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AI's Papal Audience
Plus: Graphs of the Week
May 30
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Trump’s Iran War Merry-Go-Round (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
Listen now | 0:00 Is NonZero or American Prestige the better podcast? AI weighs in 4:14 The state of the US-Iran war. Or is it peace? 17:52 Has Trump…
May 29
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A Chat with the Head of PauseAI Canada (Robert Wright & Jeremy Eliosoff)
Listen now | Robert Wright and Jeremy Eliosoff—national lead of Pause AI Canada and NonZero member—discuss AI safety, the Pause AI movement, what…
May 27
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The Pope Takes On AI (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
Listen now | 0:00 A Greek pilgrimage, a mystery guest, and a Discord revival 5:33 The first Papal encyclical devoted to AI 10:48 Pope Leo: just war…
May 27
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This Week's TACO
As AI accelerates, accelerationists cow Trump
May 23
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Can Rituals Save Us? (Robert Wright & Bruce Feiler)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 0:52 Bruce’s new book on ritual, A Time to Gather 3:12 The “Lifequake” that led Bruce to study ritual 8:10 The current “shadow…
May 22
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Understanding Iran (Robert Wright & Hamidreza Azizi)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 1:11 Hamidreza’s background 9:16 A brief history of US-Iran relations 15:44 Understanding Iranian antipathy toward Israel 21:43…
May 20
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Trump's accidental triumph in Beijing
Plus: Bipartisan AI anxiety in vivid form.
May 16
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Rethinking China (Robert Wright & Zhengyu Huang)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 0:34 Zhengyu’s tech background and new book, Rethinking China 3:00 What kind of threat is China, really? 10:06 How trading with…
May 14
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Is the AI Takeoff Starting? (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee)
Listen now | This episode includes an Overtime segment that’s available to paid subscribers.
May 12
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NonZero Member Zoom Call (2026-04-25)
Listen now | Topics discussed: AI safety and the Pause AI movement, Robert Wright’s upcoming book The God Test, the connection between AI development…
May 9
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China Bites Back
Plus: Mediocre Marco; Mediocre Palantir; IMF Hegemony; Ted Turner, RIP; Islamophobia-esque anti-Israel tropes; and more....
May 9
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