degrowth and the fall of Western universities 33...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 14 min
I had the pleasure of sitting down with David Deutsch in his lovely garden in Oxford a few months ago. Here’s our conversation. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 1:01 - A tragic view of human history 7:04 - Why did it take so long for civilization to arise? 13:31 - Fallibilism 21:32 - Cultur...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Julian Barbour is a renowned physicist known for his groundbreaking work on the nature of time. In his influential books, The End of Time and The Janus Point he explores the concept of a timeless universe, challenging traditional views. Samuel Kuypers is a theoretical physicist, currently located in Montréal, who is interested in the foundations of quantum theory and time. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Click here to support my work. You can also send me bitcoin to this address . Nat Eliason is a writer and crypto insider with a wildly popular newsletter and podcast. He is the author of the book Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance . Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Timestamps 0:49 - Ayn ...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a writer who focuses on globalization, human progress and intellectual history. He is the author of In Defense of Global Capitalism , Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future , and The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World . Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it! Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts...
Jul 16, 2024•53 min
Riva Tez is a philosopher, writer, and venture capitalist. She’s the author of the blog Hard to Write . Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it! Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:52 - Does crypto make anarcho-capitalism pragmatic? 11:56 - Crypto is both technologica...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Nicole Behnam is a founder and journalist. She is the creator of Beyond The Interview where she’s interviewed people like Chris Voss, Konstantin Kisin, and Robert Greene. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:00 - Nicole’s relationship with her parents and books 4:45 - On being a red carpet ho...
Jun 25, 2024•37 min
Niklas Anzinger is the founder of Infinita VC and Vitalia . He is also the host of the Stranded Technologies Podcast. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:32 - Building Vitalia and Infinita VC 6:05 - The parallels between longevity and crypto 17:35 - How to convince people that living longer ...
Jun 05, 2024•57 min
Ashley St. Clair is the Operations Manager at Babylon Bee and author of the children’s book Elephants Are Not Birds . This interview was recorded on Airchat . Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:19 - The immigration crisis in the US 11:08 - DEI and Mark Cuban 14:29 - Anti-humanism and Gen Z ...
May 14, 2024•42 min
Matthew Lysiak is an investigative journalist and author of Fiat Food: Why Inflation Destroyed Our Health and How Bitcoin Fixes It . Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:49 - Why Matthew wrote Fiat Food 5:29 - Restructuring the American diet after the gold standard 11:25 - The Seventh-day Adv...
May 06, 2024•38 min
Farbood Nivi is the founder of Grockit (acquired by Kaplan in 2013). He has been biohacking for 25 years. Recently, he became one of the first 200 people in the world to receive Follistatin gene therapy. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:39 - Biohacking for 25 years 7:23 - Follistatin gene...
Mar 23, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Jeremy Shearmur is a fellow emeritus in philosophy at the Australian National University. He is the author of Hayek and After and The Political Thought of Karl Popper . He also worked as assistant to Karl Popper for eight years. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript on Substack . Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. T...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 24 min
David Deutsch is the author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity. He works on fundamental issues in physics, particularly the quantum theory of computation and information, and constructor theory . He is known as the father of quantum computing for his contributions to the field. He is an advocate of Taking Children Seriously , a new, non-paternalistic view of children. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X. Listen on Apple Podcasts ...
Jan 01, 2024•41 min
If you would like to support this podcast, click here . Max More is a philosopher, futurist, and former CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation. He is currently Director of Communications at Biostasis Technologies. Max wrote the first definition of “Transhumanism” in its modern sense. TIMESTAMPS 0:45 - Why Max changed his last name to “More” 2:45 - Max’s early life and interest in cryonics and life extension 8:00 - Extropian philosophy and Transhumanism 9:15 - Cryonics explained 26:06 - Hardest c...
Nov 05, 2023•1 hr 6 min
If you would like to support this podcast, click here . Bitcoin donations at: bc1q3vajy7e79080uzg5j7watdtl2h7ktqx9l7x8w8 Tom Hyde is a geologist with degrees in geoscience and natural hazards. In addition to his academic background, Tom has a keen interest in the scientific and philosophical works of Karl Popper and David Deutsch, as well as in libertarianism, climate and risk, gender theory, aesthetics, anti-aging, and pro-natalism, among other topics. TIMESTAMPS 0:39 - Why a larger population ...
