Episodes

July 3, 2025

Rupert Sheldrake — On Scientism, Morphic Resonance and the Extended M…

Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the Infinite Loops archive. Years later, these remain some of my favorite conversations. We’ll be bac...

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June 26, 2025

Aaron Stupple & Logan Chipkin — The Sovereign Child: Liberating Kids …

What if everything we think we know about raising children is not just wrong, but actively harmful? Aaron Stupple and Logan Chipkin, authors of "The Sovereign Child," join Infinite Loops to make a case so compelling and radic...

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June 19, 2025

Nadia Asparouhova — An Antimemetic Rollercoaster

Nadia Asparouhova, author of "Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading," joins me for a fascinating exploration of why some ideas go viral while others—often the most important ones—resist transmission entirely. We dive ...

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June 12, 2025

Miyoba Hamuhuma and Israel Balogun —  Grassroots Solutions for Africa…

I’m joined today by two remarkable men I met through the O’Shaughnessy Fellowships and Grants program. Israel Balogun was homeless and illiterate until the age of 22. Now, he leads a Nigerian youth rehabilitation nonprofit fo...

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June 5, 2025

Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell — Beyond the Telepathy Tapes (EP.271)

Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, neuropsychiatrist and author of "The ESP Enigma," joins me for a mind-bending exploration of consciousness, savant abilities, and the limitations of materialist science. Trained at Johns Hopkins unde...

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May 29, 2025

Todd Rose — Are We Living in the Truman Show? (EP.270)

Todd Rose, co-founder and CEO of Populace and author of books including "Collective Illusions" and "The End of Average," joins the show to discuss the science behind collective illusions and their impact on society. We explor...

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May 22, 2025

Charles Beames — Welcome to the Second Space Race (EP.269)

Aerospace investor and York Space Systems chairman Chuck Beames joins me for a fascinating discussion on the commercial space revolution and the future of satellite security. A retired Air Force colonel with over 20 years exp...

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May 15, 2025

Natasha Joukovsky — On Recursion, Status Games & Manufactured Nonchal…

Strategy consultant turned writer Natasha Joukovsky joins me to discuss why bourgeois comfort is more conducive to writing than you think, why choice-plots make for better fiction, the eyerolling prevalence of manufactured no...

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May 8, 2025

Tiago Forte — Unlocking the Power of the Annual Review (Ep. 267)

I’ve said before that one of the best parts of hosting Infinite Loops is the chance to connect with people who consistently make me think differently — and few do that quite like Tiago Forte. Tiago Forte joins Infinite Loops for the first time,...

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May 1, 2025

Nir Eyal — The Psychology of Addictive Products (EP.266)

Author, speaker, founder, investor and behavioral design maestro Nir Eyal joins me for his second appearance on the show. Today, we dig into Nir’s first book, “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.” We also discuss the difference between...

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April 24, 2025

Nathan Baschez — On AI Writing, Thought Design & Solo Foundership (EP…

Nathan Baschez is the cofounder and CEO of Lex, an AI word-processor. He also cofounded Every, was the first employee at Substack AND co-created Product Hunt. Suffice to say, Nathan knows a thing or two about building on the internet. He joins the...

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April 17, 2025

Tommy Potter — Building the CIA for Entrepreneurs (EP.264)

Young, polymathic, and full of energy — Tommy Potter is on a quest to build a “CIA for Entrepreneurs.” He calls it “The Power Hour” — a startup community in Michigan that hosts dropouts, undergrads and PhDs across many industries:...

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April 10, 2025

Alex Danco — On Strollers, Slop & Citizen Kane (EP.263)

Shopify Product Director Alex Danco returns for his NINTH appearance on the show — and he comes in hot. As you’ll hear, I didn’t even get a chance to introduce him before he launched into his take on what everyone gets wrong about Citizen Kane....

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April 3, 2025

Vizi Andrei — The Way of the Tinkerer (EP.262)

My guest today is my former teammate Vizi Andrei, founder of The Sovereign Artist program and author of Sovereign Artist: Meditations on Lifestyle Design. Vizi’s journey has been anything but conventional. After dabbling in various creative...

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March 27, 2025

Barry Ritholtz — Make Fewer Errors, Make More Money (EP.261)

My friend Barry Ritholtz has spent his career being an astute market observer, investigating behavioral finance and data analytics. He runs Ritholtz Wealth Management which has been named ETF Advisor of the Year, Financial Times Top 300 Advisors, and...

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March 20, 2025

Jason Carman — Filmmaking at the Frontier (EP.260)

The relentlessly prolific Jason Carman is making the films our culture needs: optimistic, inspiring and positioned at the frontiers of modern tech and science. In under two years, he has shipped more than 70 high-quality mini-documentaries exploring...

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March 13, 2025

Anne-Laure Le Cunff — Experiment Your Way to a Better Life (EP.259)

My guest today is Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs and author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World. On paper, Anne-Laure had it all: top grades, a high-flying job at Google, and a life that seemed to hit all the...

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March 6, 2025

Gabriel Kennedy — The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson …

If you’ve heard me speak for more than five minutes you’ve probably caught me dropping a Robert Anton Wilson reference (or several). Wilson is one of the most interesting (and underappreciated) writers I’ve ever come across — a Nostradamus for...

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Feb. 27, 2025

The Art of Retirement — Christine Benz (EP.257)

Christine Benz is the Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning at Morningstar, where she has spent over three decades helping investors navigate the complexities of financial planning. She is also the author of "How to Retire: 20 Lessons...

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Feb. 20, 2025

Luke Fehily — Ireland's Innovation Playbook (EP.256)

Luke Fehily is the Director of Innovation Policy at Progress Ireland — an independent think tank backed by the likes of the Collison brothers — that’s on a mission to connect Ireland to proven policy solutions from around the world. Before...

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Feb. 13, 2025

Rudy Havenstein — How to Fix America’s Accountability Crisis (EP.255)

Rudy Havenstein is a writer and satirist known for his sharp critiques of America’s sprawling institutions and the elites who run them. He joins the show to discuss the accountability crisis in America — how it manifests across political life and,...

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Feb. 6, 2025

Mark Daniel — How to Find a Kaleidoscopic Alien (EP.254)

Mark Daniel is the co-founder and managing partner of the investment firm Digital, whose portfolio extends across accelerated computing, gaming, crypto, social networking, AI, extended reality, cybersecurity, creator tools, spatial computing, and...

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Jan. 30, 2025

John Kennedy — The Hidden Crisis in American Education (EP.253)

John Kennedy, a director at the Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation, is tackling an overlooked crisis in American education: air quality.  With the ingenious use of a simple $60 box fan, he's on a mission to revolutionize the health and learning...

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Jan. 23, 2025

Michael Strong — Let’s Get Socratical (EP.252)

Michael Strong has spent decades quietly revolutionizing education by designing innovative schools and programs built around agency, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity. He is the founder and CEO of The Socratic Experience, a virtual...

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