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Building A New Model For Higher Education with Stephen Kosslyn Aug 20, 2020

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Stephen Kosslyn (@skosslyn), president and Chief Academic Officer at Foundry College, joins Erik to discuss:
- The current challenges in traditional academia.
- When the purpose of universities changed from teaching to research.
- What he’s working on at Foundry and how it’s differentiated from others in the space.
- His requests for startups in education.
- Why a community connection is important in learning.
- What outsiders don’t realize or appreciate about the dynamics in universities.
- Why the cost of education has gone up so much.
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The State of Universities in 2020 with Noah Smith Aug 18, 2020

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Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) of Bloomberg joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- Whether the current version of college as a “high tuition summer camp” can be sustained.
- How universities will attract students.
- Where he disagrees with Tyler Cowen on college.
- How college has evolved over time.
- How college will be unbundled.
- Whether there will be corporate universities.
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Progress Studies in 2020 with Jason Crawford Aug 16, 2020

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Jason Crawford (@jasoncrawford), author of The Roots of Progress, joins Erik to discuss:
- The key aspects of human progress.
- The history of progress over time.
- Whether we’ve traded off progress for safety.
- Why the idea of progress is relatively new.
- What the nature of science fiction writing tells us about our vision for progress.
- Why progress happens differently in different domains.
- How to think about safety with respect to new technologies.
- The impacts of slowing population growth.
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Investing in Healthcare in 2020 with Niko Skievaski and Nikita Singareddy Aug 13, 2020

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Niko Skievaski (@niko_ski), founder and president of Redox, and Nikita Singareddy (@singareddynm), investor at RRE Ventures, join Erik to discuss:
- How regulation has changed the landscape in healthcare.
- How to figure out what the the next wave in healthcare will be.
- Why in the past government regulation has pulled technology into the present that wasn’t ready.
- The biggest trends in healthcare now.
- Where they would be investing if they were running a fund focused on the space.
- What it takes to be successful in healthcare.
- The state of the EHR space.
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Everything You Need To Know About SPACs with Anuj Abrol Aug 11, 2020

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Anuj Abrol (@nujabrol), founder of Witty Wealth and formerly Chief of Staff at Atrium, joins Erik to discuss:
- Why public stock activity has surged, especially among young people.
- A primer on SPACs and their advantages and disadvantages.
- Direct listings vs. IPOs vs. SPACs.
- Why Slack is such a polarizing company.
- Why there is dissatisfaction with roboadvisors.
- The role of memes in public investing.
- Whether there will be more new betting markets.
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The State of Charter Cities in 2020 with Mark Lutter Aug 09, 2020

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Mark Lutter (@MarkLutter), founder and executive director of the Charter City Institute, joins Erik.
They discuss:
- The key factors that make countries successful or prosperous.
- The different schools of thought on charter cities.
- What the key factors to get right with a charter city are.
- What Silicon Valley understands and misunderstands about charter cities.
- Why there are few true entrepreneurs in the US anymore.
- His thoughts on Balaji Srinivasan’s ideas about charter cities.
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The State of Prediction Markets and Crypto in 2020 with Joey Krug Aug 06, 2020

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Joey Krug (@joeykrug), founder of Augur and partner at Pantera Capital, joins Erik to discuss:
- How prediction markets have evolved over time.
- An update on the state of Augur.
- The types of things that people are betting on using prediction markets.
- How to address some of the barriers to prediction markets becoming more widespread.
- The current state of crypto, including smart contracts and stablecoins.
- Whether crypto can disrupt VC.
- Thoughts on ISAs.
- The state of crypto funds.
- Where Web3 will take hold and where it won’t.
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Building Startups in the New Normal, Supporting Founders Using a Beginner's Mind with Steve Jang Aug 04, 2020

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Erik's chat with founder/angel-turned-VC, @stevejang of @kindredventures, about supporting founders at seed and how building startups has changed in this cycle:
- using a beginner’s mind
- importance of creativity & taste in startups
- no-code and democratizing access
- marketplaces and community-ownership
- a post-smartphone computing paradigm
- post-COVID themes
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The Past, Present, and Future of the US-China Relationship with Tanner Greer Aug 02, 2020

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Tanner Greer (@Scholars_Stage), author of the Scholars Stage blog, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- The differences in perspectives between east and west.
- Why China didn’t liberalize as it got more prosperous.
- How the US’s foreign policy should have been different in the past with respect to China.
- Why people are becoming more hawkish on China.
- His thoughts on Twitter.
- His thoughts on “it’s time to build.”
- How he would renew liberalism.
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Unbundling Professorship with Justin Murphy Jul 30, 2020

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Justin Murphy (@jmrphy), full-stack professor, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- The current problems with academia.
- Challenges that universities are facing today.
- Why teaching should be disaggregated or unbundled.
- The full-stack professor setup.
- What changes if five years from now professors start going D2C.
- His thoughts on Rene Girard and other philosophers.
- How to improve capitalism’s ability to provide for everyone in society.
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