1 January 2025
Quasi-Year-End Edition
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the conquest of Canada, Luigi Mangione, AI as successor species, Elon’s AI agenda, a Google AI’s acumen, Paul’s (belated) AI awe, brutality on Bluesky, and more.
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Did the US start the catastrophe in Ukraine?
Scott Horton, author of the new book Provoked, makes the case that it did. From Robert Wright’s NonZero Podcast.
Syria’s uncertain political future
Robert Wright and Middle East expert Joshua Landis discuss.
Covid: The Evidence Against Natural Origin
Yuri Deigin of YouthBio Therapeutics, in conversation with Robert Wright, explains why he thinks Covid came from the Wuhan virology lab.
Was President Biden wrong to pardon his son Hunter?
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom debate the issue.
Will Trump release the JFK files?
Robert Wright and journalist Jefferson Morley, publisher of the JFK Facts newsletter, discuss.
Will Trump Go Full-On Authoritarian?
Robert Wright and American Prestige Podcast hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss.
Post-Election Reflection Edition
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom react to the 2024 election results: Why did Trump win? Who’s to blame? What will a second Trump term prioritize? What did Kamala do wrong (and right)? and more.
2024 Pre-Election Extravaganza
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus cover the waterfront ahead of next week’s Trump vs Kamala showdown.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
How to End the Ukraine War
Andrew Day and Connor Echols discuss the foreign policy news of the week. In this episode, Day and Echols also discuss how progressives should approach Trump’s foreign policy, and then Anatol Lieven joins to discuss Russia-Ukraine peace talks.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Marriage on the Rocks
Robert Wright and Conn Carroll, author of the new book Sex and the Citizen, discuss the history of marriage, its current troubles as an institution, and Carroll’s proposals to address them.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Why is so much of the AI community hawkish on China?
Robert Wright and Nathan Labenz, host of the Cognitive Revolution podcast, discuss the question in light of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s recent ideological self-disclosure.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Elon vs Bluesky, Jake Paul vs Tyson, AI vs World Peace
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the Bluesky boom, the Jake Paul-Tyson “fight”, AI’s militaristic turn, and more.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Is Trump a Good Fit for the AI Era?
Samuel Hammond of the Foundation for American Innovation and Robert Wright debate the issue, and also discuss the coming impact of AI, the authoritarian risks of regulating (and not regulating), whether Elon can be trusted on AI, and more.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
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