Best Charles Kane Podcasts (2025)

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Todd Rose — Are We Living in the Truman Show? (EP.270) 1:29:56

3d ago1:29:56

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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 explore why so many Americans self-silence, the dangers of conformity, and how one person can spark change. Todd and I are simpatic…

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Charles Beames — Welcome to the Second Space Race (EP.269) 1:26:49

10d ago1:26:49

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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 experience as a space and intelligence officer, Chuck brings unparalleled expertise to our conversation about what many are call…

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Remade, with Allison Carruth 1:02:12

13d ago1:02:12

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Allison Carruth and I talk about her new book which gets at some of the material infrastructure and social systems that have made the US a settler state ever obsessed with new frontiers, including space. We talk about tech imaginaries, worlds remade, and better futures — a vision that invites confronting the state of things head-on, a slower redoin…

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Natasha Joukovsky — On Recursion, Status Games & Manufactured Nonchalance (EP.268) 1:32:08

17d ago1:32:08

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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 nonchalance, our shared distaste for Atlantis Bahamas, and MUCH more! I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. For …

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Tiago Forte — Unlocking the Power of the Annual Review (Ep. 267) 1:36:30

24d ago1:36:30

1:36:30

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, and within minutes we closed the door on his best-selling “Building A Second Brain” and were off to the r…

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Hype, with Dani Shanley and Gemma Milne 1:00:06

27d ago1:00:06

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In this episode, Dani Shanley and Gemma Milne walk me through "hype" -- what it means in various technological contexts, how it works, what it is definitionally, how it feels in the body, who it serves, who it harms, and how we might need to nuance our relationship to it, especially as critical (tech) scholars. Recorded May 1, 2025. Released May 5,…

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Nir Eyal — The Psychology of Addictive Products (EP.266) 1:02:30

1M ago1:02:30

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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 coercion and persuasion, AI’s use case as our personal Jiminy Cricket and MUCH more! I hope you enjoy thi…

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Give Us 2 Minutes We Done 15 Draft 1:09:31

1M ago1:09:31

1:09:31

This is a podcast about sports. Primarily football between Mike Washington, Todd Hunt, and the referee Charles Kane. If we are incorrect or just out of line, then we throw the challenge flag on the subject. This fun podcast is inspiring, entertaining, and educational. Today's guest is none other than Comedian Chris Jackson, Marcellus Duckett, Jeff …

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Damage, with Dustin Edwards 57:24

1M ago57:24

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Dustin Edwards and I discuss the damage caused by digital infrastructure and its extractive requirements. We talk about data centers and copper mines, but more than this, we delve into the what a decolonial, feminist, anti-racist approach can look like for white settler scholars grappling with their inheritances and obligations to the landscapes an…

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Nathan Baschez — On AI Writing, Thought Design & Solo Foundership (EP.265) 1:31:12

1M ago1:31:12

1:31:12

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 show to discuss how AI is changing writing, why it’s time to rethink the article, the rise of solo fou…

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Tommy Potter — Building the CIA for Entrepreneurs (EP.264) 1:45:51

2M ago1:45:51

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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: enterprise, consumer, CPG, aviation, gaming, robotics and AR/VR, as they work together to build cool projects. I had a …

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Consent, with Jasmine McNealy 52:10

2M ago52:10

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In this episode, I ask Jasmine McNealy about the role of consent online, from social media exchanges to the circulation of deep fakes. Who gets to define harm? Who is responsible for the damage? Does anyone have to take accountability? We also talk about surveillance, sonic privacy, and the many data trails the body leaves behind. Recorded Apr 4, 2…

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Alex Danco — On Strollers, Slop & Citizen Kane (EP.263) 1:42:14

2M ago1:42:14

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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. We also unpack the performance art of parenting, why dinner parties are the new status signals, the diffe…

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Vizi Andrei — The Way of the Tinkerer (EP.262) 1:20:09

2M ago1:20:09

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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 projects, he realized that the internet offers a unique opportunity: the freedom to take countless small risk…

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Barry Ritholtz — Make Fewer Errors, Make More Money (EP.261) 1:27:53

2M ago1:27:53

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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 one of America’s fastest-growing RIAs. He’s also the host of Masters in Business, Bloomberg Radio’s…

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Together, with Collin Bjork 58:38

