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Podcast Profile: Robert Wright's Nonzero

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391 episodes
2019 to 2024
Median: 62 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

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This podcast, titled "Robert Wright's Nonzero," offers a series of conversations featuring a diverse range of topics and personalities. Hosted by Robert Wright, a thinker known for his works like "The Evolution of God" and "Why Buddhism Is True," the podcast explores complex issues that span political, technological, and cultural themes. The discussions frequently delve into contemporary geopolitical conflicts, with a particular emphasis on U.S. foreign policy, China-U.S. relations, and the ongoing tensions in places like Israel and Ukraine.

Another recurring theme is artificial intelligence and its implications for society. Episodes often examine the transformative potential of AI, AI governance, and the ethical dilemmas associated with it. Technological developments are discussed in the context of broader societal impacts, alongside speculations about AI's future role in geopolitics, such as its influence on U.S.-China dynamics.

The podcast also tackles domestic political narratives in the U.S., providing analyses of political figures like Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden. It scrutinizes their policies, electoral strategies, and their influence on national and international affairs. The interplay between media, public perception, and political maneuvering is also a point of discussion.

Cultural and philosophical insights are interwoven throughout various episodes, with topics such as empathy, human consciousness, and the evolution of morality frequently emerging. The podcast incorporates perspectives from notable scholars and authors, contributing to a rich tapestry of ideas aimed at understanding the modern world. Overall, the podcast serves as a platform for thoughtful dialogue on critical issues influencing the present and future, emphasizing the importance of understanding and navigating complex global challenges.

Episodes:

Are Neocons Taking over Trump 2.0? | NonZero World Feat. James Carden 2024-Dec-14 51 minutes

Reassembling Syria (Robert Wright & Josh Landis) 2024-Dec-12 41 minutes

Covid: The Evidence Against Natural Origin (Robert Wright & Yuri Deigin) 2024-Dec-10 61 minutes

Is the Assad Regime Collapsing? | NonZero World Feat. Bassam Barabandi 2024-Dec-07 49 minutes

Debating the Hunter Biden Pardon (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Dec-05 50 minutes

AI and the China Question (Robert Wright & Nathan Labenz) 2024-Nov-27 70 minutes

Bibi's Legal Troubles, Trump's Confirmation Struggles (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Nov-23 40 minutes

Back Down the JFK Rabbit Hole (Robert Wright & Jefferson Morley) 2024-Nov-21 53 minutes

Elon vs Bluesky, Jake Paul vs Tyson, AI vs World Peace (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Nov-20 54 minutes

Will Trump Go Full-On Authoritarian? (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner) 2024-Nov-15 42 minutes

Is Trump a Good Fit for the AI Era? (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond) 2024-Nov-13 55 minutes

Is Trump Going Full-On Hawk? (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Nov-09 51 minutes

Post-Election Reflection Edition (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Nov-07 46 minutes

2024 Pre-Election Extravaganza (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2024-Oct-31 116 minutes

China Viewed from China (Robert Wright & Peter Hessler) 2024-Oct-28 68 minutes

Ukraine War Escalates, Kamala Goes Full Cheney (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Oct-26 51 minutes

Elon, Trump, and Other Enigmas (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Oct-23 45 minutes

The Middle East After Sinwar (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Oct-19 32 minutes

Is the Chip War against China Backfiring? (Robert Wright & Paul Triolo) 2024-Oct-15 61 minutes

Israel's Looming Attack on Iran (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Oct-11 34 minutes

October 7th: One Year Later (Robert Wright & Ron Kampeas) 2024-Oct-10 55 minutes

Elon Goes Full-on Trump (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Oct-09 55 minutes

Israel's Plan for Wider War (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Oct-05 54 minutes

AI Snake Oil (Robert Wright & Arvind Narayanan) 2024-Oct-02 55 minutes

Is the Middle East Headed toward a Regional War? (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Sep-28 36 minutes

Bob v. Mickey on Trump v. Harris (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2024-Sep-27 107 minutes

Elon, Trump, and Other Scary Billionaires (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Sep-24 43 minutes

Israel-Hamas, Year One (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner) 2024-Sep-19 40 minutes

A New Kind of Artificial Intelligence (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee) 2024-Sep-17 47 minutes

Putin's Warning, America's Blunders (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Sep-14 43 minutes

The Trump-Kamala Debate (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Sep-12 48 minutes

Zelensky’s Gambits, Putin’s Game Plan (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven) 2024-Sep-05 45 minutes

Evolution, Empathy, and the Future of Humanity (Homebrewed Christianity) 2024-Aug-31 91 minutes

Israel’s Self-Destructive Policies (Robert Wright & Stephen Walt) 2024-Aug-27 57 minutes

Predicting the Past (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Aug-23 43 minutes

