Best Hft Podcasts (2025)

Kyle Chan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in Sociology at Princeton University. His research focuses on industrial policy, clean technology, and infrastructure with a regional focus on China and India. He is currently working on a book on Chinese industrial policy that aims to explain how China came to dominate certain industries …

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#150 - Francisco Hernandez: Algebraic Geometry, Non-Convex Optimisation 57:10

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Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/SupremoUGH (https://kurtos.ai/) Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calcul…

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Joleen Liang: 40M+ kids educated by adaptive AI — #93 59:07

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Dr. Joleen Liang is Co-founder of Squirrel AI, which pioneered adaptive learning at scale, first in China and now in the US. By 2021 its technology had served over 60,000 public schools in 1,200 cities across Asia. Squirrel AI has implemented large knowledge graphs mapping out the main concepts in the K-12 math, science, and language curriculum. Th…

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Max Dama on HFT: Millisecond Algos and Bid/Ask Dynamics — #92 54:46

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Max Dama is the co-chairman of Headlands Technologies LLC, a global quantitative proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Austin, London, Amsterdam and Singapore. He earned a B.A. in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Business from the University of California, Berkeley. A generation of quants know Ma…

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Andrew Song: Global Cooling with Sulfur Dioxide in the Stratosphere — #91 1:04:37

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Andrew Song is a co-founder of Make Sunsets, a company focused on addressing climate change through solar geoengineering. The company launches balloons filled with sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the stratosphere with the aim of reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth. https://makesunsets.com/ Previous Manifold episodes on climate: https://www.manifold1.co…

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Manifold Discord Channel: Live Q&A with Steve — #90 54:45

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Manifold has its own Discord channel! https://discord.gg/dvcHS6NX The purpose of the channel is to create a community of listeners with shared interests. It developed from a series of in-person meetups with Steve in cities like SF, NYC, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai. Chapter markers: (00:00) - Manifold Discord Channel, Live Q&A (02:36) - Genomics an…

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Omar Shams: AI Founder and Google AI Agent Lead — #89 1:05:29

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Shams was trained in theoretical physics before becoming an AI engineer at DeepMind and founding the company Mutable, which was acquired by Google. He is now lead engineer for Google's software agent group. Steve and Omar discuss: (00:00) - Introduction (01:18) - Journey from Physics to AI (10:51) - Elon Tried to Buy DeepMind (16:52) - Building Mut…

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Patrick McGee: Apple In China — #88 59:33

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Patrick McGee is a longtime FT business reporter with extensive experience reporting on China. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Apple in China: the capture of the world's greatest company. Steve and Patrick discuss the history of Apple and its impact on technology development in China. “The best book about Apple ever written, one of the bes…

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GODZILLA DOWN! India-Pakistan Clash and Chinese Military Technology with TP Huang — #87 1:02:24

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Steve and TP discuss the implications of the recent air battle between India and Pakistan, which involved over 100 fighter jets and took place entirely beyond visual range (BVR). What is sensor fusion, and have the Pakistanis achieved it with Chinese technology? Does the PL-15 outrange and outperform Western air-to-air missiles? What are the implic…

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#149 - Robert Ghrist: Applied Algebraic Topology, Cohomology For Homotopy, Sheaf Neural Networks, Lattice Theory 52:57

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/robertghrist Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear alg…

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#148 - Zach Adams: The Hidden Power Of Algebraic Combinatorics 59:46

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/_OuterProduct Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear al…

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#147 - Aryeh Kontorovich: Rigorous Probability And Statistics, Game Theory, Lean Prover 38:29

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/aryehazan⁠ Keywords: mathematics, math, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category theory, signal processing, statistics, prob…

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#146 - Thomas Britz: How Combinatorics Unlocks New Perspectives To Problem Solving 1:18:34

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/thomas-britz Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game the…

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Robots, Small Models, and RL with DeepSeek Alumnus Zihan Wang — #86 1:07:22

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Zihan Wang is an AI researcher at Northwestern University, where he works on vision-language models, robotics, and reinforcement learning. Previously, he interned at DeepSeek, contributing to projects like DeepSeek-V2. Zihan's homepage: https://zihanwang314.github.io/ (00:00) - Introduction (01:13) - Zihan's Background, CS and AI Research in China …

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#145 - Jack Mayo: Machine Learning Theory, Multi-Armed Bandit RL, Adaptive Learning 1:09:17

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/JackJMayo1 of https://x.com/kurtos_ai Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game the…

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#144 - Donato Quiccione: Algebraic Topology, Topological Data Analysis For MRIs, Category Theory 1:02:10

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/Piovego_ Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, categor…

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#143 - Colin Roberts: Differential Algebraic Topology, Sheaf Theory, Combinatorics, Cohomology 2:59:41

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.comAutoparallel⁠ Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category the…

