On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, has a wide-ranging conversation with Nick Denton. Most famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) as the founder of Gawker Media, Denton remains an active investor and entrepreneur with keen insights on current affairs, economics, and geopolitics. Gobry and Denton talk about the history of Gawker, Denton's front-row seat as American discourse grew crazier and crazier, leading to the Great Awokening and to the rise of Trump, why he thinks the current Administration is experiencing the same kind of madness that took over the Gawker newsroom, and why he believes the American Empire is dead. It's a wide-ranging, fascinating conversation.



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Ep 21 - Nick Denton - The History of Gawker, And Why The American Empire Is Destroying Itself

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Jeremy Carl, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, on his book "The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart."



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Ep 20 - Jeremy Carl, Claremont Institute - Is Anti-White Racism Real And What Should We Do About It?

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Mark Nelson, a nuclear engineer and founder of Radiant Energy Group, a nuclear energy consultancy, on the history of how the French Republic managed to get energy and nuclear right, and what the US can learn from it.



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Ep 19 - Mark Nelson, Radiant Energy Group - How France Got Nuclear Right And What America Can Learn From It

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews the great conservative writer Rod Dreher, to talk about his latest book, "Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age."



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Ep 18 - Rod Dreher - "Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age"

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, talks to John Coogan. John is the founder of Lucy, a non-tobacco nicotine products company, and TBPN, and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Founders Fund. 



John and PEG discuss the irrationality of the way nicotine is regulated in the US and how that makes life harder for entrepreneurs and, more importantly, makes it harder to get people to quit smoking. 



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Ep 17 - John Coogan, Lucy/TBPN/Founders Fund - The Insane State of Nicotine Regulation in the US

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, talks to Tim Carney, a Senior Political Columnist at the Washington Examiner and a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, about his latest book, "Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be." 



It's a wide-ranging conversation about all the ways in which contemporary American society has become hostile to families and what we can do about it. 



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Ep 16 - Tim Carney - "Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be" 

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, talks to Brad Wilcox, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia and Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies. He is also the author of "Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization." They talk about the Institute for Family Studies and what it is and what they do, his research on sex and marriage and why married people have more and better sex, his findings on religion, marriage, and happiness, why you should indeed "get married" and more.



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Ep 15 - Brad Wilcox, Institute for Family Studies - Facts About Family And Sex Which Will Surprise You

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, has his first returning guest! He talks to Ross Douthat, conservative columnist at the New York Times, about his just-released book, "Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious." They talk about why we need a new book about religion (PEG was originally skeptical, but reading Ross's book convinced him), why sociological change has made religious belief a newly-important topic, why spiritual experiences and miracles are serious topics of investigation, and finally, why demons are real. 



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Ep 14 - Ross Douthat, New York Times - "Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious"

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Paulina Neuding, a Swedish journalist who has been covering issues relating to immigration, crime, and multiculturalism in Sweden for over 10 years. They talk about the situation in Sweden: the history of immigration in Sweden, the consequences, what it is about Swedish culture that explains that Sweden is embarking on these policies, and the current political situation.



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Ep 13 - Paulina Neuding - How Sweden Went From "Humanitarian Superpower" to "Humanitarian Basket-Case" Because Of Immigration

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Gabriel Rossman, Professor of Sociology at UCLA. They talk about what sociology is, what the concept of social construction means and why it's not the nonsense that people typically assume it is. 



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Ep 12 - Gabriel Rossman, UCLA - What Social Construction Means And Why It's Not As Stupid As You Think

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