Podcast Episodes

Fan Fic at the End of the World

This week, we dive into the horrifying world of Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI Doomer, Rationalist, and Harry Potter fan fiction author in light of his recently published NYT bestseller with Nate Soares, "If …

Published on 23 hours ago

How Tech Billionaires Bought the Narrative with Eoin Higgins

In this episode, we talked to journalist Eoin Higgins about his book "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left" which examines how Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Is Saving Shrimps Effective Altruism? w/ Guest Comedian Josh Gondelman

In this episode, we explore the Shrimp Welfare Project, featured on the Daily Show several months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNbIKtGMoaA&t. Comedian Josh Gondelman -- a former writer…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures

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This week we explored Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures. Other than trying to prove he's not the Antichrist, what is this guy up …

Published on 4 weeks ago

Bryan Johnson, Mortal

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This week, we explored the anti-aging obsession of Bryan Johnson. From erection measuring to NDA's, join us for a weird ride.

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How Bryan Johnson, …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Astroturf Agenda with Dean Preston

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San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about the tech billionair…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

My BF is AI

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This week, we talked about what AI is doing to our emotions and our relationships. From AI P…

Published on 2 months ago

Patreon Preview: The Vox Writer w/ Eugenics Fanfic (Effective Altruism in Media)

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Published on 2 months ago

UNLOCKED: Zizians Part 1- A Cult Within a Cult

This week we are off, so thought I'd unlock one of our Patreon eps from the series we did about the Zizians.

We discuss the origins of the Zizian ideology in the Rationalism community, MIRI, CFAR, Ro…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

PATREON PREVIEW: Listener Q and A

This week we answered questions from our Patreon supporters about the Bay Area cyberdelic scene, Church of the Subgenius, the persistence of eugenics, anarcho-primitivism, TESCREAL boardgames and wha…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago