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Jan 09 2025 21 ep. 74 mins 54
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Kvetching on vigs, chutzpah and bubkis

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Kvetching with Tyler Cowen

Jan 09 2025 62 mins  
My conversation with the excellent Tyler Cowen:* "[Agency has] one of the most skewed distributions I can think of"* “You look like you have kids. I thought you would have kids.”* “You're going to drive Melbourne into the ground and it will be your fault.”* “It's striking to me when I receive Emergent Ventures applications, which is all in English, of course. I hardly eve

God, rascality, and the search for meaning with Antonio García Martínez

Dec 04 2021 50 mins  
We cover a lot:the immigrant impulserascality as a temperamentfatherhoodJudaismunchosen obligations as the nexus to a meaningful lifethe intellectual life as respite to depression+ more This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.kvetch.au

Genetics and the History of the Jews, with Razib Khan

Nov 20 2021 75 mins  
The history of the Jews, including Ashkenazim, Sephardim and smaller communities like Greek, Yemenite, Moroccan, and Chinese Jews, and how their experiences diverged around the world. Plus, the miracle of modern genomics.“I’m imagining a future where genomics gives us a window onto the biochemical metabolic processes that are going on. We shall be as gods. We are biting of the

Noah Smith: “It is what it is, and if necessary we’ll shoot it”

Nov 06 2021 78 mins  
Noah as a Lithuanian yeshiva studentAmerican growth and declineCritical Race TheoryHow the left dominates academia and has cut off the right’s head2020 riots and how we know anythingNoah's conversion out of Judaism and into 90s gamer cultureCultural preservation, including JudaismChristian revivalismThe misguided fixations of the right and the leftThe fertility crisisNoah’s cul

Jerry Neumann on Investing, Humility and Legacy

Oct 02 2021 98 mins  
On life as an angel, failure and success, humility, portfolio construction, what we can knowEast Coast vs West Coast Differentiation in a world of cheap capitalWhat a restructuring background can teach you and why he didn’t pursue private equityThis moment in technological and political historyWhat he’s readingWhether you should become a VC todayWhy he teaches“The biggest mis

A Rabbi, a Philanthopist and a Putz discuss Shame and Online Mobs

Aug 19 2021 44 mins  
A special episode for the Sydney Cremorne Jewish community, everyone welcome to listen in This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.kvetch.au

Feminisation of Society with Richard Hanania

Aug 07 2021 71 mins  
This conversation picks up on a strand that I’ve been thinking a lot about. Diana Fleischman in my conversation with her said: Institutions are increasingly reflecting the values of middle aged women. Tyler Cowen often writes about the feminization of society at Marginal Revolution. In addition to feminisation we discuss:Growing up with another languageRichard’s folkwaysAmerica

How to Train Your Boyfriend (and other Sorcery) with Diana Fleischman

Jul 24 2021 90 mins  
Diana's writing a book called “How to Train Your Boyfriend” – so, there’s a lot of that. We also discuss:The mating market and the downstream effects of untangling sex from marriage Big lies in the open todayThings that don’t work if you name themFeminisation of society and how, in her words, institutions are increasingly reflecting he values of single middle aged womenSo

Genghis Khan and the Mongols with Razib Khan

Jul 17 2021 85 mins  
Razib and I discuss “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World” by Jack Weatherford, which Razib had recommended. We deep dive on the book, read extracts and discuss the Mongols and related history.We discuss:The profound achievements and impact of the MongolsPotential relationship between the founding story of the Mongols and the story of GenesisCultural and political as

Space factories 🚀 with Delian Asparouhov

Jun 26 2021 55 mins  
Fun conversation with Delian Zebulgar, who is both a full time VC investor at Founders Fund and a co-founder of space manufacturing startup Varda. What better excuse to speak to a guy? I discover the space economy is much closer and bigger today than most people think. Also pleased and surprised to learn that Australia and New Zealand are up there in terms of pushing the space fron