22 November 2025
Larry Summers, Jeffrey Epstein, and Other Elite Malefactors
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the latest Epstein developments—including the Steve Bannon and Larry Summers revelations, whether MAGA can survive the fallout, and more!
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In this video:
- Bob’s Doha trip takeaways
- The Epstein-Bannon-Trump connection
- Can MAGA survive the Epstein saga?
- Email hygiene 101
- Paul defends Larry Summers
- Olivia Nuzzi hikes the Appalachian trail
- Overtime preview: Top podcasting secrets revealed! The punishment problem; Pluribus; the “great feminization” debate; AI “bubble” update; and more!
Pax Americana?
Robert Wright debates the uses and misuses of American military power with Shadi Hamid, author of the new book The Case for American Power.
Zohran, Epstein, and Two Decades of Bob and Mickey
Two decades after Bloggingheads.tv debuted, Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus look back on the blog era—and also discuss this week’s election results, Tucker-Fuentes, the AI bubble, and (of course) Jeffrey Epstein.
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and the Gatekeeper Question
Robert Wright and Paul Bloom discuss whether podcasts and other DIY media have put an end to gatekeeping and speech codes. Plus: Tucker for prez? William F. Buckley as proto-MAGA; and more!
Trump-Xi Truce, Gaza Ceasefire & Other Sketchy Deals
Robert Wright and American Prestige hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss the US-China trade talks, the state of the Gaza ceasefire, Bill Gates’s climate change of heart, and more!
The US-China Microchip-Minerals Showdown
Paul Triolo of the Albright Stonebridge Group and AIStackDecrypted on Substack joins Robert Wright to unpack the latest on the Trump-Xi trade war—plus: how we got here and where things could go next.
Whose Toady is Bari Weiss?
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss what to expect from Bari Weiss’s CBS News, Trump’s Israel-Gaza deal, OpenAI’s new app platform, and more.
How We Mishandled the Covid Pandemic
Robert Wright and political scientist Stephen Macedo—co-author of the book In Covid’s Wake—discuss the shortcomings of America’s response to Covid and the forces that shaped it.
Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists
Robert Wright and Robert Malley, co-author of the new book Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine, discuss how failures of perspective-taking have doomed attempted solutions.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Will One AI Rule Us All?
Robert Wright and Alex Komoroske, co-founder and CEO of Common Tools, discuss OpenAI’s business model and Alex’s plan to save us from its implications.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Is Reality Falling Apart?
Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov discuss Trump 2.0, Peter Thiel, Russia-Ukraine, Covid, “inner emigration,” deepfakes, and other ways disorder has become the new normal.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
The Trump Doctrine
Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov discuss what the ongoing assault on Venezuela says about the president’s foreign-policy agenda—and his mind.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Will AGI be our doom?
Robert Wright and AI safety activist Liron Shapira discuss and decode the vision of AI apocalypse presented in Eliezer Yudkowsky’s new book.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Bari Weiss, CBS, and Israel
Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov discuss Paramount’s $150M move to bring the Free Press founder in as editor-in-chief at CBS News. Plus: Trump’s Gaza peace plan, Netanyahu on TikTok, a Prigozhin conspiracy theory, and more.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Two Visions of AI Doom
