A conversation with Erik Torenberg on all things narrative and the The Narrative Monopoly Bio Erik Torenberg is co-Founder and co-CEO of OnDeck, which is on a mission to organize the world's ambition. Co-Founder and Partner of Village Global, an early stage venture fund. Erik was the first employee and on the founding team of Product Hunt. He's als…

A conversation about free speech with UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh Topics Computer engineering vs law SCOTUS Leak Background of free speech Twitter and free speech Are platforms utilities? The Ministry of Truth Disinformation Board And more! Bio (from UCLA Law) Eugene Volokh teaches First Amendment law and a First Amendment amicus brief clinic …

A conversation with Michael S. Malone, author of The Big Score, on the history of the semiconductor industry and silicon valley Topics include (but not limited to): Fred Terman, Hewlett-Packard, Stanford, Vacuum Tubes, Varian Brothers, Fairchild, Intel, AMD, National Semiconductor, Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore, Arthur Rock, Andy Grove, Jerry Sanders, Ch…

A conversation with Michael Fritzell, author of Asian Century Stocks, on Asian markets and geopolitics Bio Michael Fritzell is a Singapore-based analyst and the author of Asian Century Stocks. He's worked as an analyst and co-portfolio manager in Asia for well over a decade. Times 0:15 - Intro 0:55 - What is Asian Century Stocks & intro to Michael …

A second conversation with economist John Cochrane Bio John Cochrane is the Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the author of The Grumpy Economist Blog. Before that John was a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, he’s taught both MBA and PhD pr…

A conversation with James Poulos on his new book Human Forever Bio James Poulos is the Executive Editor of The American Mind and author of the books The Art of Being Free: How Alexis de Tocqueville Can Save Us from Ourselves and now Human Forever. Dr. Poulos graduated from Duke University with distinction in Political Science and received his Ph.D.…

This episode was recorded on Callin, a new social podcasting app Bio David Sacks is co-founder and general partner at Craft Ventures, founder of Callin, and co-host of the All-In Podcast. He has been a successful founder, investor, and operator for over two decades, including as member of the PayPal mafia and founder of Yammer. Some of his early st…

Bio Jamie Catherwood is the publisher and author of Investor Amnesia ("The goal of Investor Amnesia is to provide investors with key insights and lessons from our past in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes.”). He majored in History at King’s College London, and entered the financial services industry after graduating. He started writing abo…

Bio Antonio García Martínez is a writer at and the publisher of The Pull Request, a publication about technology by technologists for technologists. He also hosts the The Pull Request podcast on Callin. He is best known for writing the best selling book: Chaos Monkeys, Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley. The book details his journ…

Bio Lanhee Chen is currently a candidate for Controller of California. After earning four degrees from Harvard University, including a law degree and doctorate in political science, he served in senior roles in both Republican and Democratic presidential administrations. Lanhee is regarded as one of America’s leading policy commentators and experts…

Bio Mark Nelson is a Managing Director at Radiant Energy Fund. He’s one of the world’s foremost authorities on nuclear energy. In his capacity with the fund, he fights to keep Nuclear energy plants open around the world. Times 1:00 - Intro to Mark & Radiant Energy Fund 4:45 - Belgium’s 2 nuclear plants & the green plan 9:30 - Why nuclear? Nuclear v…

Bio Joel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, Executive Director of the Houston-based Urban Reform Institute , the author of 10 books including his most recent “ The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class”. And he’s been described as “America’s uber-geographer”. Times 0:15 - Intro to Joel 1:30 - The rise o…

Bio Anthony Pompliano is a bitcoiner, GP of Pomp investments, host of The Pomp Podcast, The Best Business show, author of The Pomp Letter, and last but not least - a veteran of our armed forces. Times 0:55 - Intro to Pomp 2:00 - El Salvador & Bitcoin Beach 8:10 - Halving 10:00 - Btc as medium of exchange vs store of value (vs other assets) 14:45 - …

Martin Gurri rejoins The Narrative Monopoly to do a live Q & A on the Callin app cross posted here Q & A with Martin on: Revolt of the Public documentary?? History, his piece on CRT The efficacy & reach of Crypto distribution vs legacy media Cuba, Afghanistan, ChinaPor martin gurri

A conversation with world class economist John Cochrane on a wide range of topics Bio John Cochrane is the Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the author of The Grumpy Economist Blog. Before that John was a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, …

A conversation with Max Towey, co-founder and CEO of RocaNews, about the media and state of America Bio Max Towey is co-founder and CEO of RocaNews, a company committed to making news easy and enjoyable. He previously worked at a DC think tank where he hosted it’s official podcast Banter. He received an undergrad degree from Notre Dame. Links @ride…

Bio (From Manhattan Institute) - Brian Riedl is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, focusing on budget, tax, and economic policy. Previously, he worked for six years as chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and as staff director of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth. He also served as a dire…

Bio Thomas Joscelyn is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and is senior editor of FDD’s Long War Journal, a widely read publication on counterterrorism and related issues. His main focus is on jihadism and how al-Qaeda and the Islamic State operate around the globe. He has served as a consultant for the FBI’s Counterterror…

Bio Kat Cole is the former Chief Operating Officer and president of Focus Brands. Her journey began as a Hooters hostess at age 17, and within 2 years she was traveling around the world launching new locations for the company becoming a Vice President at 26. In 2010 she became the president of Cinnabon, turning the company around during the recessi…

Bio Mike is a co-founding Partner at Floodgate, a venture firm in the bay area. Some of Mike’s investments include Twitter, Twitch.tv, Lyft, Clover Health, Okta, and Chegg. Before founding Floodgate Mike was founder and operating executive at back-to-back startup IPOs, including Tivoli Systems and Motive. Mike is the host of the Starting Greatness …

