"Moment of Zen"

By Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez

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Every week, Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez and frequent special guests discuss what's happening in technology, business, politics, and beyond. Moment of Zen is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co

Episode Date
India-Pakistan Conflict Explained | Samo Burja
May 17, 2025
The Bureaucracy War: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar and Senator Mike Lee (UT) - Hill & Valley Forum 2025
May 10, 2025
Energy, Education, Deregulation with David Friedberg, Shaun Maguire, and Todd Young at the Hill & Valley Forum
May 06, 2025
US-China AI Race, with Anthropic, ScaleAI, & AI Fund Founders
Apr 27, 2025
The Myth of Automatic Progress | Samo Burja
Apr 19, 2025
Ross Douthat on Tech's Religious Awakening, AI, and Transhumanism
Apr 12, 2025
Will India Become a Global Superpower? | Samo Burja
Apr 05, 2025
Who Controls China When Xi Jinping Is Gone? | Samo Burja
Mar 29, 2025
Cartels vs. State: The Power Struggle in Mexico w/ Samo Burja
Mar 22, 2025
Inflation, Elon's Competence, and Changes Democrats Need to Make w/ Noah Smith
Mar 15, 2025
Free Speech in Europe & the Future of Western Civilization | Samo Burja
Mar 08, 2025
Victor Davis Hanson Predicts the Future: Trump, China, Russia, & Europe in 2030
Feb 28, 2025
Mapping the New Right w/ Jon Askonas
Feb 22, 2025
Delian Asparouhov and Nadia Asparouhova on Building a Relationship, Family, and Legacy
Feb 15, 2025
Samo Burja on the Technology That Can Create New Superpowers
Feb 08, 2025
Curtis Yarvin is now in the Overton Window w/ Samo Burja
Feb 02, 2025
Trump's Inauguration, Tech's Shifting Politics, and US GDP Growth Wall
Jan 26, 2025
Scott Sumner and Noah Smith Debate the China Question
Jan 18, 2025
Understanding Trump: From Immigration to Elon w/ Maxwell Meyer and Indian Bronson
Jan 11, 2025
Bronson vs Everyone: H-1B Wars, Elon, and Trump
Jan 03, 2025
NEW: Marc Andreessen on Trump, the vibe shift, and what’s after wokeness
Dec 27, 2024
E110: Samo Burja on Elon Musk, X and Political Influence [Crosspost, Live Players]
Dec 22, 2024
Samo Burja on the Future of the Middle East
Dec 14, 2024
Debating Immigration Policy w/ Indian Bronson
Dec 08, 2024
The Future of the Left and Advice for Progressive Billionaires
Nov 30, 2024
Can Populism Beat the Administrative State? | Samo Burja
Nov 23, 2024
Samo Burja and Rudyard Lynch | The Left's Identity Crisis and the Future of Democracy
Nov 16, 2024
Will Shadow President Elon Save Us? | Noah Smith
Nov 09, 2024
Election 101, Trump vs Kamala Check-In
Nov 04, 2024
Elite Human Capital, Trump vs Kamala, and Richard Hanania's Intellectual Evolution
Oct 27, 2024
Can Classical Liberalism Survive Wokeness? w/ Tim Urban
Oct 20, 2024
AI, Gambling, and Healthcare: A High-Stakes Game of 'Do Your Own Research
Oct 13, 2024
The Possibility of Human Extinction w/ Samo Burja
Oct 05, 2024
Long Ripples in History with Samo Burja and Rudyard Lynch
Sep 28, 2024
Cycles of Civilization with Samo Burja and Rudyard Lynch
Sep 15, 2024
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Talks AI, National Security, and Radical Abundance
Sep 07, 2024
Is AI our next nuclear threat? With Joshua Steinman and Nathan Labenz
Aug 31, 2024
Samo Burja's Advice for the next US president
Aug 25, 2024
The Future of Crypto with Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase
Aug 17, 2024
Trump, AI, and US-China Relations with Samuel Hammond and Nathan Labenz
Aug 12, 2024
Biden/Trump's legacy with Noah Smith
Jul 27, 2024
Brand New Balaji: Trump/Biden, Jan 6
Jul 20, 2024
China's Energy Strategy, Taiwan, and US-China Relations with Samo Burja
Jul 14, 2024
2024 Election Strategy, Education Depolarization, and UBI with Noah Smith
Jul 06, 2024
Trump/Biden Predictions with Richard Hanania
Jun 22, 2024
What's Happening in France with Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
Jun 15, 2024
Balaji Srinivasan on the Fiat Crisis, China, Russia, and Conspiracy Practices
Jun 08, 2024
David Sacks on his Intellectual and Political journey
Jun 01, 2024
Joe Lonsdale on How to Solve America’s Problems
May 25, 2024
Crypto and Gaming with Carlos Pereira
May 20, 2024
Jonathan Haidt on The Social Media Theory of Everything
May 11, 2024
The Future of Media, Institutions, and Risk
May 05, 2024
Should We Accelerate or Decelerate Tech Progress?
