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The Portal Podcast was launched by [[Eric Weinstein]] on 24 June 2019. Its name taking inspiration from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYtJq71CMnU "portal story"] motifs in literature, the show aims to bring its audience into contact with the most fundamental and transcendent aspects of reality, to break the almost-universal intellectual stasis that pervades our institutions, to foster individual sense-making, and to galvanize the search for a more hopeful, transformative future. Since launch, the podcast has released 43 episodes: 36 interview episodes, 6 solo episodes, and 1 special. | |||
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[[All Episodes]] | * '''[[All Episodes|All episodes of the podcast]]''' | ||
== Mission == | == Mission == | ||
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"The Portal is an exploration into discovery, including conversations with thought leaders. Host Eric Weinstein, Managing Director of Thiel Capital, brings his unique expertise and diverse roster of guests for a wide range of discussions, including science, culture, business, and capitalism. The show will feature people whose lives demonstrate that portals into what we would normally consider impossible, are indeed possible." | "The Portal is an exploration into discovery, including conversations with thought leaders. Host Eric Weinstein, Managing Director of Thiel Capital, brings his unique expertise and diverse roster of guests for a wide range of discussions, including science, culture, business, and capitalism. The show will feature people whose lives demonstrate that portals into what we would normally consider impossible, are indeed possible." | ||
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== Episodes == | |||
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| 42 || [[42: Cashing Out My Trump & IDW Positions]] || None || 1 December 2020 | |||
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| 41 || [[41: Douglas Murray – Heroism 2020: Defense of Our Own Civilization]] || [https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray Douglas Murray] || 23 October 2020 | |||
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| 40 || [[40: Introducing The Portal Essay Club - What if everyone is simply insane?]] || None || 12 August 2020 | |||
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| 39 || [[39: Admission To Sugar Baby U.]] || [https://twitter.com/KimberlyinLV Kimberly de la Cruz] || 29 July 2020 | |||
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| 38 || [[38: Mass Media, Markets, and Human Malware: A Portal Q&A]] || None || 10 July 2020 | |||
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| 37 || [[37: Surfing the Wake of The Woke]] || [https://twitter.com/andrewmarantz Andrew Marantz] || 1 July 2020 | |||
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| 36 || [[36: Dark Matter, Black Matters and All That Jazz]] || [https://twitter.com/stephstem Stephon Alexander] || 11 June 2020 | |||
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| 35 || [[35: Balaji Srinivasan - The Heretic & The Virus]] || [https://twitter.com/balajis Balaji Srinivasan] || 21 May 2020 | |||
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| 34 || [[34: Zev Weinstein - On Parenting, Boys & Generation Z]] || [https://twitter.com/Zev__Weinstein Zev Weinstein] || 13 May 2020 | |||
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| 33 || [[33: Josh Wolfe - The Mind Financing The Future]] || [https://twitter.com/wolfejosh Josh Wolfe] || 3 May 2020 | |||
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| 32 || [[32: J. D. Vance - American Dreams and Nightmares]] || [https://twitter.com/JDVance1 J. D. Vance] || 29 April 2020 | |||
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| 31 || [[31: Ryan Holiday - Conspiracy, Manipulation & other Pastimes]] || [https://twitter.com/RyanHoliday Ryan Holiday] || 23 April 2020 | |||
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| 30 || [[30: Ross Douthat - The Rave Before the Fall]] || [https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT Ross Douthat] || 16 April 2020 | |||
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| 29 || [[29: Jamie Metzl - The Bio-Hacker will see you now, Ready or Not]] || [https://twitter.com/JamieMetzl Jamie Metzl] || 12 April 2020 | |||
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| Special || [[A Portal Special Presentation- Geometric Unity: A First Look]] || None || 2 April 2020 | |||
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| 28 || [[28: Eric Lewis - The Singular Genius of Elew]] || [https://twitter.com/elewrockjazz Eric Lewis] || 28 March 2020 | |||
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| 27 || [[27: Daniel Schmachtenberger - On Avoiding Apocalypses]] || Daniel Schmachtenberger || 27 March 2020 | |||
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| 26 || [[26: James O’Keefe: What is (and isn't) Journalism in the 21st century]] || [https://www.projectveritas.com/bio/ James O’Keefe] || 19 March 2020 | |||
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| 25 || [[25: The Construct: Jeffrey Epstein]] || None || 7 March 2020 | |||
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| 24 || [[24: Kai Lenny - To Play and Flirt with Giants]] || [https://twitter.com/Kai_Lenny Kai Lenny] || 28 February 2020 | |||
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| 23 || [[23: Agnes Callard - Courage, Meta-cognitive detachment and their limits]] || [https://twitter.com/AgnesCallard Agnes Callard] || 24 February 2020 | |||
