#11: Interview with Jason Portnoy – Author, Venture Capitalist, & Entrepreneur on Porn Addiction, Masculinity in the Modern Day, Healing Childhood Trauma, The Power of Vulnerability, Climbing Your Spi

Welcome to another episode of the Young Dumb & Woke Podcast! Today’s episode is one I am very proud of and really has the ability to change people’s lives. 

I had the great honor of chatting with the Silicon Valley Porn Star, Jason Portnoy. I first learned about Jason through listening to an episode of one of my favorite Podcasts, The Tim Ferris Show, where he and Tim had a conversation that fully captivated me.  

Jason is first and foremost a fantastic human being, who goes to incredible depths of vulnerability to share his story with the world, in his new book titled Silicon Valley Porn Star. Along with his recent author title, Jason is an Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist, who began his career at PayPal, working closely with technology icons like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, and Reid Hoffman. He served as the first Chief Financial Officer of Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and later founded Oakhouse Partners, a top-performing venture capital firm. 

Evidently, Jason’s credentials are hard to top, and as much as I would have loved to just talk with him about his wealth of knowledge & stories in the business world, our conversation more focuses on topics that are even more captivating and impactful. Topics such as the “gateway drug” of porn, addiction, what healthy masculinity should look like in our modern day, the power of vulnerability, childhood programming & breaking generational curses, the importance of climbing your spiritual mountain, and much more. 

This conversation with Jason, and I truly mean this, was one of my favorite ever conversations I’ve had with someone, recorded or not. I got so much out of Jason’s wisdom and felt energized during our entire conversation, especially because we really dove into topics that are often avoided (but desperately need to be talked about) in our culture. I hope you feel the same way.

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You can find Jason @ https://www.jasonportnoy.com/

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