Gaza, Realism, and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Emma Ashford) 2024-Aug-19 52 minutes

Client States Gone Wild (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Aug-17 39 minutes

Understanding AI "Understanding" (Robert Wright & Nathan Labenz) 2024-Aug-13 116 minutes

Covid: The evidence for natural origin (Robert Wright & Peter Miller) 2024-Aug-08 84 minutes

Middle East on the Brink (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis) 2024-Aug-05 50 minutes

Life in an AI Utopia (Robert Wright & Nick Bostrom) 2024-Aug-01 53 minutes

The Case for (and against) Cold War II (Robert Wright & Dmitri Alperovitch) 2024-Jul-30 60 minutes

Coconut Conservatism (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Jul-27 34 minutes

Will Kamala Make America Great Again? (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, Daniel Bessner) 2024-Jul-25 32 minutes

Kamala’s Party (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Jul-23 56 minutes

Trump’s Acceptance, Biden’s Defiance (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2024-Jul-20 89 minutes

Looking for the Assassin’s Creed (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Jul-16 52 minutes

Biden Presses On (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Jul-13 35 minutes

The Biden Mess (Robert Wright & Eric Levitz) 2024-Jul-09 54 minutes

Biden's Fragility, Trump's Immunity (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Jul-04 44 minutes

The President’s Brain (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Jul-02 52 minutes

Brave New AI World (Robert Wright & Jeffrey Ladish) 2024-Jun-27 55 minutes

Reckoning with China (Robert Wright & Edward Wong) 2024-Jun-25 52 minutes

The Endless Gaza and Ukraine Wars (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Jun-20 38 minutes

Elon, Sex, AI, and Free Will (among other things) (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom 2024-Jun-18 59 minutes

Confessions of a Black Conservative (Robert Wright & Glenn Loury) 2024-Jun-14 59 minutes

AI, Techno-optimism, and Cosmic Purpose (Robert Wright & Kevin Kelly) 2024-Jun-10 54 minutes

The Alien Mind of AI (Robert Wright & Steven Pinker) 2024-Jun-06 62 minutes

A Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Kelley Vlahos) 2024-Jun-04 57 minutes

Trump's Conviction, Russia-Ukraine Escalation (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Jun-01 28 minutes

Gaza, Biden, and Trump (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, Daniel Bessner) 2024-May-29 35 minutes

GPT-4o, AI Companions, and the Metaverse (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-May-21 43 minutes

Overton Windows Ep. 4: Israel-Palestine After October 7 2024-May-20 26 minutes

In Defense of AI Doomerism (Robert Wright & Liron Shapira) 2024-May-16 77 minutes

Has Antisemitism Surged? (Robert Wright & Eli Lake) 2024-May-14 78 minutes

Are the Pro-Palestine Protests Working? (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-May-11 28 minutes

Antisemitism and Free Speech (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-May-07 52 minutes

The New “Pro-Israel” Assault on Free Speech (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-May-04 30 minutes

A Debate on Israel-Palestine (Robert Wright & Coleman Hughes) 2024-Apr-29 98 minutes

Campus Protests, Dennett’s Legacy (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Apr-24 71 minutes

Putin, AI, Ukraine, Crypto, the Noosphere, Futurism, and Other Stuff (Robert Wright & Anatoly Karlin) 2024-Apr-22 63 minutes

Israel Strikes Iran, David Cameron Crumbles (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Apr-20 34 minutes

How Iran’s Attack Benefits Israel (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis) 2024-Apr-17 59 minutes

Iran’s “Imminent” Attack (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Apr-13 34 minutes

Daniel Kahneman and the Rationalists (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Apr-11 51 minutes

Biden’s Israel Problem (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, Daniel Bessner) 2024-Apr-05 30 minutes

AI, Rationalism, and the “Great Filter” (Robert Wright & Robin Hanson) 2024-Apr-03 57 minutes

The Cosmic Thought of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Robert Wright & Ilia Delio) 2024-Mar-31 57 minutes

Bibi Beats Biden (Again) (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Mar-30 35 minutes

Meditation Tips for Beginners (and Non-Beginners) (Robert Wright & Kathryn Devaney) 2024-Mar-26 50 minutes

What Does Putin Want? (Robert Wright, Nikolay, and Kirill) 2024-Mar-22 57 minutes

Elon and Altman: Dueling Messiahs (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Mar-20 44 minutes

The Open Source AI Question (Robert Wright & Nathan Labenz) 2024-Mar-15 62 minutes

Biden’s Gaza Failures (Robert Wright & Daniel Levy) 2024-Mar-12 47 minutes

Biden's Big Speech (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Mar-09 31 minutes

Elon v. OpenAI, Google vs Itself (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee) 2024-Mar-07 52 minutes

Possible Palestinian and Ukrainian Futures (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Mar-01 48 minutes

