"Moment of Zen"
Hosted by Erik Torenberg · Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez
3.9from 317 ratings
- 234
- Episodes
- 138
- Transcribed
- 317
- Ratings
- 2022
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About "Moment of Zen"
Every week, Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez and frequent special guests discuss what's happening in technology, business, politics, and beyond. Moment of Zen is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co
- Publisher
- Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez
- Category
- business · news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Dec 2022
- Latest episode
- 9 Aug 2025
Latest episodes
138 of 234 episodes have a transcript.
9 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
Why Urban Centers Outlast Empires | Samo Burja
2 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
AI and The War for Your Attention | Antonio Garcia Martinez and Chris Hayes from the a16z Podcast
26 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT
Why China and America are Creating the Same Ruling Class | Samo Burja
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Why Urban Centers Outlast Empires | Samo Burja
Published 9 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Is something people get wrong when they think about the proper role or its impact? I think that in online discourse, at least, there's been a lot of critique of the dysfunction of modern cities, modern American cities in particular. This is hardly unique. Most of 19th century literature was talking about cities, how they're like dens of crime, of vice, of corruption, of inefficiency, of mass exploitation, etc. But the society was undergoing a great golden age at the same time in the sense of an expansion of industrial production, rapid advances in technology. These were ascendant countries, the Paris and London that were super critiqued in the 19th century. […]
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- Samo Burja
- Antonio Garcia Martinez
- Chris Hayes
- Noah Smith
- Chris Best
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,368,097
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 91 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.9 / 5
- 226 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Erik Torenberg host the show. Published by Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez.
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