8 August 2026
Duke wins! Watch the highlights of this year’s March Madness, set to the cheesiest song ever
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- This “Single Ladies” / “DuckTales” mashup is scarily spot-on
- White hair in the White House? Hillary makes a crack about her age
- Australian TV host interrupts tortoise mating session…and male chases him away!
- Massive floods are turning Houston’s streets into rivers
- The World Trade Center observation deck opens this weekend. See NYC’s history on the ride to the top
- Wow. Much safety: New Delta preflight video features 22 Internet memes
- NBA player’s press conference is interrupted by his daughter
- Learn more about the iconic ad that closed out “Mad Men” (Spoilers!)
- Watch Norm MacDonald tear up as he pays tribute to David Letterman
- LA at dusk: A skateboarder makes his way through the City of Angels
- Cute, or creepy? NATO foreign ministers sing “We Are The World” together
- Watch Canadian soccer reporter confront sexist taunts on the air
- The Muppets are back on TV! Watch the first trailer for the new episodes this fall
- 1 weekend, 3 buzzer-beaters: Watch highlights from Derrick Rose, Paul Pierce, and LeBron
- Cameron wins a second term: Watch British PM’s victory speech
- 25 subway riders every New Yorker will recognize…and hate
- Awwwww: First gay couple is caught on Dodger Stadium’s Kiss Cam
- ¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Celebren la Batalla de Puebla con estos datos divertidos
- Yes, London still has a Town Crier—watch him announce the birth of Princess Charlotte
- Baltimore state’s attorney announces she’s charging six cops in death of Freddie Gray
- Announcer calls Orioles game in an empty stadium, makes golf joke
- “I don’t want him to be another Freddie Gray”: Viral Baltimore mom Toya Graham speaks out
- Americans gather outside the Supreme Court for gay-marriage oral arguments
- Obama gets an “anger translator” at the White House Correspondents Dinner
- 100 years later, thousands in LA take to the streets to remember the Armenian genocide
- “It can’t be edited out”: Obama calls out climate-change deniers in the Everglades
- For Earth Day, watch a clever tribute to the endangered animals of the world
- Japan’s newest high-speed train sets a world record
- Celebrate Marathon Monday with a timelapse of the Boston Marathon route
- Omg omg new Star Wars trailer omg
- Senate hearing interrupted by a senator’s “Frozen” ringtone
- Confetti bomb! ECB chair Mario Draghi attacked by protestor at press conference
- Marco Rubio is the next to jump into the 2016 presidential race
- It’s official: Hillary is in. Watch her launch video
- Rand Paul abruptly leaves Guardian interview after sparring with reporter
- Conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza makes a “Life After Conviction” video
- Obama takes on “less-than-loving Christians,” and the crowd eats it up
- Obama calms kids during Easter bee attack
- Massachusetts town names are wicked hahd to pronounce
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Ukraine, Iran, and America’s Arms Overreach
Robert Wright and Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, discuss links between the two wars—including how the Iran conflict has left Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian strikes—and what all this means for the future of American power.
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Fasten Your Bot-belts
Samuel Hammond of the Foundation for American Innovation joins Robert Wright to discuss the “Pacing the Frontier” letter in the context of the OpenAI “rogue” model escape and other signs of AI acceleration. Overtime: Sam and Bob debate the functionalist case for AI consciousness.
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The intensifying slow-AI-down vibe
Robert Wright and Holly Elmore, executive director of PauseAI US, discuss the recent letter signed by AI elites urging the US government to prepare the ground for a possible international slowdown of AI. What the letter actually calls for, what it doesn’t, and whether it marks a real shift.
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Are the Ukraine and the Iran Wars Merging?
Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov discuss whether Ukraine’s strike on an Iranian ship may lead to WW3 and whether Ukraine’s drone incursions into Russia have really turned the tide.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
The Ideology Behind AI
