Thrive’s Miles Grimshaw on Software’s Future, Impatient Patience, and New Adventures

Dialectic 56 + 21 Lessons from Thrive’s early-stage star

Sep 2 • Jackson Dahl

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August 2026

[untitled]’s Founders on Building a Sacred Place for Music | Dan Lilienthal & José Chayet

18 Lessons on Unfinished Songs, Sacred Software, and the Sophomore Album

Aug 20 • Jackson Dahl

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The Punk Rock Executive: Ian Rogers on a Life of Combining Tech and Cool | Dialectic

Selling Culture and new Technologies from Beastie Boys Webmaster to Apple Music to LMVH to Ledger

Aug 11 • Jackson Dahl

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July 2026

AI's Reluctant Believer: Zhengdong Wang on Feeling the Wave and What Still Matters After | Dialectic

23 lessons from our conversation about feeling the AGI

Jul 30 • Jackson Dahl and Zhengdong Wang

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The Artist-Founder: 22 Lessons from Patreon’s Jack Conte on Art, Money, and Endurance | Dialectic 52

An absolute heater from the unlikely CEO trying to help creatives make a living on the internet

Jul 22 • Jackson Dahl

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Nan Ransohoff on The Future of Philanthropy | Dialectic 51

Stripe's head of public goods on carbon removal, respiratory illness, and the need for more GMs for orphaned problems

Jul 15 • Jackson Dahl and Nan Ransohoff

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June 2026

Dialectic 50: Tyler Cowen & Nabeel Qureshi

Art, aesthetics, AI, mentorship, and much more for the 50th episode!

Jun 30 • Jackson Dahl and Nabeel S. Qureshi

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Jasmine Sun is Silicon Valley's Anthropologist | Dialectic 49

Serious memes, independent journalism, and writing in an automated world -- and my favorite lessons

Jun 19 • Jackson Dahl and Jasmine Sun

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2:37:22

Henri Stern's Principled and Pragmatic Approach to Success in Crypto

Building Privy and Selling to Stripe, Privacy, Moral Technology, and More

Jun 14 • Jackson Dahl

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May 2026

Paul Scherer is building an AI to bring us closer together

A 22 year-old raised $15M to build the world's "mutual friend"

May 27 • Jackson Dahl

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2:27:15

Nicole Seah thinks reality is more beautiful than fantasy

On multiple identities, being surprise by beauty, and the humans behind great companies

May 11 • Jackson Dahl

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1:55:13

April 2026

The Atlantic's Nicholas Thompson has lived a life of long form

The Atlantic, Breaking Running Records, and What we Choose to Inherit

Apr 28 • Jackson Dahl and Nicholas Thompson

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