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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Robert Wright and Paul Triolo of the Albright Stonebridge Group discuss the Biden administration’s unprecedented restrictions on China’s import of microchips.
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.
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.
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.