5 November 2024
2024 Pre-Election Extravaganza
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus cover the waterfront ahead of next week’s Trump vs Kamala showdown.
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In this video:
- Is Mickey all-in on Trump?
- The “garbage” wars and their aftermath
- Kamala’s path(s) to victory
- Mickey explains the logic of voting for Trump
- Why Trump sucks, why Kamala sucks
- Bob doles out (p)recriminations
- Will Israel-Iran escalate?
- How Kamala could win Mickey’s vote
- Why did Kamala go negative?
- Mickey plays pundit defender
- Which swing state looks worst for Kamala?
- How Biden made war in Taiwan more likely
- Four Dem sex “scandals”
- Bob trashes Trump’s tariffs
- Bob looks for a silver-lining to a second Trump term
- Elon Musk, the oligarch’s oligarch
Is the Chip War against China Backfiring?
Robert Wright and Paul Triolo of the Albright Stonebridge Group discuss the Biden administration’s unprecedented restrictions on China’s import of microchips.
October 7th: One Year Later
Robert Wright and journalist Ron Kampeas discuss the impact of October 7 and its aftermath on American Jews, Israel’s place in US politics, Israel’s military strategy, the prospects for lasting peace, and more.
Elon Goes Full-on Trump
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss Elon’s Trump stumping, assess the Vance-Walz vibe war, debate the Coates-CBS controversy, wax philosophical about mission impossible, and more.
Who Won the VEEP Debate?
On this week’s DMZ, Matt K. Lewis and Bill Scher weigh-in on Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate between Tim Walz and J.D. Vance.
Is the Middle East Headed toward a Regional War?
Robert Wright and Connor Echols discuss items from this week’s Earthling.
Elon, Trump, and Other Scary Billionaires
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss whether Elon is really crazy, whether Trump is really an anti-Semite, how oligarchic the US is getting, and more.
A New Kind of Artificial Intelligence
Robert Wright and Timothy B. Lee, author of the Understanding AI newsletter, discuss OpenAI’s latest release: What’s with the name? How does it work? Is it worth the hype? And does it bring us closer to doom?
Kamala Set 3 Traps in the Debate
Matt K. Lewis and Bill Scher dissect the Kamala-Trump presidential debate.
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China Viewed from China
Robert Wright and journalist Peter Hessler, author of Other Rivers: A Chinese Education, discuss.
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Elon, Trump, and Other Enigmas
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the odd 2024 betting markets, Trump’s latest locker-room talk, Elon’s empathy deficit, Coates’s controversial cognitive-empathizing, and more.
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AI Snake Oil
Robert Wright and Arvind Narayanan, co-author of the new book AI Snake Oil—and co-host of the same-named podcast—discuss generative AI’s impact, AI uses and misuses, whether progress should (or can) be slowed, and more.
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Bob v. Mickey on Trump v. Harris
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss/debate various 2024 election topics: Which candidate is less impressive? What does the Vance dossier really reveal? Is Kamala’s foreign policy looking better than Biden’s? And more.
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Israel-Hamas, Year One
Robert Wright and American Prestige podcast hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner assess the Gaza war, 348 days after 10/7: Biden’s role, Saudi-Israel relations, the state of the two-state solution, the pager attacks in Lebanon, and more.
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The Trump-Kamala Debate
