Best Eric Huang Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 179 - Election Night 28:49

2h ago28:49

28:49

Due to our podcast recording day falling on Election Day, we decided not to have a guest. We also did our best not to talk about the election and almost made it to the end, but otherwise, it's all contest and cartoon talk! We discuss the winning entry for Contest #917 (Beaver? I hardly know her). Finalists for Contest #919 (A horse in a car? Don't …

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Climbing 58 14ers in 14 Days with Dan Hobbs 30:53

31m ago30:53

30:53

In 2022, Dan Hobbs achieved the record as the fastest self-supported person to climb all 58 of Colorado’s 14ers— a mountain that exceeds 14,000 feet in elevation— in just 14 days. Connect with Dan: Instagram If you enjoyed this episode: Listen to 100 Peaks in 50 Days with Jason Hardrath Thank you to our sponsors: Capital One: Check out the REI Co-o…

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Special Episode - Last Christmas: Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, and Christmas Past Part I 47:25

3h ago47:25

47:25

This is a special Saint Podcast episode for the holiday season. It’s a two-part exploration of how Saint Nicholas evolved into Santa Claus. The story isn’t a straightforward one at all – and involves a truly motley crew of gift-givers, demons, humanoid helpers, witches, pagan legends, goddesses, gods, and animal sidekicks. The story begins with the…

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Special Episode - Last Christmas: Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, and Christmas Past Part II 45:02

8h ago45:02

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Special Halloween Episode - Stigmata and the Bloody Wounds of the Crucifixion 40:55

2h ago40:55

40:55

Halloween is upon us! The day was originally a Christian holy day, heavily influenced by ancient pre-Christian traditions, known as All Hallows Eve. This All Hallows Eve, we’re going to explore a bloody phenomenon that has afflicted – or perhaps blessed – the faithful for centuries. The phenomenon manifests as open wounds corresponding to Christ’s …

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Beyond the hype: AI’s impact on medicine and science with Eric Topol 40:00

18h ago40:00

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Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing what we once thought impossible. But how can we distinguish genuine breakthroughs from mere hype? In this episode of Science Changing Life, we welcome Eric Topol, MD—renowned physician, scientist, and author. As executive vice president at Scripps Research and founder of the Scripps Research Translational …

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Episode 178 - Eric Drooker 1:46:19

2h ago1:46:19

1:46:19

On part 2 of this week's podcast we are joined by Illustrator, Eric Drooker. Eric's art has appeared on 40 New Yorker covers (his most recent was on last week's Money Issue) and is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Library of Congress. We talk with Eric about becoming an artist…

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Walking the Length of Africa with Mario Rigby 32:31

1d ago32:31

32:31

Mario Rigby is a serial adventurer who pushes himself to his limit out in nature. He's kayaked across Lake Ontario, biked across the entire country of Canada and walked the length of Africa. No matter what kind of expedition he's on, the motivation remains the same, to witness the good in humanity and challenge others to see it as well. Connect wit…

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How Glean CEO Arvind Jain Solved the Enterprise Search Problem – and What It Means for AI at Work 44:48

9d ago44:48

44:48

Years before co-founding Glean, Arvind was an early Google employee who helped design the search algorithm. Today, Glean is building search and work assistants inside the enterprise, which is arguably an even harder problem. One of the reasons enterprise search is so difficult is that each individual at the company has different permissions and acc…

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Meta 6:22:41

12d ago6:22:41

6:22:41

Meta is a company everyone knows (literally, everyone). But, somehow, it’s also a company that few people feel they actually understand. Their products are used by more humans than any other’s in history — almost half of the entire world’s population daily. But… what is Meta? Why do they do what they do? How do they do what they do? Ask ten people …

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Episode 177 - Yinfan Huang 1:40:22

7d ago1:40:22

1:40:22

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Yinfan Huang. Yinfan moved to the United States (Minneapolis to be exact) to attend college to be an Illustrator. She later moved to New York, discovered the New Yorker and sold her very first cartoon from the first Tuesday batch she submitted. Impressive! She is also an Illustra…

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#43 – Uma Roy on Succinct, STARKs, and zkVM architecture 1:11:21

