10 November 2025
Zohran, Epstein, and Two Decades of Bob and Mickey
Two decades after Bloggingheads.tv debuted, Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus look back on the blog era—and also discuss this week’s election results, Tucker-Fuentes, the AI bubble, and (of course) Jeffrey Epstein.
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In this video:
- This week in underappreciated world history
- Were the elections all—or just mostly—bad news for Trump?
- Will Trump invade Venezuela?
- Epstein’s creepy relationship with Trump
- What’s the shutdown fight really about?
- Mickey vs Ezra Klein (in absentia) on healthcare
- Back down the Epstein rabbit hole
- Was Tucker playing 4D chess with the Fuentes interview?
- What happened to the blogosphere?
- The case for (and against) Bari Weiss
- AI doom in fiction vs reality
- The AI bubble: Dot-com déjà vu?
- AOC in 2028?
- Mickey: Beware of gym girls!
The Trump Doctrine
Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov discuss what the ongoing assault on Venezuela says about the president’s foreign-policy agenda—and his mind.
The US-China Microchip-Minerals Showdown
Paul Triolo of the Albright Stonebridge Group and AIStackDecrypted on Substack joins Robert Wright to unpack the latest on the Trump-Xi trade war—plus: how we got here and where things could go next.
Will AGI be our doom?
Robert Wright and AI safety activist Liron Shapira discuss and decode the vision of AI apocalypse presented in Eliezer Yudkowsky’s new book.
Whose Toady is Bari Weiss?
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss what to expect from Bari Weiss’s CBS News, Trump’s Israel-Gaza deal, OpenAI’s new app platform, and more.
How We Mishandled the Covid Pandemic
Robert Wright and political scientist Stephen Macedo—co-author of the book In Covid’s Wake—discuss the shortcomings of America’s response to Covid and the forces that shaped it.
Two Visions of AI Doom
Robert Wright and David Krueger—AI safety activist and machine learning professor at The University of Montréal—discuss Eliezer Yudkowsky’s new book on AI takeover and contrast it with David’s own theory of how a takeover could play out.
Free Speech after Charlie Kirk
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the threats to and weaponization of free speech norms in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assasination.
Tribalism and the Charlie Kirk Killing
Robert Wright and Glenn Loury discuss the assassination of the conservative activist—and the role of political polarization in leading to it and in shaping the aftermath.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and the Gatekeeper Question
Robert Wright and Paul Bloom discuss whether podcasts and other DIY media have put an end to gatekeeping and speech codes. Plus: Tucker for prez? William F. Buckley as proto-MAGA; and more!
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Trump-Xi Truce, Gaza Ceasefire & Other Sketchy Deals
Robert Wright and American Prestige hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss the US-China trade talks, the state of the Gaza ceasefire, Bill Gates’s climate change of heart, and more!
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Bari Weiss, CBS, and Israel
Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov discuss Paramount’s $150M move to bring the Free Press founder in as editor-in-chief at CBS News. Plus: Trump’s Gaza peace plan, Netanyahu on TikTok, a Prigozhin conspiracy theory, and more.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists
Robert Wright and Robert Malley, co-author of the new book Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine, discuss how failures of perspective-taking have doomed attempted solutions.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Israel, Gaza, and Free Speech in America
Robert Wright and Glenn Loury discuss the war in Gaza and the discourse around it—including the “genocide” question, the evolving Israel speech code, and the price Glenn paid for airing diverse views on the Glenn Show.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
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