Episode Details

PIRATE WIRES EP#19 🏴‍☠️ - This week on the pod, Tim Urban jumps on with Solana to discuss his new book, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies. Topics include mental frameworks for thinking clearly about politics, staying cool when issues become heated, the gollums of the Trump right and the social justice left, and soberly navigating Israel and Palestine in a moment of mass hysteria.

Featuring Mike Solana, Tim Urban

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0:00 - Intro

IMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Welcome Tim Urban To The Pod! Discussing His Book

"What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies"

6:45 - What We Are Missing Right Now..

11:45 - Existential Threats

21:30 - Group Think - How Gollums Take Over

40:30 - Social Wars

55:45 - What Do We Do?

59:00 - Where To Find Tim Online & Go Read Tim's Book - See You All Next Friday!