7d ago1:11:21

1:11:21

This is my conversation with Uma Roy, cofounder and CEO of Succinct. Timestamps: (00:00:00) - intro (00:00:57) - origin story (00:02:19) - SP1 architecture (00:09:43) - STARKs, FRI, and hash-based cryptography (00:15:09) - recursion (00:21:12) - upgrading the proof system (00:33:11) - sponsor: Splits (00:33:54) - security in ZK systems (00:37:46) -…

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Wild Ice Skating with Angelina Huang 29:13

10d ago29:13

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Angelina Huang is a former Team USA figure skater who made the bold decision to retire from the sport at just 18 years old. After taking a step back to reconnect with herself, Angelina found a new passion—wild ice skating, where her love for the ice was reignited by the beauty of natural landscapes around the world. Connect with Angelina: Website I…

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Martyrs: Saint Sebastian the Gay Icon 40:04

14d ago40:04

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Episode two of Saint Podcast's Martyr series is about Saint Sebastian, the patron saint of pandemics, athletes, archers, and outcasts. He's one of the most well-known saints. No other saint has as many works of art dedicated to them from paintings to films to books and pop songs. Tune in to learn more about this 3rd-century Roman warrior from Gaul …

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OpenAI Researcher Dan Roberts on What Physics Can Teach Us About AI 41:42

8d ago41:42

41:42

In recent years there’s been an influx of theoretical physicists into the leading AI labs. Do they have unique capabilities suited to studying large models or is it just herd behavior? To find out, we talked to our former AI Fellow (and now OpenAI researcher) Dan Roberts. Roberts, co-author of The Principles of Deep Learning Theory, is at the foref…

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#42 – Andrew Huang on Conduit and scaling onchain compute 52:26

12d ago52:26

52:26

This is my conversation with Andrew Huang, the founder and CEO of Conduit. Timestamps: (00:00:00) - intro (00:00:42) - onchain and cloud compute (00:05:20) - parallel execution (00:09:08) - the application's perspective (00:16:14) - scaling the sequencer (00:26:52) - sponsor: Splits (00:27:36) - interoperability (00:33:11) - rollup economics (00:42…

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Episode 176 - Shannon Wheeler & Ken Krimstein 1:52:54

18d ago1:52:54

1:52:54

This week on the podcast, we are joined by two terrific cartoonists, Shannon Wheeler and Ken Krimstein. We've had both on the podcast previously, but we decided to have both on again at the same time. We're glad we did, because it turned out to be a very lively discussion about all things cartooning and a bit about bees. We also talk about their cu…

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Telling Jokes on the Trail with Matt Lyons 24:47

15d ago24:47

24:47

Comedian Matt Lyons— trail name Schmutz— is a thru-hiker who makes a living poking fun at outdoor enthusiasts. With a sharp wit and countless trail miles under his belt, Matt brings humor to everything from gear obsessions to the unpredictable mishaps of wilderness life. Connect with Matt: Instagram & TikTok Website Thank you to our sponsors: Capit…

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Google NotebookLM’s Raiza Martin and Jason Spielman on Creating Delightful AI Podcast Hosts and the Potential for Source-Grounded AI 32:07

15d ago32:07

32:07

NotebookLM from Google Labs has become the breakout viral AI product of the year. The feature that catapulted it to viral fame is Audio Overview, which generates eerily realistic two-host podcast audio from any input you upload—written doc, audio or video file, or even a PDF. But to describe NotebookLM as a “podcast generator” is to vastly undersel…

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Episode 175 - Isn't it Ionic? 39:05

28d ago39:05

39:05

Our guest this week was unable to join us due to a conflict on their calendar (they had "do podcast" and "forget to do podcast" marked on their calendar). They have rescheduled for later this year. Meanwhile, Paul, Beth and Nicole try to hold it together for the podcast and almost succeed until the very end. You can book us for your next event. Bet…

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Becoming a Wildlife Pilot with Denise Joi 22:11

22d ago22:11

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Denise Joi is a wildlife pilot and conservationist who’s taken her passion for the outdoors to the skies. Denise works alongside biologists to research, survey, and transport species in an effort to protect biodiversity. Her job is incredibly challenging and takes a lot of planning. But for Denise, it is beyond worth it. Connect with Denise: Instag…

