Podcasts

Acquired

The Acquired podcast traces Walt Disney's early formation from a childhood realization that art could generate profit in Marceline, Missouri, to his strategic pivot into the nascent animation industry in Kansas City, establishing the technology-driven foundation that would separate Disney from traditional Hollywood studios.

Cognitive Revolution

Robert Wright argues that modern AI reverses the 1956 assumption that understanding the mind must precede building intelligence, instead reverse-engineering cognition through evolutionary-like training processes that we cannot fully control, leaving humanity's survival dependent on achieving species-scale cooperation and moral enlightenment.

Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money

Chris Irons argues that SpaceX's $2+ trillion IPO—valued at 100x sales with only 5% of shares trading—represents the 'jump the shark' moment for the AI bubble, creating systemic risk as passive funds may soon be forced to buy a deeply unprofitable company at valuations exceeding Microsoft's.

New York Times Podcasts

This investigation reveals how the Trump administration has systematically transformed the immigration court system—uniquely part of the executive branch—into a deportation tool by firing 115 judges and imposing unprecedented pressure, driving asylum grant rates to historic lows below 10%.

Impact Theory

The video argues that Elon Musk's trillionaire status stems from genuine value creation (SpaceX, Starlink) within a rigged economic system that steals wealth from ordinary people through inflation and financial engineering, not from greed or exploitation.

The Knowledge Project (Shane Parrish)

Gut health is far more robust and influential than commonly believed, impacting mental health, immunity, and weight through mechanisms that are surprisingly easy to influence. Rather than permanently eliminating foods due to sensitivities, most people can heal their gut by gradually introducing diverse, enjoyable fiber sources and properly prepared starches.

New York Times Podcasts

Wirecutter's kitchen experts review the best gear for homemade frozen treats, recommending affordable $15 ice pop molds and specific blender techniques while warning against the popular Ninja Creami due to safety concerns and plastic contamination risks.

The Prof G Pod (Scott Galloway)

This episode examines escalating US-China tech tensions, with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs restricting Anthropic AI access in Hong Kong while Washington pressures ASML over alleged advanced chip equipment shipments to China. The hosts also analyze Lululemon's marketing crisis in China, where a culturally ambiguous drum triggered nationalist backlash despite potentially Chinese origins.

The David Lin Report

Economist Peter Schiff argues that extreme market valuations—exemplified by the SpaceX IPO and a collapsing crypto bubble—signal an impending meltdown, while the Fed's inevitable monetization of massive government debt will drive persistent inflation regardless of temporary dollar strength.

Machine Learning Street Talk

Nobel laureate John Jumper explains how AlphaFold solved the 50-year protein structure prediction problem by collapsing years of experimental work into minutes, while emphasizing its narrow scope as a starting point for biological research rather than a universal model of life.

Latent Space

Gray Swan co-founders Zico Kolter and Matt Fredrikson explain why AI systems require a fundamentally different security approach than traditional software, highlighting how their automated red teaming system 'Shade' has begun to outperform human experts at finding model vulnerabilities. They emphasize the urgent need to treat AI agents as inherently untrusted entities capable of correlated failures across the software ecosystem.

The David Lin Report

Cooney Silver CEO Jim McDonald maintains that silver remains in a multi-year bull market after its explosive run to $120, arguing that consolidation around $65-$70 sets the stage for further gains potentially reaching $300, driven by sustained monetary and industrial demand against structurally constrained supply.