Independent Study: Personal Renewal by John W. Gardner (Speech)

56: Miles Grimshaw - Back Down the Mountain

Miles Grimshaw (X, LinkedIn) is an investor at Thrive Capital. He’s spent most of his career there, there, partnering with founders at the early stages of company building, including Cursor, Turbopuff...

1 Sep 1h 53min

Independent Study: Art is For Seeing Evil by Agnes Callard (Essay)

“Art is For Seeing Evil” was published by Agnes Callard for The Point Magazine on July 15, 2022. My thanks to Agnes and The Point for permission to share this audio version of her essay on Dialectic’...

25 Aug 26min

54: Ian Rogers - Never a Spectator

Full transcript and all links and references: ⁠dialectic.fm/ian-rogers⁠. Ian and I made a playlist with albums/songs mentioned here (Apple, Spotify). Ian Rogers (X, LinkedIn) is Chief Human Agency O...

18 Aug 2h 37min

55: Dan Lilienthal & José Chayet - As [untitled] as it Comes

Dan Lilienthal (X, LinkedIn) and José Chayet (X, LinkedIn) are childhood friends and cofounders of [untitled] (X, Instagram), a platform for musicians that they describe as a sacred place for work-in-...

18 Aug 2h 10min

53: Zhengdong Wang - Feeling the Wave

Zhengdong Wang (Website, X, LinkedIn) is an AI researcher based in London. He writes annual letters (inspired by Dan Wang), mainly about AI progress, and his 2025 letter blew me away and inspired me ...

29 Jul 2h 7min

52: Jack Conte - Draw the Next Page

Full transcript and all links: ⁠dialectic.fm/jack-conte⁠ Jack Conte (Patreon, YouTube, YouTube Pt2, X, LinkedIn) is the co-founder and CEO of Patreon. He is also a lifelong artist and musician, who a...

21 Jul 1h 51min

51: Nan Ransohoff - Power Laws for Philanthropy

Nan Ransohoff (X, Substack, Website) is Head of Public Goods and former Head of Climate at Stripe. This includes Frontier (which she co-founded): an advance market commitment that accelerates carbon r...

14 Jul 2h 11min