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Smart Friends

by Eric Jorgenson

Casual conversations with founders, technologists, investors, and artists about building a brighter future, together. Welcome to our digital living room.  With science, technology and entrepreneurship we can *continue* to create unfathomable leaps in quality of life. We show you how to find, apply, build, and invest in technologies to change your life and the world.  When we have smart friends, we do smart things. When we do smart things, we save the world.  No matter who, where, or when you are – now you have smart friends, too.  Outside this podcast, I’m the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant and The Anthology of Balaji. Connect at ejorgenson.com  Laugh and learn with people like Balaji Srinivasan, Naval Ravikant, Andrew Wilkinson, Austen Allred, David Senra, Josh Storrs Hall, Ashley Rindsberg, Zach Pettet, Bret Kugelmass, Omar ElNaggar, Grace Guo, Brett Kopf, Max Olson, Chris Williamson, Shane Mac, Tim Hwang, David Perell, Jason Hitchcock, Natalia Karayaneva, Sebastian Marshall, Taylor Pearson, Mitchell Baldridge and more. Join conversations with my partners in early-stage tech investing, Bo Fishback and Al Doan. Our Rolling Fun Episodes cover our investments and escapades as angel investors and startup helpers. We invest in startups creating the *next* industrial revolution. Learn more at rolling.fun “Surround yourself with people who remind you more of your future than of your past.”

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#099 Jonathan Swanson: Scaling Thumbtack, 10x Delegation, and Designing an Ideal Life
Jan 6, 2026
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#098 Danielle Strachman: What Makes a Thiel Fellow
Nov 4, 2025
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#097 Brad Feld: Founding Techstars, Giving First, and Mentorship
Oct 21, 2025
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#096 Cal Riley: Special Ops, Grief, and Why Your Business Needs a Heart
Sep 30, 2025
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My Conversation with Naval on Building Judgement
Sep 23, 2025
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My Conversation with Naval on Saving Yourself
Sep 23, 2025
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My Conversation with Naval on Learning Happiness
Sep 23, 2025
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My Conversation with Naval on Philosophy
Sep 23, 2025
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My Conversation with Naval on Building Wealth
Sep 23, 2025
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#095 Rolling Fun #10: Capitalism is Hard, Natural Gas From Sunshine, and "Blimps" (That Work This Time)
Sep 16, 2025
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#094 Rolling Fun #9: Basketball, Asteroid Mining, Child Labor (Not Really Tho)
Sep 2, 2025
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#093 Behind the Scenes of a Nuclear Microreactor Startup with Matt Loszak, Founder CEO of Aalo Atomics [Replay]
Aug 19, 2025
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#092 Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan, Memoir as Recovery, and Reclaiming Your Story
Aug 5, 2025
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#091 The Magic of Code, History of Computing, and the Future of AI Interfaces [Sam Arbesman #2]
Jul 22, 2025
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#090 Building a Venture Firm From Zero to One, and AI-driven VC Thesis Research [Arkady Kulik #2]
Jul 8, 2025
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#089 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #6 : Writing the Founders’ Book, Building Natural-fit Businesses, and Craft
Jun 24, 2025
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#088 Toby Rush: $100M Exits, Splitting Companies, Timing Startups, and Ideem Killing 2FA
Jun 10, 2025
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#087 Nat Eliason: From Blogging to Sci-Fi Novels, Writing Books That Last, and Owning Your Audience
May 27, 2025
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#086 Jim O’Shaughnessy: Learning to Learn, AI Disruption, and the Future of Publishing
Jan 21, 2025
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#085 Ben Reinhardt: How to Discover New Technology, Playing the Longest Game, and Philanthropy in Technology
Jan 7, 2025
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#084 Augustus Doricko: How to Terraform Earth, The History of Weather Control, and The Mandate of Heaven
#082 Paul Millerd: Profits in Publishing, Why Self-Publish, How Authors Make Big Money
Dec 10, 2024
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#083 Klaus Kleinfeld: How to Lead Fortune 500 Companies, Manage Energy, Inspire Teams
Nov 26, 2024
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#082 Paul Millerd: Profits in Publishing, Why Self-Publish, How Authors Make Big Money
Oct 29, 2024
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#081 The Next Industrial Revolution w/ J. Storrs Hall [Replay]
Oct 2, 2024
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#080 Solocast #3: Nuclear, Nanotech, and the next Industrial Revolution [Replay]
Sep 17, 2024
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#079 Andrew Wilkinson: De-risking Leverage, Investing vs. Operating, and the Best Part About Business [Replay]
Aug 21, 2024
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#078 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #5: David’s Private Conference, Writing Books, and Building Networks
Jul 30, 2024
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#077 Alex Komoroske: Systems Thinking, Builders vs Gardeners, and Working In Large Organizations
Jul 18, 2024
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#076 The Alliance of Entrepreneurs and Scientists with Arkady Kulik of RPV
Jun 26, 2024
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#075 Flywheel Masterclass, Flying Planes, and Building For Creators with Nathan Barry of Convertkit
Jun 4, 2024
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#74 Rolling Fun #8: New LPs, Mark-ups, Giant Guns for Space Cargo, How to Find a Lead Investor, Software for Manufacturing, AI for Ecomm.
May 21, 2024
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#073 Rolling Fun #7: Q4 Updates: Nuclear Fusion, AI for Kids, AI Manufacturing — and how founders can find lead investors
May 1, 2024
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#072 The First Artificial Human Arm with Tyler Hayes of Atom Limbs
Mar 14, 2024
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#071 Robotic Delivery Tunnels with Garrett Scott of Pipedream Labs
Feb 27, 2024
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#070 Rolling Fun #6: Investing in Robotic Prosthetics, 10x Batteries. Al meets MrBeast.
Feb 13, 2024
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#069 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #4: Old Books, New Events, and A Surprise CEO Job
Jan 16, 2024
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#068 Behind the Scenes of a Nuclear Microreactor Startup with Matt Loszak, Founder CEO of Aalo Atomics
Aug 29, 2023
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#067 Room-Temperature Superconductors and Nuclear Fusion with Andrew Cote
Aug 15, 2023
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#066 World-Changing Potential of Next-Gen Batteries with Eli Dourado and Ethan Loosbrock (Ouros Energy)
Jul 11, 2023
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#065 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #3: Recap Capital Camp, Lunch with Sam Zell
Jun 27, 2023
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#064 The Synthesis of Media and Ecommerce with Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening
Jun 13, 2023
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#063 Turning Discoveries Into Companies with Sam Arbesman of Lux Capital
Apr 25, 2023
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#062 Meeting Charlie Munger and Starting RE Costseg with David Senra and Mitchell Baldridge
Apr 11, 2023
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#061 How CEOs Build with AI - Sean Devine of XBE
Apr 4, 2023
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#060 Making Data Honest (and Valuable) with Omar ElNaggar (Weavechain) and Zach Pettet (Money20/20)
Mar 28, 2023
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#059 Rolling Fun #5: Investing in Nuclear, Ecommerce Data, and AI Productivity
Mar 14, 2023
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#058 Scaling Nuclear Energy, Saving The World – Bret Kugelmass of Last Energy
Feb 28, 2023
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#057 Startup To Scale, What CEOs Learn - Austen Allred (Bloomtech) and Al Doan (Missouri Star Quilt Co)
Feb 14, 2023
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#056 New York Times’ Radical Distortions and Fabrications with Ashley Rindsberg, Author of “The Gray Lady Winked”
Jan 31, 2023
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#055 Crypto Business Banking and Long-Term Blockchain Applications with Grace Guo of Domo and Mitchell Baldridge
Jan 10, 2023
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