25 March 2023
The dangerous politics of indicting Trump
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the issue.
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In this video:
- Bob: On foreign policy, there is no real Ron DeSantis
- The difference between right-restrainers and left-restrainers
- The dangerous politics of indicting Trump
- Trump’s new plan to take out the deep state
- Is the war turning in Ukraine’s favor?
- Why did DeSantis change the pronunciation of his name?
- Parrot Room preview: Everything Everywhere All At Once speaks to Bob; SVB fallout not over; banning the word “woke”; Camaro goes out of production—or does it?; likelihood of Covid lab-leak
Debating DeSantis
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the Florida governor’s framing of the Ukraine War as a “territorial dispute”.
Ron DeSantis’s Ukraine Bet
On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the SVB bank crisis—is “wokeness” to blame? Plus: Should DeSantis copy Trump’s “America First” approach to Ukraine? And will we miss Mitch McConnell when he’s gone?
Reckoning with the atomic bomb
Robert Wright and Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of The Man from the Future, discuss how John von Neumann handled the ethical questions arising from his work on the Manhattan project.
The Scott Adams controversy
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams’s remarks about black people.
Psychoanalyzing ChatGPT
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom—author of the new book Psych—discuss current artificial intelligence programs and how they compare to the human mind.
Ending 300,000 years of human stagnation
Glenn Loury and economist Oded Galor discuss humanity’s ancient cycle of economic stagnation and how we escaped it.
Blinky, The Three-Eyed Fish
On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the East Palestine situation—has it derailed Biden… and Buttigieg? Plus: Trump vs. DeSantis vs. who else? And has CPAC lost its cachet?
The DMZ
Can “Florida Man” Win?
On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis ask: Can DeSantis take Trump’s attacks? Plus: Are people moving to Florida to escape “wokeness”? Will an indictment hurt or help Trump? And did the 1980 “October Surprise” change the course of history?
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To bail out or not to bail out?
Robert Wright and banking expert Richard Vague discuss the costs and benefits of the government’s decision to intervene in the Silicon Valley Bank crisis.
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Biden insults Xi Jinping, Xi rebukes America
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss escalating US-China tensions.
The DMZ
Fiery But Mostly Peaceful
On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis ask: What happened to Tucker Carlson? Plus: Scott Adams’ explanation/excuse; Is Trump back on top in the GOP primary?; Could Fox News lose Trumpists?; And did Biden do the right thing on the DC crime bill?
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All sticks, no carrots
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the Biden administration’s approach to foreign policy.
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China, an AI superpower
