Junto Club

Welcome to the 37th meeting of Junto Club.  This episode has two spirited discussions.  We start by taking up the conversation asking what is science and can science be trusted. We also dive into the Metaverse. What is it? What can it be? Are we excited for it? For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Cl...

Welcome to the 36th meeting of Junto Club.  We’re back after an extended break due to holiday travel, illness and moving. I start out with a rusty introduction before we move on to talk about learning from someone who knows, the launch of the James Webb Telescope, Betty White, and making classic cars electric. Our main topic is on sports and society. We discuss how sports can have a profound role...

Welcome to the 35th meeting of Junto Club.  On this episode, Si comes by to talk blockchain. We cover the Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana white papers. To start the episode, we discuss a Benji quote about doing you, a college experience that leaves you prepped for isolation in San Quentin, and how listening to a hamster could’ve made you rich. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on s...

Welcome to the 34th meeting of Junto Club.  On this episode, Shu stumps us with a Benji quote that has something to do with friends, enemies, life and death. We talk about a how crypto and our government are both trying to fix our roads….or at least Miami’s roads. Finally, we dive into polarization in politics. We learn about how political parties were not a source of human tribalism in recent his...

Welcome to the 33rd meeting of Junto Club.  We return after over a month off thanks to Matt’s travel and Mike’s COVID On this episode, we talk about the Shu’s soon to be gambling addiction, the Dave Chappelle controversy, and Matt’s experience at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com T...

Welcome to the 32nd meeting of Junto Club.  This episode was recorded over a month ago.  On this episode, Matt gave us the down low on the upcoming DARPA challenge and talked about Tesla’s humanoid robot. Michael talked about sleep.  When return with newly recorded content next week, Matt will talk about holding a million dollar check thanks to the DARPA challenge, and Michael will talk about slee...

Welcome to the 31st meeting of Junto Club.  We begin this episode without a quote from Benji; instead, hearing what Charlie Munger has to say about Bitcoin.  This is in honor of our main topic, the practical applications of cryptocurrency.  Shu tries to convince us that crypto will democratize and fundamentally reshape numerous financial industries and that crypto will not simply remain a store of...

Welcome to the 30th meeting of Junto Club.  On this milestone episode, we start with Benji teaching us to be savers, and we wonder why more Olympic Games don’t force you to use your feet. For our main topic, Matt, after much research and consideration, discusses critical race theory.  For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail....

Welcome to the 29th meeting of Junto Club.  Shu and Matt start this episode with their minds in the gutter with an overly simplistic take when discussing a Benji quote about how to ride a man. Mike elevates their thinking in an episode-long discussion of A to C thinking. A to C thinking is the notion that humor and the ability to keep people engaged lives not in the immediately obvious response to...

Welcome to the 28th meeting of Junto Club.  On this episodes, we talk about industries that can benefit from robots, businesses that are working to address those needs, and where Shu might be able to jump in with his own company. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.

Welcome to the 27th meeting of Junto Club.  On this episode, we briefly talk about doing what you should, getting energy from fusion rather than fission, and the mental model of first principle thinking. Our main topic is aging, healing, and physical resiliency. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto C...

Welcome to the 26th meeting of Junto Club.  On this episode, Benji tells us what we need to do to keep flies away, and we do some quick math to figure out how unique we are when ordering coffee at our local Starbucks. Our main topic is the future of transport in cities, personal electronic vehicles. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclu...

Welcome to the 25th meeting of Junto Club.  On this episode, Shu starts rough. He claims it’s the 24th meeting and tries to reuse an old Benji quote before being called out.     He recovers nicely though to lead our main topic, which is startup investing, a legalized form of gambling. The episode devolves into us guessing at the likelihood of success for companies with products and services rangin...

Welcome to the 24th meeting of Junto Club.  On this episode, we talk about a couple that’s spent the last four months a little too close together and celebrate the centennial of the Chinese Communist Party. Our main topic examines human tribalism, or the common “us vs. them” mentality people have. We discuss the evolutionary underpinnings of this type of thinking and consider what tribes we belong...

Welcome to the 23rd meeting of Junto Club.  On this episode, we talk a little about Benjamin Franklin’s perspective on pride and the Free Britney movement.  Our main topic is on the savior of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, and his principles of leadership. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.

Welcome to the 22nd meeting of Junto Club.  Yes. The episode title is a bad joke. On this episode, we talk briefly about pet rocks coming back around and getting kids back to work before diving into Karl Marx, communism and socialism.  For any questions, comments or if you’d like to tell us what we got wrong, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.

Welcome to the 21st meeting of Junto Club.  On this episode, we talk about a marriage contract from Albert Einstein that aged poorly and aliens.  For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.

Welcome to the twentieth meeting of Junto Club.  Meeting twenty is a milestone episode for a couple of reasons. It’s our first episode done in person with all three of us in the same room. Also, in the time since meeting nineteen, Matt and Shu defended their Ph. D.s.  This meeting focuses on the good, the bad and the ugly of doing a Ph. D.  For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on s...

Welcome to the nineteenth episode of Junto Club. This is one of our more controversial episodes as we talk about depression, anxiety and the treatment of mental health conditions using hallucinogens. This includes diving into the neuroscience and behavioral science related to these conditions as well as the pharmacology of the legal and illegal treatments for these conditions. We discuss why these...

Welcome to the eighteenth episode of Junto Club. On this episode, Jake’s back; we think about the definition of the word “want”; Matt gives an update on the infrastructure bill, and we talk about Bruce Lee, his philosophy and different martial arts. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.

Welcome to the seventeenth episode of Junto Club. On this episode, Shu brings some unique pickup lines and other writings, and we talk about the neo-liberal bible, Why Nations Fail. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.

Welcome to the sixteenth episode of Junto Club. On this episode, Shu introduces a new and questionable segment, and we welcome back Jake to talk about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and gaming. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of Junto Club. On this episode, we talk about how the work to start something doesn’t compare to work to keep it running and a couple news stories. Then Shu interviews our guest Si on computer hardware design and the future of computing. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the...

Welcome to the fourteenth episode of Junto Club. On this episode, we learn not to play it too safe from Benjamin Franklin, and Shu tells us how to get free books. We spend most of the episode talking universal basic income. There’s lots of Matt rants. For any questions, comments or if you’d like to rant on something important to you, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.

Welcome to the thirteenth episode of Junto Club. On this episode, we start with a quote from Benjamin Franklin taking aim at smart asses before spending most of the episode on energy and the energy crises. For any questions, comments or if you’re a high school science teacher, who can help Shu out, email: juntoclubpodcast@gmail.com This is the Junto Club.