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May 21, 2026

Why Progress Is the Exception, Not the Rule | Chelsea Follett

Why Progress Is the Exception, Not the Rule | Chelsea Follett

Chelsea Follett joins Infinite Loops to explain why the “good old days” were far darker than most people imagine — and why progress should never be taken for granted. Chelsea is the managing editor of Human Progress and author of Centers of Progress and the forthcoming The Grim Old Days.…

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May 15, 2026

AI Tools That Give Creators More Control | Mykhailo Marynenko

AI Tools That Give Creators More Control | Mykhailo Marynenko

Mykhailo Marynenko joins Infinite Loops for for a fascinating conversation about the future of AI, creative tools, privacy, and data ownership. From growing up in his father’s phone repair shop in Ukraine to building experimental AI systems today, Mykhailo has spent his life taking things apart, figuring out how they…

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May 14, 2026

AI Tools That Give Creators More Control | Mykhailo Marynenko

AI Tools That Give Creators More Control | Mykhailo Marynenko

Mykhailo Marynenko joins Infinite Loops for for a fascinating conversation about the future of AI, creative tools, privacy, and data ownership. From growing up in his father’s phone repair shop in Ukraine to building experimental AI systems today, Mykhailo has spent his life taking things apart, figuring out how they…

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May 7, 2026

Dispatches from Grief | Danielle Crittenden

Dispatches from Grief | Danielle Crittenden

On a February morning, Danielle Crittenden’s world cleaved in two: the life before her daughter Miranda was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment, and the life after. Two years and three months later, Danielle joins Infinite Loops to discuss her luminous memoir, Dispatches from Grief, which unflinchingly traces the strange…

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April 30, 2026

The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine | Saloni Dattani

The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine | Saloni Dattani

Saloni Dattani joins Infinite Loops to discuss why medical innovation is often much slower than it needs to be. We explore why so much research still begins in animal models, how poor data distorts our understanding of disease, why clinical trials are one of the biggest bottlenecks in medicine, and…

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April 23, 2026

How to Fix America’s Building Problem | Brian Potter

How to Fix America’s Building Problem | Brian Potter

Why has America become so bad at building housing, infrastructure, and major projects? Brian Potter, author of The Origins of Efficiency and writer of Construction Physics, explains why prefab housing keeps failing and why there are no easy fixes to America’s building problem. We discuss Katerra, California’s anti-growth turn, and…

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April 16, 2026

What Ancient Greece Can Teach Us About AI and the Future | Alex Petkas

What Ancient Greece Can Teach Us About AI and the Future | Alex Petkas

What can Aristotle, Plato, Prometheus, and the Greek city-states teach us about AI, innovation, and the future of human flourishing? Alex Petkas joins the show to explore how old myths still matter in a world shaped by technology. We talk about Prometheus as the foundational myth of tech, Plato’s fear…

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April 9, 2026

Why the Future Belongs to Curious People | Sam Arbesman

Why the Future Belongs to Curious People | Sam Arbesman

Scientist and writer Sam Arbesman joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on AI, optimism, science, education, archives, science fiction, and why the history of computing still has so much to teach us. We talk about why pessimism is often mistaken for sophistication, why AI may reward open-mindedness more than intelligence,…

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April 2, 2026

Why the Best Founders Might Need a Little Delusion | Johnathan Bi

Why the Best Founders Might Need a Little Delusion | Johnathan Bi

Johnathan Bi returns to Infinite Loops for a conversation about founders, delusion, America, religion, mysticism, and the strange tension between truth and action. We explore why some of the most effective builders may be the least introspective, why societies often run on useful fictions, how America encourages megalomania, what happens…

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March 26, 2026

What Truly Drives Successful People | Polina Pompliano

What Truly Drives Successful People | Polina Pompliano

Polina Pompliano studies some of the most successful people in the world—and what she’s found challenges how we think about success, creativity, and human behavior. In this episode of Infinite Loops, we explore the mental models behind high performers, why we misunderstand people (including ourselves), and what it really takes…

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March 24, 2026

Why Rule-Breaking Matters More Than You Think

Why Rule-Breaking Matters More Than You Think

Sometimes deviance is a bad thing — we call that crime. Other times, we call it creativity.

