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0:00 Free speech after Charlie Kirk
20:04 Tyler Robinson’s strange messages
27:56 How influential was Kirk?
35:35 Do violent video games encourage violence?
48:07 Overtime topics: Paul’s debate triumph, Redford’s legacy, etc.
55:08 Heading into Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded September 18, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 The varieties of sexual experience
21:45 AI peril and progress
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