Covid has caused massive upheaval and disruption around the world, but something I had not given a lot of thought to was the idea that disease shapes our political leanings. The concept of parasite stress is one that has been studied by my guest Dr Randy Thornhill for decades – it’s the idea…
Author: Josh Hamilton
Chatter #199 – Professor Paul Frijters: Lockdowns, Science, And The Great Covid Panic
A lot of the discussion about an inquiry into the covid response has been, in my view, poorly framed. There are massive lessons to be learned from this pandemic, but I believe that a huge segment of this is being ignored – what the cost of lockdowns will be and has already been….
Chatter #198 – Tim Weninger On Reddit, GameStop, And The Internet Hive Mind
Throughout the entire GameStop saga, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the idea of a hive mind. I’ve dedicated an entire chapter in my forthcoming book to this idea and I wanted to get Tim’s perspective. I first came across his work on hive minds when I saw his Ted Talk,…
Chatter #197 – Magicman London On Magic, Performance and Psychology
Magicman London was my guest on today’s show. David showed me some incredible tricks on camera – I cannot work out how he made this happen. He keeps finding my card!!! We spoke about counting cards in black jack, how he took handcuffs from a policewoman, and throwing cards through the window of…
Chatter #196 [Live] – Lawyer Of The Apes: Taking Citadel And Robinhood To Court
Today I am speaking to the Lawyer of the Apes about GameStop and the lawsuit against Citadel and Robinhood. We wanted to walk through the court case, the response from Citadel, and what we can expect to happen over the next few months! HELP ME CROWDFUND MY GAMESTOP BOOK. Go to https://wen-moon.com or…
Chatter #195 [Live] – Robert Palmer: Pandora Papers And The Offshore World
One of the biggest stories of the year is the release of the Pandora Papers, whilst we may still be at the beginning of the releases, there is already a lot of stories catching the headlines so I thought it was a great chance to talk about the offshore world and tax evasion…
