Narratives w/Will Jarvis

94: Richard Hanania - Political Polarization

In this episode, I talk with Richard Hanania about political polarization, what we could have done better in Afghanistan, how to manage great power conflict, and a whole lot more. You can find Richard's work at https://richardhanania.substack.com/

93: Biotech with Rachael Craig

In this episode, I talk with Motionhall co-founder and CEO Rachael Craig to talk about biotech, the state of R+D, how drugs get commercialized, the rate of innovation int he life sciences, and a whole lot more. You can visit motionhall at https://motionhall.com/

92: AI, Philanthropy and the Future with Holden Karnofsky

In this episode, I'm joined by Craig Fratrik and Co-CEO of Open Philanthropy Holden Karnofsky to discuss AI, Philanthropy and the Future. We also discuss how the variance of future outcomes is much higher than people presume, and the consequences of that fact.

91: Coming Apart with Quinn Lewandowski

In this episode, we discuss Charles Murray's book Coming Apart, socio-cultural norms, social class and how they have changed in the US.  

90: The 800 Year Decline in Interest Rates with Paul Schmelzing

In this episode I'm joined by economist Paul Schmelzing to talk about the 800 year decline in interest rates and the history of banking crises  https://www.pfschmelzing.me/

89: Rationality with Jacob Falkovich

In this episode we talk with Jacob about rationality, dating, the hot hand fallacy and more. Jacob blogs at https://putanumonit.com/

88: Land Value Taxes with Joshua Vincent

In this episode, I'm joined by Josh Vincent to talk his work implementing land value taxes across the nation. Joshua is the President of the Center for the Study of Economics. Lars Doucet co-hosted this episode. 

87: Cryonics with Kai Micah Mills

In this episode, I'm joined by Kai Micah Mills to talk about Cryonics, life extension and his experience dropping out of high school to build tech companies. Kai is currently building the cryonics startup Cryopets, which you can find at https://cryopets.com/

86: Arbitrary Lines with Nolan Gray

In this episode, I'm joined by Nolan Gray and my friend Lars Doucet to discuss zoning, city planning and land value taxes. 


Nolan is the author of the upcoming book about Zoning, Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. 

85: The Nature of Desire with Luke Burgis

In this episode, we're joined by Wanted author Luke Burgis to talk about the nature of desire, Rene Girard, and a whole lot more.

You can find Luke's work at https://lukeburgis.com/wanting/