Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez, and Erik Torenberg sit down with Professor Walter Russel Mead, an American academic, author, WSJ- and Tablet-contributor, and podcast host to discuss the shape of the next era after our information age.
Moment of Zen is part of Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co

RECOMMENDED PODCASTS:
Founding a business is just the tip of the iceberg; the real complexity comes with scaling it. On 1 to 1000, hosts Jack Altman and Erik Torenberg dig deep into the inevitable twists and turns operators encounter along the journey of turning an idea into a business. Hear all about the tactical challenges of scaling from the people that built up the world’s leading companies like Stripe, Ramp, and Lattice. Our first episode with Eric Glyman of Ramp is out now: https://link.chtbl.com/1to1000
--
Walter Russell Mead is one of our favorite guests on Moment of Zen, and he also has his own show called What Really Matters, a new podcast from Tablet Magazine (whose editor in chief, Alana Newhouse, was also on our show recently). Every week on What Really Matters, Mead and deputy editor Jeremy Stern analyze the revolutionary changes upending American life and connect them to larger trends. Go to tabletmag.com/podcasts/what-really-matters or subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

TIMESTAMPS:
(01:00) Episode Preview
(03:30) What is the American Crisis right now?
(08:00) New social model for the information age
(11:24) Sponsors: Vanta | NetSuite
(16:30) A(brahamic) bomb and revolutionary change in human society
(22:40) Has religion peaked or is the world getting more religious?
(28:00) Who believes in happy endings?
(30:30) Israel vs. American Jews
(33:00) Israeli-Palestinian conflict still matters, just not to Israelis in power
(36:40) Characterizing American foreign policy
(45:00) Nation states vs Network States h/t Balaji
(54:20) Defining the next era of Post Liberalism
(1:01:00) Populists, Plutocrats, Technocrats, and the Intelligentsia
(1:11:00) Israel’s future and what’s at stake
(1:24:00) Could California be Republican again?
(1:30:00) Golda Meir and female power
(1:33:50) Arafat and a jasmine-scented night in Gaza

LINKS:
-What Really Matters podcast: https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/what-really-matters
-Walter Russell Mead, The A(braham) Bomb: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/abraham-bomb-via-meadia-walter-russell-mead
-Antonio Garcia Martinez, Among the Protestors: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/among-the-protesters-antonio-garcia-martinez
-Go back and listen to our Moment of Zen episodes with Tablet’s Editor in Chief Alana Newhouse (E29), Nadia Asparouhova (E26) and Liel Leibovitz (E23)

X / TWITTER
@wrmead (Walter)
@WRMpod (What Really Matters)
@eriktorenberg (Erik)
@antoniogm (Antonio)
@dwr (Dan)
@moz_podcast (Moment of Zen)

SPONSORS: Vanta | NetSuite
Are you building a business? If you’re looking for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or HIPAA compliance, head to Vanta. Achieving compliance can actually unlock major growth for your company and build customer loyalty. Vanta automates up to 90% of Compliance work, getting you audit-ready in weeks instead of months and saving 85% of associated costs. Moment of Zen listeners get $1000 off at https://www.vanta.com/zen

NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you’re looking for an ERP platform, head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/ZEN and download your own customized KPI checklist.