The Students

The Students
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Weapons-grade political philosophy.

  1. 3d ago

    Samo Burja — What the Greeks Would Call Our Government

    Samo Burja and Ben Landau-Taylor explain how the Greeks understood the basic forms of government, what their ideas catch which today's idea of "democracy" vs "authoritarianism" misses, and how they would diagnose today's dysfunctions.

  2. 6d ago

    Renan Santos — How We Built The Mission Party

    Renan Santos tells how he built the Free Brazil Movement and worked out the doctrine, mobilized it into Brazil's Mission Party, and how the lessons of building an outsider movement apply in America and around the world.

  3. Oct 1

    What Americans Should Learn From Brazil's Mission Party — Victor Antoun

    The Mission Party has risen by mobilizing a young, sharp, online demographic which was traditionally checked out of politics. Victor Antoun explains how.

  4. Sep 29

    You Cannot Predict the Singularity

    Ben Landau-Taylor argues that techno-singularitarian predictions are unfounded, while Wolf Tivy defends his xenohumanism program. They cover why theology is inevitable, and why the dominant theology keeps predicting techno-apocalypses.

  5. Sep 26

    When AIs Pay Their Own Bills — DC Posch

    DC Posch and Wolf Tivy discuss the coming of economically self-sufficient AI—how these "digital replicants" could navigate the ecology of the digital market, the selection pressures on their reproduction, and how they could organize themselves.============================DC on Twitter: https://x.com/dcposchWolf on Twitter: https://x.com/wolftivyFollow The Students on Substack to receive email alerts for new episodes and events: https://www.thestudentsmedia.com/

  6. Sep 22

    How To Turn Your Research Obsession Into A Career — Elizabeth Van Nostrand

    Elizabeth Van Nostrand tells Ben Landau-Taylor how she turned her idiosyncratic interests into a career as a professional research hobo, and the business lessons she learned along the way.

  7. Sep 20

    We Need A Theory Of Consciousness To Navigate The Singularity — Michael Edward Johnson

    Michael Edward Johnson and Wolf Tivy get into the weeds on consciousness. What type of theory is the "theory of consciousness" that so many people are searching for, and what is it trying to explain? How will we know when we have it?

  8. Sep 15

    How Nations Fight Over Industry — Ian Fletcher

    Ian Fletcher describes the fundamentals of industrial policy, how economic theorists ignore the practice of successful businesses and successfully industrializing nations, and why the US has the institutions it needs for strong industrial policy.

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Weapons-grade political philosophy.

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  • Creator
    The Students
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
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