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March 23, 2026

Why Every New Innovation Feels Dangerous

Why Every New Innovation Feels Dangerous

Everything invented before us feels normal. Everything invented after us feels dangerous. #innovations #inventions #tech

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March 20, 2026

Why Everything Feels Like a Remake

Why Everything Feels Like a Remake

Everyone complains that movies are all remakes—but the data says it’s actually true. #movies #curiosity #infiniteloops

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March 19, 2026

Why Creativity Feels Like It’s Dying | Adam Mastroianni

Why Creativity Feels Like It’s Dying | Adam Mastroianni

In this episode of Infinite Loops, we speak with Adam Mastroianni—experimental psychologist and sharp critic of modern culture and science. We ask, why does creativity feel like it’s fading? From endless remakes to cultural sameness, Adam argues that as society becomes more stable and risk-averse, we may be unintentionally reducing…

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March 17, 2026

Lives Without Meaning Seek Distractions

Lives Without Meaning Seek Distractions

Distraction isn’t always the problem — sometimes it’s the signal. Arkady Kulik explains why the urge to distract yourself can reveal something deeper about your life.

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March 16, 2026

The Easiest Way to Lose in Life

The Easiest Way to Lose in Life

Defeat doesn’t require effort — it only requires blaming someone else. Arkady Kulik explains why the moment we externalize responsibility is the moment everything starts falling apart.

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March 13, 2026

The Real Problem With Ego

The Real Problem With Ego

Most people think the problem is having a big ego. But the real question is whether your ego controls you — or you control it.

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March 12, 2026

The Real Reason People Avoid Hard Conversations | Arkady Kulik

The Real Reason People Avoid Hard Conversations | Arkady Kulik

In this episode of Infinite Loops, we sit down with venture capitalist and physicist Arkady Kulikov to explore the psychology behind founders, responsibility, and self-deception. Kulik discusses why the hardest problems in business are almost always human problems, how great founders deal with stress, and why the biggest lie entrepreneurs…

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March 10, 2026

The Problem With the Modern Education System

The Problem With the Modern Education System

Modern education produces incredible test takers — but often fails to prepare students for real life. According to neuroscientist Angus Fletcher, the system trains students to believe there is always a single correct answer and that the system already has it. But real life doesn’t work that way.

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March 9, 2026

Why the U.S. Army Doesn’t Use PowerPoint

Why the U.S. Army Doesn’t Use PowerPoint

Why do some of the best planners in U.S. Army Special Operations write their plans on chalkboards instead of using PowerPoint? According to neuroscientist Angus Fletcher, writing by hand activates the motor cortex — the part of the brain responsible for generating actions. And actions are what generate plans. The…

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March 7, 2026

The Real Source of Optimism

The Real Source of Optimism

Most people think optimism means believing the future will work out. But neuroscience tells a different story. According to Professor Angus Fletcher, optimism actually comes from looking at the past — remembering all the times you faced uncertainty, made mistakes, and figured things out anyway.

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March 6, 2026

AI + Humans = Total Intelligence

AI + Humans = Total Intelligence

Most people exploring AI are making the same mistake: they stop doing the human part. Professor Angus Fletcher explains why technology should amplify human imagination rather than replace it. Humans can move between probability and possibility, optimization and innovation — something machines alone cannot do. The real future isn’t AI…

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March 5, 2026

The Biggest Mistake We Made About Intelligence | Angus Fletcher

The Biggest Mistake We Made About Intelligence | Angus Fletcher

In this episode of Infinite Loops, Jim O’Shaughnessy sits down with Angus Fletcher, Professor of Story Science at Ohio State University's Project Narrative and author of multiple books at the intersection of narrative theory, psychology, and brain science. Angus’ research challenges one of the most widely accepted ideas in modern…

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March 3, 2026

We're Living in Parallel Political Universes

We're Living in Parallel Political Universes

We don’t share the same facts. We don’t share the same vocabulary. And we stop seeing each other’s humanity. #news #politics #humanity

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