Robert Wright and Kanjun Qiu, CEO of AI research lab Imbue, discuss the kinds of near-term futures worth worrying about.

Robert Wright and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman discuss the new president’s potential impact on world affairs.

Andrew Day and Connor Echols cover the foreign policy news of the week. Then, NonZero’s own Robert Wright returns to talk about Biden’s legacy, Trump’s imminent return to the White House, and some important news regarding the NonZero Media Empire.

Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the case for and against Canada as 51st state, how humiliation shapes American politics (and humanity), Facebook’s free speech about-face, and more.

Robert Wright talks to Timothy B. Lee, co-host of the AI Summer podcast, about the progress and shortcomings of AI.

Robert Wright and American Prestige podcast hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss the question in light of the President-elect’s talk of taking Greenland and the Panama Canal.

Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute and Robert Wright discuss the dysfunctional state of global governance, how it got that way, and what Quincy’s Better Order Project proposes to reform it.

Matt K. Lewis and Bill Scher return from their post-election hiatus, and brace themselves for Trump 2.0.

Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the conquest of Canada, Luigi Mangione, AI as successor species, Elon’s AI agenda, a Google AI’s acumen, Paul’s (belated) AI awe, brutality on Bluesky, and more.

Andrew Day and Connor Echols discuss the foreign policy news of the week. In this episode, Day and Echols also discuss how progressives should approach Trump’s foreign policy, and then Anatol Lieven joins to discuss Russia-Ukraine peace talks.