🎙️ Podcasts

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Claremont Institute senior fellow Jeremy Carl defends his State Department nomination and book "The Unprotected Class," arguing that disparate impact laws, mass immigration since 1965, and DEI initiatives have created systemic discrimination against white Americans—a condition he terms "cultural genocide"—while insisting he advocates civic nationalism rather than white nationalism.

New York Times Podcasts

Nearly three weeks into the war, US and Israeli forces have decimated Iran's military infrastructure and eliminated key regime leaders, yet Iran persists through decentralized asymmetric tactics—particularly blockading the Strait of Hormuz—forcing the Trump administration to confront strategic options ranging from bad to worse.

Impact Theory

The US-Iran war is driven by structural imperial imperatives to prevent Eurasian economic unification (Mackinder's Heartland Theory) rather than nuclear concerns, trapping Washington in an escalation cycle where withdrawal would collapse the maritime-based American empire.

Huberman Lab

Dr. Emily Balcetis reveals how narrowed visual focus can improve physical performance by 27% while reducing pain, and explains why common tactics like vision boards actually decrease motivation by lowering physiological readiness to act, offering science-based alternatives for sustainable goal achievement.

In Good Company (Nicolai Tangen)

At NBIM's inaugural Risk Summit, executives from the world's largest sovereign wealth fund explain how they navigate an era where 'stability has never been more unstable,' employing AI-enhanced monitoring and rigorous scenario planning to manage intertwined geopolitical, counterparty, and emerging technology risks.

The David Lin Report

Financial expert Chris Whalen warns that the Federal Reserve risks repeating the ECB's 2008 policy error by holding rates too high amid a slowing economy, while the $2 trillion private credit market faces collapse driven by $10 billion in retail redemption requests and hidden payment-in-kind defaults.

The Pomp Podcast

Abra CEO Bill Barhydt argues Bitcoin is stabilizing amid macro liquidity fears while predicting massive money printing ahead to refinance US debt, and hails new SEC/CFTC guidance as a watershed moment for regulatory clarity that enables the industry to move from defense to offense.

The David Lin Report

Chief Market Strategist Gareth Soloway predicts oil will retreat to $70-80 after peaking at $120, while forecasting gold hits $3,500 and silver reaches $50-54 by year-end, warning that oil spikes and credit market stress mirror the 2008 financial crisis setup.

The Diary of a CEO

Joe Kent resigned as Director of National Counterterrorism Center via a viral tweet claiming Iran posed no imminent threat and the U.S. entered war due to Israeli lobbying pressure, drawing immediate condemnation from President Trump who dismissed him as 'weak on security' while revealing contradictions with Kent's previous statements warning about Iranian aggression.

Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson argues that dominance hierarchies are ancient biological realities predating trees that fundamentally structure human psychology, mental health, and cultural institutions, while evidence from comparative animal behavior suggests many human behavioral patterns transcend purely social explanations.

Joe Rogan Experience

Brigham Buhler details ongoing FDA efforts to reclassify peptides and remove black box warnings from hormone therapy under Secretary Kennedy and Dr. Marty Makary, exposing how a flawed 1930s study created decades of testosterone misinformation while the billion-dollar drug approval process systematically blocks accessible preventative medicine.

a16z Podcast

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz detail the shift from defensive, leak-fearing 'old media'—where narrow channels and corporate blandness reigned—to an offensive, infinite-channel 'new media' paradigm where flooding the zone with authentic, long-form content and embracing controversy as 'interesting' is the only viable strategy.