"Upstream" with Erik Torenberg

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You’ll hear consequential ideas here first, and in the mainstream months later. Upstream is a curated nexus feed from the Turpentine podcast network, bringing you expert-level conversations hosted by some of the most compelling thinkers in the world including Noah Smith, Samo Burja, Byrne Hobart, Erik Torenberg, and Nathan Labenz. Guests include Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan, Dario Amodei, Brian Armstrong, David Sacks, Sam Harris, Katherine Boyle, Curtis Yarvin, and many more unmissable con...

Episodes (143)

E40: Develop Your Personal Investing Strategy with Itay Vinik

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E39: Balaji Srinivasan and Nathan Labenz on AI's Future, Human-AI Symbiosis, and...

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Dec 29, 20232:10:55pending

E38: Holiday Special: Request for Startups

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E37: Noor Siddiqui on embryo screening, the fertility crisis, and parenting

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E36: Beff Jezos on doxxing, e/acc, and why crypto will save AI

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E35: Samo Burja on Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and George Soros

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E34: Byrne Hobart on Sam Altman, Meta vs Google, and Effective Altruism

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E33: The Untold History of Nuclear Energy with Packy McCormick and Julia DeWahl

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Nov 17, 20231:01:57pending

E32: Balaji on SBF and the Israel-Hamas War

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Nov 10, 20231:01:41pending

E31: Sam Lessin on Why We’re Heading into a New Era of Venture

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E30: Aaron Ginn on the Moral Idea Maze, the GPU Revolution, and US-China Relatio...

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E29: Sense-Making, a Top 1% Information Diet, and Generation Warfare with Michae...

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Oct 20, 20231:14:22pending

E28: Richard Hanania Returns | Trump, the Sexual Revolution, and Immigration

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E27: Robin Hanson on Elites, Experts, and the Truths We Resist

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Sep 29, 20231:24:58pending

E26: Ben Horowitz on AI, the Future of Venture Capital, and Wartime VCs

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E25: Jon Askonas on 2nd Order Effects of AI, the Media Ecology of Reality, and C...

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E24: Balaji Srinivasan on Social Tribalism, Cloud Cartography, Internet Values

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E23: Emad Mostaque and Sam Lessin Debate Whether AI is a Good Investment for VC

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E22: Vivek Ramaswamy on his Presidential Run, Intellectually Oppressive Culture,...

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Aug 25, 202358:14pending

E21: Sam Hammond on AI, e/acc, and Institutional Disruption

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Aug 18, 202359:21pending

E20: Martin Shkreli on Public Vilification, Lessons from Prison, and Getting Bac...

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Aug 11, 20231:24:30pending

E19: Economist Bryan Caplan on Non-conformity, Sex, Feminism and Homeschooling

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E18: Marc Andreessen on AI, Religion, SF, Longevity, and the NPC Meme

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Jul 28, 20231:24:40pending

E17: Noah Smith's Reflections on Biden's First Term, Foreign Policy, and Industr...

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Jul 21, 202351:11pending

E16: Agnes Callard on Dark Empathy, Being Straussian vs Being Sincere, and Philo...

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Jul 14, 20231:18:58pending

E15: Richard Hanania on Vivek Ramaswamy, Affirmative Action, and the Winning Age...

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Jul 7, 20232:16:08pending

E14: Balaji Srinivasan on the Fiat Crisis, Russia, and China.

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Jun 30, 20231:18:25pending

E13: Kevin Kelly on Multiple Futures, AI, and Becoming Better Humans

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Jun 23, 202349:25pending

[Bonus] Palmer Luckey of Anduril Industries on China, DefenseTech, and U.S. Poli...

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Jun 16, 20231:10:28pending

E12: Tim Urban on Liberalism, Heresy, and Equality

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E11: Katherine Boyle on Building Companies, Families, and Careers

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E10: Sam Harris on Populism, Polarization, and His Beef with the Left and the Ri...

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May 28, 20231:33:40pending

[Bonus Episode] Moment of Zen w/ Mike Solana, Erik Torenberg and Dan Romero

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E9: Benedict Evans on AI, Web3, VR and the Future of Tech

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May 19, 20231:22:27pending

E8: Samo Burja on America's Future, China, AI, and the New Global Order

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May 12, 20231:00:26pending

E7: How Andrew Yang Would Cure American Politics

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E6: Vivek Ramaswamy on Running for President in 2024 and His Message to Silicon...

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Apr 29, 20231:01:36pending

E5: How Exactly Joe Lonsdale Would Fix The Public Sector

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Apr 21, 20231:02:27pending

E4: David Sacks on His Intellectual and Political Journey

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E3: Ezra Klein on Supply-side Progressivism, Polarization, and What Silicon Vall...

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Apr 7, 20231:20:27pending

E2: Balaji Srinivasan on His Past and Future predictions, the Future of the Left...

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Mar 31, 20231:29:21pending

E1: Marc Andreessen on His Intellectual Journey the Past Ten Years

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Mar 24, 20231:33:00pending

Trailer: This is Upstream with Erik Torenberg

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