Episodes: 49
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Male
Listener location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 1.4k subscribers
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Waheed Nabeel - Host of The Innovation Civilization Podcast, featuring conversations (with friends of Empasco) with domain experts on civilizational progress and the first-principles shaping the modern world—spann...
David E. Spiro - Petrodollars, American Hegemony, Sanctions/financial Infrastructure, Trust/liquidity And Global Order
Ian Morris - Energy Systems Shaping Human Values; Long-run Patterns Across Civilization
Tim Minshall - Scaling Innovation; Manufacturing Ecosystems; Industrial Strategy And Value Capture
#48 - Omri Amirav-Drory : The End of Scarcity: If AI Can Do Every Job, What’s Left for Us?
October 03, 2026
We spend a lot of time asking what AI can do. Write software. Analyse a company. Design an experiment.A harder question follows: if those capabilities become widely available, where does value move?That was the starting point for our conversation with Omri Amirav-Drory, a scientist, founder, and general partner who leads NFX Bio. Before becoming an investor, he founded Genome Compiler, which was acquired by Twist Bioscience.We connected through his essay, The Case for Venture Capital in the A...
#47 - Jacopo Buongiorno: The Nuclear Renaissance: Can We Build Cheap, Clean Energy Again?
August 09, 2026
We're joined by Professor Jacopo Buongiorno, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, Director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, and Director of Science and Technology at the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory. His research spans reactor safety, advanced nuclear systems, small modular reactors, microreactors, and the future of nuclear energy in a carbon-constrained world.Jacopo’s central argument is clear and balanced: nuclear is not the answer to every energy problem...
#46 - David Spiro : Iran, Petrodollars & the New World Order
May 09, 2026
We're joined by David E. Spiro, political scientist and author of The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Petrodollar Recycling and International Markets.The book, published by Cornell University Press, challenged the standard story that petrodollar recycling in the 1970s was simply a market-driven process and instead showed the deeper political role of American power in shaping where oil surpluses went.David’s central argument is that the dollar system has always been about more than economics...
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The Innovation Civilization Podcast typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Established domain experts—university professors/researchers, recognized authors, or senior leaders in innovation/industrial strategy/energy/economics and policy research. Common among recent guests: Authored or edited major books with academic publishers; Academic leadership roles (e.g., professor/head of institute); Notable research contributions with public-policy or industry relevance. Recent guests include David E. Spiro, Ian Morris, and Tim Minshall.
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