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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Matthew Lee (Inner City Press, Predatory Bender)
Bloggingheads United Nations correspondent Matthew Lee reports on the vetoed Syria resolution and the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to its failure. Bob wonders if the world would be better off with a “get out of jail free” card for deposed dictators. Plus, Matthew has a shocking report on a Sri Lankan war criminal becoming a UN peacekeeping advisor, which leads him to inveigh against the UN’s lack of accountability.
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Matthew Lee
On Syria, Double Veto After Russian Amendments Leaked, Rejected, Spun
Churkin on Russia’s UN Veto, Its Use in Zimbabwe & Myanmar, “Minority Defense”
Proposes In Syria Draft, China’s Li Baodong IDs “Wording We Cannot Accept,”
UN to Get Peacekeeping Advice from Alleged War Criminal, Says Ban Powerless
Amid Move to Switch From Criminal Silva, Ban Dismisses Predecessor Criticism
UN’s Ban Knew Had No Copters in South Sudan for 6 Weeks, Now Passes the Buck
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How to End the Ukraine War
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.
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Marriage on the Rocks
Robert Wright and Conn Carroll, author of the new book Sex and the Citizen, discuss the history of marriage, its current troubles as an institution, and Carroll’s proposals to address them.
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Did the US start the catastrophe in Ukraine?
Scott Horton, author of the new book Provoked, makes the case that it did. From Robert Wright’s NonZero Podcast.
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Syria’s uncertain political future
Robert Wright and Middle East expert Joshua Landis discuss.
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Covid: The Evidence Against Natural Origin
Yuri Deigin of YouthBio Therapeutics, in conversation with Robert Wright, explains why he thinks Covid came from the Wuhan virology lab.
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Was President Biden wrong to pardon his son Hunter?
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom debate the issue.
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Why is so much of the AI community hawkish on China?
Robert Wright and Nathan Labenz, host of the Cognitive Revolution podcast, discuss the question in light of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s recent ideological self-disclosure.
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Will Trump release the JFK files?
Robert Wright and journalist Jefferson Morley, publisher of the JFK Facts newsletter, discuss.
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Elon vs Bluesky, Jake Paul vs Tyson, AI vs World Peace
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the Bluesky boom, the Jake Paul-Tyson “fight”, AI’s militaristic turn, and more.
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Will Trump Go Full-On Authoritarian?
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