# Smart Friends

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Official site: https://www.ejorgenson.com/podcast/
Author: Eric Jorgenson
Episodes: 123

## Resource

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…

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## Episodes
- [#103 How to Destroy Bad Ideas Without Killing Relationships [The Dionysus Program with Sean Devine​]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/103-how-to-destroy-bad-ideas-without-killing-relationships-the-dionysus-program-with-sean-devine) — 2026-05-19T13:46:00+00:00
- [#102 ​The Next Renaissance, AI Reality vs Hype, and a Movement of Hope with Zack Kass](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/102-the-next-renaissance-ai-reality-vs-hype-and-a-movement-of-hope-with-zack-kass) — 2026-05-05T13:59:00+00:00
- [The Book of Elon - Part 4](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/the-book-of-elon-part-4) — 2026-04-07T16:37:00+00:00
- [The Book of Elon - Part 3](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/the-book-of-elon-part-3) — 2026-04-07T16:35:00+00:00
- [The Book of Elon - Part 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/the-book-of-elon-part-2) — 2026-04-07T16:26:00+00:00
- [The Book of Elon - Part 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/the-book-of-elon-part-1) — 2026-04-07T16:25:00+00:00
- [The Book of Elon launches today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/the-book-of-elon-launches-today) — 2026-03-24T13:50:00+00:00
- [My Conversation with Naval Megasode](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/my-conversation-with-naval-megasode) — 2026-02-24T18:11:00+00:00
- [#101 Tesla War Stories, Self-Driving at Waymo, and Building the Salesforce of BOM (Spencer Penn of LightSource)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/101-tesla-war-stories-self-driving-at-waymo-and-building-the-salesforce-of-bom-spencer-penn-of-lightsource) — 2026-02-03T15:58:00+00:00
- [#100 Interviewing Your Parents, Writing Through Fear, and One's First Book (Kyle Thiermann)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/100-interviewing-your-parents-writing-through-fear-and-one-s-first-book-kyle-thiermann) — 2026-01-20T13:55:00+00:00
- [#099 Jonathan Swanson: Scaling Thumbtack, 10x Delegation, and Designing an Ideal Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/099-jonathan-swanson-scaling-thumbtack-10x-delegation-and-designing-an-ideal-life) — 2026-01-06T15:11:00+00:00
- [#098 Danielle Strachman: What Makes a Thiel Fellow](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/098-danielle-strachman-what-makes-a-thiel-fellow) — 2025-11-04T14:01:00+00:00
- [#097 Brad Feld: Founding Techstars, Giving First, and Mentorship](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/097-brad-feld-founding-techstars-giving-first-and-mentorship) — 2025-10-21T13:19:00+00:00
- [#096 Cal Riley: Special Ops, Grief, and Why Your Business Needs a Heart](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/096-cal-riley-special-ops-grief-and-why-your-business-needs-a-heart) — 2025-09-30T13:33:00+00:00
- [My Conversation with Naval on Building Judgement](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/my-conversation-with-naval-on-building-judgement) — 2025-09-23T14:08:00+00:00
- [My Conversation with Naval on Saving Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/my-conversation-with-naval-on-saving-yourself) — 2025-09-23T14:07:00+00:00
- [My Conversation with Naval on Learning Happiness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/my-conversation-with-naval-on-learning-happiness) — 2025-09-23T14:04:00+00:00
- [My Conversation with Naval on Philosophy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/my-conversation-with-naval-on-philosophy) — 2025-09-23T14:02:00+00:00
- [My Conversation with Naval on Building Wealth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/my-conversation-with-naval-on-building-wealth) — 2025-09-23T14:01:00+00:00
- [#095 Rolling Fun #10: Capitalism is Hard, Natural Gas From Sunshine, and "Blimps" (That Work This Time)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/095-rolling-fun-10-capitalism-is-hard-natural-gas-from-sunshine-and-blimps-that-work-this-time) — 2025-09-16T16:34:00+00:00
- [#094 Rolling Fun #9: Basketball, Asteroid Mining, Child Labor (Not Really Tho)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/094-rolling-fun-9-basketball-asteroid-mining-child-labor-not-really-tho) — 2025-09-02T22:01:00+00:00
- [#093 Behind the Scenes of a Nuclear Microreactor Startup with Matt Loszak, Founder CEO of Aalo Atomics [Replay]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/093-behind-the-scenes-of-a-nuclear-microreactor-startup-with-matt-loszak-founder-ceo-of-aalo-atomics-replay) — 2025-08-19T13:04:00+00:00
- [#092 Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan, Memoir as Recovery, and Reclaiming Your Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/092-sarma-melngailis-bad-vegan-memoir-as-recovery-and-reclaiming-your-story) — 2025-08-05T15:35:00+00:00
- [#091 The Magic of Code, History of Computing, and the Future of AI Interfaces [Sam Arbesman #2]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/091-the-magic-of-code-history-of-computing-and-the-future-of-ai-interfaces-sam-arbesman-2) — 2025-07-22T13:23:00+00:00
- [#090 Building a Venture Firm From Zero to One, and AI-driven VC Thesis Research [Arkady Kulik #2]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smart-friends-2136135/090-building-a-venture-firm-from-zero-to-one-and-ai-driven-vc-thesis-research-arkady-kulik-2) — 2025-07-08T13:56:00+00:00

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