The Portal podcast

The Portal

The Portal is an exploration into discovery, including conversations with thought leaders. Host Eric Weinstein, Managing Director of Thiel Capital, brings his unique expertise and diverse roster of guests for a wide range of discussions, including science, culture, business, and capitalism. The show will feature people whose lives demonstrate that portals into what we would normally consider impossible, are indeed possible. Guests include presidential candidate Andrew Yang, NY Times bestselling author Sam Harris, and retired Navy Seal and creator of the hit business podcast Jocko Willink.

The Portal is an exploration into discovery, including conversations with thought leaders. Host Eric Weinstein, Managing Director of Thiel Capital, brings his unique expertise and diverse roster of guests for a wide range of discussions, including science, culture, business, and capitalism. The show will feature people whose lives demonstrate that portals into what we would normally consider impossible, are indeed possible. Guests include presidential candidate Andrew Yang, NY Times bestselling author Sam Harris, and retired Navy Seal and creator of the hit business podcast Jocko Willink.

 

#44

42: Cashing Out My Trump & IDW Positions

In this solo episode, Eric shares three related audio essays. In the first essay, Eric adm... more

02 Dec 2020

53 MINS

53:25

02 Dec 2020


#43

41: Douglas Murray - Heroism 2020: Defense of Our Own Civilization

If you don't know Douglas Murray, in the estimation of the The Portal, this may well be th... more

24 Oct 2020

4 HR 52 MINS

4:52:13

24 Oct 2020


#42

40: Introducing The Portal Essay Club - What if everyone is simply insane?

If you have ever wondered whether you were crazy when everyone else claims to see things d... more

12 Aug 2020

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:38

12 Aug 2020


#41

39: Admission To Sugar Baby U.

One of the pillars of the American Dream has been that of seeing your children go to colle... more

30 Jul 2020

1 HR 51 MINS

1:51:26

30 Jul 2020


#40

38: Mass Media, Markets, and Human Malware: A Portal Q&A

With this release, we try something a little different on The Portal. We begin an initiati... more

10 Jul 2020

57 MINS

57:41

10 Jul 2020


#39

37: Andrew Marantz - Surfing the Wake of The Woke

New Yorker writer and book author Andrew Marantz and Eric became friends shortly before th... more

01 Jul 2020

3 HR 12 MINS

3:12:35

01 Jul 2020


#38

36: Dark Matter, Black Matters and All That Jazz

Stephon Alexander is a first class jazz musician as well as a first rate physicist and a p... more

11 Jun 2020

3 HR 11 MINS

3:11:14

11 Jun 2020


#37

35: Balaji Srinivasan - The Heretic & The Virus

Investor BalajiSrinivasan is a highly original thinker in Silicon Valley on Biotech to Blo... more

22 May 2020

3 HR 20 MINS

3:20:39

22 May 2020


#36

34: Zev Weinstein - On Parenting, Boys & Generation Z

This is the first episode of The Portal which was 100% recorded at home, during quarantine... more

13 May 2020

1 HR 54 MINS

1:54:40

13 May 2020


#35

33: Josh Wolfe - The Mind Financing The Future

Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital is a leading mind in the current wave of venture capitalists mak... more

03 May 2020

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:38

03 May 2020


#34

32: J. D. Vance - American Dreams and Nightmares

It is said that there is not one American dream but many, and few have lived more than JD ... more

30 Apr 2020

2 HR 18 MINS

2:18:08

30 Apr 2020


#33

31: Ryan Holiday - Conspiracy, Manipulation & other Pastimes

Ryan Holiday is a master manipulator with a cool head, and keen eye for social observation... more

23 Apr 2020

2 HR 27 MINS

2:27:00

23 Apr 2020


#32

30: Ross Douthat - The Rave Before the Fall

Just before the great indooring due to the Pandemic of 2020, Eric sat down with conservati... more

16 Apr 2020

2 HR 37 MINS

2:37:04

16 Apr 2020


#31

29: Jamie Metzl - The Bio-Hacker will see you now, Ready or Not

Former National Security analyst turned author Jamie Metzel has written a book called Hack... more

12 Apr 2020

2 HR 03 MINS

2:03:50

12 Apr 2020


#30

A Portal Special Presentation- Geometric Unity: A First Look

A Portal Special Presentation- Geometric Unity: A First Look See [omnystudio.com/listener]... more

02 Apr 2020

2 HR 49 MINS

2:49:24

02 Apr 2020


#29

28: Eric Lewis - The Singular Genius of Elew

Eric Lewis is an open portal, a wonderful friend and one of the most important pianists in... more

28 Mar 2020

2 HR 05 MINS

2:05:44

28 Mar 2020


#28

27: Daniel Schmachtenberger - On Avoiding Apocalypses

In this second episode of the Portal to be released during shelter-in-place restrictions d... more

27 Mar 2020

3 HR 38 MINS

3:38:07

27 Mar 2020


#27

26: James O’Keefe - What is (and isn't) Journalism in the 21st century

James O'Keefe is a dangerous man. He records people without their knowledge and publishes ... more

19 Mar 2020

2 HR 29 MINS

2:29:56

19 Mar 2020


#26

25: The Construct - Jeffrey Epstein

Over half a year ago, immediately following the reported death of Jeffrey Epstein, Eric re... more

07 Mar 2020

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:33

07 Mar 2020


#25

24: Kai Lenny - To Play and Flirt with Giants

In a world which is often slow-moving and even stagnant, there are always sectors and indi... more

29 Feb 2020

1 HR 55 MINS

1:55:20

29 Feb 2020


#24

23: Agnes Callard - Courage, Meta-cognitive detachment and their limits

Philosopher and University of Chicago Professor Agnes Callard sits down with Eric on this ... more

24 Feb 2020

2 HR 11 MINS

2:11:04

24 Feb 2020


#23

22: Ben Greenfield - Wheat From Chaff in Human Fitness

Eric sits down with leading fitness geek, guru, thinker and human guinea-pig Ben Greenfiel... more

16 Feb 2020

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:39

16 Feb 2020


#22

21: Ashley Mathews (aka Riley Reid) - The mogul and brains behind America's Sweetheart

Historically, fighting obscenity and indecency charges has always been a central part of t... more

01 Feb 2020

1 HR 52 MINS

1:52:56

01 Feb 2020


#21

20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy

Roger Penrose is arguably the most important living descendent of Albert Einstein’s school... more

25 Jan 2020

2 HR 23 MINS

2:23:04

25 Jan 2020