Ritavan joins The Intentional Investor for a powerful story about family history, identity, idealism, and how the lives we inherit shape the people we become. In this Story Time episode, Matt Zeigler revisits one of the most unforgettable Intentional Investor conversations, tracing Ritavan’s family story from social reform in India to a village doctor on horseback, deep friendship, tragedy, resilience, and the meaning of chosen family.

Dave Nadig joins Notes on Notes to discuss his Epsilon Theory Unplugged essay Paying Attention: A Case for Contemplative Autonomy and why thinking for yourself matters even more in the age of AI. This conversation explores writing, research, introspection, AI assistants, and the importance of sitting with your own thoughts before outsourcing your opinions.

Craig Wilson joins Matt Zeigler on The Intentional Investor for a conversation about anxiety, ambition, identity, faith, work, and what happens when a life built on performance finally breaks. Craig traces his path from a Tennessee farm to Harvard Business School, banking, family office leadership, the redevelopment of San Antonio’s Pearl Brewery, four months without sleep, and the transformation that taught him the difference between doing and being.

In this episode of Notes on Notes, Matt Zeigler talks with Adam Butler about the writing process behind The Neurometaphysics of Ruin and how big ideas move from frustration to research to narrative. They discuss AI-assisted writing, Claude as a research partner, Ian McGilchrist’s left brain right brain framework, world-building, reductionism, legibility, and why modern society may have lost sight of what all its measurement is supposed to serve.

Rusty Guinn joins Matt Zeigler to discuss The Almanac and the Ambulance, AI, writing, creativity, and the productivity problem with large language models. They explore how writers can use AI as a thinking partner without losing the human judgment, metaphor, and meaning that make good writing work.

Joseph S. Moore joins The Intentional Investor to discuss his journey from working class South Carolina to historian, professor, entrepreneur, and author of How to Get Rich in American History. In this conversation, Matt Zeigler and Joseph explore the personal stories behind money, ambition, education, rejection, faith, family, risk taking, and the long path from a 2008 financial wake-up call to a national bestselling book.

In this episode of Epsilon Theory Unplugged, Matt Zeigler talks with Brent Donnelly about his essay I Want It, But I Don’t Like It and the hidden costs of smartphones, Twitter, social media addiction, and attention capture. They discuss why phones can create a “dark zone” similar to gambling addiction, how boredom can be useful, and how Brent structures his writing process without letting AI take over his voice.

Epsilon Theory Unplugged launches with Ben Hunt and Matt Zeigler discussing why human writing matters more in an age of AI-generated content, thought leadership, and endless digital noise. Ben explains the idea behind the new series, why he is returning to direct human-to-human writing, and how his process for writing Contact: AI and the Semantic Dimension reflects a deeper commitment to craft, originality, and voice.

Taylor Schulte joins The Intentional Investor to talk about the life experiences that shaped his path from skateboarding and punk rock to financial planning, entrepreneurship, marketing and building a business on his own terms. This conversation explores the people, setbacks and lessons that helped Taylor develop confidence, competitiveness, resilience and a lifelong drive to keep getting better at things that can never be fully mastered.

In this episode of The Intentional Investor, Matt Zeigler sits down with Mat Cashman to explore the path from classical saxophone to options trading, market making, education, and career reinvention. The conversation covers music, perfectionism, teaching, the CBOE trading floor, risk, failure, identity, and what it means to keep learning after life forces you to change direction.