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Julian Gough — The Egg and The Rock (Infinite Loops Classics)
Julian Gough sums up his career as follows: “I just sit in my room and write.”
Well, I think being an acclaimed children’s author, novelist, stage playwright, poet and top-ten Irish musician is a little more impressive than he’s letting on…
Oh, and I didn’t even mention that he wrote the ending to the computer game Minecraft!
His current project, The Egg and The Rock, puts all of this to shame. This book, which Julian is writing in public on Substack, seeks to do no less than redescribe the un
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Aug. 27, 2026
Julian Gough — The Egg and The Rock (Infinite Loops Classics)
Julian Gough sums up his career as follows: “I just sit in my room and write.” Well, I think being an acclaimed children’s author, novelist, stage playwright, poet and top-ten Irish musician is a little more impressive than he’s letting on… Oh, and I didn’t even mention that he wrote the ending to the computer game Minecraft! His current project, The Egg and The Rock, puts all of this to shame. This book, which Julian is writing in public on Substack, seeks to do no less than redescribe the un
Aug. 20, 2026
Dr. Julie Gurner — Ultra Successful (Infinite Loops Classics)
Hi everyone, Jim here. We’re taking a short pause on new episodes through the end of August. In the meantime, we’re digging out some of our favorite conversations from the archive. This one is from August 2023, with Dr. Julie Gurner. Enjoy. Dr. Julie Gurner is a doctor of psychology and executive performance coach to top percentile executives, primarily in finance and technology. She is also the proprietor of the Ultra Successful newsletter, which delivers a weekly challenge pulled from global b
Aug. 13, 2026
Lulu Cheng Meservey - — Going Direct: What Founders can learn from K-Pop, Crypto, and the Early Christians (Infinite Loops Classics)
Hi everyone, Jim here. We're taking a short pause on new episodes through the end of August. In the meantime, we're digging out some of our favorite conversations from the archive. This one is from November 2022, so a few of our references (and jobs!) are out of date, but the ideas have only gotten better. Enjoy this conversation with Lulu Cheng Meservey. Lulu Cheng Meservey is the Chief Communications Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Activision Blizzard. She joins
Aug. 6, 2026
Jesse Michels — American Alchemy (Infinite Loops Classics)
Hi everyone, Jim here. We're taking a short pause on new episodes through the end of August. In the meantime, we're digging out some of our favorite conversations from the archive. This one is from February 2023, so a few of the references have aged since (mine included), but the ideas have only gotten better. Enjoy this one with the wonderfully heretical Jesse Michels. Jesse Michels is an investor at Thiel Capital and the creator and host of ‘American Alchemy’, a Youtube channel dedicated to hi
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July 30, 2026
Nat Eliason - The High School That Guarantees You'll Make $1 Million (Ep. 325)
Nat Eliason joins guest host Jimmy Soni to discuss Founders School, a new high school for entrepreneurs that guarantees students will generate $1 million in gross profit by graduation or get their tuition refunded. We explore how AI is changing what teenagers can build, why traditional entrepreneurship education falls short, and what happens when we take young people seriously. Important Links: Learn more about Founders School: https://founders.school/ Read more from Nat here: https://www.na
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July 23, 2026
Philip Howard - How to Bring Common Sense Back to America (Ep. 324)
Philip Howard joins Infinite Loops to explain how America’s legal and regulatory system became too complicated to function effectively—and how we can rebuild it around judgment, accountability, and human agency. We discuss why government has become unmanageable, how thousand-page rulebooks discourage individual judgment, why infrastructure projects can take decades to approve, and how public institutions end up costing more while delivering less.
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July 16, 2026
Sangeet Choudary - How AI Will Reshape the Knowledge Economy (Ep. 323)
Sangeet Choudary joins Infinite Loops to explain why AI’s greatest impact will not be automating today’s work, but rebuilding the structures beneath it. They discuss AI-native companies, the future of knowledge work, the American and Chinese AI models, creative “exhaust,” changing career paths, and how to compete when the rules of the game are constantly being rewritten. Important Links: Learn more about Sangeet and Reshuffle here: https://reshufflebook.com/ Read more about the Platform Revo
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July 9, 2026
Jameson Olsen - Becoming the Main Character (Ep. 322)
What if the great stories were more than just stories? Jameson Olsen, host of Becoming the Main Character, joins guest host Liberty to explore fiction as a kind of operating system for life — a way to study agency, ambition, empathy, failure, courage, and change without having to live every consequence yourself. Through Hamlet, Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes, Lord of the Rings, training montages, NPCs, and the Hero’s Journey, they discuss what it means to stop drifting through life and start hol
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July 2, 2026
David Gelles - The Stories that Shape Business (Ep. 321)
David Gelles joins guest host Jimmy Soni to discuss his career covering business for The New York Times. They talk about his books - Mindful Work, The Man Who Broke Capitalism, and Dirtbag Billionaire - and the reporting behind major stories on Bernie Madoff, Jack Welch, Boeing's 737 Max crashes, and Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard. David explains how he broke a front-page story five weeks into journalism school, how he convinced Bernie Madoff to grant him a prison interview, and his process for wri
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June 25, 2026
Gretchen Rubin - How Curiosity Becomes a Calling (Ep. 320)
Gretchen Rubin joins guest host and Infinite Books CEO Jimmy Soni to discuss her journey from Supreme Court clerk to bestselling author, the creative obsessions that shaped her career, and the daily habits that fuel her work. They cover her transition from law to writing Power Money Fame Sex, why she often ends up writing the book before the proposal, the art of editing until the final hour (even during pass pages), her 5:30 AM writing routine, and why "know thyself" remains the foundation of a
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Jim O'Shaughnessy
Jim O'Shaughnessy built O'Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) into a Wall Street powerhouse, managing billions before its successful acquisition. Now, he's embarked on a new venture: O'Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV), a creative investment firm empowering visionaries across business, tech, science, art, media, and literature.
Hailed as a "legendary investor" by Barron's, Jim authored the New York Times bestseller What Works on Wall Street among his four influential books. His expertise spans quantitative analysis, portfolio management, and investment strategy.
Beyond finance, Jim has served as former chair of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and host of the popular Infinite Loops podcast. He shares eclectic insights on everything from philosophy to quantum mechanics via his active Twitter presence (@jposhaughnessy). Jim resides in Connecticut with his wife Melissa, surrounded by the joyful chaos of their three children and six grandchildren.