Upstream with Erik Torenberg

You’ll hear consequential ideas here first, and in the mainstream months later. Upstream is a curated nexus feed from the Turpentine podcast network, bringing you expert-level conversations hosted by some of the most compelling thinkers in the world including Noah Smith, Samo Burja, Byrne Hobart, Erik Torenberg, and Nathan Labenz. Guests include Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan, Dario Amodei, Brian Armstrong, David Sacks, Sam Harris, Katherine Boyle, Curtis Yarvin, and many more unmissable conversations.

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Every guest on Upstream with Erik Torenberg

86 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Itay Vinik
E40: Develop Your Personal Investing Strategy with Itay Vinik · Jan 2024

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Jack Reed

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Michael Guimarin
E29: Sense-Making, a Top 1% Information Diet, and Generation Warfare with Michael Guimarin · Oct 2023

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Noor Siddiqui
E78: Fertility, Healthy Humans, and Ending Genetic Disease w/ Noor Siddiqui, CEO of Orchid · 2 episodes

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Omar Shams
E75: The Future of AI-Enabled Companies with Omar Shams, CEO of Mutable AI · Sep 2024

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Todd Young

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Recent episodes

143 episodes from the feed, newest first.

E141: The Bronze Age Collapse and History's Selective Memory
May 2025
E140: Why Industrial Revolutions Stall
May 2025
E139: America’s Tech Strategy w/ Qasar Younis, Sen. Jack Reed, and Josh Wolfe
with Qasar Younis

May 2025
E138: Palantir CEO Alex Karp & Rep. Ritchie Torres on Innovation & The West | Hill and Valley Forum 2024
with Alex Karp

Apr 2025
E137: AI Safety vs Speed: Helen Toner Discusses OpenAI Board Experience, Regulatory Approaches, and Military AI [The Cognitive Revolution]
with Helen Toner

Apr 2025
E136: Trump V2: Tariffs, American Dynamism, Higher Ed | Byrne Hobart
with Byrne Hobart

Apr 2025
E135: The Problem With Reserve Currencies and Switching to Crypto w/ Lyn Alden [From the Archives]
with Lyn Alden

Apr 2025
E134: Atheism’s Decline, Consciousness, and The New Right w/ Ross Douthat
with Ross Douthat

Apr 2025
E133: China’s Energy Problem w/ Samo Burja
with Samo Burja

Apr 2025
E132: AI Managers, US vs China Analysis, and AI Art w/ Byrne Hobart
with Byrne Hobart

Apr 2025
E131: Abundance Agenda, The New Right, and 2008 Retrospective w/ Noah Smith
with Noah Smith

Apr 2025
E130: Elon Musk’s Network Effects and Checking in on Chinese AI w/ Byrne Hobart
with Byrne Hobart

Mar 2025
E129: Dark Triad, Romantic Partner Selection, and Dating Advice w/ Rob Henderson
with Rob Henderson

Mar 2025
E128: US-Europe Relations, How Japan Can Strengthen The Yen, and Predicting AI’s Growth Effects w/ Noah Smith
with Noah Smith

Mar 2025
E127: The Tech Right and How The Left Can Fix Itself w/ Jon Askonas
with Jon Askonas

Mar 2025
E126: Data Center Economics and AI Energy Requirements w/ Patrick McKenzie and Azeem Azhar
with Patrick McKenzie

Mar 2025
E125: Palantir’s Politics, Elon’s Approach to DOGE, and AI’s Effects on Writing w/ Byrne Hobart
with Byrne Hobart

Mar 2025
E124: How to Have A Philosophical Marriage w/ Agnes Callard and Arnold Brooks
with Agnes Callard

Mar 2025
E123: Trump & The Game of Populism w/ Samo Burja
with Samo Burja

Mar 2025
E122: Victor Davis Hanson on What Trump Thinks of Zelensky and Predicting Geopolitics
with Victor Davis Hanson

Mar 2025
E121: Kevin Kelly on What Makes Us Human in an AI World
with Kevin Kelly

Feb 2025
E120: Why Europe Matters for America’s Future w/ Samo Burja
with Samo Burja

Feb 2025
E119: Free Trade, AI Integration, and Shopify Q4 Results w/ Shopify President Harley Finkelstein
with Harley Finkelstein

Feb 2025
E118: Ending Woke, Why Elon Wins, and A Return to Innovation w/ Marc Andreessen [Moment of Zen repost]
with Marc Andreessen

Feb 2025
E117: The Future of Martian & Interplanetary Societies w/ Samo Burja
with Samo Burja

Feb 2025