Apr 27, 2024
The Future of Crypto, Social Platforms, and Descending the Tech Ladder with Mike Rainbow
Apr 18, 2024
Bryan Johnson on AI, Religion, and God
Apr 13, 2024
Crypto, Memes, and Politics with Li Jin
Apr 07, 2024
Curtis Yarvin on How to Build the Next NYT and Advice for Elon
Mar 31, 2024
Dune/Napoleon, Apple/Microsoft, TikTok, Polyamory, and Aella’s Legacy
Mar 23, 2024
Antonio on Social Media, Journalism, and New Religions with Parker Thompson
Mar 18, 2024
Will the US Have a Civil War with @WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch
Mar 09, 2024
Dan's Intellectual Journey
Mar 04, 2024
A Deep Dive on Farcaster: Past, Present, and Future
Feb 26, 2024
Chris Dixon on the Future of the Internet, Crypto, and Web3
Feb 16, 2024
How to Build a Startup Now, Finding PMF, and Navigating the Idea Maze
Feb 10, 2024
The U.S. vs Europe, Bryan Johnson and Human Longevity
Feb 02, 2024
What does E/acc stand for?
Jan 29, 2024
2023 Recap, 2024 Predictions, Farcaster/Turpentine updates
Jan 21, 2024
Curtis Yarvin on Rufo, Harvard, FDR, and The Cathedral
Jan 14, 2024
Bill Ackman, Harvard, and What Happens Next?
Jan 09, 2024
Sam Harris on Populism, Inequality, and Polarization
Jan 03, 2024
Revisited: Moment of Zen's Origins with Marc Andreessen
Dec 30, 2023
Katherine Boyle and Mike Solana on Liberal Arts Debate and Saving San Francisco
Dec 28, 2023
Trump/Biden, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine, and US/China
Dec 24, 2023
Balaji Srinivasan and Nathan Labenz on How AI Will Shape the Future & AI Gods
Dec 20, 2023
How Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and George Soros Reshape Society
Dec 11, 2023
Who Is Beff Jezos? Beff on Being Doxxed, the e/acc movement, and Crypto & AI Crossover
Dec 04, 2023
Dominic Cummings on Elon, Techies in Politics, and New Elitism
Dec 02, 2023
OpenAI Debrief, Why Liberals Become Conservatives, and Diversity in Tech
Nov 24, 2023
The Sam Altman Episode: OpenAI, Sam's Legacy
Nov 19, 2023
Balaji’s Gray Tribe, Fixing SF, and whether to start or buy a city?