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#142 - Grant Stenger: Hyperbolic Graph Embeddings For A* Shortest Path, Game Theory, Discrete Math 1:14:07

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/GrantStenger Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category theory, signal proces…

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#141 - Kristaps Balodis: Sheaf Theory, Algebraic Topology, Geometry 55:55

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@k-theory8604 Keywords: mathematics, math, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category theory, signal processing, sta…

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Dan Collins: Tariffs and the Future of US Manufacturing — #85 1:18:03

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Dan Collins is Founder of Tyrell Chemical. He studied at Tsinghua University and spent 20 years working for companies like General Motors in China, helping to localize automotive manufacturing. Dan and Steve discuss tariffs, deindustrialization in America, the Go-Go days of rapid economic growth in PRC, and the future of the US-China relationship. …

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Seeking Truth From Facts: AI, China, Tariffs, Geopolitics — #84 45:42

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This episode is a co-release with the podcast Seeking Truth From Facts: https://seekingtruthfromfacts.substack.com/ (00:00) - Introduction (01:11) - China AI (02:30) - DeepSeek (04:21) - Redirecting Human Capital from finance (08:42) - US Policy and Financial Incentives (12:54) - China Meritocracy (24:24) - Trump's Tariffs and China (37:12) - Europ…

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Incels, Evo Psych, and Modern Literature with ARX-Han — #83 1:25:16

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Steve speaks with ARX-Han, an anonymous writer, about his book "Incel." (00:00) - Introduction (02:09) - Discussing the Novel 'Incel' (06:08) - Character Analysis and Literary Influences (13:32) - Themes of Evolutionary Psychology and Nihilism (18:38) - Historical Context and Modern Inceldom (26:18) - Impact of Dating Apps on Modern Relationships (…

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Callum Williams: Economics, AI, and Technological Progress — #82 1:46:14

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Callum Williams is a senior economics writer for The Economist. He was educated at Oxford, Harvard, and Cambridge, and is the author of The Classical School: The Birth of Economics in 20 Enlightened Lives. (00:00) - Introduction (02:07) - US-Russia Relations (03:18) - Trump and US Foreign Policy (05:30) - Sanctions and Their Impact on Russia (09:28…

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#140 - Chris Rock: DEFCON Mercenary Hacker For Govs And CEOs, Digital Forensics, Zero Day Marketplace 1:00:11

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Misha Laskin, Reflection.ai — From Physics to SuperIntelligence 53:48

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Misha Laskin is CEO of Reflection.ai. He was trained in theoretical physics at Yale and Chicago before becoming an AI scientist. He made important contributions in Reinforcement Learning as a researcher at Berkeley, Google DeepMind, and on the Google Gemini project. https://x.com/MishaLaskin Steve and Misha discuss: (00:00) - Introduction (00:47) -…

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Taylor Ogan, Snow Bull Capital: China's tech frontier, the view from Shenzhen, Part 2 1:25:38

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Taylor Ogan is Chief Executive Officer of Snow Bull Capital, based in Shenzhen, China. His firm invests in Chinese technology companies, with a focus on areas such as clean energy, AI, and automation. Part 1 of this discussion, from November 2023: https://www.manifold1.com/episodes/taylor-ogan-snow-bull-capital-chinas-tech-frontier-the-view-from-sh…

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#139 - Mark Worrall: Self Studying Math, Quant Finance Statistics, ML/AI, Edtech Startups 1:16:33

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Ken Liu: Art in the Age of AI — #79 1:07:05

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Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Liu has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his novel translations and original short fiction. Liu's short story "The Paper Menagerie" is the first work of fiction, of any length, to win all of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. Besides his original work, Liu's t…

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#138 - Chris Sutherland: Learn Quantum Physics Without School, Creating Infntysci, Automating Math Education 53:30

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Your Host, DeGatchi:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/sutherlandphys⁠⁠ Keywords: mathematics, math, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category theory, signal processing, st…

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#137 - Justin Skycak: Learning Math Is Hard, Proof Writing, Which Order To Learn Math 2:45:41

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US-PRC Tech War: DeepSeek AI and 6th Generation Fighters — #78 2:01:54

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(00:00) - Introduction: AI, Miltech, and Balance of Power (00:32) - DeepSeek AI R1 model (02:36) - DeepSeek: top performance, 30x efficient compute (10:37) - DeepSeek technical innovations (15:38) - The AI Race: U.S. vs. China (34:20) - Fighter Jets and Military Technology (42:54) - Fifth to Sixth Generation Fighter Programs (46:13) - Technology of…

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#136 - Lida Kanari: Algebraic Topology To Map Out Neocortex Neurons, Leading Blue Brain Computational Neuroscience 1:08:06

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠degatchi.com⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on X: ⁠⁠x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠https://x.com/LidaKanari Keywords: mathematics, math, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category theory, signal processing, statistics, probability, solo auditor, public auditing platforms, private …