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Always Forget
My own personal takeaway from 9/11
Sep 11
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The Week in AI that Changed the World (Robert Wright & Liron Shapira)
Listen now (96 mins) | 0:00 A bold new experiment in podcast synergy 2:46 What caused the epic AI vibe shift? 8:10 The resignation that broke the dam…
Sep 11
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Israel’s Lobby (Robert Wright, Eli Clifton, and Ian Lustick)
Listen now | 0:00 Ian and Eli’s new book, Israel’s Lobby 1:37 Being a Jewish critic of Israel before that was cool 10:17 How Eli followed the money…
Sep 8
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Is AI a Form of Life? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Listen now | 0:00 Why Bob is (extra) freaked out 5:32 Inside the minds of OpenAI's rogue agents 12:09 Is true alignment a pipe dream? 14:57 The new…
Sep 4
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Iran, Ukraine, and the Future of War (Robert Wright & Paul Scharre)
Listen now | 0:00 Overtime teaser 0:55 Paul’s military tech bona fides 3:00 What we (should) have learned from the Iran war 12:20 Is the Pentagon buying…
Sep 1
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August 2026
The OpenAI Breakout and Other AI Spookiness (Robert Wright & Stephen Casper)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 0:49 Stephen’s expertise in spooky AI behavior 3:51 Testing AIs for “corporate loyalty” 20:19 Which AIs shill most for their…
Aug 27
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Demis Hassabis and the Quest for AGI (Robert Wright & Sebastian Mallaby)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 0:48 The Infinity Machine, Sebastian’s book about Demis Hassabis 3:04 Why tell the AI story through Hassabis? 6:54 Hassabis vs…
Aug 25
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Trump’s New War on Iran (Robert Wright & Hooman Majd)
Listen now | 0:00 Hooman’s Iranian expertise—inherited and otherwise 3:25 Trump’s new (economic) war on Iran 13:49 What MSM missed about the MOU 18:21…
Aug 21
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The AI Safety Vibe Shift (Robert Wright & David Krueger)
Listen now | 0:00 Overtime teaser 0:43 David’s AI safety work, past and present 2:42 Has there been a vibe shift in AI? 8:03 Why two AI godfathers went…
Aug 18
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Is (Human) Writing Doomed? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Listen now | 0:00 Bob channels Dick Cheney 4:01 Is AI killing writing? And thinking? 16:19 How Bob and Paul actually use AI 23:39 The cognitive vs…
Aug 13
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Trump’s Unending War (Robert Wright, Curt Mills, and Andrew Day)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 0:48 How is MAGA feeling about Trump 2.0? 3:51 Bob’s good ol’ days at The New Republic 6:43 The biggest threat to the Trump…
Aug 12
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Ukraine, Iran, and America’s Arms Overreach (Robert Wright & Jennifer Kavanagh)
Listen now | 0:00 Jennifer’s foreign policy bona fides 1:07 Could Ukraine and Iran merge into one big war? 5:53 Is Ukraine really “turning the tide…
Aug 6
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