Google’s AI, Biden’s Brain, and Other Enigmas (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Feb-28 60 minutes

Does AI Understand Things? (Robert Wright & Gary Marcus) 2024-Feb-22 60 minutes

What Navalny Meant (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) 2024-Feb-20 64 minutes

Gazans' Displacement, AI's Acceleration (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Feb-17 42 minutes

Ukraine’s War, Putin’s Worldview (Robert Wright & Leonid Ragozin) 2024-Feb-15 56 minutes

Inside the Mind of AI (Robert Wright & Nora Belrose) 2024-Feb-13 60 minutes

Putin's Monologue, Biden's Bad Day (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Feb-10 43 minutes

Conspiracy Theories and True Fictions (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Feb-09 54 minutes

The Truth About Effective Altruism (Robert Wright & Rob Wiblin) 2024-Feb-06 66 minutes

What’s Next for Gaza and Israel? (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, Daniel Bessner) 2024-Feb-02 33 minutes

An Israeli Looks at Gaza (Robert Wright & Russ Roberts) 2024-Jan-30 106 minutes

Gaza, Biden, Political AI, and Other Problems (Earthling Unplugged) 2024-Jan-26 36 minutes

Overton Windows Ep.3: Transgender Issues 2024-Jan-23 28 minutes

The Biden-Trump Catastrophe (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2024-Jan-21 123 minutes

Wuhan Lab Leak, Effective Altruism, and Other Media-distorted Issues (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2024-Jan-19 61 minutes

Techno-Optimism vs. Techno-Pessimism (Robert Wright & Reid Hoffman) 2024-Jan-17 86 minutes

The Iowa Caucuses and After (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2024-Jan-12 103 minutes

Israel’s War, Biden’s War (Robert Wright & Stephen Walt) 2024-Jan-10 55 minutes

Is AI Moving Too Fast? (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee) 2024-Jan-05 39 minutes

Down the JFK Rabbit Hole (Robert Wright & Jefferson Morley) 2024-Jan-03 64 minutes

ChatGPT Versus Taylor Swift (Earthling Unplugged) 2023-Dec-30 70 minutes

Psychedelics, Meditation, and the Brain (Robert Wright & Kathryn Devaney) 2023-Dec-28 58 minutes

What is to be done? A Nonzero/Psychopolitica Live Event | Live Replay 2023-Dec-27 91 minutes

Is Israel-Palestine Peace Possible? (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman) 2023-Dec-22 53 minutes

Effective Altruism, AI, and Existential Risk (Robert Wright & Émile P. Torres) 2023-Dec-20 54 minutes

America: Superpower Client State (Earthling Unplugged) 2023-Dec-16 22 minutes

Israel, Antisemitism, and Social Media (Robert Wright & Max Abrahms) 2023-Dec-15 92 minutes

Free Speech, Antisemitism, and Elon Musk (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2023-Dec-13 46 minutes

The Reality Distortion Field (Earthling Unplugged) 2023-Dec-09 25 minutes

The Gaza War and the Palestine Question (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner) 2023-Dec-08 38 minutes

The Trouble with Techno-Optimism (Robert Wright & Daron Acemoglu) 2023-Dec-05 52 minutes

The Sam Altman Paradox (Earthling Unplugged) 2023-Dec-02 61 minutes

What Really Happened at OpenAI? (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee) 2023-Nov-30 50 minutes

A Palestinian-American Looks at Gaza (Robert Wright & Omar Baddar) 2023-Nov-28 61 minutes

Is AI Evolving into an Existential Threat? (Robert Wright & Dan Hendrycks) 2023-Nov-24 56 minutes

Getting Russia Right (Robert Wright & Thomas Graham) 2023-Nov-20 54 minutes

China’s Overreach, America’s Overreaction (Robert Wright & Susan Shirk) 2023-Nov-16 53 minutes

Israel-Palestine and Ethnic Identity (Robert Wright & Matthew Yglesias) 2023-Nov-15 109 minutes

Israel-Palestine and Tribal Biases (Earthling Unplugged) 2023-Nov-11 20 minutes

Noospheres of Influence (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2023-Nov-10 45 minutes

Israel, Palestine, and America (Robert Wright & Ron Kampeas) 2023-Nov-07 89 minutes

Where Is the Israel-Hamas War Heading? (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis) 2023-Nov-03 94 minutes

Can Israel-Palestine Be Solved? (Robert Wright & Daniel Seidemann) 2023-Oct-31 87 minutes

Earthling Unplugged: Israel’s Gaza speech code 2023-Oct-28 23 minutes

Is the War Turning against Ukraine? (Robert Wright & Leonid Ragozin) 2023-Oct-27 54 minutes

