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Can Trump and Iran Make a Deal? (Robert Wright & Robert Malley)
Listen now | 0:00 Rob’s role in the Obama nuclear deal 1:43 A deal that could work for both Trump and Iran 12:10 Iran’s security “guarantee” problem…
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Why Altman (and AI) is under attack
First the New Yorker piece, then the Molotov cocktail...
Apr 18
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Iran and the Demise of US Hegemony (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 1:02 Trump’s Middle East chaos continues 6:04 Is Iran more about America’s hegemony or Israel’s? 13:22 Who will win the Hormuz…
Apr 16
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Can AI Stop Wars? (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 3:15 Trump’s Iran blockade breaks the ceasefire 6:44 A Chinese tanker calls Trump’s bluff 11:30 Bob’s case for an Iranian…
Apr 14
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The future arrived this week.
And boy are we not ready for it!
Apr 11
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Dario, Demis, Sam: Assessing the AI Guys (Robert Wright & Shakeel Hashim)
Listen now | 0:00 A brief message from Bob 3:25 Shakeel’s newsletter, Transformer, and its mission 7:16 The case(s) against Sam Altman 12:58 OpenAI…
Apr 9
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The Iran War: A Debate (Robert Wright & Eli Lake)
Listen now | 0:00 Bob and Eli’s history of (civil) disagreement on Iran 1:38 Is Trump’s war on Iran legal? Does it matter? 7:47 Who’s the real rogue…
Apr 7
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NZNet Digest: New Dimensions of Dumbness in Trump's War
Plus: China's Plato ploy; How to lose sleep the fun way; New paths to Armageddon; Passover reflections; and more...
Apr 3
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MAGA Opposition to the Iran War (Robert Wright, Curt Mills, and Andrew Day)
Listen now | 0:00 Would America benefit from Iran “winning”? 3:10 Trump’s last exit ramp? 12:56 What’s China’s angle on the war? 17:11 Trump…
Apr 1
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March 2026
Averting a Superintelligence Takeover (Robert Wright & Andrea Miotti)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 1:07 Defining (and preventing) superintelligence 6:39 Where the nuclear analogy holds (and where it breaks) 11:17 Imagining an…
Mar 30
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Why We Keep Stumbling into Stupid Wars
Plus: AI companies win coveted "most undue influence" award
Mar 28
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The Iran War and the Singularity (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 1:00 Holy Week in Andalusia, and the Christian cross as branding 6:50 Why Bob is skeptical of Trump's diplomacy 11:09 Trump's…
Mar 27
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