Faster, Please! — The Podcast

About Faster, Please! — The Podcast

Welcome to Faster, Please! — The Podcast. Several times a month, host Jim Pethokoukis will feature a lively conversation with a fascinating and provocative guest about how to make the world a better place by accelerating scientific discovery, technological innovation, and economic growth. fasterplease.substack.com (https://fasterplease.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

James Pethokoukis

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jul 2022

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

25 of 107 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The AI state of play: My interview with Ramez Naam

   Host Alex Imas interviews Ramez Naam, founder of Planetary VC, about the current state and future impact of AI progress and its economic implications.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   An update on AI’s economic impact: My interview with Scott Strand of Google’s AI & Economy program

   Scott Strand of Google’s AI & Economy program discusses AI's societal and economic impact, exploring its use in non-routine tasks and scientific progress in this interview.

3. 

   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How economic growth can defeat authoritarianism: My interview with Dalibor Rohac, author of ‘Unshackled’

   Host James Pethokoukis interviews Dalibor Rohac, author of ‘Unshackled,’ exploring how economic growth can defeat authoritarianism and strengthen the Western alliance.

Inside a recent episode

The AI state of play: My interview with Ramez Naam

Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] E-Room's Law is the opposite of Moore's Law. Moore's Law says computing power doubles roughly per dollar every 18 months. E-Room's Law says over some period of time, the amount of money you have to spend to design and develop a new drug gets 10 times more costly. We already have these steep diminishing returns to research. AI should help bend some of those curves and accelerate how fast we find cures to diseases, develop new materials, yada, yada, yada. I see it as fundamentally very good for humanity. But I think there's a particular assumption in the, my gosh, the singularity is scheduled for next Tuesday, sort of forecast, or for March 3rd, 2027, I can tell you it's the singularity, whatever viewpoint you have. […]

Who has been a guest on Faster, Please! — The Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ramez Naam
• Scott Strand
• Dalibor Rohac
• Christian Catalini
• Tyler Cowen

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85