Narratives w/Will Jarvis

103: Jordan Blashek - Defense, Political Polarization and Great Power Conflict

Jordan Blashek is the author of the book Union: A democrat, a republican, and the search for common ground. Jordan is also an impact Investor, and Military Veteran, focused on strengthening the U.S. strategic advantage. He is the cofounder of America’s Frontier Fund https://americasfrontier.org/

In this episode, we talk America's defense system, solving political polarization, and how we can win in a great power conflict with China. 

 

 

102: Aaron Hamlin - Approval Voting

In this episode, we are joined by Aaron Hamlin, the executive director of the nonprofit The Center for Election Science. Aaron has had great success implementing approval voting across the United States. This episode was cohosted by Lars Doucet.

101: Caleb Watney - Progress, Immigration and Policy

In this episode, we're joined by Caleb Watney to talk about how he thinks about policy change, the current rate of progress, and how to make science go faster. Caleb is the co-founder of the Institute for Progress. 

100: Vitalik Buterin - Governance, Political Economy and Crypto

In this episode, we're joined by Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum to discuss governance, political economy, and crypto. We also discuss land value taxes, Georgism, optimal voting systems and public goods provisioning. This episode was co-hosted by Lars Doucet. 

99: Daryl Fairweather - The Housing Crisis

In this episode, I'm joined by co-host Lars Doucet, and the Chief Economist at Redfin, Daryl Fairweather. 

We talk about land value taxes, zoning, housing affordability, and a whole lot more. 

98: Erik Hoel - Writing, Neuroscience and Genius

In this episode, we’re joined by writer and neuroscientist Erik Hoel to talk about where all the geniuses went, the secrets of the publishing industry, and the current state of neuroscience. You can find Erik’s work at: https://erikhoel.substack.com/

97: William Eden - VC, Parenting and Longevity

In this episode, I'm joined by entrepreneur in residence William Eden to discuss biotech venture capital, parenting, longevity, American decadence and a whole lot more. 

96: Nicholas Eberstadt - Men Without Work

In this episode, we are joined by Russ Greene and Nicholas Eberstadt to discuss his book men without work, about the collapse of prime age working male employment. 

95: Delian Asparouhov - Risk, Venture Capital and Agency

In this episode, we talk with Delian Asparouhov, principal at Founders Fund, about Keynesian beauty contest, who should become a founder, removing bottlenecks to successful companies, how to encourage more agency and more.  

Norman Ohler│Blitzed (Bonus)

In this bonus episode, we're joined by the author of Blitzed, Norman Ohler, to talk about drugs and their role in warfare.