A Debate on Israel-Palestine (Robert Wright & Eli Lake) 2023-Oct-25 77 minutes

Earthling Unplugged: Why Israel’s anti-Hamas strategy is failing 2023-Oct-21 35 minutes

Wokeness and Israel-Palestine (Robert Wright & Meghan Daum) 2023-Oct-20 63 minutes

Israel, Hamas, and the Laws of War (Robert Wright & Sarah Leah Whitson) 2023-Oct-16 68 minutes

Earthling Unplugged: Israel, Hamas, and Biden's Failed Foreign Policy 2023-Oct-14 68 minutes

Elon Musk and Other Odd People (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2023-Oct-13 60 minutes

Israel, Palestine, and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner) 2023-Oct-09 76 minutes

Biden’s Big Problems: Ukraine and the Border (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Oct-07 61 minutes

What Would a War over Taiwan Look Like? (Robert Wright & Lyle Goldstein) 2023-Oct-03 58 minutes

The Second(ary) GOP Debate (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Sep-29 54 minutes

Biden's Border Disorder (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Sep-23 53 minutes

Russia-Ukraine Harsh Realities (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven) 2023-Sep-19 49 minutes

Biden’s Bandwidth Problems (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Sep-16 59 minutes

A People-Centered View of Russia-Ukraine (Robert Wright & Almut Rochowanski) 2023-Sep-12 61 minutes

Biden Bets on Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Sep-09 69 minutes

Understanding Artificial Intelligence (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee) 2023-Sep-05 52 minutes

Prigozhin post-mortem (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) 2023-Aug-28 59 minutes

Putin’s Post-Prigozhin World (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Aug-26 37 minutes

The (Changing) Prospects for the Climate (Robert Wright & David Wallace-Wells) 2023-Aug-22 51 minutes

Trump Indictment Indicted (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Aug-19 56 minutes

Overton Windows Ep.2: UFOs 2023-Aug-16 25 minutes

Tyranny, Inc. (Robert Wright & Sohrab Ahmari) 2023-Aug-16 52 minutes

The Bidens’ Corruption Disruption (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Aug-12 53 minutes

Is the Middle East Falling Apart? (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis) 2023-Aug-09 57 minutes

Trump’s J6 Indictment, Biden’s Ukraine Quagmire (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Aug-05 58 minutes

A Debate on Russia-Ukraine (Robert Wright & Daniel Drezner) 2023-Aug-01 55 minutes

Ukraine, Africa, and Cold War II (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jul-29 49 minutes

AI and Existential Risk (Robert Wright & Connor Leahy) 2023-Jul-25 65 minutes

Why Is Ukraine's Offensive Going Badly? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jul-22 62 minutes

Overton Windows: Israel/Palestine 2023-Jul-18 68 minutes

Putin’s Spartacus Problem (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jul-14 59 minutes

Russians with Attitude (Robert Wright, Nikolay, and Kirill) 2023-Jul-11 82 minutes

Creeping Toward Peace in Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jul-07 58 minutes

How Does AI Work? (Robert Wright & Timothy Nguyen) 2023-Jul-04 72 minutes

Russian Mutiny, Supreme Court Scrutiny (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jul-01 59 minutes

The Origins of US Interventionism (Robert Wright & Sean Mirski) 2023-Jun-27 61 minutes

Ukraine’s Counter(productive) Offensive (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jun-24 68 minutes

Autism and the Two Kinds of Empathy (Robert Wright & Simon Baron-Cohen) 2023-Jun-20 68 minutes

Ukraine’s Dam and Tucker’s Aliens (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jun-17 68 minutes

Nonzero and The End of History (Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama) 2023-Jun-13 62 minutes

The Dam Breaks in Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jun-10 55 minutes

Ukraine and the Western Media (Robert Wright & Branko Marcetic) 2023-Jun-07 60 minutes

The New World Disorder (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman) 2023-Jun-02 58 minutes

A Manhattan Project for AI Safety (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond) 2023-May-31 61 minutes

DeSantis's and Ukraine's Incursions (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-May-27 45 minutes

In Defense of Crying (Robert Wright & Benjamin Perry) 2023-May-23 67 minutes

Dumping Biden, Saving DeSantis (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-May-20 52 minutes

Is AI Anxiety Overblown? (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee) 2023-May-16 61 minutes

Putin's prickly chef, Trump's town hall (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-May-13 42 minutes

The Epic Failures of US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Jeffrey Sachs) 2023-May-09 35 minutes

Attack of the Drones (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-May-06 43 minutes

The Critical State of Israel (Robert Wright & Daniel Levy) 2023-May-02 64 minutes

Tucker in 2024? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Apr-29 43 minutes

Russia Hawks and China Hawks (Robert Wright & John Mearsheimer) 2023-Apr-25 59 minutes

AI Anxiety Goes Global (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Apr-22 52 minutes

