
Narratives w/Will Jarvis
Narratives is a project exploring stories about progress.
Narratives is hosted by Will Jarvis. For more content, transcripts, and show notes, check out narrativespodcast.com
Latest episodes

Jul 18, 2022 • 49min
103: Jordan Blashek - Defense, Political Polarization and Great Power Conflict
Jordan Blashek is the author of the book Union: A democrat, a republican, and the search for common ground. Jordan is also an impact Investor, and Military Veteran, focused on strengthening the U.S. strategic advantage. He is the cofounder of America’s Frontier Fund https://americasfrontier.org/
In this episode, we talk America's defense system, solving political polarization, and how we can win in a great power conflict with China.

Jul 11, 2022 • 56min
102: Aaron Hamlin - Approval Voting
In this episode, we are joined by Aaron Hamlin, the executive director of the nonprofit The Center for Election Science. Aaron has had great success implementing approval voting across the United States. This episode was cohosted by Lars Doucet.

Jul 4, 2022 • 49min
101: Caleb Watney - Progress, Immigration and Policy
In this episode, we're joined by Caleb Watney to talk about how he thinks about policy change, the current rate of progress, and how to make science go faster. Caleb is the co-founder of the Institute for Progress.

Jun 27, 2022 • 1h 4min
100: Vitalik Buterin - Governance, Political Economy and Crypto
In this episode, we're joined by Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum to discuss governance, political economy, and crypto. We also discuss land value taxes, Georgism, optimal voting systems and public goods provisioning. This episode was co-hosted by Lars Doucet.

Jun 20, 2022 • 56min
99: Daryl Fairweather - The Housing Crisis
In this episode, I'm joined by co-host Lars Doucet, and the Chief Economist at Redfin, Daryl Fairweather.
We talk about land value taxes, zoning, housing affordability, and a whole lot more.

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Jun 13, 2022 • 54min
98: Erik Hoel - Writing, Neuroscience and Genius
In this episode, we’re joined by writer and neuroscientist Erik Hoel to talk about where all the geniuses went, the secrets of the publishing industry, and the current state of neuroscience. You can find Erik’s work at: https://erikhoel.substack.com/

Jun 6, 2022 • 2h 5min
97: William Eden - VC, Parenting and Longevity
In this episode, I'm joined by entrepreneur in residence William Eden to discuss biotech venture capital, parenting, longevity, American decadence and a whole lot more.

May 30, 2022 • 54min
96: Nicholas Eberstadt - Men Without Work
In this episode, we are joined by Russ Greene and Nicholas Eberstadt to discuss his book men without work, about the collapse of prime age working male employment.

May 23, 2022 • 41min
95: Delian Asparouhov - Risk, Venture Capital and Agency
In this episode, we talk with Delian Asparouhov, principal at Founders Fund, about Keynesian beauty contest, who should become a founder, removing bottlenecks to successful companies, how to encourage more agency and more.

May 19, 2022 • 24min
Norman Ohler│Blitzed (Bonus)
In this bonus episode, we're joined by the author of Blitzed, Norman Ohler, to talk about drugs and their role in warfare.