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Excessive Wealth Disorder: Glen Galaich on the $2 Trillion That Could Save Democracy
Episode 2851
“Why does someone need to be the first trillionaire? The damage it’s doing just to get to that level is extreme.” — Glen Galaich
Excessive wealth diso…
6 months, 1 week ago
Bring the Friction Back: Stephen Balkam on Kids, Social Media, and Tech’s Big Tobacco Moment
Episode 2850
“Friction is what brings us together. If we were never able to communicate in real space, we would not truly learn what it is to be human.” — Stephen…
6 months, 1 week ago
How Stories Can Save Us: Colum McCann on Narrative Four, Einstein, Freud, and the Power of Empathy
Episode 2849
“The shortest distance between you and me is a story.” — Colum McCann
In 1932, Albert Einstein wrote to Sigmund Freud asking if humanity could cure it…
6 months, 1 week ago
Politics in the Age of Total Control: Jacob Siegel on the Information State that Came Home
Episode 2848
“What conclusion do you draw if you see a system that continues to grow more powerful despite failing at the things it says it’s going to accomplish?…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
America's Suez Moment? Soli Özel on Why Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again
Episode 2847
“If the regime doesn’t lose, it wins.” — Soli Özel
It was just past midnight in Istanbul when I reached Soli Özel. The Pentagon had just announced it …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Be Agreeably Disagreeable: Julia Minson on How to Argue with Your MAGA Father-in-Law
Episode 2846
“The problems start when I conclude that only an uninformed, unintelligent, or evil person could hold the view that you hold.” — Julia Minson
In a sne…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Let’s Ban Billionaires: Noam Cohen on the Know-It-Alls 2.0
Episode 2845
“AI is a theft of knowledge. I can’t believe we as a society allowed this.” — Noam Cohen
Ten years ago, Noam Cohen came on the show to ask if it was “…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Was St. Francis of Assisi the First Silicon Valley Critic? Dan Turello on 800-Years of Tech Anxiety
Episode 2844
“We read so as not to feel alone.” — C.S. Lewis (possibly)
Dan Turello is a cultural historian of medieval Italy, a much published photographer, and t…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Philadelphia Story: Richard Vague on the Wealthiest & Most Invisible American Founding Father
Episode 2843
“Washington and Hamilton were governed by Willing.” — John Adams, 1813
Thomas Willing voted against the Declaration of Independence. He was the wealth…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Symbolic Capitalism vs. Symbolic Democracy: Will the $10 Trillion AI Startup Change Everything?
Episode 2842
“I don’t know if any rational person ever became a billionaire running a disruptive company.” — Keith Teare
Is capitalism by permission of democracy, …
6 months, 2 weeks ago