"Upstream" with Erik Torenberg

134 Episodes

1. E131: Abundance Agenda, The New Right, and 2008 Retrospective w/ Noah Smith

   Published: 4/3/2025
2. E130: Elon Musk’s Network Effects and Checking in on Chinese AI w/ Byrne Hobart

   Published: 3/29/2025
3. E129: Dark Triad, Romantic Partner Selection, and Dating Advice w/ Rob Henderson

   Published: 3/27/2025
4. E128: US-Europe Relations, How Japan Can Strengthen The Yen, and Predicting AI’s Growth Effects w/ Noah Smith

   Published: 3/23/2025
5. E127: The Tech Right and How The Left Can Fix Itself w/ Jon Askonas

   Published: 3/20/2025
6. E126: Data Center Economics and AI Energy Requirements w/ Patrick McKenzie and Azeem Azhar

   Published: 3/15/2025
7. E125: Palantir’s Politics, Elon’s Approach to DOGE, and AI’s Effects on Writing w/ Byrne Hobart

   Published: 3/13/2025
8. E124: How to Have A Philosophical Marriage w/ Agnes Callard and Arnold Brooks

   Published: 3/9/2025
9. E123: Trump & The Game of Populism w/ Samo Burja

   Published: 3/6/2025
10. E122: Victor Davis Hanson on What Trump Thinks of Zelensky and Predicting Geopolitics

    Published: 3/1/2025
11. E121: Kevin Kelly on What Makes Us Human in an AI World

    Published: 2/27/2025
12. E120: Why Europe Matters for America’s Future w/ Samo Burja

    Published: 2/23/2025
13. E119: Free Trade, AI Integration, and Shopify Q4 Results w/ Shopify President Harley Finkelstein

    Published: 2/20/2025
14. E118: Ending Woke, Why Elon Wins, and A Return to Innovation w/ Marc Andreessen [Moment of Zen repost]

    Published: 2/17/2025
15. E117: The Future of Martian & Interplanetary Societies w/ Samo Burja

    Published: 2/14/2025
16. E116: Stuck Academia, US vs China, and Why Startups Work

    Published: 2/8/2025
17. E115: New Tariff Implications, DeepSeek and Open Source Analysis, and Meta’s Big Bets w/ Byrne Hobart

    Published: 2/6/2025
18. E114: Tyler Cowen on Legacy, Twitter + Harvard, and Fertility Decline [Upstream Archive]

    Published: 2/2/2025
19. E113: Reflections on Yarvin, Why the Right is Stuck, and Startups as Dictatorships w/ Samo Burja

    Published: 1/31/2025
20. E112: Election Update, Tech’s Political Shift, and America’s Stuck GDP | This Won’t Last

    Published: 1/25/2025