Geoff Shullenberger is back for another fantastic episode. Geoff is one of the leading scholars on French philosopher Rene Girard. For this episode, we explore Girard's ideas and why they are important. We discuss the implications for the "New Right"; how Girard's ideas are becoming more popular; religion mapping to Girard's ideas; Christianity, Judaism, and Violence; growing out of your Ayn Rand phase, and much more.

Geoff is the Managing Editor of Compact Magazine, a teacher, a thinker, and an important influence on many leading figures in Silicon Valley and beyond.

During the discussion we mentioned a few links:

Geoff's discussion with Justin Murphy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOfxC1SeCok]

Scott Alexander on I See Satan Fall Like Lightning [https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-i-saw-satan-fall-like]



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Geoff Shullenberger on Rene Girard and the New Right

I interviewed Chris Giancarlo. Chris is the former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Senior Counsel to Willkie Farr & Gallagher, and the co-founder of the Digital Dollar Project.

We had a wide-ranging discussion covering crypto policy, the future of central bank digital currencies, financial competition with China, regulatory policy, crypto as a store of value for electricity, payments between GPTs, and much more. This episode is a must-listen.

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Chris Giancarlo - Crypto Regulation and Policy

I interview Jennifer Schulp, director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. She focuses on the regulation of securities and capital markets. She has testified before Congress multiple times, including before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on House Administration.

We discuss regulatory land grabs and mission creep, why ESG is terrible branding, crypto as a store of value for electricity, fractional reserve banking, payment for order flow, and how to protect investors from themselves. This is a wide-ranging conversation with a true expert in the field. Highly recommended.

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Jennifer Schulp - Money Talks and Money Walks

There's only one thing worth talking about this week. I am so upset, but there is a lot to cover about the war.

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War in Gaza

For this special episode, I had the great honor of sitting down with Ethan Penner. Ethan is a Wall Street legend - he created the CMBS market - and he has written a new book entitled Greatness is a Choice. We discuss a wide range of topics, including religion, charisma, counter-consensus thinking, sobriety, flow state, and much more. This is a fabulous interview - highly recommended.

Ethan's book is available for pre-order here on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Greatness-Choice-Ethan-Penner/dp/1394185758].

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Ethan Penner - Greatness is a Choice

Hello, darlings. We are back with a fun new episode covering: highlights from my daughter’s bat mitzvah, why I think inflation is over (8:16), transgender bathing suits at Target (14:00), broken windows policing (18:36), Jordan Neely (24:55), and why legalization of stuff will backfire (29:50).

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Inflation is Over

Hello, darlings.  After a brief hiatus, I'm back with a fun new episode. I was in Israel for a few weeks, and in this week's episode I reflect on that trip. The purpose was to celebrate my daughter's bat mitzvah. This week I reflect on the highlights, my thoughts on Israel, and bat mitzvah celebrations.

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Israel & Mitzvahs

Hello, darlings.  I am now officially a stand-up comedian! This week we discuss my first performance and where I go from here. We also cover buccal fat removal, the Super Bowl and the horrible halftime show, gambling in sports, the Chinese balloons, and Copenhagen Cowboy.

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Standing Up my Buccal Fat

Hello, darlings.  I am back from the World Economic Forum in Davos and have a recap for you.  On this episode, I cover the highlights, the best speakers, becoming my alter-ego, Mauricio, and some key takeaways.  Also on this episode, Fauda, racial stereotypes, the Chinese balloon, and much more.

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Davos Recap

Hello, darlings.  I am headed to Davos for the World Economic Forum next week.  On this episode I do a brief explainer of the event, talk about some of the conspiracies surrounding it, and try to make it approachable.  We also cover Ozempic and weight loss meds, Andrew Tate, groomers, trafficking, and Prince Harry.

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