Is AI an Existential Threat? A Debate. (Robert Wright, Roko Mijic, and Alexander Campbell) 2023-Apr-18 76 minutes

Can Substack Notes Be a Better Twitter? (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) 2023-Apr-17 96 minutes

DeSantis vs. Trump vs. Biden (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Apr-15 51 minutes

How Human is AI? (Robert Wright & Michal Kosinski) 2023-Apr-11 60 minutes

Twitter and Other Banana Republics (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Apr-08 65 minutes

The World Crisis and International Law (Robert Wright & Paul Stephan) 2023-Apr-04 68 minutes

AI and DeSantis Seem Human (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Apr-01 59 minutes

A Chat with ChatGPT-4 (Robert Wright & ChatGPT-4) 2023-Mar-30 27 minutes

Russiagate Revisited (Robert Wright & David Corn) 2023-Mar-28 64 minutes

Is Ron DeSantis Real? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Mar-25 60 minutes

Is the Banking Crisis Over? (Robert Wright & Richard Vague) 2023-Mar-22 47 minutes

DeSantis Does Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Mar-18 63 minutes

The Many Worlds of John von Neumann (Robert Wright & Ananyo Bhattacharya) 2023-Mar-14 118 minutes

Biden vs. Xi, Tucker vs. Trump (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Mar-11 57 minutes

The State of Psychology (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2023-Mar-08 55 minutes

Biden’s Troubles, Foreign and Domestic (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Mar-04 51 minutes

Power in the Age of AI (Robert Wright & Paul Scharre) 2023-Feb-28 63 minutes

The Ukraine War, Year One (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Feb-24 50 minutes

Race and Wokeness in America (Robert Wright & Coleman Hughes) 2023-Feb-21 67 minutes

Deflating Balloon-gate (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Feb-18 64 minutes

Cancel Cultures: Woke and Unwoke (Robert Wright & Norman Finkelstein) 2023-Feb-14 70 minutes

Biden, the Blob, and a Blown-up Pipeline (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Feb-11 69 minutes

The Myth of Normal (Robert Wright & Gabor Maté) 2023-Feb-07 76 minutes

Russiagate-gate (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Feb-04 67 minutes

A Russian Who Left Russia Looks Back (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) 2023-Jan-31 81 minutes

War Machine Learning (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jan-28 52 minutes

Are we getting the whole story about Ukraine? (Robert Wright & Ivan Katchanovski) 2023-Jan-25 115 minutes

Biden’s Crossroads and Ukraine’s Crossroads (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jan-21 54 minutes

Cognitive Empathy in Everyday Life (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2023-Jan-17 86 minutes

Biden Docs and Russia Hawks (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jan-14 53 minutes

An Epic Debate on Ukraine and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Fred Kaplan) 2023-Jan-10 109 minutes

After the House Speaker Drama (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2023-Jan-07 73 minutes

On Consciousness, Free Will, and Purpose (Robert Wright and Daniel Dennett) [Rebroadcast] 2023-Jan-04 72 minutes

Bob and Mickey’s Year-End Extravaganza (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Dec-28 74 minutes

The Price Labor Paid for Free Trade (Robert Wright & Adam Dean) 2022-Dec-20 63 minutes

Has the tide turned against Elon? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Dec-17 50 minutes

A Debate On Ukraine (Robert Wright & Anders Åslund) 2022-Dec-13 77 minutes

The Taibbi Twitter Files (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Dec-09 49 minutes

How to Be Anti-Tribal (Robert Wright & Mónica Guzmán) 2022-Dec-06 55 minutes

Biden in 2024? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Dec-03 45 minutes

American Jews and Israel (Robert Wright & Eric Alterman) 2022-Nov-29 95 minutes

The Elon-SBF Connection (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Nov-26 38 minutes

The Two Kinds of Empathy (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2022-Nov-22 86 minutes

Midterms, Missiles, and Musk (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Nov-19 47 minutes

A Mastodon Explainer (Robert Wright & Harry McCracken) 2022-Nov-15 78 minutes

Buddhism & Modern Psychology: Full Audio Lecture 02 2022-Nov-15 62 minutes

Buddhism & Modern Psychology: Full Audio Lecture 01 2022-Nov-15 62 minutes

Blue Checks and Red Ripples (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Nov-12 52 minutes

Awakening to the Meaning Crisis (Robert Wright & John Vervaeke) 2022-Nov-08 69 minutes

Bull in a Twitter Shop (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Nov-05 69 minutes

Russia, Ukraine, and US Diplomacy (Robert Wright & Samuel Charap) 2022-Nov-01 67 minutes

Ukraine's Blank Check (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Oct-29 64 minutes

Is Outer Space the New Wild West? (Robert Wright & Douglas Ligor) 2022-Oct-25 67 minutes

