Best Permissionless Systems Podcasts (2025)

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George Mack — The Game of Life (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:43:33

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Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief break from new episodes to spotlight a golden oldie from the Infinite Loops archive. This conversation from December 2023 remains one of my favorites. Fresh episodes return next week, but first, enjoy this conversation with the inimitable George Mack. _________________ Writer, marketer, entrepreneur, a…

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Michael Perry — Improbable Mentors and the Art of Midwestern Storytelling (EP. 289) 1:52:55

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What happens when a shy farm kid from rural Wisconsin who never dreamed of being a writer becomes one of America's most beloved storytellers? Michael Perry joins Infinite Loops to share his remarkable journey from cleaning calf pens to pitching scripts at Universal Studios, all while maintaining his day job as a volunteer firefighter and EMT in his…

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Kenneth Stanley — The Trap of the Objective (EP.288) 1:25:34

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Ken Stanley – AI researcher and author of "Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned" – joins me to explore why ambitious objectives can blind us to the stepping stones that make breakthroughs possible. Ken is the inventor of the novelty search algorithm and co-creator of Picbreeder, a crowdsourced evolutionary art experiment that has led to important insigh…

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Elle Griffin — Rethinking Ownership and the Future of Work (EP. 287) 1:38:47

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Writer, editor, and founder of The Elysian, Elle Griffin joins me on Infinite Loops to discuss her vision for participatory capitalism, a world where ownership, reputation, and creativity are shared more broadly across society. We explore the evolution of capitalism from the industrial era to the networked age, how broad-based ownership could rebui…

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Jay Yang — The Power of Permissionless Action (EP. 286) 1:23:53

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What if the biggest barrier between you and your dreams isn't talent, connections, or luck— but simply the belief that you need permission to act? Jay Yang joins Infinite Loops to challenge one of the most limiting assumptions of our time: that opportunities must be handed to us rather than created by us. At just 16, Jay cold-emailed the CEO of Bee…

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WARNING: Your Wallet Isn’t Safe | The Hidden MPC Flaw 1:08:40

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What if the way we think about owning digital assets… still misses the point? I’m Jason Rudolph, founder of SALT, and in this first episode, we’re going back to the roots of crypto - to understand what self-sovereignty really means, why it’s harder than it looks, and how the next evolution of wallets could finally fix the trust problem that started…

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Jeff Bussgang — The Experimentation Machine (EP.285) 1:19:34

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Jeff Bussgang — entrepreneur, venture capitalist, Harvard Business School professor, and co-founder of Flybridge Capital — joins Infinite Loops to explore how AI is transforming the operating systems of startups. We dive into Jeff's framework from his new book The Experimentation Machine, why AI compresses the cost and time of learning, how to dist…

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Crypto Security EXPOSED: Why Your Wallet Isn’t As Safe As You Think! 2:01

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What if your “secure” crypto wallet… wasn’t really secure? I’m Jason Rudolph, host of Pinch of SALT, and in this teaser from our very first episode, I pull back the curtain on multi-sig wallets, MPC, and why even billion-dollar exchanges can still get hacked. With my guest, Jose Aguinaga, we talk about what “trustless” really means, how RoboSigners…

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Dan Wang — China, US and our Collective Future (EP.284) 1:37:43

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Dan Wang, author of "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future," joins me to explore why China builds while America blocks, how lawyers strangled U.S. infrastructure, and why Connecticut trains run slower than they did in 1914. Dan lived through China's trade war, Zero COVID, and the exodus of 15,000+ Chinese millionaires, giving him unique i…

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Alex Danco — Speeches and Spells for the Kings and Priests (EP.283) 1:20:33

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It's Alex Danco's landmark 10th appearance on Infinite Loops! He joins the show to discuss his move from Shopify to a16z (where he'll be building out their editorial operations), the power dynamics between VCs and founders (the kings and priests of our era), communication theory and the power of speechwriting, Reagan's rhetorical genius, authentic …

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Sangeet Paul Choudary — AI and our System Reshuffle (EP.282) 1:39:44

