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Episode 2494: Samuel George on US-Chinese rivalry for the world's most critical minerals
In late February in DC, I attended the US premiere of the Bertelsmann Foundation of North America produced documentary “Lithium Rising”, a movie abou…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2493: David Rieff on the Woke Mind
It’s a small world. The great David Rieff came to my San Francisco studio today for in person interview about his new anti-woke polemic Desire and F…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2492: Daniel Bessner on how Trump is a natural outgrowth of FDR
Liberals won’t like it, but according to the Seattle based historian and podcaster Daniel Bessner, Trump’s wannabe imperial presidency is a “natural…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2491: Richard Kreitner 0n 6 Jews, 7 Opinions and the American Civil War
Question: What was the position of 19th century American Jews to the Civil War and Slavery?
Answer: Complicated. Very complicated.
Painfully and, in s…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2490: Stephen Witt explains the rise of NVIDIA and its relentless CEO Jensen Huang
Stephen Witt’s last book was entitled How Music Got Free. His latest, The Thinking Machine, a history of NVIDIA and its CEO Jensen Huang, might have …
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2489: Gianna Toboni on whether Death Row Prisoners have the Right to Die With Dignity
Should death row prisoners have the right to demand to be executed? In her debut book The Volunteer, Bay Area journalist Gianna Toboni exposes the ab…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2488: Diane Coyle on Measuring the Good Life
How to measure the good life? According to Cambridge University’s Professor of Public Policy, Diane Coyle, quantifying progress doesn’t involve tradi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2487: Keach Hagey on Sam Altman's Superpower
Keach Hagey’s upcoming new biography of OpenAI's Sam Altman is entitled The Optimist. But it could alternatively be called The Salesman. The Wall Str…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2486: Bethanne Patrick on how our Facebook generation has gotten the Gatsby we deserve
According to the LA Times book critic Bethanne Patrick, every generation gets the Gatsby it deserves. And our generation, the social media generation…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 2485: Paul Rice on why Tariffs are dumb
It might be Liberation Day today, but according to Paul Rice, founder of US Fair Trade and author of Every Purchase Matters, Trump’s tariffs are dumb…
1 year, 6 months ago