Russian Retreat, Republican Surge (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Oct-22 60 minutes

A War Correspondent on Russia-Ukraine (Robert Wright & Seth Harp) 2022-Oct-18 83 minutes

Avoiding the China Trap (Robert Wright & Jessica Chen Weiss) 2022-Oct-16 59 minutes

The Russia-Ukraine Goldilocks Zone (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Oct-15 69 minutes

A Russian View: Post-Mobilization Edition (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) 2022-Oct-11 103 minutes

Biden's Nuclear Signals (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Oct-08 61 minutes

China, the US, and the Danger Zone (Robert Wright, Hal Brands, and Michael Beckley) 2022-Oct-04 59 minutes

Putin Crosses the Rubicon (again) (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Oct-01 59 minutes

Early Access: China, the US, and the Danger Zone 2022-Sep-30 6 minutes

Is Russia-Ukraine Spinning Out of Control? (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven) 2022-Sep-28 70 minutes

Putin Makes His Move (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Sep-24 76 minutes

In China’s Shadow (Robert Wright & Sebastian Strangio) 2022-Sep-20 85 minutes

Russia on the Ropes? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Sep-17 68 minutes

Listen to This Essay: Why we’re so clueless about Putin 2022-Sep-16 3 minutes

Listen to This Essay: Salman Rushdie and the Clash of Civilizations 2022-Sep-16 3 minutes

Debating Ukraine, Russia, China, and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Bret Stephens) 2022-Sep-15 83 minutes

Biden's Bad Messaging (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Sep-09 57 minutes

Listen to This Essay: War and Mindfulness 2022-Sep-06 17 minutes

Listen to This Essay: Frankenstein as Guiding Light 2022-Sep-06 10 minutes

Varieties of Spiritual Experience (Robert Wright & David B. Yaden) 2022-Sep-06 87 minutes

MAGA, the Midterms, and the Media (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Sep-02 71 minutes

State of the Podcast Address (Robert Wright) 2022-Aug-30 5 minutes

Democrats on the March (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Aug-27 70 minutes

Managing the Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Robert Wright & Justin Logan) 2022-Aug-23 87 minutes

The High Costs of the FBI’s Trump Raid (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Aug-20 68 minutes

Russia, Ukraine, and Foreign Policy Restraint (Robert Wright & Derek Davison) 2022-Aug-16 62 minutes

The Trump Files (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Aug-13 65 minutes

Remnants of the Blogging Era (Robert Wright, Jonah Goldberg, and Mickey Kaus) 2022-Aug-09 84 minutes

A Biden Comeback? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Aug-06 64 minutes

Taiwan, Ukraine, and Pelosi (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman) 2022-Aug-02 57 minutes

How the Ukraine War Ends (Robert Wright & Rajan Menon) 2022-Jul-26 66 minutes

The Ever-Growing Case Against Trump (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jul-23 66 minutes

The Golden Age of Blogging (and now) (Robert Wright & Ross Douthat) 2022-Jul-19 68 minutes

The Biden-MBS Fist Bump (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jul-16 66 minutes

An Entrepreneur Takes on the Foreign Policy Blob (Robert Wright & David Sacks) 2022-Jul-13 77 minutes

Inflation Ruling the Nation (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jul-09 59 minutes

The Trump Problem’s Persistence (Robert Wright, David Corn, and Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jul-05 79 minutes

Judging Cassidy Hutchinson (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jul-02 62 minutes

Making It in the Online Journalism Biz (Robert Wright & Matthew Yglesias) 2022-Jun-29 58 minutes

The Supreme Court's Two Bombshells (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jun-25 74 minutes

Bernie’s Adviser Talks Russia-Ukraine (Robert Wright & Matthew Duss) 2022-Jun-21 56 minutes

Heroes and Villains of January 6 (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jun-18 61 minutes

Who’s to Blame for the State of Russia? (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) 2022-Jun-15 83 minutes

The January 6 Hearings Hit Primetime (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jun-11 64 minutes

What Syria Reveals about Russia-Ukraine (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis) 2022-Jun-06 75 minutes

Beyond Gun Control Binaries (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jun-04 67 minutes

Is Everything Falling Apart? (Robert Wright & Jonathan Haidt) 2022-May-31 65 minutes

Parrot Room: When the dogma catches the karma 2022-May-28 142 minutes

Will Uvalde Spur Gun Legislation? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-May-28 66 minutes

Jihad, Trumpism, and the Crisis of Liberalism (Robert Wright & Suzanne Schneider) 2022-May-24 71 minutes

Parrot Room: Touch my beak and I’ll buy you a horse 2022-May-21 125 minutes

Replacing Great Replacement Theory (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-May-21 65 minutes

The Power of Crisis (Robert Wright & Ian Bremmer) 2022-May-18 59 minutes

Spinning Ukraine Coverage in the West (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-May-14 76 minutes

