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0:00 Was the Free Press bought “to control US media”?
8:50 Why pay $150M for a Substack?
10:59 Netanyahu on the TikTok deal and “giving direction” to the Jewish people
13:22 Pro-Israel donors giving a $2M ultimatum to Charlie Kirk about his ties to Tucker Carlson
17:30 How much influence does Israel have over US media?
24:32 Why Tucker Carlson’s appeal to Christians is a problem for Bibi
32:50 Trump: “I would make TikTok 100% MAGA related if I could”
41:00 Why Hamas would be crazy to trust Trump on his Gaza deal
50:55 Prigozhin conspiracy theory: Why would the Russian government want people to think he’s alive?
57:07 Cognitive sovereignty
1:00:01 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Nikita Petrov (https://psychopolitica.substack.com). Recorded October 7, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
ChatGPT can text you first now + integration with other services.
Do we know anything about interest groups behind AI’s biases?
One Battle After Another.
Bob: Kirk’s death is closer to America’s Reichstag moment than I’m comfortable with.
Trump on using American cities as “training ground” for the military.
Overtime video:
