Faster, Please! — The Podcast

72 Episodes

1. 🌾 Land of plenty: My chat (+transcript) with science journalist Charles C. Mann on the agricultural history you never learned

   Published: 4/17/2025
2. 🚀 Mars or bust! My chat (+transcript) with aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin

   Published: 3/21/2025
3. 📈 Back to the Nineties? My chat (+transcript) with economist Skanda Amarnath on the 2020s productivity outlook

   Published: 3/14/2025
4. 🚀 My chat (+transcript) with economist Matt Weinzierl on the growing business of space

   Published: 3/6/2025
5. 🌍 My chat (+transcript) with researcher Toby Ord on existential risk

   Published: 1/31/2025
6. 🤖 My chat (+transcript) with journalist Nicole Kobie on why the future of tech still hasn’t arrived

   Published: 1/24/2025
7. ⚡ My chat (+transcript) with Virginia Postrel on promoting a culture of dynamism

   Published: 1/16/2025
8. 🌐 My chat (+transcript) with chaos theorist Doyne Farmer on our interconnected economy

   Published: 12/19/2024
9. 🎨 My chat (+transcript) with innovation expert Duncan Wardle on practical tips for corporate creativity

   Published: 12/13/2024
10. ✨ My chat (+transcript) with tech policy expert Neil Chilson on regulating GenAI

    Published: 11/26/2024
11. 🏘️ My chat (+transcript) with economist Bryan Caplan on density and housing deregulation

    Published: 11/15/2024
12. ✨⏩ My chat (+transcript) with ... economist Robin Hanson on AI, innovation, and economic reality

    Published: 10/31/2024
13. 🚀 My chat (+transcript) with space journalist Eric Berger on SpaceX and America's New Space Age

    Published: 10/23/2024
14. 💥 My chat (+transcript) with economist Eli Dourado on creating a fantastic future

    Published: 10/10/2024
15. ☀️ My chat (+transcript) with economist Noah Smith on technological progress

    Published: 9/26/2024
16. 📖 My chat (+transcript) with Mentava founder Niels Hoven on accelerating kids’ education

    Published: 9/12/2024
17. ⚡ My chat (+transcript) with venture capitalist Katherine Boyle on 'American Dynamism'

    Published: 9/5/2024
18. ⚠ My chat (+transcript) with BCG economist Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak on dealing with macroeconomic risk

    Published: 8/15/2024
19. 🤖🧠 My chat (+transcript) with Google DeepMind's Séb Krier on AGI and public policy

    Published: 8/9/2024
20. ⤵ My chat (+transcript) with investor Ruchir Sharma on where capitalist economies went wrong

    Published: 7/19/2024