Sep 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min
If you would like to support this podcast, click here . Bitcoin donations at: bc1q3vajy7e79080uzg5j7watdtl2h7ktqx9l7x8w8 Per Bylund is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University and a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. His latest book, How to Think about the Economy: A Primer , serves as an introduction to economic reasoning and aims to improve economic literacy. TIMESTAMPS 0:04 - Why economic illiteracy is so prevalent 5:25 - Individualists trying to spread their...
Sep 20, 2023•51 min
Support this podcast: buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemani David D. Friedman is an anarcho-capitalist economist, author of ‘The Machinery of Freedom’, and son of Milton Friedman. TIMESTAMPS 0:44 - 50 years of The Machinery of Freedom 3:35 - What is a government? 9:22 - How law could be produced and enforced in an anarcho-capitalist society 12:00 - Laws produced by the market will be biased toward freedom 14:27 - Is David an anarchist for pragmatic or ethical reasons? 15:41 - Strategy 18:19 - Government...
Sep 01, 2023•42 min
Support this podcast at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemani Jim O’Shaughnessy is the founder and CEO of O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC. He also serves as the executive chair of the board of directors at Stability AI and is the host of the Infinite Loops podcast. TIMESTAMPS 0:27 - The future of AI and Jim’s investment in Stability AI 4:51 - The Beginning of Infinity and the ideas of David Deutsch 12:32 - The perils of labeling things and the illusion of certainty 17:35 - Thinking probabilistic...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This episode was recorded on Airchat. Learn more at getairchat.com . Logan Chipkin is a writer. You can purchase his recently published fantasy novel, Windfall here . Follow Logan on Twitter @ChipkinLogan and on Airchat @logan . TIMESTAMPS 0:33 - A brief history of Austrian economics 9:15 - Is economics a science? 14:12 - How to think about the state 21:05 - The problem with welfare statism 30:05 - Constructor Theory and Austrian economics 33:12 - Economic creationism 41:20 - Consumerism: does c...
Jul 28, 2023•2 hr 11 min
Yaron Brook is an objectivist philosopher, podcaster, and author. He’s also the chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute. Support the podcast at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemani TIMESTAMPS 0:30 - What makes humans different 3:50 - Christian atheists 8:05 - Inequality good? 12:25 - AGI Doomerism 21:46 - Aliens 23:37 - Bad philosophy in popular movies 26:29 - The education system 28:37 - Epistemology and The Beginning of Infinity 40:58 - Advice for young people YARON'S LINKS * Twitter: https:/...
May 29, 2023•44 min
Lulie Tanett is a writer and expositor of ideas of applied critical rationalism. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting it at: https://buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemani We talk about: * Lulie’s untypical childhood and the parenting philosophy she was raised under * What psychology and the social sciences can learn from epistemology * Mindfulness tied to Critical Rationalism * The constraints of creativity * And much more! TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Lulie’s childhood and Taking Children Serious...
Apr 12, 2023•58 min
Nat and Martha are filmmakers. In February 2023, they won a fellowship through O’Shaughnessy Ventures to explore alternative education. Support this podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemani TIMESTAMPS0:00 - Preview and intro1:16 - Nat and Martha’s background (making movies)6:20 - Living on the road in an RV for a whole year11:47 - “you can just do stuff”15:30 - Winning $100,000 fellowship through O'Shaughnessey Ventures22:36 - Education, homeschooling/unschooling, “follow the fear”, ga...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Airchat: https://www.getairchat.com TIMESTAMPS0:24 - The nature of knowledge1:01- Constraints of progress6:31 - The finite speed of light is not a problem13:36 - “Any system that doesn’t get its feedback from free markets or nature eventually gets corrupted.” — Naval19:54 - Knowledge creation leads to wealth creation25:44 - Free will RELEVANT LINKSNaval on Airchat: https://www.getairchat.com/naval Brett on Airchat: https://www.getairchat.com/bretthall Keith on Airchat: https://www.getairchat.com...
Mar 25, 2023•33 min
