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Truth is Dead: Steven Rosenbaum on AI as a Spectacularly Good Liar
Episode 2862
“When we trust AI to tell us the truth, we are setting ourselves up to hand over something deeply human to a machine that does not have our best inte…
6 months ago
The Joe Biden Tragedy: Julian Zelizer on the Last New Deal President
Episode 2861
“His ultimate failure is not simply losing. It’s his failure to stop Trumpism from being such a dominant force in America.” — Julian Zelizer
On this E…
6 months ago
We Shape Our AI, Thereafter It Shapes Us: How to Maintain Human Agency in Our Agentic Age
Episode 2860
“We shape our tools, and thereafter they shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan (attributed)
Who gets to tell the AI story? A movie, a media company or Marshal…
6 months ago
Stop, Don't Do That: Peter Edelman on What Bobby Kennedy Can Still Teach America
Episode 2859
“Millions of people have gone out and said, ‘Stop, don’t do that.’ And that is a wonderful thing.” — Peter Edelman
We are in Washington DC this week, …
6 months, 1 week ago
That's My Story, But Not Where It Ends: Robert Polito on Bob Dylan's Second Act
Episode 2858
“That’s my story, but not where it ends.” — Bob Dylan, “Key West (Philosopher Pirate)”
Fitzgerald said there were no second acts in the American story…
6 months, 1 week ago
Does God Love Haiti? Dimitri Elias Léger on the Haitian Scorer of the Greatest Goal in US History
Episode 2857
“When Haiti plays Brazil, Haitians will feel equal. Football gives even the weakest and the poorest a fighting chance. That is profound.” — Dimitri E…
6 months, 1 week ago
One Life in Nine World Cups: Simon Kuper on Football Fever and Why the Beautiful Game Still Matters
Episode 2856
“The World Cup is a kind of religious feast. It’s like Easter, or Passover, or Eid, but it’s for all of humanity.” — A Church of England vicar, quote…
6 months, 1 week ago
What If It’s a Bunch of Shit? Margaret Rutherford on the Relentless Camouflage of a Perfect Life
Episode 2855
“There is tremendous loneliness in the kind of life where you just don’t feel like anybody knows you.” — Margaret Rutherford
Yesterday, the Brooklyn p…
6 months, 1 week ago
Perfection Is the Devil: Daniel Smith on Boredom, Envy, and Why Our Darkest Emotions Aren’t So Dark
Episode 2854
“Perfection is the devil. Growth means a greater capaciousness, not a narrowing and an optimisation.” — Daniel Smith
Don’t feel bad about feeling bad.…
6 months, 1 week ago
At the Heart of the American Center: Corey Nathan on How to Talk Politics and Religion Without Killing Each other
Episode 2853
“We can survive. Can we thrive? That’s a different question.” — Corey Nathan
Robert Mueller died last week. Educated at Princeton, this Vietnam vetera…
6 months, 1 week ago