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Sangeet Paul Choudary, bestselling author of Platform Revolution and Reshuffle, and senior fellow at UC Berkeley, joins the show to challenge the conventional wisdom about AI's impact on our economy. We explore why knowledge workers risk falling "below the algorithm," how curiosity and judgment become luxury goods in a world of cheap answers, and w…

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Michael Dean — The Architecture of Essays (EP.281) 1:34:25

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Michael Dean — architect-turned-writer, O'Shaughnessy Fellow, and creator of Essay Architecture — joins the show to explore the hidden structures beneath nonfiction and why essays, like buildings, can be designed with patterns rather than left to inspiration. We discuss the origins of Essay Architecture, Michael's 27-pattern framework that maps ess…

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Roon — On Shape Rotators, AGI & Tenet (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:06:17

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Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the Infinite Loops archive. Years later, these remain some of my favorite conversations. We'll be back soon with fresh episodes, but in the meantime, enjoy this trip back to November 2023, when we welcomed the one and only Roo…

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Gurwinder Bhogal's Guide to Modern Survival (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:41:22

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Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the Infinite Loops archive. Years later, these remain some of my favorite conversations. We'll be back soon with fresh episodes, but in the meantime, enjoy this trip back to August 2024, when we welcomed the one and only Gurwi…

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Joe Hudson — The Art of Accomplishment (EP.280) 1:33:17

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What happens when a self-described "not very good" venture capitalist discovers he has an extraordinary gift for coaching the world's most successful CEOs? Joe Hudson joins Infinite Loops to share his unconventional journey from Alaska fishing boats to Hollywood directing to Silicon Valley boardrooms, ultimately finding his calling in helping high-…

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Michael Gibson & Danielle Strachman — The 1517 Rebellion (EP.279) 1:31:19

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Michael Gibson and Danielle Strachman, co-founders of 1517 Fund, join the show to discuss their rebellion against higher education, why universities stifle creativity, why IQ doesn't correlate with innovation, and how betting on "misfit toys" is the way to go—plus we explore Girardian mimesis, the perishable nature of creativity, the laziness of pe…

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Ed Latimore — The Art of Self-Transformation (EP.278) 1:45:24

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Ed Latimore: boxer, physicist, and author of Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business makes his third appearance on the show to discuss hard-won wisdom about impulse control, self-forgiveness, the challenges of modern parenting and why being discerning (not judgmental) about your social circle might be the simplest rule for a better life. I hope you enj…

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Sam Arbesman — Science, Complexity and Humanistic Computation (EP.277) 1:45:51

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Sam Arbesman, complexity scientist, author of "The Magic of Code," and scientist in residence at Lux Capital, joins me for a wide-ranging exploration of how we navigate an increasingly complex world that often exceeds human comprehension. We dive into the oral traditions that preserve crucial scientific knowledge, why cognitive diversity trumps dem…

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Nick Maggiulli — Climbing the Wealth Ladder (EP.276) 1:19:49

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Nick Maggiulli, data scientist turned financial writer and COO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, joins me to discuss his latest book,The Wealth Ladder, which presents a six-level framework for building and managing wealth. Warning: this episode will upend what you think you know about money. We explore why atypical results require atypical actions, ho…

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Lawrence Yeo — The Inner Compass (EP.275) 1:24:56

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Lawrence Yeo — writer, illustrator and author of "The Inner Compass" — joins the show to discuss the power of intuition in an uncertain world. We explore why embracing uncertainty leads to greater curiosity, how social conditioning pulls us away from our true north, why doing things for their own sake builds authentic conviction and how journaling …

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Will Storr—The Status Game (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:24:45

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Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the archive. Years later, these remain some of my favorite conversations. We'll be back soon with fresh episodes, but in the meantime, here's my September 2022 chat with the always interesting Will Storr. _________________ Wil…

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Rupert Sheldrake — On Scientism, Morphic Resonance and the Extended Mind (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:07:51

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Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the Infinite Loops archive. Years later, these remain some of my favorite conversations. We'll be back soon with fresh episodes, but in the meantime, enjoy this trip back to February 2024, when we welcomed the one and only Rup…

