"Upstream" with Erik Torenberg
A podcast by Erik Torenberg

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134 Episodes
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E131: Abundance Agenda, The New Right, and 2008 Retrospective w/ Noah Smith
Published: 4/3/2025 -
E130: Elon Musk’s Network Effects and Checking in on Chinese AI w/ Byrne Hobart
Published: 3/29/2025 -
E129: Dark Triad, Romantic Partner Selection, and Dating Advice w/ Rob Henderson
Published: 3/27/2025 -
E128: US-Europe Relations, How Japan Can Strengthen The Yen, and Predicting AI’s Growth Effects w/ Noah Smith
Published: 3/23/2025 -
E127: The Tech Right and How The Left Can Fix Itself w/ Jon Askonas
Published: 3/20/2025 -
E126: Data Center Economics and AI Energy Requirements w/ Patrick McKenzie and Azeem Azhar
Published: 3/15/2025 -
E125: Palantir’s Politics, Elon’s Approach to DOGE, and AI’s Effects on Writing w/ Byrne Hobart
Published: 3/13/2025 -
E124: How to Have A Philosophical Marriage w/ Agnes Callard and Arnold Brooks
Published: 3/9/2025 -
E123: Trump & The Game of Populism w/ Samo Burja
Published: 3/6/2025 -
E122: Victor Davis Hanson on What Trump Thinks of Zelensky and Predicting Geopolitics
Published: 3/1/2025 -
E121: Kevin Kelly on What Makes Us Human in an AI World
Published: 2/27/2025 -
E120: Why Europe Matters for America’s Future w/ Samo Burja
Published: 2/23/2025 -
E119: Free Trade, AI Integration, and Shopify Q4 Results w/ Shopify President Harley Finkelstein
Published: 2/20/2025 -
E118: Ending Woke, Why Elon Wins, and A Return to Innovation w/ Marc Andreessen [Moment of Zen repost]
Published: 2/17/2025 -
E117: The Future of Martian & Interplanetary Societies w/ Samo Burja
Published: 2/14/2025 -
E116: Stuck Academia, US vs China, and Why Startups Work
Published: 2/8/2025 -
E115: New Tariff Implications, DeepSeek and Open Source Analysis, and Meta’s Big Bets w/ Byrne Hobart
Published: 2/6/2025 -
E114: Tyler Cowen on Legacy, Twitter + Harvard, and Fertility Decline [Upstream Archive]
Published: 2/2/2025 -
E113: Reflections on Yarvin, Why the Right is Stuck, and Startups as Dictatorships w/ Samo Burja
Published: 1/31/2025 -
E112: Election Update, Tech’s Political Shift, and America’s Stuck GDP | This Won’t Last
Published: 1/25/2025
You’ll hear consequential ideas here first, and in the mainstream months later. Upstream is a curated nexus feed from the Turpentine podcast network, bringing you expert-level conversations hosted by some of the most compelling thinkers in the world including Noah Smith, Samo Burja, Byrne Hobart, Erik Torenberg, and Nathan Labenz. Guests include Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan, Dario Amodei, Brian Armstrong, David Sacks, Sam Harris, Katherine Boyle, Curtis Yarvin, and many more unmissable conversations. Upstream is part of the Turpentine podcast network. To learn more: turpentine.co