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Eric Jorgenson · Technology

Smart Friends

Casual conversations with founders, technologists, investors, and artists about building a brighter future, together. Welcome to our digital living room. With science, technology and entrepreneurship we can *continue* to create unfathomable leaps in quality of life. We show you how to find, apply, build, and invest in technologies to change your life and the world. When we have smart friends, we do smart things. When we do smart things, we save the world. No matter who, where, or when you are – now you have smart friends, too. Outside this podcast, I’m the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant and The Anthology of Balaji. Connect at ejorgenson.com Laugh and learn with people like Balaji Srinivasan, Naval Ravikant, Andrew Wilkinson, Austen Allred, David Senra, Josh Storrs Hall, Ashley Rindsberg, Zach Pettet, Bret Kugelmass, Omar ElNaggar, Grace Guo, Brett Kopf, Max Olson, Chris Williamson, Shane Mac, Tim Hwang, David Perell, Jason Hitchcock, Natalia Karayaneva, Sebastian Marshall, Taylor Pearson, Mitchell Baldridge and more. Join conversations with my partners in early-stage tech investing, Bo Fishback and Al Doan. Our Rolling Fun Episodes cover our investments and escapades as angel investors and startup helpers. We invest in startups creating the *next* industrial revolution. Learn more at rolling.fun “Surround yourself with people who remind you more of your future than of your past.”

Episodes

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My Conversation with Naval on Philosophy

23 Sep 2025
46m
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In this special edition podcast, the speakers revisit and expand upon key ideas from "The Almanac of Naval Ravikant," discussing topics such as the authenticity of public self-reflection, the importance of finding purpose through God, family, or mission, and the balance between introspection and rumination. They explor...

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My Conversation with Naval on Building Wealth

23 Sep 2025
37m
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This podcast episode commemorates the fifth anniversary of "The Almanac of Naval," featuring a conversation between Naval Ravikant and the speaker, delving into David Deutsch's ideas on wealth. Naval contrasts his initial focus on assets that generate passive income with Deutsch's broader, more philosophical definition...

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#095 Rolling Fun #10: Capitalism is Hard, Natural Gas From Sunshine, and "Blimps" (That Work This Time)

16 Sep 2025
1h 12m
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#094 Rolling Fun #9: Basketball, Asteroid Mining, Child Labor (Not Really Tho)

02 Sep 2025
1h 5m
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#093 Behind the Scenes of a Nuclear Microreactor Startup with Matt Loszak, Founder CEO of Aalo Atomics [Replay]

19 Aug 2025
1h 8m
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#092 Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan, Memoir as Recovery, and Reclaiming Your Story

05 Aug 2025
1h 8m
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In this episode of Smart Friends, Eric Jorgenson interviews Sarma Melngailis, the restaurateur behind Pure Food and Wine and One Lucky Duck, about her memoir, "The Girl with the Duck Tattoo," and her experience with the Netflix documentary "Bad Vegan." Sarma discusses her career, her relationship with a man who she des...

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#091 The Magic of Code, History of Computing, and the Future of AI Interfaces [Sam Arbesman #2]

22 Jul 2025
1h 15m
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#090 Building a Venture Firm From Zero to One, and AI-driven VC Thesis Research [Arkady Kulik #2]

08 Jul 2025
1h 10m
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#089 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #6 : Writing the Founders’ Book, Building Natural-fit Businesses, and Craft

24 Jun 2025
1h 31m
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#088 Toby Rush: $100M Exits, Splitting Companies, Timing Startups, and Ideem Killing 2FA

10 Jun 2025
1h 2m
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#087 Nat Eliason: From Blogging to Sci-Fi Novels, Writing Books That Last, and Owning Your Audience

27 May 2025
1h 20m
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#086 Jim O’Shaughnessy: Learning to Learn, AI Disruption, and the Future of Publishing

21 Jan 2025
1h 7m
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This interview podcast features Eric Jorgenson interviewing Jim O'Shaughnessy, an investor and author, focusing on the importance of learning and unlearning, particularly in professional contexts. The conversation begins with O'Shaughnessy discussing his personal learning journey, highlighting how his early experience...

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#085 Ben Reinhardt: How to Discover New Technology, Playing the Longest Game, and Philanthropy in Technology

07 Jan 2025
57m
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#084 Augustus Doricko: How to Terraform Earth, The History of Weather Control, and The Mandate of Heaven

10 Dec 2024
1h 1m
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#083 Klaus Kleinfeld: How to Lead Fortune 500 Companies, Manage Energy, Inspire Teams

26 Nov 2024
1h 16m
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#082 Paul Millerd: Profits in Publishing, Why Self-Publish, How Authors Make Big Money

29 Oct 2024
1h 38m
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#081 The Next Industrial Revolution w/ J. Storrs Hall [Replay]

02 Oct 2024
1h 38m
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#080 Solocast #3: Nuclear, Nanotech, and the next Industrial Revolution [Replay]

17 Sep 2024
53m
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#079 Andrew Wilkinson: De-risking Leverage, Investing vs. Operating, and the Best Part About Business [Replay]

21 Aug 2024
1h 7m
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#078 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #5: David’s Private Conference, Writing Books, and Building Networks

30 Jul 2024
2h 19m
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