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Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on Using Data to Create Simple, Reliable AI for Businesses 59:29

27d ago59:29

59:29

All of us as consumers have felt the magic of ChatGPT—but also the occasional errors and hallucinations that make off-the-shelf language models problematic for business use cases with no tolerance for errors. Case in point: A model deployed to help create a summary for this episode stated that Sridhar Ramaswamy previously led PyTorch at Meta. He di…

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Episode 174 - Lawrence Wood 51:19

28d ago51:19

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Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us once again to talk about the current New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker and the latest CartoonStock contest. We also discuss a new caption contest with a cartoon drawn by our ow…

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Martyrs: Saint Stephen the Protomartyr 23:11

28d ago23:11

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Since this is the debut episode of Saint Podcast, it seems only appropriate to begin with the story of Saint Stephen, the protomartyr - or first martyr. Saint Stephen is one of the few saints whose story has a Biblical source, but his tale continues beyond the Bible in medieval legends, traditional celebrations, and even a French football club. Dis…

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OpenAI's Noam Brown, Ilge Akkaya and Hunter Lightman on o1 and Teaching LLMs to Reason Better 45:22

29d ago45:22

45:22

Combining LLMs with AlphaGo-style deep reinforcement learning has been a holy grail for many leading AI labs, and with o1 (aka Strawberry) we are seeing the most general merging of the two modes to date. o1 is admittedly better at math than essay writing, but it has already achieved SOTA on a number of math, coding and reasoning benchmarks. Deep RL…

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Learning to Surf Pipeline with Jade Darmawangsa 30:38

29d ago30:38

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At 19, Jade Darmawangsa took on the wild challenge of surfing Pipeline—the most iconic and dangerous wave on the planet. There were two major obstacles: she didn't know how to surf, and she couldn’t swim. Connect with Jade: Website Instagram TikTok YouTube Thank you to our sponsors: Capital One: Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program and learn …

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#41 – Georgios Konstantopoulos on Reth, engineering management, and feedback loops 1:11:14

1M ago1:11:14

1:11:14

This is my conversation with Georgios Konstantopoulos, General Partner and CTO at Paradigm. Timestamps: (00:00:00) - intro (00:00:47) - iterating on rollups (00:07:52) - Reth architecture (00:25:44) - sponsor: Splits (00:26:27) - feedback loops with performance, stability, extensibility (00:36:14) - feedback loops with the team (00:49:17) - writing…

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Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg) 2:26:04

1M ago2:26:04

2:26:04

Here it is: the complete video of the most unbelievable night of Acquired’s nine-year life… our sold out live show at the Chase Center in San Francisco. We joked during the months (months!) of preparation leading up to this event that it was like planning a wedding for 6,000 Acquired fans, and the guest list included Jamie Dimon, Daniel Ek, Emily C…

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Episode 173 - Amanda Chung 2:00:41

1M ago2:00:41

2:00:41

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Amanda Chung. Amanda's first cartoon in the New Yorker appeared in the Nov. 20, 2023 issue. Her cartoons have also appeared in Air Mail, The Weekly Humorist and other publications. Before being published, Amanda contacted the podcast and Vin offered to collaborate with her. It's …

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Ski Mountaineering Through the Backcountry with Eric Carter 24:20

1M ago24:20

24:20

Eric Carter is an alpine athlete and endurance coach who discovered the niche sport of ski mountaineering, or "skimo," and never looked back. Skimo involves skiing uphill in the backcountry and riding the slope back down. Eric also founded Ridgeline Athletics, where he helps mountain athletes chase their own wild outdoor adventures. Connect with Er…

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Why Vlad Tenev and Tudor Achim of Harmonic Think AI Is About to Change Math—and Why It Matters 39:45

1M ago39:45

39:45

Adding code to LLM training data is a known method of improving a model’s reasoning skills. But wouldn’t math, the basis of all reasoning, be even better? Up until recently, there just wasn’t enough usable data that describes mathematics to make this feasible. A few years ago, Vlad Tenev (also founder of Robinhood) and Tudor Achim noticed the rise …

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Martyrs: Saint Ursula the Leader of 11,000 Virgins 43:25

