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Is Trump Becoming Putin? (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
Listen now | 0:00 Bob welcomes Nikita back to the Nonzero team 6:19 WSJ's report on Trump's authoritarian drift 8:46 Three levers: streets, media…
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Robert Wright
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Nikita Petrov
1:36:56
The MAGA Case Against AI Accelerationism (Robert Wright & Joe Allen)
Listen now | 0:00 Joe’s notable background 3:15 Is most of the MAGA coalition accelerationist? 7:28 Transhumanism, big tech, Klaus Schwab, and the…
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Robert Wright
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2:00:22
Trump's Failures in Israel and Ukraine | NonZero World feat. Robert Wright
Listen now | 0:00 Connor’s farewell 3:00 What’s next at NonZero 7:52 The looming invasion of Gaza City 11:00 Israel's one-state solution 15:57 Why did…
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Connor Echols
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Robert Wright
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1:13:43
Israel Lays Bare Its One-State Solution
Plus: Cracking the Trump code, America’s Caribbean escalation, ants on the loose, AI malaise, and more!
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Robert Wright
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Connor Echols
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Danny Fenster
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Feeling the GPT-5 (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Listen now | 0:00 Bob defends the Unabomber (kind of) 2:41 Paul nurses his Mickey-inflicted wounds 15:31 Bob deflates the GPT-5 deflation 24:55 How big…
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Robert Wright
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1:36:24
Can Trump and Putin Make a Deal? | NonZero World feat. George Beebe
Listen now | 0:00 What’s at stake in Alaska 0:57 George: Don’t try to do too much 4:06 EU yes, NATO no 5:42 How to get the Ukrainians on board 10:31…
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Connor Echols
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59:03
The War on Terror is Back!
Plus: White House fight club, moon race redux, partisan robots, sneaky jellyfish, and more!
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Connor Echols
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Robert Wright
, and 
Danny Fenster
4
The Open Source AI Question (Robert Wright & Nathan Lambert)
Listen now | 0:00 Nathan’s work at AI2—and his p(doom) 4:36 What does “open source AI” mean? 10:37 How Nathan taught a Llama new tricks 17:41 Pros and…
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Robert Wright
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1:37:55
Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
Listen now | 0:00 Epstein's Israel connections 9:11 Epstein's history of blackmail 22:19 Was it suicide? 26:45 Epstein's creepy relationship with Trump…
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Robert Wright
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1:51:46
The GPT-5 Era Is Here!
Plus: Trump’s new tariff fail, Israel's new escalation, the roots of AI evil, Eco-unfriendliness, and more!
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Robert Wright
 and 
Danny Fenster
5
Does America’s “China Consensus” Make Sense? A Debate (Robert Wright & Jordan Schneider)
Listen now | 0:00 Jordan’s ChinaTalk podcast 2:37 Making sense of America’s “China consensus” 10:39 Are fears of Chinese global ambitions overblown…
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Robert Wright
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1:31:18
Must We Discuss Sydney Sweeney? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Listen now | 0:00 Substack glory and livestream anxiety 02:34 Reading eugenics into a dopey jeans ad 11:13 Does Sydney Sweeney spell the end of…
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Robert Wright
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1:35:47
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