Bio Marty Bent is a bitcoiner, podcast host, and newsletter author — specifically knowledgable about the intersection of bitcoin and energy use. Times 0:55 - Opening bitcoin talk 3:10 - Intro to Marty 5:55 - Working for Barstool Sports 7:55 - The narrative of “bitcoin uses too much energy” 11:10 - Framing of the narrative 15:40 - Bitcoin accelerati…

Bio Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, he’s the founder and editor in chief of National Affairs. He was a domestic policy advisor to the 43rd President. He’s the author of numerous books including the subject of today's podcast, A Time to Build - From Family and Communit…

Bio Geoff Lewis is the Founder & Managing Partner of Bedrock, a technology investment firm currently managing approximately one billion dollars. He’s served on the Board of Directors for companies including Lyft, Nubank, and Workrise. He’s also invested in Wish, Vercel, Anduril, and more. Prior to founding Bedrock, Geoff was a Partner at Founders F…

Bio Mark is one of the most knowledgeable people on the planet when it comes to everything Russia. He’s the CEO of Mayak Intelligence, he’s a PhD and has served as a professor a multiple schools including NYU and now the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, he’s the author of many books on Russia. Including the re…

Drew Holden is a public affairs consultant in Washington, D.C. He's well known for keeping the receipts on the media class and creating illuminating threads that show clear as day how the media treats different people with the same issue at hand. Times 1:25 - Intro to Drew 2:20 - Drew explains his process for making the threads 5:30 - What does Dre…

Bio Eliana Johnson is editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon. Prior to joining the Free Beacon, she served as a White House correspondent at POLITICO. She is a regular presence on cable television and has appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, CBS’s Face the Nation, ABC’s This Week, and the PBS News Hour. She graduated from Yale College with a de…

Bio Robert Shiller is a Nobel laureate, meaning he’s won the Nobel prize in economics. He’s a professor of Economics at Yale. He’s written countless papers, articles and books including Irrational Exuberance which predicted both the bubble in equities in the year 2000 as well as the housing crisis. He’s the “Shiller” in the Case-Shiller Indices whi…

Philip Klein is the Editor of National Review Online. He's the author of numerous books including the subject of today's discussion, Fear Your Future: How the Deck Is Stacked Against Millennials and Why Socialism Would Make It Worse. Previously he was the executive editor of the Washington Examiner, a Washington correspondent for The American Spect…

In this week's episode we're rolling out a new format - [Deconstructing the Narrative]. Every so often the podcast will deconstruct a popular narrative providing context and nuance behind it, to get to the truth. In this week's episode we deconstruct the narrative from the most infamous photograph of the war in Vietnam. On February 1st 1968, US pho…

Bio Mike Solana is a vice president at Founders Fund focused on community and brand. He is the creator / producer of the Anatomy of Next Podcast. He's the author and creator of Pirate Wires. Times 1:00 - Hereticon Update & why Hereticon? 7:30 - Believe science? 9:00 - Speech at micro & macro levels 12:00 - Cultural monopoly, monoculture, & counter-…

Bio Glenn Loury is a distinguished professor of economics at Brown University, he was a professor at Boston University, the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, and the first African American tenured professor of economics at Harvard. He’s the author of many books and essays, and the host of the popular Glenn Show podcast (link below). …

A conversation with Adam White, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute & Executive Director of George Mason University's Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State Bio (from AEI) Adam White is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on American constitutionalism, the Supreme Court, and the…

Josh Holmes is a Founding Partner and President of Cavalry LLC. Prior to that he was Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell. He managed McConnell’s 2014 re-election campaign as well as numerous other Senate campaigns. He's also a frequent guest on Fox News, and the co-host of the podcast Ruthless. Times 2:00 - Jen Rubin & opening banter 6:1…

Bubba Atkinson has a wealth of experience in media and has been at the forefront of the digital media revolution. Bubba was employee #10 at Axios, where he served on the executive team and was the founding head of social, video, and audience . He was also a founding employee and editor in chief of IJReview. During his tenure, he oversaw the growth …

Doug Ellin was the creator, writer, and director of Entourage. We talk all things Entourage. 1:00 - Victory the Podcast 2:00 - Will there be an Entourage reboot? 4:00 - Doug’s path to Entourage 6:00 - Getting Entourage off the ground 9:00 - Difference between pilot and last episode? 11:00 - Backstory of characters stuff 14:00 - Ari Emanuel / Harvey…

A wide ranging conversation with WSJ Editor at Large (and former Editor in Chief), Gerard Baker. We touch on everything from his experience in journalism, narratives, and recent social phenomena. From his WSJ Bio: "Gerry Baker is Editor-at-Large of The Wall Street Journal. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The …

Ben Hunt Bio from his site Ben Hunt is the creator of Epsilon Theory. Over 100,000 professional investors and allocators across 180 countries read Epsilon Theory for its fresh perspective and novel insights into market dynamics. As Chief Investment Officer, Ben bears primary responsibility for determining the Company’s investment views and position…

From the site: The Roots of Progress is a website about the history of technology and industry, and the philosophy of human progress. It was founded on the conviction that the story of progress is important and under appreciated, and deserves to be studied. Jason Crawford is a former software engineering manager and tech startup founder. Times: 3:4…

Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst specializing in the relationship of politics and global media. He is the author of the 2014 book The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium. The book is a prophetic look at how the explosion of information is impacting our society. If you’re curious as to why the events we’ve seen…