2M ago43:25

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Episode six is about a saint whose name means little bear. She’s a British saint, a princess from Britannia, the name of the British Isles when England and Wales were part of the Roman Empire. Her legend is based around a pilgrimage that included an entourage of 11,000 virgins as well as an additional 15,000 hangers on. They met their end in modern…

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Gene editing, CRISPR, and drawing the line between science and fiction 39:33

1M ago39:33

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Thanks to revolutionary technologies like CRISPR, we’re now living in an age where it’s becoming possible to rewrite the very building blocks of life itself—our DNA. We sit down with Scripps Research Fellow and CRISPR expert Shannon Miller, PhD, to discover how these gene editing technologies are poised to reverse a range of diseases. Listen in as …

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Martyrs: Saint Margaret the Gender-Bending Dragon Slayer 32:34

1M ago32:34

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Episode 3 of Saint Podcast's Martyrs series is about Saint Margaret. She's one of the most popular saints globally, despite having been declared fictional by the Catholic Church in the 5th century. Nevertheless, her legend as a vanquisher of dragons has made her a perennial favourite. Tune in to hear the story of this gender-bending saint, known as…

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#40 – Vitalik Buterin on political philosophy in the 21st century 59:11

1M ago59:11

59:11

This is my conversation with Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum. Timestamps: (00:00:00) - intro (00:00:33) - the crypto lens on political philosophy (00:15:12) - the transition from the 20th to the 21st century (00:24:29) - sponsor: Splits (00:25:12) - the dimensions of uncertainty (00:46:14) - the duality between being idealistic and effective (…

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Episode 172 - Ali Solomon 1:32:43

1M ago1:32:43

1:32:43

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Ali Solomon. Ali is both a cartoonist and humor writer and has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker since 2018. Her work has also appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the Washington Post, The Believer, and WIRED, among other places. She has also written a book, "I L…

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#39 – Eric Alston on the US constitution 1:14:15

1M ago1:14:15

1:14:15

This is my conversation with Eric Alston, faculty director at the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder and research associate with the Comparative Constitutions Project. Timestamps: (00:00) - intro (01:29) - choice in institutions matters (08:53) - secondary rules as rules for making rules (17:41) - constitutional moments (20:41) - how the US con…

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The Mark Zuckerberg Interview 1:27:05

1M ago1:27:05

1:27:05

Mark is the iconic founder CEO of our time. At Chase Center on September 10, 2024, he did an unprecedented thing: a live conversation in front of 6,000 people on Meta’s company strategy, sharing stories from early Facebook history, and his thoughts on the future of AI, VR, and AR. Mark was remarkably candid in our discussion, and gave us a window i…

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Inspiring Climate Action with Lauren Bash 29:27

1M ago29:27

29:27

Lauren Bash is an environmentalist and storyteller who breaks down the complexities of climate change in an inspiring, accessible way. She empowers people with simple, actionable steps to create a healthier environment—and ultimately, a healthier world. Connect with Lauren: Website Instagram TikTok If you enjoyed this episode: Listen to Uncovering …

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Jim Fan on Nvidia’s Embodied AI Lab and Jensen Huang’s Prediction that All Robots will be Autonomous 49:13

1M ago49:13

49:13

AI researcher Jim Fan has had a charmed career. He was OpenAI’s first intern before he did his PhD at Stanford with “godmother of AI,” Fei-Fei Li. He graduated into a research scientist position at Nvidia and now leads its Embodied AI “GEAR” group. The lab’s current work spans foundation models for humanoid robots to agents for virtual worlds. Jim …

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Episode 171 - Bob Mankoff 1:25:51

2M ago1:25:51

1:25:51

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with former New Yorker Cartoon Editor and current Cartoon Editor at Air Mail Magazine, Bob Mankoff. Bob talks about the New Yorker and CartoonStock caption contests, A.I., dream cartoons and something new that he's been working on with Robert Nowak (former manager of the New Yorker contest crowdsource votin…

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Exploring Blue Zones with Dan Buettner 34:52

2M ago34:52

34:52

For the last 20 years, researcher and journalist, Dan Buettner has been studying the happiest, healthiest people on earth. In 2003, Dan started exploring Blue Zones— regions where people live longer than average, many living to be over 100. His work has revealed that by living in places that encourage healthy habits, living a long fruitful life is …

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