27: Daniel Schmachtenberger - On Avoiding Apocalypses
In this second episode of the Portal to be released during shelter-in-place restrictions during the Corona Virus Pandemic, we release an older discussion with Daniel Shmachtenberger on whether there i...
27 Mar 20203h 38min
26: James O’Keefe - What is (and isn't) Journalism in the 21st century
James O'Keefe is a dangerous man. He records people without their knowledge and publishes the results using the full power of our technological toolkit. He is well versed in the details of the law as ...
19 Mar 20202h 30min
25: The Construct - Jeffrey Epstein
Over half a year ago, immediately following the reported death of Jeffrey Epstein, Eric recorded a solo episode that he never released in hopes that its subject matter would be overtaken by investigat...
7 Mar 20201h 10min
24: Kai Lenny - To Play and Flirt with Giants
In a world which is often slow-moving and even stagnant, there are always sectors and individuals who buck the trends. In this episode of The Portal, Eric sits down with his favorite surfing hero Kai ...
29 Feb 20201h 55min
23: Agnes Callard - Courage, Meta-cognitive detachment and their limits
Philosopher and University of Chicago Professor Agnes Callard sits down with Eric on this episode of the portal. Agnes is a champion of the philosophical tradition of attempting to detach the capacity...
24 Feb 20202h 11min
22: Ben Greenfield - Wheat From Chaff in Human Fitness
Eric sits down with leading fitness geek, guru, thinker and human guinea-pig Ben Greenfield to learn how one of the world's most highly regarded trainers and fitness experts cuts through the nightmare...
16 Feb 20201h 11min
21: Ashley Mathews (aka Riley Reid) - The mogul and brains behind America's Sweetheart
Historically, fighting obscenity and indecency charges has always been a central part of the free speech movement. Jim Morrison, Mae West, Lenny Bruce and George Carlin have all been arrested for exci...
1 Feb 20201h 53min
20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy
Roger Penrose is arguably the most important living descendent of Albert Einstein’s school of geometric physics. In this episode of The Portal, we avoid the usual questions put to roger about quantum ...
25 Jan 20202h 23min
