21 October 2019
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Don’t fear the algorithm
Robert Wright speaks with communications professor Nicholas Diakopoulos, author of the new book Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media.
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A Nobel winner!
Science writer John Horgan explains the “long bet” he just won over string theory and the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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The Rihanna interview gone wrong
Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy discuss the bizarre Twitter backlash to Rihanna’s recent interview in Vogue.
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A good debate night for Buttigieg and Bernie
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis analyze the Democratic debate.
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Did “Putin win” in Syria?
Max Blumenthal offers a dissenting view on the effects of Turkey’s incursion into Syria.
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Millennials and magic
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with Cait Raft and Drew Spears, the cohosts of This Podcast Is Self Care, about why many young people are embracing tarot, astrology, and crystals.
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Should we fear violent civil unrest?
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter examine the extreme risks of impeaching and convicting Trump.
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A magazine of ideas in an online world
Robert Wright speaks with Chris Lehmann, the new editor of The New Republic.
Is free college a good idea?