Russia, China, and the New Cold War (Robert Wright & Susan Thornton) 2022-May-10 71 minutes

Hillbilly Victory (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-May-07 72 minutes

Consciousness All the Way Down? (Robert Wright & Bernardo Kastrup) 2022-May-03 130 minutes

Is Elon Musk In Over His Head? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Apr-30 69 minutes

A Biden-Trump Rematch? (Bill Scher, Matt K. Lewis, and Robert Wright) 2022-Apr-27 80 minutes

Is Putin's Russia Fascist? (Robert Wright & Marlene Laruelle) 2022-Apr-26 72 minutes

Putin’s Gameplan in Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Apr-23 73 minutes

Cognitive Empathy and Ukraine (Robert Wright & Aryeh Cohen-Wade) 2022-Apr-19 78 minutes

What’s Wrong With This Picture? (Robert Wright) 2022-Apr-16 40 minutes

A Politics of Love (Robert Wright & Marianne Williamson) 2022-Apr-12 68 minutes

Can the Ukraine War Be Ended Soon? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Apr-09 68 minutes

Could Russia-Ukraine Go Nuclear? (Robert Wright & Joe Cirincione) 2022-Apr-05 62 minutes

The Tide Turns against Will Smith (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Apr-02 67 minutes

What's Russia Thinking? (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) 2022-Mar-29 83 minutes

Inching Toward Peace in Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Mar-26 71 minutes

China and America (and Taiwan and Ukraine) (Robert Wright & Kishore Mahbubani) 2022-Mar-22 104 minutes

Is Putin Tanking in Ukraine? (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Mar-19 76 minutes

Debating Russia-Ukraine (Robert Wright & Eli Lake) 2022-Mar-16 82 minutes

Waging Information War in Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Mar-12 67 minutes

War in Ukraine: Causes and Effects (Robert Wright & Katrina vanden Heuvel) 2022-Mar-09 67 minutes

Seeing Ukraine Clearly (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Mar-05 66 minutes

Russia, Putin, and the Psychology of Status (Robert Wright & Steven Ward) 2022-Feb-28 69 minutes

Ukraine's Resistance (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Feb-26 67 minutes

A Russian's View of Ukraine (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) 2022-Feb-23 72 minutes

Playing Chicken in Kyiv (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Feb-19 66 minutes

Why Hitchens Matters (Robert Wright & Ben Burgis) 2022-Feb-15 82 minutes

Detaching Trump from Trumpism (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Feb-12 73 minutes

Ukraine and the Crisis of US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman) 2022-Feb-08 53 minutes

Saving Putin’s Face (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Feb-05 68 minutes

Identifying Anti-tribal Intellectuals (Robert Wright & Arnold Kling) 2022-Feb-01 73 minutes

The Ukrainian Thaw (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jan-29 70 minutes

Assessing the Russia-Ukraine Crisis (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven) 2022-Jan-25 52 minutes

Ukraine and Biden’s Brain (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jan-22 72 minutes

The Corruption of US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Richard Hanania) 2022-Jan-19 85 minutes

Biden’s Exit Strategy (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jan-15 73 minutes

How to Talk about Trans Issues (Robert Wright & Agustín Fuentes) 2022-Jan-12 64 minutes

Biden’s Long, Slow Pivot toward Normalcy (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) 2022-Jan-08 71 minutes

The Dharma of Bob 8: A Cosmic View of Our Situation (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2021-Nov-24 137 minutes

The Dharma of Bob 7: Cognitive Bias and Conflict (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2021-Sep-21 97 minutes

Contesting Determinism (Robert Wright & Oliver Burkeman) 2021-Sep-14 73 minutes

The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics (Robert Wright & John Horgan) 2021-Sep-07 76 minutes

Debating the Sexual Psychology of Men and Women (Robert Wright & Agustín Fuentes) 2021-Aug-25 81 minutes

Time Management for Mortals (Robert Wright & Oliver Burkeman) 2021-Aug-04 82 minutes

The Dharma of Bob 6: The Explain/Excuse Conflation (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2021-Jul-06 86 minutes

Should Darwin Be Cancelled? (Robert Wright & Agustín Fuentes) 2021-Jun-08 73 minutes

Saving the World One Podcast at a Time (Robert Wright & Rob Wiblin) 2021-May-25 95 minutes

The Dharma of Bob 5: Mindful Defiance (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2021-May-11 99 minutes

Despite Our Best Intentions (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2021-May-05 94 minutes

Circling the Elephant (Robert Wright & John Thatamanil) 2021-Apr-27 74 minutes

The Dharma of Bob 4: Averting the Apocalypse (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2021-Mar-23 85 minutes

Kant’s Transcendental Philosophy (Robert Wright & David Ottlinger) 2021-Mar-02 84 minutes

