"Live Players" with Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg

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See the world through the eyes of society's greatest rule-breakers. The "Live Players" podcast charts the key individuals shaping our future from first principles across multiple domains: business, politics, philanthropy, and broadcasting from the digital town square Join host Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg as they analyze the mindsets of today's most intriguing business leaders, investors, and innovators through the lens of their bold actions and contrarian worldviews. You'll come away with a deeper understanding of the development of technology, business, political power, culture and more. If you want more than soundbites and sensationalism, this podcast delivers reasoned reflections on the live players who renew and transform civilization, whether we ask them to or not. Topics frequently covered: Business titans, political players, and philanthropists like Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, George Soros, Donald Trump, and more with the power to remake industries, policies, borders, or societal norms. Live Players is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co

Episode Date
Why Hardware Is the Way to Win the AI Race
Jul 18, 2025
India, Pakistan, and Religious Tensions
May 16, 2025
The Almost-Industrial Revolutions of Rome and China
May 09, 2025
Is Europe Part of America?
Feb 21, 2025
Predicting Humanity’s Interplanetary Future
Feb 14, 2025
Curtis Yarvin and the Evolution of American Political Thought
Jan 31, 2025
Why Elites Failed Us w/ Auren Hoffman [World of DaaS]
Jan 24, 2025
The Technology That Can Reshape Nations
Jan 03, 2025
Elon Musk, Social Media Influence, & the Future of Political Discourse
Dec 20, 2024
Syria After Assad
Dec 13, 2024
Dissecting Modern Society with Rudyard Lynch
Nov 29, 2024
Populism vs The Deep State
Nov 15, 2024
Advice for Trump and Elon
Nov 08, 2024
Urbanization, Technology, and Global Shifts
Oct 14, 2024
The Possibility of Human Extinction
Oct 04, 2024
Palladium, Intellectual Culture, and Silicon Valley
Sep 27, 2024
Civilizational Differences
Sep 19, 2024
Globalization vs. Innovation
Sep 11, 2024
AI's Impact on Geopolitics
Sep 06, 2024
Fraud in Academia with Ben Landau-Taylor
Aug 28, 2024
Mass Immigration Won't Save Europe
Aug 21, 2024
The Eastern European Experiment
Aug 14, 2024
EU in Flux
Aug 02, 2024
Advice for the Next US President
Jul 26, 2024
Brazil: A Country of the Future?
Jul 21, 2024
Can China Power its Rise?
Jul 12, 2024
The Power Structures of Cities
Jun 14, 2024
The Turbulence of Boeing: Decline and Future Prospects
Jun 07, 2024
Live Players Analysis: Drug Cartels in Mexico
May 30, 2024
How to Find the Frontiers of Knowledge, Samo Burja for The Stoa
May 25, 2024
Academia's Impact on Society | Rudyard Lynch Interviews Samo Burja
May 06, 2024
The Future of Democracy
Apr 28, 2024
What India Should Do to Secure Its Future as a Global Superpower
Apr 18, 2024
What Causes Institutions to Flourish?
Apr 16, 2024
Fall of Rome with Rudyard Lynch
Apr 06, 2024
China, AI, and the New Global Order
Mar 30, 2024
Alibaba After Jack Ma & China's Economy in 2024
Mar 21, 2024
China vs US: Space and Frontier Technologies
Mar 13, 2024
Xi Jinping's Legacy and China's Succession
Mar 06, 2024
Tech Stagnation and What's Holding Us Back
Feb 28, 2024
Putin & Tucker, Russia, Ukraine and Poland
Feb 21, 2024
A Deep Dive on Big Pharma and Ozempic
Feb 13, 2024
Africa’s Geopolitics: Governance, Corruption and Global Influence
Feb 07, 2024
How to Make America’s Government More Efficient
Jan 31, 2024
China's Elite vs America's Elite
Jan 24, 2024
Dynasties, Meritocracies, and Succession
Jan 17, 2024
Singapore's Rise to Prosperity: The City-State Strategy
Jan 10, 2024
Decoding Japan's Future: Global Power Landscape and Geopolitics
Jan 03, 2024
The Politicization of History
Dec 27, 2023
Why Our Civilization Could Fail and What To Do About It
Dec 20, 2023
What We Can Learn From Henry Kissinger
Dec 13, 2023
On Nuclear Weapons, e/acc, and Global Energy Supply
Dec 06, 2023
Live Players: Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, George Soros
Nov 29, 2023