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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 “tollgate”
16:47 Anthropic’s Mythos model is too dangerous to release
24:07 Nikita’s big idea: AI as world peace mediator
40:19 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Nikita Petrov (https://psychopolitica.substack.com). Recorded April 14, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
Did Anthropic accidentally teach its AI to deceive?
The Israeli-cuisine study: how subtle training bias creeps in.
Does the Russian language carry a curse?
Bob on Hitler's biography.
AI Hitler is a YouTube influencer.
Orban's defeat and whether Vance's endorsement backfired.
