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0:00 Why did Ukraine hit an Iranian ship 500 miles from Ukraine?
13:45 Ukraine’s war on Russia’s Amazon
19:15 Why Zelensky fired his defense minister and commander-in-chief
22:37 Bob: Ukraine may lose like people go bankrupt—gradually, then suddenly
24:53 Nikita: Why both sides are ready to keep fighting
31:02 Kazakh President to Putin: Nobody understands this war
35:19 Bob: Everybody thinks they’re fighting a defensive war
45:42 Heading to Overtime: The globalist elite vs. the globalist precariat, and an AI path to WW3
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Nikita Petrov (https://psychopolitica.substack.com). Recorded July 28, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
Is Elon Musk a globalist or a nationalist?
The OpenAI models that escaped the sandbox.
Bob's AI path to World War III.
Emergent misalignment: what does bad code have to do with morality?
Control freaks vs "go with the flow" types on AI.
