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[[File:Portal Icehouse Cover.png|thumb|The cover image for The Portal Podcast's first live event at [https://icehousecomedy.com/event.cfm?id=536903 The Icehouse] in Los Angeles.]] | [[File:Portal Icehouse Cover.png|thumb|The cover image for The Portal Podcast's first live event at [https://icehousecomedy.com/event.cfm?id=536903 The Icehouse] in Los Angeles.]] | ||
In July 2019, [[Eric Weinstein]] launched [[The Portal Podcast]]. Drawing on [ | In July 2019, [[Eric Weinstein]] launched [[The Portal Podcast]]. Drawing on [[The Portal Story|"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 intellectual stasis that pervades our institutions, to foster individual sense-making, and to galvanize the search for a more hopeful and transformative future. Since launch, the podcast has released over 40 episodes, spread between interviews and audio essays. Other content, including dozens of [[Content by Eric Weinstein#Instagram|Instagram livestreams]] and several standalone [[Content by Eric Weinstein#Other Videos|YouTube videos]], have been released since the start of the Covid-19 lockdowns. Eric is also active [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein on Twitter] and on [https://www.joinclubhouse.com/ Clubhouse] (as @ericw). | ||
The content on this page covers [[The Portal|The Portal's]] main ideas to help new listeners see their common threads. Our community is built around understanding and further conveying these ideas; we encourage you to join one of our [[The Portal Discord Servers|Discord servers]] to chat and [[Read|learn]], and to contribute to one of our [[projects]]. | The content on this page covers [[The Portal|The Portal's]] main ideas to help new listeners see their common threads. Our community is built around understanding and further conveying these ideas; we encourage you to join one of our [[The Portal Discord Servers|Discord servers]] to chat and [[Read|learn]], and to contribute to one of our [[projects]]. | ||
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== Selected Portal Content == | == Selected Portal Content == | ||
The podcast episodes listed below explore central themes of The Portal. They are available as audio and video on major streaming services and as transcripts on [https://theportal.group/blog/ The Portal Blog]. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSO7rmulFozNeXN_xKZz4xA The Portal Clips YouTube channel] also has excerpts from the podcast and community-made videos on recurring themes, such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2XVTUMg5kM this video] on the [[Twin Nuclei Problem]] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2F__2-NdAg this video] on the [[The N%5E2 Revolution|N^2 revolution]]. Other community members have also made their own videos related to The Portal, such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZpBvfBxLxc this video] on [[kayfabe]]. | The podcast episodes listed below explore central themes of The Portal. They are available as audio and video on major streaming services and as transcripts on [https://theportal.group/blog/ The Portal Blog]. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSO7rmulFozNeXN_xKZz4xA The Portal Clips YouTube channel] also has excerpts from the podcast and community-made videos on recurring themes, such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2XVTUMg5kM this video] on the [[Twin Nuclei Problem]] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2F__2-NdAg this video] on the [[The N%5E2 Revolution|N^2 revolution]]. Other community members have also made their own videos related to The Portal, such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZpBvfBxLxc this video] on [[kayfabe]]. | ||
For a comprehensive list of Portal content, see [[All Episodes|All Episodes of The Portal Podcast]] and | For a comprehensive list of Portal content, see [[All Episodes|All Episodes of The Portal Podcast]] and [[Content by Eric Weinstein|All Content by Eric Weinstein]]. | ||
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|[https://theportal.group/the-portal-episode-002-what-is-the-portal/ Read transcript] | |[https://theportal.group/the-portal-episode-002-what-is-the-portal/ Read transcript] | ||
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|[[14: London Tsai - The Reclusive Dean of The New Escherians|Interview with London Tsai - The Reclusive Dean of The New Escherians]] | |||
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| How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11861 Go Virtual Young Man] || 2010 | | How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? || [https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11861 Go Virtual Young Man] || 2010 | ||
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== See Also == | |||
* [[The Portal Story]] | |||
* [[The Portal Group]] | |||
* [[The Portal Wiki]] | |||