Narratives w/Will Jarvis

33: Passive Investing, and the China Conflict with Mike Green

On this episode, I'm joined by Mike Green to discuss some potential downsides of index investing, the coming conflict with China, and more. Mike is a partner at Logica Capital Advisors. 

32: Whig History, Decadence, and Stagnation with Quinn Lewandowski

Today on the podcast, I'm joined by Quinn Lewandowski to explore common ideas of how history is progressing. We also discuss cost disease, scientific freedom, and why there is a dearth of new, really good art. 

31: Industrial Policy, Innovation, and Decline with Ben Landau-Taylor

This week, Will talks to Ben Landau-Taylor about why only America seems to be able to innovate, why state capacity has declined in the US, and how to think about industrial policy in the modern world. Ben is a Senior Analyst at Bismark Analytics. 

30: Health, Mobility, and Training with Kelly Starrett

In this episode, we talk with Kelly Starrett about health, mobility, and training. Dr. Kelly Starrett is a coach, physical therapist, two-time New York Times &
Wall Street Journal bestselling author, speaker, and co-founder of The Ready State,

29: Metascience, Economics, and Longevity with José Luis Ricón

In this episode, we talk with José Luis Ricón about longevity, soviet economics, education research, metascience, and so much more. José blogs at nintil.com. 

28: The Cult of Smart with Freddie deBoer

We talk with Freddie deBoer about America's education system-what's wrong with it, what's right with it, and how to make it better. We also discuss his new book, The Cult of Smart. 

27: Progress with Jason Crawford

In this episode, we talk with Jason Crawford about progress. What it is, what it isn't, and how do we accelerate it? Jason is the author of The Roots of Progress, a website about the history of technology and industry, and the philosophy of progress.

26: Trade, War, and China with Brendan Cooley

In this episode, we discuss trade, war and China with Brendan Cooley. Brendan is a Senior Data Scientist at Big League Advance. He recently finished his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton. In this wide-ranging discussion, we cover the different schools of international relations theory, building ideal trade policy, and just how likely a great power shooting war is in the 21st century. You can check out more of Brendan's work at http://brendancooley.com/. 

25: Karl Popper with Jon Guze

Jon Guze is the Director of Legal Studies at John Locke. Jon is an expert on Karl Popper, the law, and governance. In this episode, we talk about Popper's theory of knowledge, civil asset forfeiture, and eugenics in North Carolina. 

24: Venture Research with Donald Braben

In this episode, we talk with Don Braben, PhD.  Donald Braben is a scientist and author. From 1980 to 1990, he led British Petroleum’s Venture Research program, for which he developed a radical, low-cost approach to finding and funding researchers whose work might redefine their fields. Of the dozens of projects supported by the program, many led to transformative discoveries. I think Don's concept of Venture Research is essential to saving our stagnating society. Don recently republished his book Scientific Freedom, with Stripe Press, which I highly recommend. 

 

A quick note, the conversation with Don starts about 21 minutes in. We give an intro before that.