Rory Sutherland – Behavioural Science, Marketing, and Persuasion

Infinite Loops | 1 July 2021 | 1h 21m | Listen Later | iTunes
Deliciously rambling interview with Rory Sutherland covering in-group versus out-group, the fractal nature of behavioural science, pricing heuristics, woke persuasion, the Barbra Streisand effect, Canada, and more.

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Rory Sutherland: Human Behaviour, Innovation, and Alchemy

Infinite Loops | 23 July 2020 | 1h 51m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Rory Sutherland about his book Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business. Discusses the relationship between marketing and innovation; human psychology and behavioural economics; the importance of framing; and stated versus revealed preferences.

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Chris Sommers – Adventures at Sea

Infinite Loops | 18 June 2020 | 1h 14m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Chris Sommers, the CEO at Unhedged. Mainly a rollicking tale about learning to sail whilst travelling the world – with a smattering of finance thrown in.

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Eric Jorgenson: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Infinite Loops | 4 June 2020 | 1h 11m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Eric Jorgenson about his upcoming book The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. Discusses Naval Ravikant’s background, key lessons from Naval’s writing and career, what made Eric want to write the book, wealth, happiness, leverage, and more.

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Dan McMurtrie: Pandemic Investing, Venture Capital, and Frontier Markets

Infinite Loops | 7 May 2020 | 1h 22m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Dan McMurtrie, Founder & CEO of Tyro Partners, and Partner at Anchorless Bangladesh. Discusses navigating uncertain markets in a COVID-19 world before a fascinating deep dive on Anchorless’ work investing in Bangladeshi technology startups.

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Jim Chanos – Financial Frauds and Manias: Past, Present, Future

Infinite Loops | 27 February 2020 | 1h 02m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with renowned short-seller Jim Chanos about using history as a guide for investors today. Discusses his career in finance, the Mississippi Bubble, how past financial frauds and manias can be useful for modern investors, Tesla, lessons from the Great Financial Crisis, his financial history course at Yale and Wisconsin, and Theranos.

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