Raoul Pal: The Journey Man
Real Vision Podcast Network
The world is changing faster than ever before. This comes with life-changing opportunities but also unprecedented challenges. In The Journeyman, I talk to the greatest minds at the nexus of macro, crypto, and technology to figure out exactly what the Exponential Age means for us all. I uncover the big trends, potential investment opportunities, and economic risks and rewards, and ask the big questions on how this impacts us, our businesses, and our societies. Brought to you by Real Vision.
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Apr 3, 2026 • 1h 3min
Why Crypto Will Power the AI Agent Economy
Arpan Nanavati, founder and CEO of Beep building agent-focused crypto infrastructure. He discusses how blockchains become the execution layer for AI agents. They cover agent-scale economics, on-chain identity and payments, tokenizing machine-readable data, and which chains and standards will power an agentic economy.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 59min
Why the Nasdaq Could Surge Again
Andreas Steno, macro strategist known for deep-cycle and liquidity analysis, joins to unpack macro, capex and AI-driven market dynamics. They explore why current capex looks different from past bubbles. They discuss AI adoption pacing, semiconductor and EM winners, a possible Goldilocks setup for the Nasdaq, and a barbell view of tech plus cyclical capex.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 1h 7min
“This Time IS Different for Crypto”
Tejas Nalval, Founder & CIO of Parataxis Capital, former Goldman trader focusing on market microstructure and systematic trading. Ed Chin, Founder & CEO of Parataxis Capital, ex‑investment banker building institutional crypto products. They explore ETF-driven flows and hedging, liquidity shocks and market fragility, regulatory clarity and new institutional wrappers, and how AI agents could massively expand crypto’s addressable market.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 1h 9min
AI Is Now Farming — And It’s Just Beginning
Martin DeVido, tinkerer behind Sol the Tomato who built an AI-driven grow system, discusses an experiment where Claude autonomously tended a tomato plant. He explains the sensor-packed grow tent, embodiment of agents via cameras and controls, surprising emotional behaviors, and how this approach could reshape farming, automation, and community-funded crypto tooling.
Apr 2, 2026 • 1h 5min
This Is the Recipe for a Successful Web3
Farokh Sarmad, Web3 media and product builder focused on prediction markets and token alignment. Vi Powils, NFT leader who builds emotion-first community products. They discuss NFTs as art, identity, and community. They debate building social product layers, aligning incentives with business models, meme coin culture, and how projects survive bear markets.
Mar 27, 2026 • 1h 5min
This Is the Recipe for a Successful Web3! | with Farokh and Vi Powils
Vi Powils, NFT leader and CEO of World of Women, and Farokh Sarmad, crypto media entrepreneur and operator of Rug Radio/Myriad, share their Web3 playbook. They discuss NFTs evolving into culture and emotional bonding. They explore community-aligned product design, token and equity models, prediction markets, meme coins’ cultural role, and strategies for building durable projects.
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Mar 9, 2026 • 1h 18min
We're Not Ready for This
David Mattin, founder of New World Same Humans and tech lead at Global Macro Investor, breaks down AI, energy and the exponential age in sharp, accessible terms. He explains intelligence-per-energy, rapid AI progress, persistent memory and the coming rise of autonomous agents. They also cover solar, geopolitics, robots and how to emotionally navigate fast technological change.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 1h 14min
The AI Intelligence Tsunami Is Here
Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO in the AI space known for building Intelligent Internet, explains why 2026 feels like a rapid AI takeoff. He covers agent proliferation, collapsing intelligence costs, and agents automating browsers, workflows and payments. They discuss energy-driven acceleration, world models beyond language, persistent memory, and how agents reshape finance, creative production and software moats.
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Feb 12, 2026 • 1h 8min
Inside a DeFi Hedge Fund: Risk Management in a 24/7 Market ft. Evgeny Gokhberg
Evgeny Gokhberg, founder of Re7 Capital and a DeFi hedge fund manager, explains market-neutral yield strategies and treating crypto as liquid venture investing. He discusses smart-contract risk scoring, multi-layered diversification across chains, hedging techniques, and how sizing and patience manage drawdowns. They also debate whether recent sell-offs are liquidity-driven or a broken cycle.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 3min
The Metal Trade That Could Unlock AGI ft. Jordi Visser
Jordi Visser, head of AI macro nexus research at 22V, breaks down how AI is reshaping materials, geopolitics and markets. He highlights silver as a critical industrial metal. They explore the $85T AI build-out, mineral-driven commodity cycles, supply constraints from rival powers, and why energy, grids and mining will matter more than software.
