Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan Artificial Intelligence Be Moral? (with Paul Bloom)
Episode 925
It seems obvious that moral artificial intelligence would be better than the alternative. But psychologist Paul Bloom of the University of Toronto th…
2 years, 8 months ago
An Extraordinary Introduction to the Birth of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Haviv Rettig Gur)
Episode 924
Israeli journalist Haviv Rettig Gur takes us on a deep dive into the origins of Israel--how European Jew-hatred gave birth to Zionism and the foundin…
2 years, 8 months ago
Niall Ferguson on Free Speech and Kissinger's Role in the Middle East
Episode 923
How can we create a radically different atmosphere at American universities? Easy, says historian Niall Ferguson of Stanford University's Hoover Inst…
2 years, 8 months ago
Yossi Klein Halevi on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Episode 922
In 2018, author Yossi Klein Halevi wanted Palestinians to understand his story of how Israel came into existence. At the same time, he wanted Palesti…
2 years, 8 months ago
Tyler Cowen on the GOAT of Economics
Episode 921
Who is the greatest economist of all time? In Tyler Cowen's eclectic view, you need both breadth and depth, macro and micro. You can't have been too …
2 years, 9 months ago
Andrew McAfee on the Geek Way
Episode 920
What's different about companies that accomplish amazing things? Perhaps surprisingly, says Andrew McAfee of MIT, it has nothing to do with being agi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman
Episode 919
Who was Milton Friedman? Jennifer Burns of Stanford University finds in her biography of Friedman that the answer to that question is more complicate…
2 years, 9 months ago
Zach Weinersmith on Space Settlement and A City on Mars
Episode 918
Loss of taste for most foods, vision problems, loss of muscle mass and bone density. In light of these and the many unpleasant our outright dangerous…
2 years, 9 months ago
Michael Easter on Excess, Moderation, and the Scarcity Brain
Episode 917
Slot machines, social media, and potato chips: we humans seem to find a lot of things hard to consume in moderation. Why does "enough" seem so much h…
2 years, 10 months ago
Robert Sapolsky on Determinism, Free Will, and Responsibility
Episode 916
Your mother's socio-economic status at the time of your birth. Whether your ancestors raised crops or led camels through the desert. The smell of the…
2 years, 10 months ago