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Episode 2237: Bethanne Patrick on new Fall Fiction to take your mind off you-know-what
Last week, the Los Angeles Times book critic, Bethanne Patrick, came on the show to talk about the best new non-fiction books for the Fall. Today she…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2236: Stephen Riggio on the greatest Italian novel you've never heard of
There are few more passionate bibliophiles than those who have dedicated their lives to the publishing business. Take, for example, Stephen Riggio, t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2235: Peter Osnos on LBJ & McNamara - the Vietnam Partnership Bound to Fail
There are few men politically or intellectually smarter than President Lyndon Johnson and his defense secretary Robert McNamara. So how did LBJ and M…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2234: Terrence Sejnowski asks whether our brains and AI are converging
As the longtime collaborator of the 2024 Nobel laureates John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, Terrence Sejnowski is one of America’s most distinguished…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2233: More than a Tool: How AI is becoming an independent actor in our world
Not only is the AI revolution really happening, but its Large Language Model technology is becoming an independent actor in the world. Rather than th…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2232: Mark Galeotti on whether Putin is a prisoner or a master of history
From the introduction of North Korean troops into the war in Ukraine to a budding friendship with Elon Musk, Putin continues to make strange headline…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2231: Bill Adair on the Epidemic of Political Lying, why Republicans do it more, and how it could destroy American democracy
The Politifact founder, Duke University professor and Pulitzer Prize winning writer Bill Adair certainly isn’t the first person to raise the alarm ab…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2230: Seth Godin on why we are all hard-wired for hope
In February 2011, I had the maven of mavens, Seth Godin, on the show to discuss the end of the industrial age. “So why are you so popular?” I asked t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2229: Robert Skidelsky worries about the Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
New books about the impact of AI on the human condition are two a penny. But it’s rare to have an AI book by such a prominent author as Robert Skidel…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 2228: Bethanne Patrick on Al Pacino, the Queen, Bob Woodward and Ketanji Brown Jackson
There are some seriously heavyweight new non-fiction books this Fall including memoirs by Al Pacino and Ketanji Brown Jackson, as well as an intrigui…
1 year, 11 months ago