Nov 13, 2023
Biden vs Trump in Israel, Why Younger People Support Palestine, and Why There is No International Community
Nov 06, 2023
MoZ gets Nuke Pilled with Packy and Julia
Oct 30, 2023
Antonio's Dispatch From Israel
Oct 23, 2023
Why this is BLM for Jews, unpacking the conflict, and predictions for Israel, Gaza, and Iran
Oct 16, 2023
The Hoax of the Century, Hybrid Warfare, Iran, and Israel with Jacob Siegel
Oct 07, 2023
Elon and the Border Crisis, the Case for Immigration, and the American Dream
Oct 02, 2023
Ideas from Balaji and Curtis That Changed Our Minds
Sep 25, 2023
Wonks vs Proles, Post Liberalism, and Politics as Religious War with Walter Russell Mead
Sep 16, 2023
Balaji on How the Tech Tribe Can Save Our Cities - Part 2
Sep 10, 2023
Balaji Srinivasan on the Tribal Lens, America’s Blunder, and His Plan to Save San Francisco
Sep 08, 2023
Bull/Bear Case for Vivek and Erik’s interview with Vivek Ramaswamy
Sep 02, 2023
Crypto Hour and IQ, the Next Great Culture War Issue
Aug 26, 2023
Mike Solana on Peter Thiel, the Ideal Presidential Candidate, and Culture War Losers
Aug 21, 2023
Religion, Canceled Thinkers, LARPing Liberalism, and The End of History
Aug 14, 2023
Alex Kaplan on the LK-99 Superconductor: the Drama, Democratization of Science, and Future Implications
Aug 06, 2023
Noah Smith on YIMBYism, California Land Use, and the Best-Run City
Jul 29, 2023
News News Yum Yum with Marc Andreessen
Jul 23, 2023
Twitter, Threads, and Remote Work with Eugene Wei
Jul 18, 2023
Threads vs Twitter, Zuck vs Elon, and Silicon Valley’s Civil War with Mike Solana
Jul 10, 2023
Affirmative Action, the Administrative State, and The Right's Victory in the Courts
Jul 02, 2023
Brokenism, The Borg, and Bravery with Alana Newhouse
Jun 24, 2023
Katherine Boyle and Mike Solana on Liberal Arts Debate, Tech Culture, and Saving San Francisco
Jun 17, 2023
[Bonus] Marc Andreessen and Anton Troynikov on Why AI Will Save the World
Jun 15, 2023
Silicon Valley's Civil War with Nadia Asparouhova
Jun 10, 2023
Apple and Facebook, Crypto and VR, Open vs Closed Ecosystems
Jun 03, 2023
Mike Solana on Twitter under Elon, Sam Altman's PR strategy, political polarization, and The Culture War's evolution
May 26, 2023
Liel Leibovitz on Israel and US politics, the Palestinian conflict, and Israel’s future
May 18, 2023
Twitter’s new CEO, Elon’s strategy vs Sam Altman’s strategy, Liberal depression, crime and prisons
May 14, 2023
Ben Smith of Semafor on tech-media hostility, and the past, present, and future of media
May 06, 2023
On Founders, Seriousness, and American Dynamism
Apr 28, 2023
Michelle Tandler on how to fix San Francisco
Apr 22, 2023
How to pick markets, why NFTs matter, what "disinformation" is actually about
Apr 14, 2023
Mike Solana on SF politics, tech & media fights, Tik Tok policy, and AI wars
Apr 07, 2023
AI open letter debate, "pausers", and what we're all scared of with AI with Anton Troynikov, Flo Crivello, and Nathan Labenz
Apr 01, 2023
Nic Carter on Balaji's Bet, Operation Chokepoint 2.0, and the Fed's financial crisis
Mar 25, 2023
Balaji Srinivasan on his $1M bet, Financial Crisis 2.0, Digital Devaluation of USD, and What Comes Next
Mar 21, 2023
How SVB Unraveled and Whether Crypto Can Fix Finance with Byrne Hobart
Mar 18, 2023
Effective Accelerationism and the AI Safety Debate with Bayeslord, Beff Jezoz, and Nathan Labenz
Mar 11, 2023
America as a culture exporter, Egalitarianism eats the world, and why Social Justice isn't receding
Mar 05, 2023
Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad
Feb 26, 2023
Modern cold wars with China and Russia, the new right, and tech's cultural shift w/ Noah Smith
Feb 19, 2023
Why is ChatGPT so woke, the arc of tech is centralization, and explaining the cathedral w/ Brian Chau
Feb 12, 2023
Low vs High Culture, legacy vs new institutions, WWE, & Lex Fridman w/ Aarthi and Sriram
Feb 04, 2023
The AI moment, AI vs crypto: a heated debate with Amjad Masad, Flo Crivello, and Nathan Labenz
Jan 29, 2023
The Realignment on Silicon Valley & DC, Trump vs DeSantis, and the future of media & politics
Jan 21, 2023
USA vs Europe, Zeihan & Fukuyama, Reforming institutions vs starting new ones, and why we started "Moment of Zen"
Jan 14, 2023
Amjad Masad on AGI as religion for nerds, history as a series of conspiracies, and religion as a foundation for raising your kids
Jan 08, 2023
Marc Andreessen on Elon, Nietzsche, and America's Thousand Year Empire
Dec 30, 2022
Moment of Zen E1 w/ Marc Andreessen on SBF/FTX, Twitter, and Open AI/Chat GPT
Dec 27, 2022