Ten Keys to Reality (Robert Wright & Frank Wilczek) 2021-Feb-23 91 minutes

The Dharma of Bob 3: Cognitive Biases (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2021-Jan-26 72 minutes

Evolution and Purpose (Robert Wright & Massimo Pigliucci) 2020-Dec-08 88 minutes

The Dharma of Bob 2: Nonzero (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2020-Dec-01 62 minutes

The Dharma of Bob: The Logos (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2020-Nov-03 67 minutes

Just Faith (Robert Wright & Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons) 2020-Oct-14 67 minutes

Social Media and Cognitive Empathy (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2020-Oct-01 68 minutes

Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World (Robert Wright & Sharon Salzberg) 2020-Sep-08 68 minutes

The Rights of Animals (Robert Wright & Ingrid Newkirk) 2020-Aug-25 66 minutes

Cognitive Empathy and Mindfulness (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2020-Aug-24 72 minutes

Cognitive Empathy and Michael Brooks (Robert Wright, Josh Summers, Donna Brooks) 2020-Aug-18 85 minutes

Life Is in the Transitions (Robert Wright & Bruce Feiler) 2020-Jul-28 90 minutes

On Inhumanity (Robert Wright & David Livingstone Smith) 2020-Jul-21 66 minutes

Buddhism and War (Robert Wright & Bhikkhu Bodhi) 2020-Jul-15 75 minutes

Humankind: A Hopeful History (Robert Wright & Rutger Bregman) 2020-Jul-08 87 minutes

The Psychology of the Pandemic (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2020-Jun-03 90 minutes

The Meaning of Dogs (Robert Wright & Andrew Sullivan) 2020-May-27 89 minutes

Manifesto for a Moral Revolution (Robert Wright & Jacqueline Novogratz) 2020-May-25 68 minutes

The Science and Philosophy of "Devs" (Robert Wright & John Horgan) 2020-May-12 94 minutes

Why I Am Not a Buddhist (Robert Wright & Evan Thompson) 2020-Apr-29 140 minutes

The New Science of Self-Actualization (Robert Wright & Scott Barry Kaufman) 2020-Apr-08 81 minutes

Anxiety and Happiness (Robert Wright & Ruth Whippman) 2020-Mar-28 59 minutes

The Magnanimous Heart (Robert Wright & Narayan Helen Liebenson) 2020-Mar-21 67 minutes

Exploring Daoism (Robert Wright & Robin Wang) 2020-Mar-11 62 minutes

Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation (Robert Wright & David Bentley Hart) 2020-Feb-26 80 minutes

We Need a Science of UFOs (Robert Wright & Alexander Wendt) 2020-Feb-12 61 minutes

How to Live a Good Life (Robert Wright, Massimo Pigliucci, and Skye Cleary) 2020-Feb-06 82 minutes

Does Moral Truth Exist? (Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen) 2020-Jan-06 73 minutes

Mindfulness and Racial Justice (Robert Wright & Rhonda Magee) 2019-Dec-24 48 minutes

How to Be an Epicurean (Robert Wright & Catherine Wilson) 2019-Dec-08 60 minutes

Enlightenment by Trial and Error (Robert Wright & Jay Michaelson) 2019-Dec-03 84 minutes

Psychopolitics: Empathy's Downsides (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) 2019-Nov-26 71 minutes

Grace-Filled Naturalism (Robert Wright & Roger Haight) 2019-Nov-08 81 minutes

Do We Live in a Simulation? (Robert Wright & Preston Greene) 2019-Nov-01 69 minutes

Automating the News (Robert Wright & Nicholas Diakopoulos) 2019-Oct-21 59 minutes

Science and Scientism (Robert Wright & John Horgan) 2019-Oct-18 71 minutes

Buddhist Ethics (Robert Wright & Bhikkhu Bodhi) 2019-Oct-04 80 minutes

The Philosophy of Aspiration (Robert Wright & Agnes Callard) 2019-Sep-20 70 minutes

Death and the Self (Robert Wright & Nina Strohminger) 2019-Sep-11 62 minutes

Quantum Physics and Social Science (Robert Wright & Alexander Wendt) 2019-Sep-01 72 minutes

McMindfulness (Robert Wright & Ronald Purser) 2019-Aug-08 61 minutes

Meditation Retreats (Robert Wright & Josh Summers) 2019-Jul-16 107 minutes

Call It Grace (Robert Wright & Serene Jones) 2019-Jul-10 55 minutes

Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience (Robert Wright & Lee McIntyre) 2019-Jul-04 72 minutes

Free Will, Determinism, and Compatibilism (Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen) 2019-Jun-22 78 minutes

Completing the Darwinian Revolution (Robert Wright & David Sloan Wilson) 2019-May-21 71 minutes