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0:00 Substack glory and livestream anxiety
02:34 Reading eugenics into a dopey jeans ad
11:13 Does Sydney Sweeney spell the end of “inclusive marketing”?
15:01 Bob vs. Paul on IQ and “general intelligence”
21:46 Paul reviews the new Billy Joel documentary
27:43 The Epstein prison video snafu: a Bayesian take
36:55 Ghislaine gets a free upgrade
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 August 04, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
Bob on Naomi Watts’s new dog movie.
Prestige TV montage: The Gilded Age, White Lotus, the Sopranos.
South Park sticks it to Trump.
Paul’s conservative Christian anti-empathy quasi-ally.
Does the New Testament really preach universal love?
Bob vs. Jerry Coyne (and Leon Wieseltier).
Does book promotion work?
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