EP127 Jonathan Rowson on The Moves That Matter

Jonathan Rowson & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about his book, The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life…...

EP126 Jordan Gruber & James Fadiman on Our Symphony of Selves

Jordan Gruber & James Fadiman talk with Jim about their new book, Your Symphony of Selves: Discover and Understand More of Who We...

EP125 Samo Burja on Societal Decline: Part 2

Samo Burja & Jim continue their convo about Great Founder Theory: history, bureaucracy vs delegation, competition, ambition, empire...

Currents 032: Tyson Yunkaporta on Spirits, GameB & Protopias

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Tyson Yunkaporta joins Jim for another wide-ranging yarn that covers DMT & machine elves, survivance, ego death, selling souls, and much...

EP124 Jim Hackett on Ford, Electric Cars & More

Former Ford CEO, Jim Hackett & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the history & future of electric cars, the automotive industry,...

Currents 031: Trent Loos on Family Ranching

Trent Loos talks to Jim about his multi-generational Nebraska-based ranching operation… Trent Loos talks to Jim about his...

EP123 Jamie Wheal on Recapturing the Rapture

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Jamie Wheal talks to Jim about his new book, Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That’s Lost Its Mind…...

Currents 030: Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Consilience Project

Daniel Schmachtenberger & Jim talk about his newly launched project, The Consilience Project… Daniel Schmachtenberger & Jim...

EP122 Ashley Colby on Subsistence Agriculture

Ashley Colby & Jim talk about her book, Subsistence Agriculture in the US, moving to Uruguay, starting the Rizoma Field School, and...

EP121 Broke in America with Joanne Goldblum & Colleen Shaddox

Joanne Goldblum & Colleen Shaddox talk to Jim about their book, Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty…...

EP120 James Ehrlich on ReGen Villages Part 2

James Ehrlich & Jim continue their conversation on ReGen Villages: smart houses & neighborhoods, regulatory hurdles,...

EP119 Max Borders on Post-Collapse

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Max Borders & Jim continue their last conversation on his book, After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals…...

EP118 Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works

Matt Ridley talks to Jim about his latest book, How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom… Matt Ridley talks to Jim about...

EP117 Samo Burja on Societal Decline

Samo Burja talks to Jim about his book, Great Founder Theory: theories & limits of history, institutions, design vs evolution, declining...

EP116 Doug Erwin on the Cambrian Explosion

Doug Erwin talks to Jim about his book, The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity… Doug Erwin talks to Jim about...

Currents 029: Vance Crowe on the “Well-Actually” Graph

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Jim talks to Vance Crowe about what led him to work at Monsanto, how he discovered & uses the “Well_Actually” Graph, GameB, VR...

EP115 Max Borders on America’s Collapse

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Max Borders with Jim on his new book, After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals: GameB, complexity, climate,...

EP114 John Bunzl on his Simpol Solution

John Bunzl talks to Jim about the multi-faceted approach to global cooperation he created, Simpol – The Simultaneous Policy… John Bunzl...

Currents 028: Simon DeDeo on Explaining Explanation

Jim & Simon DeDeo on his recent paper, “From Probability to Consilience: How Explanatory Values Implement Bayesian Reasoning“… In...

EP113 Zak Stein on Hierarchical Complexity

Zak Stein & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the history & dynamics of hierarchical complexity & human development… Zak...