2M ago58:38

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Collin Bjork and I discuss the double (triple?) meaning of "extractive AI". Collin explains Otter.ai -- an AI powered voice-to-text transcription software, and the capitalist logics that enable it -- vs. Maori-led Te Hiku Media, based on principles of stewardship, community and collaboration. Collin also explains how rhetoric is about togetherness …

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Jason Carman — Filmmaking at the Frontier (EP.260) 1:45:39

2M ago1:45:39

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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 the startups shaping the future, racking up over 130,000 YouTube subscribers along the way. His new …

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Deskill, with Hagen Blix 1:04:59

3M ago1:04:59

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In this episode Hagen Blix and I talk about how the fear of AI, from the non-billionaire CEO class, comes from the threat of deskilling workers. Recorded Mar 5, 2025. Released March 17, 2025. Tech Workers Can Still Fight Silicon Valley’s Overlords by Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Glimmer https://jacobin.com/2025/02/tech-workers-silicon-valley-trump/ Why …

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff — Experiment Your Way to a Better Life (EP.259) 1:30:05

3M ago1:30:05

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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 markers of success. But something was off. No matter how “traditionally” successful she became, she f…

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Unlearning, with Kane Murdoch 1:02:39

3M ago1:02:39

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In this episode I speak with Kane Murdoch about the perils of contract cheating. As an integrity officer, he frames what's happening with "cheating" as an unlearning that we should all be paying attention to if we care about education. Recorded Feb 6, 2025. Released March 10, 2025. Guerilla Warfare https://www.guerillawarfare.net/ Ellis, C., & Murd…

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Gabriel Kennedy — The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson (EP.258) 1:26:52

3M ago1:26:52

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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 modern times. I was delighted to sit down with Gabriel Kennedy, author of the excellent biography Chapel P…

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The Art of Retirement — Christine Benz (EP.257) 1:13:03

3M ago1:13:03

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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 for a Happy, Successful, and Wealthy Retirement" and serves as the president of the John C. Bogle Ce…

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Indexicality, with Roland Meyer and Gillian Rose 1:02:39

3M ago1:02:39

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AI images are circulating more and more online and sometimes we can't tell the 'real' from AI-generated. But as I discuss with the inimitable Gillian Rose and Roland Meyer, we need to think about AI images beyond their indexicality, i.e. the idea that a photograph is a direct representation of the subject it captures. In this episode, we grapple wi…

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Luke Fehily — Ireland's Innovation Playbook (EP.256) 1:10:38

3M ago1:10:38

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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 joining Progress Ireland, Luke cut his teeth in both public and private sectors, developing a unique perspecti…

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Rudy Havenstein — How to Fix America’s Accountability Crisis (EP.255) 1:40:11

4M ago1:40:11

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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, most importantly, what we can do to fix it. Important Links: Rudy’s Twitter Rudy’s Substack Show Notes…

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Asymmetries, with Jathan Sadowski 1:00:36

4M ago1:00:36

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In this episode Jathan Sadowski discusses the 'risk industry' as imagined by FIRE (finance, insurance and real estate) and the asymmetries they create. Recorded January 15, 2025. Released February 10, 2025. The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite/pape…

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Mark Daniel — How to Find a Kaleidoscopic Alien (EP.254) 1:26:31

4M ago1:26:31

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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 immersive learning. Back in 2013, he was also one of the very first recipients of a Thiel Fellowship. T…

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John Kennedy — The Hidden Crisis in American Education (EP.253) 1:10:31

4M ago1:10:31

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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 environments of students nationwide. It's mind-boggling how much low-hanging fruit there is here. The difference t…

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Lessons, with Charles Logan 55:08

4M ago55:08

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Charles Logan is the go-to person to talk to about how AI is infiltrating the many layers of education, from K-12 to universities. In this conversation, we learn our lessons; we talk about what Ed Tech is, its promise and hype, and (ultimately) how to refuse it as professors and teach students to resist it as well. We also wonder about 'AI-proofing…

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Michael Strong — Let’s Get Socratical (EP.252) 1:31:36

4M ago1:31:36

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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 school that equips students for lifelong happiness and success through Socratic dialogue. Alongside h…

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Storying, with Dillon Mahmoudi and Anthony Levenda 56:46

4M ago56:46

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In this episode I speak with Dillon Mahmoudi and Anthony Levenda about the relationship (feedback loop) between data and urban planning. We focus on the idea of 'storying' data to make it compelling and to get past the inertia of data delivered as mere stats or numbers that have little resonance and don't (or no longer) move people to action, towar…

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