The Network State Podcast
1) #22 - Kamil Galeev
Kamil Galeev is a writer specializing in the mechanics of historical power. We discuss why revolutions often lead to extreme regimentation, the centralization of the French monarchy, building parallel...Show More
2) #21 - David Friedberg
David Friedberg is co-host of the All-In podcast and CEO of Ohalo. We discuss the fractal frontier, why the network wins in the West while the state wins in the East, consequences of the New Deal, Chi...Show More
3) #21 - Solana
Solana has become by some measures the #1 new ecosystem for crypto devs. Why? We talk with Akshay and Lily on how Solana is creating Internet Capital Markets, enabling micropayments, and building Sola...Show More
4) #20 - Lightspeed India
India is now #3 in global unicorns, and was the #1 fastest growing economy in the world from 2015-2025. How did that come about? I'm joined by Hemant Mohapatra at Lightspeed India to give a quick surv...Show More
5) #19 - Jesse Pollak
Jesse Pollak leads Coinbase Base, which enables 1 cent transactions on Ethereum. We discuss the motivation behind Base, monetization for creators & companies, local stablecoins, network states, and th...Show More
6) #18 - Claire Lehmann
Claire is the founder of Quillette.com, a digital magazine covering tech, culture, and centrist politics. We cover the rise of China, why Australia may indeed be this century's lucky country, and the ...Show More
7) #17 - Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans is a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz and runs a newsletter with ~200k subscribers. We discuss smart glasses, amplified intelligence, robot dogs, the decentralization of media, and...Show More
8) #16 - Jeremy Howard
Jeremy Howard is the creator of fast.ai, perhaps the best way to get a running start in modern deep learning. We talk about AI research, decentralizing education, and funding the world's dark talent. ...Show More
9) #15 - Roon of OpenAI
Roon is an OpenAI engineer and prominent figure on X. We spoke about open models, prompting, AI as copilots, the central planning fallacy of AI, crypto as AI's constraint, and why AI still struggles w...Show More
10) #14 - Vitalik on Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum and Zuzalu. We had a fireside chat on the state of Ethereum, defi, prediction markets, AI, biotech, stablecoins, the Abundance Agenda, San Francisco, Zuza...Show More