11 December 2023
Is the Gaza crisis hopeless?
Robert Wright and American Prestige hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, and the Blob's failures of foresight.
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What AI optimists get wrong
Robert Wright and economist Daron Acemoglu discuss the possible economic and social impact of AI.
A peek behind the DEI curtain
Rhetorician and co-founder of Free Black Thought Erec Smith talks about his eye-opening experience as a DEI officer.
What Really Happened at OpenAI?
Timothy B. Lee, author of the newsletter Understanding AI, and Robert Wright discuss the Sam Altman drama, its causes, and its fallout.
Can Trump Be Stopped?
Does Nikki Haley have a real shot at an upset? Or is the Republican primary effectively over? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
Biden’s Israel-Palestine dilemma
Robert Wright and political analyst Omar Baddar discuss the President’s political calculus.
Getting Russia Right
Robert Wright and Thomas Graham, author of the new book Getting Russia Right, discuss stalemate in Ukraine, Putin’s “messianic” transformation, and the future of relations with Moscow.
Solidarity, not segregation
Glenn Loury and Yascha Mounk discuss the necessity of finding a middle ground between race abolitionism and racial essentialism.
China’s Overreach, America’s Overreaction
Robert Wright and political scientist Susan Shirk, author of the book Overreach, discuss Chinese politics, US foreign policy, and how the superpowers can improve relations.
The Glenn Show
The price of a “poetic truth”
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss evidence brought to light in a new documentary about the death of George Floyd and the trial of Derek Chauvin.
The DMZ
Christie Saved Nikki
Did Nikki Haley get help from Chris Christie in the debate? Did she miss an opportunity to build on her momentum? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
The Glenn Show
Are Jewish students in danger?
Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, Daniel Bessner, and Tyler Austin Harper debate whether Jewish students are right to feel unsafe on campus.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Is AI Evolving into an Existential Threat?
Dan Hendrycks of the Center for AI Safety and Robert Wright discuss the dangerous Darwinian dynamics of AI development, the prospects for AI safety in a tribalized world, understanding AI “psychologically”, and more.
The DMZ
A History of Dem ‘Bedwetting’
On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss whether anti-Semitism is on the rise, the history of Democratic bedwetting, whether Israel is losing the PR war, and more.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Israel-Palestine and Ethnic Identity
