Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThis Law Bans Superintelligent AI
Episode 291
How dangerous is superintelligence? Connor Leahy, a former open-source LLM builder and current AI safety advocate, argues that the threat is existent…
9 hours ago
How Technology Is Rewriting the Rules of War
Episode 290
Ukraine destroyed Russian strategic bombers deep inside Russia with help from a former DJ, a tattoo artist, and cheap drones hidden in trucks. What d…
2 weeks ago
Inside the Race to Replace Humans with AI
Episode 289
Even as AI dominates the headlines, the gulf between what insiders know and outsiders believe has never been wider. Those closest to the technology …
4 weeks ago
Inside the Secret Service | An Impossible Job Is Getting Harder
Episode 288
With political violence on the rise and new weapons like drones proliferating, is it still possible to protect America’s leaders? Why has such a bas…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
A Luddite's Guide to the AI Economy
Episode 287
People are worried that AI will automate their jobs. Yet Brian Merchant has interviewed hundreds of workers disrupted by AI, and what he sees isn’t a…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Data Centers Are Fine, Actually
Episode 286
Data centers may be the most controversial objects in America. They’re blamed for draining water reservoirs, stressing electrical grids, and driving …
3 months, 1 week ago
How Europe Fights Russia Without the U.S.
Episode 285
NATO’s future remains in doubt as Donald Trump again threatens to pull U.S. troops from Europe. But the practical stakes of these debates aren’t alwa…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Iran Will Probably Still Get Nukes – Here’s How
Episode 284
The U.S. and Israel just fought a second war over Iran's nuclear program—and one of the world's leading nuclear experts says America lost. Iran's ura…
4 months ago
How a U.S.-China War Would Unfold
Episode 283
A U.S.-China war over Taiwan would be catastrophic for all sides and the world. Preventing such a war requires understanding how it might unfold—from…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Real Middle East Crisis Hasn't Started Yet
Episode 282
The wars unleashed by October 7th have left the Middle East deeply fractured—Iran battered and defiant, Gaza destroyed, Israel militarized, the Gulf …
4 months, 3 weeks ago