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| 22 || [[22: Ben Greenfield - Wheat From Chaff in Human Fitness]] || [https://twitter.com/bengreenfield Ben Greenfield] || 15 February 2020 | |||
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| 21 || [[21: Ashley Mathews (aka Riley Reid) - The mogul and brains behind America's Sweetheart]] || [[Ashley Mathews]] (aka Riley Reid) || 31 January 2020 | |||
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| 20 || [[20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy]] || [[Sir Roger Penrose]] || 24 January 2020 | |||
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| 19 || [[19: Bret Weinstein - The Prediction and the DISC]] || [[Bret Weinstein]] || 18 January 2020 | |||
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| 18 || [[18: Slipping the DISC: State of The Portal and Chapter 2020]] || None || 15 January 2020 | |||
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| 17 || [[17: Anna Khachiyan - Reconstructing The Mystical Feminine From The Ashes Of “The Feminine Mystique”]] || [https://twitter.com/annakhachiyan Anna Khachiyan] || 20 December 2019 | |||
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| 16 || [[16: Tyler Cowen - The Revolution Will Not Be Marginalized]] || [https://twitter.com/tylercowen Tyler Cowen] || 16 December 2019 | |||
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| 15 || [[15: Garrett Lisi - My Arch-nemesis, Myself]] || [https://twitter.com/garrettlisi Garrett Lisi] || 6 December 2019 | |||
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| 14 || [[14: London Tsai - The Reclusive Dean of The New Escherians]] || [https://londontsai.com/ London Tsai] || 30 November 2019 | |||
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| 13 || [[13: Garry Kasparov - Avoiding Zugzwang in AI and Politics]] || [https://twitter.com/Kasparov63 Garry Kasparov] || 23 November 2019 | |||
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| 12 || [[12: Vitalik Buterin - The Ethereal Prince and His Virtual Machine]] || [https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin Vitalik Buterin] || 21 November 2019 | |||
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| 11 || [[11: Sam Harris - Fighting with Friends]] || [[Sam Harris]] || 15 November 2019 | |||
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| 10 || [[10: Julie Lindahl: Shaking the poisoned fruit of shame out of the family tree]] || [https://twitter.com/JulieLindahl Julie Lindahl] || 31 October 2019 | |||
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| 9 || [[9: Bryan Callen - Cracking Wise]] || [https://twitter.com/bryancallen Bryan Callen] || 30 October 2019 | |||
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| 8 || [[8: Andrew Yang - The Dangerously Different Candidate the Media Wants You to Ignore]] || [https://twitter.com/AndrewYang Andrew Yang] || 2 October 2019 | |||
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| 7 || [[7: Bret Easton Ellis - The Dark Laureate of Generation X]] || [https://twitter.com/BretEastonEllis Bret Easton Ellis] || 29 September 2019 | |||
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| 6 || [[6: Jocko Willink - The Way of the Violent Intellectual]] || [https://twitter.com/jockowillink Jocko Willink] || 7 September 2019 | |||
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| 5 || [[5: Rabbi Wolpe - “So a Rabbi and an atheist walk into a podcast...”]] || [https://twitter.com/RabbiWolpe Rabbi David Wolpe] || 31 August 2019 | |||
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| 4 || [[4: Timur Kuran - The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception]] || [https://twitter.com/timurkuran Timur Kuran] || 20 August 2019 | |||
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| 3 || [[3: Werner Herzog]] || [https://www.wernerherzog.com/long-biography.html Werner Herzog] || 25 July 2019 | |||
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| 2 || [[2: What is The Portal]] || None || 19 July 2019 | |||
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| 1 || [[1: Peter Thiel]] || [https://twitter.com/peterthiel Peter Thiel] || 17 July 2019 | |||
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| 0 || [[0: Welcome to The Portal]] || None || 24 June 2019 | |||
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== Reception == | == Reception == | ||
Before the show's launch, it held the top of the iTunes podcast charts. | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:43, 10 October 2024
The Portal Podcast was launched by Eric Weinstein on 24 June 2019. Its name taking inspiration from "portal story" motifs in literature, the show aims to bring its audience into contact with the most fundamental and transcendent aspects of reality, to break the almost-universal intellectual stasis that pervades our institutions, to foster individual sense-making, and to galvanize the search for a more hopeful, transformative future. Since launch, the podcast has released 43 episodes: 36 interview episodes, 6 solo episodes, and 1 special.
Mission[edit]
"The Portal is an exploration into discovery, including conversations with thought leaders. Host Eric Weinstein, Managing Director of Thiel Capital, brings his unique expertise and diverse roster of guests for a wide range of discussions, including science, culture, business, and capitalism. The show will feature people whose lives demonstrate that portals into what we would normally consider impossible, are indeed possible."
Episodes[edit]
Reception[edit]
Before the show's launch, it held the top of the iTunes podcast charts.