Epsilon Theory Podcast

Scott Shadian joins Matt Zeigler on The Intentional Investor to tell the extraordinary story of helping evacuate 1,200 vulnerable Afghans during the fall of Kabul and explain how decades in diplomacy, conflict zones...

Ben Hunt and Matt Zeigler explore why a world dominated by AI and influencers makes it harder to develop authentic role models and trust your own judgment. They discuss writing as a tool for discovering what you...

Ben Hunt explores the Semantic Manifesto, his argument that ideas are real and AI can act as a portal that helps humans access, visualize, and manifest them. He explains Plato's theory of forms, why AI helped him...

Strong Towns founder Chuck Marohn joins Matt Zeigler to trace the life experiences that shaped his thinking about cities, community, entrepreneurship, and purposeful work. From growing up on a Minnesota farm and nearly...

Matt Zeigler sits down with Dave Nadig to unpack Free Treasure and explore how personal writing gets shaped through drafting, editing, feedback, and the willingness to cut ideas you love. They also discuss AI and...

Kris Abdelmessih breaks down what the collapse of a highly leveraged AI trade reveals about leverage, liquidity, risk management, and why intelligence alone is not enough to survive markets. He also explains how...

Jack Boudreau joins Matt Zeigler to discuss his unconventional path from childhood speech challenges and high school side hustles to JPMorgan investment banking, entrepreneurship, social media, and founding Habits. They...

Brent Donnelly joins Matt Zeigler on Epsilon Theory Unplugged to explore creative burnout, formulaic writing, content overload, and the struggle to preserve an authentic voice. They discuss how deadlines, audience...

Ben Hunt and Matt Zeigler explore why authentic writing still matters in the age of AI and what separates lived human experience from machine-generated analysis. They discuss how reading creates connection, why great...

In this Story Time episode of The Intentional Investor, Matt Zeigler revisits Roger Mitchell's lessons on sports leadership, career ambition, power and personal values. Through stories involving FIFA, Scottish football...

Matt Zeigler joins Notes on Notes to discuss his Epsilon Theory Unplugged essay Nobody Wants To Earn Their Shit and what it says about AI, creativity, writing, music and earned opinions. This conversation explores why...

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...

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...

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...

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...