Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Eric Roth, Academy Award-winning screenwriter behind Forrest Gump and many acclaimed adaptations. He talks about storytelling craft, structure versus freedom, psychedelic and near-death experiences shaping creativity, adapting books into screenplays, collaborations with directors like Scorsese, and the shifting landscape of filmmaking and writers’ roles.

Greg Brockman, OpenAI cofounder and president who helped build ChatGPT and Codex, walks through AI milestones and the switch from rule-based NLP to deep learning. He recounts founding OpenAI, scaling research into products, agentic AI that connects models to tools, and the engineering and safety trade-offs of deploying powerful models.

Greg Brockman, co-founder and president of OpenAI who led engineering and product strategy. He talks about personal uses of ChatGPT, how new models and infrastructure drive progress, the board crisis that reshaped the company, fundraising and Microsoft’s compute support, scaling teams and culture, and surprising breakthroughs from language models to biology.

Chris Pavlovski, founder and CEO of Rumble, built a creator-first video and cloud platform. He talks about Rumble’s rise from a small creator site to tens of millions of users. He covers building independent infrastructure and cloud services, handling takedowns and international legal fights, scaling monetization and crypto features, and plans for AI and global expansion.

David Whyte, Irish poet and philosopher known for lyric, meditative work, performs poems and reflects on love’s transforming charge. He explores falling for ideals, vulnerability as invitation, unrequited longing as rehearsal, and stepping beyond the self into courage and belonging. Intimate readings and stories about risking everything for a fuller life.

Bill Gurley, veteran venture capitalist known for Uber and Zillow bets, and author of Runnin’ Down a Dream. He traces a shift from Wall Street analysis to VC, explains how investors add value beyond capital, and recounts big misses like passing on Google. Conversation covers decision frameworks, the AI wave, writing a career book, and how founders signal future success.

George Saunders, acclaimed author and teacher known for inventive short stories and the Booker Prize–winning Lincoln in the Bardo. He talks about discovering ideas through writing, using small seed images to let stories grow, treating editing as ongoing creation, improvisation and rhythm in prose, spiritual practice influencing empathy, and teaching craft through close listening.

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, an ENT and sleep medicine physician who founded a direct‑care clinic, discusses sinus, sleep, and allergy care. She recounts early COVID outpatient treatments, shifts in access to monoclonal antibodies, and use of ivermectin and other therapeutics. She also covers building a cash‑based practice, conflicts with hospitals and medical boards, and care for long COVID and vaccine‑injured patients.

Barry Diller, a transformative media executive, shares his insights on the evolution of television and digital media. He discusses the dramatic shift from three networks to an overwhelming number of channels while emphasizing storytelling's enduring significance. Diller recounts pioneering long-form TV with the Movie of the Week and launching the Fox network, revealing his creative processes and the importance of robust advertising solutions. He also reflects on his childhood influences, sailing, cloning beloved dogs, and the fragility of truth in today's media landscape.

Joseph Nguyen, an author and mindfulness teacher, explores profound insights from his bestselling book, Don't Believe Everything You Think. He shares his journey from rock bottom to unleashing his intuition in writing, emphasizing the transformative power of minimal editing and questioning. Nguyen discusses his innovative marketing strategies via TikTok, shedding light on the challenges of maintaining creative control with publishers. He also highlights the importance of distinguishing intuition from fear, offering listeners a fresh perspective on personal growth.