John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Nov 17
#485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy
David Kirtley is a nuclear fusion engineer and CEO of Helion Energy, a company working on building the world's first commercial fusion power plant by 2028.
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2h 45m
Oct 31
#484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
Dan Houser is co-founder of Rockstar Games and is a legendary creative mind behind Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Red Dead Redemption series of video games.
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2h 54m
Oct 14
#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex
Julia Shaw is a criminal psychologist and author who in her books explores human nature, including psychopathy, violent crime, the psychology of evil, police interrogation, false memory manipulation, deception detection, and human sexuality.
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2h 48m
Apr 2020
30: The Neighborhood Software Pirate
<p>Special guest time! Digital Eclipse's Mike Mika joins us to talk about the early days of programming video games, how not to get murdered by your arcade machine, reverse engineering classic games without source code, the coming CRT apocalypse, and what the new console hardware ... Show More
1h 17m
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OpenAI taps Jony Ive for “iPhone for AI," FTC/Amazon + Roam Around CEO Shie Gabbai | E1820
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Jun 2024
Meet Palmer Luckey: The 31 Year Old Tech Billionaire Making Lethal Weapons For America
<p>Billionaire tech entrepreneur turned lethal weapons expert, Palmer Luckey joins the boys to discuss selling the Oculus Rift to FaceBook for $2B, building a real life Iron Man suit, Logan Paul vs Hillary Clinton, USA in WW3, Roaring Kitty & GameStop takeover, dressing like ... Show More
1h 41m
Apr 2024
Next-Gen Gaming: AI Souls, Real-time Culture, Personalized Avatars
<p>Over 3,700 companies applied to a16z’s SPEEDRUN. In this episode, we meet the founders pushing the boundaries of what games can be.</p><p>From the fusion of traditional gaming elements with modern tech-twists, a16z General Partner Andrew Chen and Partner Josh Lu discuss the ch ... Show More
30m 36s
Jun 2024
The social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon | Jessica Livingston (co-founder of Y Combinator, author, podcast host)
<p><strong>Jessica Livingston</strong> is a co-founder of Y Combinator, the first and most successful startup accelerator. Y Combinator has funded over 5,000 companies, 200 of which are now unicorns, including Airbnb, Dropbox, DoorDash, Stripe, Coinbase, and Reddit. Jessica playe ... Show More
1h 24m