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Aaron Stupple & Logan Chipkin — The Sovereign Child: Liberating Kids from the Tyranny of Rules 1:59:00

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What if everything we think we know about raising children is not just wrong, but actively harmful? Aaron Stupple and Logan Chipkin, authors of "The Sovereign Child," join Infinite Loops to make a case so compelling and radical that it challenges the very foundation of modern parenting and education. From birth, we're told that children need rules,…

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Nadia Asparouhova — An Antimemetic Rollercoaster 1:31:28

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Nadia Asparouhova, author of "Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading," joins me for a fascinating exploration of why some ideas go viral while others—often the most important ones—resist transmission entirely. We dive into antimemes, Curtis Yarvin's journey from being canceled to becoming mainstream, St. Paul as history's ultimate memetic en…

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Miyoba Hamuhuma and Israel Balogun — Grassroots Solutions for Africa's Impoverished Youth (EP.272) 1:23:14

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I'm joined today by two remarkable men I met through the O'Shaughnessy Fellowships and Grants program. Israel Balogun was homeless and illiterate until the age of 22. Now, he leads a Nigerian youth rehabilitation nonprofit for street kids and is building a self-sustaining village for 200 out-of-school children with the support of an OSV Fellowship.…

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Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell — Speculations in Post-Materialism (EP.271) 1:26:19

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Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, neuropsychiatrist and author of "The ESP Enigma," joins me for a mind-bending exploration of consciousness, savant abilities, and the limitations of materialist science. Trained at Johns Hopkins under a neurologist-turned-psychiatrist, Diane has spent decades investigating phenomena that challenge our fundamental assumptio…

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George Mack — The Game of Life (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:43:33

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Michael Perry — Improbable Mentors and the Art of Midwestern Storytelling (EP. 289) 1:52:55

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Kenneth Stanley — The Trap of the Objective (EP.288) 1:25:34

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Elle Griffin — Rethinking Ownership and the Future of Work (EP. 287) 1:38:47

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Jay Yang — The Power of Permissionless Action (EP. 286) 1:23:53

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WARNING: Your Wallet Isn’t Safe | The Hidden MPC Flaw 1:08:40

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Jeff Bussgang — The Experimentation Machine (EP.285) 1:19:34

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Crypto Security EXPOSED: Why Your Wallet Isn’t As Safe As You Think! 2:01

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Dan Wang — China, US and our Collective Future (EP.284) 1:37:43

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Alex Danco — Speeches and Spells for the Kings and Priests (EP.283) 1:20:33

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Sangeet Paul Choudary — AI and our System Reshuffle (EP.282) 1:39:44

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Michael Dean — The Architecture of Essays (EP.281) 1:34:25

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Roon — On Shape Rotators, AGI & Tenet (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:06:17

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Gurwinder Bhogal's Guide to Modern Survival (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:41:22

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Joe Hudson — The Art of Accomplishment (EP.280) 1:33:17

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Michael Gibson & Danielle Strachman — The 1517 Rebellion (EP.279) 1:31:19

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Ed Latimore — The Art of Self-Transformation (EP.278) 1:45:24

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Sam Arbesman — Science, Complexity and Humanistic Computation (EP.277) 1:45:51

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Nick Maggiulli — Climbing the Wealth Ladder (EP.276) 1:19:49

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Lawrence Yeo — The Inner Compass (EP.275) 1:24:56

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Will Storr—The Status Game (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:24:45

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Rupert Sheldrake — On Scientism, Morphic Resonance and the Extended Mind (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 1:07:51

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Aaron Stupple & Logan Chipkin — The Sovereign Child: Liberating Kids from the Tyranny of Rules 1:59:00

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Nadia Asparouhova — An Antimemetic Rollercoaster 1:31:28

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Miyoba Hamuhuma and Israel Balogun — Grassroots Solutions for Africa's Impoverished Youth (EP.272) 1:23:14

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Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell — Speculations in Post-Materialism (EP.271) 1:26:19