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Trump 2.0 and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman)

Tom’s Pulitzer-Prize hat trick ... Why Beijing is relatively calm about Trump’s reelection ... China hawkism in the AI community ... What’s Trump’s logic re Greenland and Panama? ... On Israel-Palestine, is a two-state solution still possible? ... How a stable ceasefire in Gaza could transform Israeli politics ... Why Trump may be better than Biden on Israel-Palestine ... Bob and Tom debate a possible strike on Iran ... Prospects for peace in Ukraine under Trump ... How America is making a Chinese invasion of Taiwan more likely ...

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4 DAYS AGO

Trump’s Gaza Win, Biden’s Legacy Woes (Trump’s Gaza Win, Biden’s Legacy Woes)

News bites ... Gaza ceasefire deep dive ... Bob joins to talk about Biden's legacy and Trump's imminent return to the White House ...

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5 DAYS AGO

Worthwhile Canadian Humiliation (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Bob and Paul battle for audience sympathy ... Canada as 51st state: y’eh or n’eh? ... How Trump-y is Canada’s likely next leader? ... The humiliation theory of American politics ... Trump, Elon, and the two paths to bullying ... Facebook’s free speech about-face ... Heading to Overtime ...

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JAN 15

Is the AI “Revolution” Overblown? (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee)

Tim’s got a new podcast, and NonZero is hiring ... Is large language model progress reaching a plateau? ... Some shortcomings of AI today ... Human cognition compared to AI ... The impressive progress of "multimodal" AI ... Heading to Overtime ...

1 hr
JAN 10

"Bomb Iran" Goes Bipartisan (Andrew Day, Connor Echols, and Robert Wright)

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JAN 10

Jimmy Carter vs. Donald Trump (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)

The NonZero-American Prestige punk-rock crossover continues ... Is it time to freak out about Trump? ... Are international norms eroding? ... Jimmy Carter’s legacy ... Heading to Overtime ...

1 hr
JAN 6

Fixing the International Order (Robert Wright & Trita Parsi)

Intro ... Toward a non-woolly-minded one-worldism ... Has the unipolar moment passed for good? ... International law vs the “rules-based order” ... Is major UN reform possible? ... AI, US-China, and multipolarity ... Rewriting the sanctions playbook ... Heading to Overtime ...

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JAN 4

Trump-Endorsed Mike Johnson Emerges as House Speaker. Again (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)

What have Matt and Bill been up to? ... A Complete Unknown vs. Netflix ... Should we listen to more Joe Rogan? ... What does Mike Johnson's victory say about the GOP? ... Can Democrats recover? ...

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287 Ratings

Mickey’s back!

01/13/2024

Johntatem

One complaint. Mickey was on for 100 minutes and nary a mention of Jeffrey Epstein? C’mon. It was still great to hear Mickey again.
Excellent

01/26/2022

unmoutonnn

Really enjoy and have for a while!
Good times

12/02/2021

Deejnarow

Good podcast. I listen to most every one. Mostly fair.
Great podcast

12/01/2021

hwd115

I have been listening to this podcast for quite some time and really enjoy it.