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<p>The Portal is an exploration into discovery, including conversations with thought leaders. Host Eric Weinstein, Managing Director of Thiel Capital, brings his unique expertise and diverse roster of guests for a wide range of discussions, including science, culture, business, and capitalism. The show will feature people whose lives demonstrate that portals into what we would normally consider impossible, are indeed possible. Guests include presidential candidate Andrew Yang, NY Times bestselling author Sam Harris, and retired Navy Seal and creator of the hit business podcast Jocko Willink.</p>
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December 2, 2020
<p>In this solo episode, Eric shares three related audio essays. In the first essay, Eric admits that he has spent the last four years asserting that Donald Trump represented an Existential Risk, but without the usual contempt for his supporters. Here, Eric finally responds to the frequent requests for clarification of his unusual position, by beginning to explain what is behind his view of the Trump and MAGA phenomena. </p><p>In the second essay, Eric discusses the odd phenomena of Trump's post election strategy of contesting the election, and what to make of all those who refuse to accept Biden's apparent win despite the state of the legal battles and election certifications. </p><p>In the last essay, Eric discusses loyalty in the context of close relationships where there are accusations of impropriety, and uses the framework set out to provide context for Sam Harris' public displeasure with still unnamed members of the Intellectual Dark Web. </p><p>N.B. Eric and Sam have recently discussed the matter privately to make sure they have a generally shared mutual understanding of the events. </p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to our sponsors:</p><p><br></p><p>Netsuite by Oracle: <a href="http://Netsuite.com/portal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Netsuite.com/portal</a></p><p><br></p><p>ExpressVPN: <a href="http://ExpressVPN.com/portal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ExpressVPN.com/portal</a></p><p><br></p><p>Blinkist: <a href="http://Blinkist.com/portal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blinkist.com/portal</a></p><p><br></p><p>Skillshare: <a href="http://Skillshare.com/theportal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Skillshare.com/theportal</a></p><p><br></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
October 24, 2020
<p>If you don't know Douglas Murray, in the estimation of the The Portal, this may well be the most important voice you will hear from the United Kingdom for some time. In the tradition of De Tocqueville and Alistair Cook's famous "Letter from America," Douglas Murray is America's true friend. He is not the man who tells you that you look great and laughs at all your jokes, but the one who pulls the big mac out of your mouth, flushes your cigarettes down the toilet, locks your liquor cabinet and personally drives you to rehab until you straighten yourself out. </p><p>I have met many men who train in combat sports, or extoll the virtues of masculinity. However, I know of none braver than Douglas Murray. In our time, this is one voice of relentless reason that everyone needs to hear.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to our sponsors:</p><p>Skillshare: </p><p><a href="http://Skillshare.com/ThePortal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Skillshare.com/ThePortal</a> for a free trial of premium membership</p><p>Indeed: </p><p><a href="http://Indeed.com/Portal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indeed.com/Portal</a> free $75 credit</p><p>Netsuite: </p><p><a href="http://Netsuite.com/Portal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Netsuite.com/Portal</a> for a free product tour</p><p>Theragun:</p><p><a href="https://www.theragun.com/portal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Theragun.com/Portal</a> Try risk-free for 30 days</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
August 12, 2020
<p>If you have ever wondered whether you were crazy when everyone else claims to see things differently than you do, this is the episode for you.</p><p>Book clubs are everywhere and we are always asked for book recommendations. But what about the great Essays, Interviews, Conversations, Aphorisms, Shaggy Dog Stories, Lyrics, Courtroom Testimonies, Poems, Movie Scenes, Jokes and the like? Sadly, there is almost never a club in which to discuss them. Yet there are Essays and offerings in other intellectual formats that are just as profound and meaningful as any book while having the advantage of being much more in keeping with modern attention spans. The Portal seeks to fill this obvious lacuna. </p><p>We thus finish out the regular first year of the Portal Podcast with an inaugural episode of an experiment: The Portal Essay Club. In this episode Eric reads aloud an astonishing essay from 1944 by Arthur Koestler which changed his world. In the essay, Koestler wrestles with a difficult question that has plagued independent thinkers for ages: what if everyone who is supposedly 'normal' is actually a maniac living in a dream world? What if the only sane ones appear crazy just as the crazy appear sane? </p><p>During the episode, Eric first reads aloud the essay "The Nightmare That Is A Reality." and then discusses paragraph by paragraph what makes this one of the most profound yet often forgotten essays to have appeared within the twilight of living memory (1944 as it happens). We hope you will enjoy this experiment and let us know what you would like to see appear next in this series. </p><p>Thanks for a great first year. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Thank You From Our Sponsors </strong></p><p><strong>Mack Weldon</strong>: For 20% off your first order visit <a href="http://www.mackweldon.com" target="_blank">www.mackweldon.com</a> AND ENTER PROMO CODE: PORTAL</p><p><strong>ExpressVPN</strong>: Protect your online activity today at <a href="http://www.expressvpn.com/PORTAL" target="_blank">www.expressvpn.com/PORTAL</a> and get an extra 3 months FREE on a one-year package.</p><p><strong>NetSuite</strong>: Receive your FREE guide – “Seven Actions Businesses Need to Take Now” and schedule your</p><p>FREE Product Tour at <a href="http://www.netsuite.com/PORTAL" target="_blank">www.netsuite.com/PORTAL</a> </p><p><strong>Unagi Scooters</strong>: Get $150 off your own Unagi E500 electric scooter while supplies last at <a href="http://www.unagiscooters.com " target="_blank">www.unagiscooters.com </a>PROMO CODE PORTAL </p><p><br></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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