Thiel Talks

Peter Thiel, the highly successful tech entrepreneur and author, discusses his mentor Rene Girard; the Bible, how we read it, and how it reads us; Jesus’ death and resurrection; atheism and the limitless escalation of violence towards apocalypse. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

This panel includes venture capitalist Peter Thiel, AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky, and biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey on their thoughts on philanthropy and being pro-active. At Singularity Summit 2009. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

The Singularity Summit 2011 was a TED-style two-day event at the historic 92nd Street Y in New York City.  --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

December 5th, 2008. Peter Thiel says the U.S. may be facing several years of slow growth or stagnation. However, in a globalized and very competitive world, there are surprisingly big constraints on political action that can lead us toward being less capitalist and less competitive. In short, we will compete, although it will be an increasingly difficult slog unless our technological means elevate dramatically. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

October 3rd, 2014. Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel talks about the insights on building the future that he gained as an entrepreneur and investor. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

In this talk, Peter describes how our entire civilization is predicated on accelerating technological change. Peter Thiel, best known as the founder of both PayPal (sold to eBay in 2002) and hedge fund Clarium Capital, in 2009 launched the Thiel Foundation, a private foundation based in NYC that defends and promotes freedom in all its dimensions: political, personal and economic. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel joined The Nixon Seminar on Conservative Realism and National Security on Tuesday, April 6th to discuss Big Tech and China: What do we need from Silicon Valley? Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former National Security Advisor Ambassador Robert O’Brien led a discussion between Thiel and 15 national security experts. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel joined The Nixon Seminar on Conservative Realism and National Security on Tuesday, April 6 to discuss Big Tech and China: What do we need from Silicon Valley? Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former National Security Advisor Ambassador Robert O’Brien led a discussion between Thiel and 15 national security experts. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

The business founder and investor discusses America, globalization, and the state of technological innovation. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies, was the first outside investor in Facebook, and is the author of Zero to One, Notes on StartUps, or How to Build the Future.  The conversation focuses on Thiel's experiences founding companies, the state of technology and innovation, and the crisis in American higher education. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

Podcast recorded January 2021.  Peter traverses usual terrain of AI, education and China with some Covid updates and interesting takes on fin tech and bitcoin. Great to see Peter doing interviews again.  I love his realistic (slightly dark), intelligent optimism.  The podcast is called Unpacking Impact by CSIS and this was the first episode. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

February 6, 2012 - A conversation with: Peter Thiel, founding CEO of PayPal; Member, Board of Directors, Facebook; entrepreneur; and venture capitalist and Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

Peter Thiel, co-founder of worldwide online payments system PayPal, delivered the Commencement address at Hamilton College on May 22, 2016. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

--- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

SEI Torino Forum 2018 --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com