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Why Bibi Always Needs More War (Robert Wright & Alex Gibney)
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Why Bibi Always Needs More War (Robert Wright & Alex Gibney)

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0:00 Teaser
0:32 The time Alex blocked everyone's view of Jennifer Aniston
4:42 How Alex acquired the Bibi interrogation tapes
9:02 What the Bibi Files suggest about the Gaza war
12:00 Bibi's bribes
16:42 Bibi-Trump parallels
27:05 Barriers to getting the movie distributed (and where to watch it)
42:12 Heading to Overtime (and Bob’s and Alex's unfinished film)

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Alex Gibney (Going Clear, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side). Recorded June 10, 2025.

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Overtime titles:

0:00 Great war documentaries
7:41 Alex's favorite documentarians
17:15 Theories of Elon Musk
26:28 The state of documentary filmmaking today
32:33 Wendy Schmidt and Jigsaw Productions

Overtime video:

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