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Episode 2178: Bryan VanDyke on Humanist Nostalgia in our AI Age
Bryan VanDyke’s new dystopian AI novel, In Our Likeness, only came out today, but it has already over 1,400 reviews on Amazon and is currently their …
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Episode 2177: Brazil vs X, France vs Telegram and the Brewing War between Big Tech & Government
There’s a big fight, perhaps even a war, about to break out between Big Tech and governments around the world. It’s been brewing for several years no…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 2176: Peter Phillips on why State Controlled Chinese Capitalism is more Humane than the Free Market American Model
According to the Californian political sociologist Peter Phillips, American capitalism is facing an existential crisis. In his new book, Titans of Ca…
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Episode 2175: Tanya Gold on her Gay Romp through Jewish Poland
The Anglo-Jewish writer Tanya Gold went on holiday to Auschwitz and didn’t much like what she saw. She writes about the experience in “My Auschwitz V…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 2174: David Lay Williams on how Economic Inequality has Shaped the History of Political Thought
Last year, we had a great conversation with Branko Milanovic, author of Visions of Inequality, about how classical economists like Smith, Riccardo, M…
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Episode 2173: Pano Kanelos on How to Build a Liberal 21st Century University
Something interesting is happening in downtown Austin. Next month, The University of Austin (UATX), a new undergraduate college claiming to “be dedic…
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Episode 2172: Pedro Domingos on how AI can radically democratize American politics
As the author of the bestselling Master Algorithm, University of Washington professor Pedro Domingos is one of the world’s most respected AI experts.…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 2171: Frank Andre Guridy reimagines America through the history of its sports stadiums
At the DNC last week, the Warriors coach and former Bulls star Steve Kerr spoke of his excitement at his return to Chicago’s United Center, the home …
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 2170: Former U.S. Inspectors General, Glenn Fine, in defense of honest & accountable government
As one of the victims of Donald Trump’s notorious 2020 dismissal of Inspector Generals, Glenn A. Fine — a longtime Inspector General of both the depa…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 2169: Why Both Teachers and Students Need AI
“We don’t need no education”, Pink Floyd announced in 1979. “Teachers leave those kids alone”:
We don't need no educationWe don’t need no thought con…
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