The Portal Podcast

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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

"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

# Title Guest Air Date
42 42: Cashing Out My Trump & IDW Positions None 1 December 2020
41 41: Douglas Murray – Heroism 2020: Defense of Our Own Civilization Douglas Murray 23 October 2020
40 40: Introducing The Portal Essay Club - What if everyone is simply insane? None 12 August 2020
39 39: Admission To Sugar Baby U. Kimberly de la Cruz 29 July 2020
38 38: Mass Media, Markets, and Human Malware: A Portal Q&A None 10 July 2020
37 37: Surfing the Wake of The Woke Andrew Marantz 1 July 2020
36 36: Dark Matter, Black Matters and All That Jazz Stephon Alexander 11 June 2020
35 35: Balaji Srinivasan - The Heretic & The Virus Balaji Srinivasan 21 May 2020
34 34: Zev Weinstein - On Parenting, Boys & Generation Z Zev Weinstein 13 May 2020
33 33: Josh Wolfe - The Mind Financing The Future Josh Wolfe 3 May 2020
32 32: J. D. Vance - American Dreams and Nightmares J. D. Vance 29 April 2020
31 31: Ryan Holiday - Conspiracy, Manipulation & other Pastimes Ryan Holiday 23 April 2020
30 30: Ross Douthat - The Rave Before the Fall Ross Douthat 16 April 2020
29 29: Jamie Metzl - The Bio-Hacker will see you now, Ready or Not Jamie Metzl 12 April 2020
Special A Portal Special Presentation- Geometric Unity: A First Look None 2 April 2020
28 28: Eric Lewis - The Singular Genius of Elew Eric Lewis 28 March 2020
27 27: Daniel Schmachtenberger - On Avoiding Apocalypses Daniel Schmachtenberger 27 March 2020
26 26: James O’Keefe: What is (and isn't) Journalism in the 21st century James O’Keefe 19 March 2020
25 25: The Construct: Jeffrey Epstein None 7 March 2020
24 24: Kai Lenny - To Play and Flirt with Giants Kai Lenny 28 February 2020
23 23: Agnes Callard - Courage, Meta-cognitive detachment and their limits Agnes Callard 24 February 2020
22 22: Ben Greenfield - Wheat From Chaff in Human Fitness Ben Greenfield 15 February 2020
21 21: Ashley Mathews (aka Riley Reid) - The mogul and brains behind America's Sweetheart Ashley Mathews (aka Riley Reid) 31 January 2020
20 20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy Sir Roger Penrose 24 January 2020
19 19: Bret Weinstein - The Prediction and the DISC Bret Weinstein 18 January 2020
18 18: Slipping the DISC: State of The Portal and Chapter 2020 None 15 January 2020
17 17: Anna Khachiyan - Reconstructing The Mystical Feminine From The Ashes Of “The Feminine Mystique” Anna Khachiyan 20 December 2019
16 16: Tyler Cowen - The Revolution Will Not Be Marginalized Tyler Cowen 16 December 2019
15 15: Garrett Lisi - My Arch-nemesis, Myself Garrett Lisi 6 December 2019
14 14: London Tsai - The Reclusive Dean of The New Escherians London Tsai 30 November 2019
13 13: Garry Kasparov - Avoiding Zugzwang in AI and Politics Garry Kasparov 23 November 2019
12 12: Vitalik Buterin - The Ethereal Prince and His Virtual Machine Vitalik Buterin 21 November 2019
11 11: Sam Harris - Fighting with Friends Sam Harris 15 November 2019
10 10: Julie Lindahl: Shaking the poisoned fruit of shame out of the family tree Julie Lindahl 31 October 2019
9 9: Bryan Callen - Cracking Wise Bryan Callen 30 October 2019
8 8: Andrew Yang - The Dangerously Different Candidate the Media Wants You to Ignore Andrew Yang 2 October 2019
7 7: Bret Easton Ellis - The Dark Laureate of Generation X Bret Easton Ellis 29 September 2019
6 6: Jocko Willink - The Way of the Violent Intellectual Jocko Willink 7 September 2019
5 5: Rabbi Wolpe - “So a Rabbi and an atheist walk into a podcast...” Rabbi David Wolpe 31 August 2019
4 4: Timur Kuran - The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception Timur Kuran 20 August 2019
3 3: Werner Herzog Werner Herzog 25 July 2019
2 2: What is The Portal None 19 July 2019
1 1: Peter Thiel Peter Thiel 17 July 2019
0 0: Welcome to The Portal None 24 June 2019

Reception

Before the show's launch, it held the top of the iTunes podcast charts.

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