Team Futurism

Jaime Davila, a native to Mexico, earned an engineering degree in the US and went on to achieve a successful career in broadcasting. He eventually led operations at Mexico’s largest media company. He is now the author of the new book, Forgotten: How One Man Unlocked the Modern World.In this interview, Peter Clarke and Jaime discuss the story of a long-forgotten Dutchman who created a wind-powered sawmill. This invention was not only the first industrial machine, it was central to the shipbuilding in Europe that led to the rise of European superpowers.

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Adam Dickinson spent over 15 years as an FBI Intelligence Analyst and now leads a decision strategy firm focused on helping high-performing leaders navigate uncertainty, pressure, and high-stakes choices. His work bridges disciplined intelligence tradecraft with grounded intuitive frameworks to support intentional decision-making.In this interview, Peter Clarke and Adam Dickinson discuss the role of intuition in decision making, how AI is impacting jobs, how to find meaning in the modern world, and many other topics.

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Erich J. Prince is the editor-in-chief of Merion West, an independent publication that features thought-provoking essays and interviews with prominent intellectuals and politicians.

In this episode, Peter Clarke and Erich discuss the history of Merion West, the new direction that publication is taking, the hypocrisy of politicians, Erich's recent interview with Charles Murray, and other topics.

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This conversation with Peter Clarke and Devon Carsen covers a range of topics—some light, some incredibly dark. The headline topics include a chat about the glories of Austin, TX, the worst takes on the ICE/DHS shootings in Minnesota, and the prospects of everyone’s favorite/least favorite anti-Trump politician, Gavin Newsom.

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Naum Milyavskiy is a writer and filmmaker in Los Angeles. In this interview, Naum and Peter Clarke discuss a few of Naum's recent articles, including "Slop and Theft" and "The Rise of Griefbots." Toward the end, they also discuss Pluribus, new series on Apple TV.

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Journalist Eoin Higgins, who recently appeared on this podcast, is being sued by Matt Taibbi for his book Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left.In this episode, Peter Clarke and Devon Carsen discuss the lawsuit and their frustrations with partisan journalism and free speech hypocrites.See Eoin Higgins's essay about the lawsuit: “Yes, I’m being sued by Matt Taibbi.”Read the complaintAlso check out the Team Futurism interview with Eoin Higgins about his book Owned:

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In this livestream (recorded on YouTube on December 14), we discuss Derek Thompson’s essay “The Most Important Ideas for 2026” and give our takes on the winners and losers of 2025.

We also discuss the bombshell story in the New Yorker about Oliver Sacks fabricating the details of his case studies.

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Zion Lights is a prominent advocate for nuclear energy. Her new book, Energy Is Life: Why Environmentalism Went Nuclear, is currently available for preorder.In this interview, Peter Clarke and Zion Lights discuss the reality of climate change, the advantages of nuclear over other forms of clean energy, small modular nuclear reactors, and other topics.

Follow Zion on YouTube and on X @ziontree.

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This episode, recored as a YouTube livestream, features special guest Dain Fitzgerald. We invited Dain on the podcast to discuss, among other things, his recent articles for the Washington Examiner: “AI Datacenters Spur Anger Across the Political Spectrum” and “Trump’s AI Art Affinity.”Follow Dain on X @DainFitzgerald.

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Christopher Gerlacher is a writer who covers politics and prediction markets. He is also a political trading analyst at Prediction News.In this episode, Peter Clarke and Chris Gerlacher cover a range of topics related to prediction markets: what they are, how they work, how they cause harm to society, how AI will impact them, and more.

For more about Chris, follow him on X @GerlacherC and read his articles on Prediction News.

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