{"podcast":{"title":"The Metagame","slug":"the-metagame-5326696","podcast_index_feed_id":5326696,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/31504.rss","website_url":"https://themetagame.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/31504/750c3b474839801e856a20b6acb97c29.jpg","author":"Daniel Kazandjian","episode_count":54,"summary":"Practical philosophy for playing with life.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T04:19:56.976017+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696"},"episode":{"title":"#45 - Alex Zhu & Romeo Stevens | Debating the Perennial Philosophy","slug":"45-alex-zhu-romeo-stevens-debating-the-perennial-philosophy","published_at":"2026-02-09T16:01:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696/45-alex-zhu-romeo-stevens-debating-the-perennial-philosophy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696","url":"https://themetagame.substack.com/p/45-alex-zhu-and-romeo-stevens-debating","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187087116/660bfc6b3879181773ad9acb57d39915.mp3","summary":"Alex Zhu is a math olympian and researcher exploring the convergence of analytical rationality and religion. He’s also the co-founder of AlphaSheets . He’s currently working on a rigorous framework for bridging AI alignment and mysticism. Romeo Stevens is one of co-founders of the Qualia Research Institute and the founder of Mealsquares . He writes extensively about buddhism, pedagogy, skill development and psychotherapeutic modalities. You can find his work on his blog , Lesswrong and Twitter . In this episode, Alex and Romeo explore their disagreement around perennialism . The idea that all the world’s major religions are pointing to the same thing. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com","meta_description":"Alex Zhu is a math olympian and researcher exploring the convergence of analytical rationality and religion. He’s also the co-founder of AlphaSheets . He’…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5803,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-metagame-5326696/episodes/45-alex-zhu-romeo-stevens-debating-the-perennial-philosophy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696/45-alex-zhu-romeo-stevens-debating-the-perennial-philosophy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}