Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNate Soares: we are doomed (probably)
Season 1 Episode 268
Today Razib talks to Nate Soares the President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). He joined MIRI in 2014 and has since authored m…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Alexander Cortes: broscience, health science and fertility
Season 1 Episode 267
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Alexander Cortes. Cortes is a trainer, fitness influencer and entrepreneur. He is the co-fou…
1 year ago
Kat Rosenfield: after the vibe shift
Season 1 Episode 266
Today on Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Kat Rosenfield. She is an American novelist, journalist, and culture critic known for both her fiction…
1 year ago
Eric Kaufmann: a cultural revolution in winter
Season 1 Episode 265
Today Razib talks to Eric Kaufmann, a Canadian professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, where he directs the Centre for Heterodox Socia…
1 year ago
Ryan P. Williams: the Claremont Institute standing athwart history
Season 1 Episode 264
Today Razib talks to Ryan P. Williams. He is president of The Claremont Institute, a position he has held since 2017. He is also a contributor to The…
1 year ago
Chad Orzel: the state of physics and academia in 2025
Season 1 Episode 263
Chad Orzel is a physicist and science writer who has been blogging for nearly twenty-five years. He's the author of four books, Breakfast with Einste…
1 year, 1 month ago
Jonathan Anomaly and James Lee: is eugenics in our future?
Season 1 Episode 262
Recently, the new embryo-selection start-up Herasight has been in the news, finally coming out of stealth. Part of the buzz is because of the public …
1 year, 1 month ago
Jason Richwine: immigration moratorium now
Season 1 Episode 261
On last week's episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib spoke with Alex Nowrestah, a vice president at the Cato Institute and a strong advocate for ex…
1 year, 1 month ago
Alex Nowrasteh: an immigration libertarian in Trump's America
Season 1 Episode 260
Three years ago, Razib recorded two podcasts with two immigration experts on different sides of the issue, Alex Nowrestah and Jason Rich…
1 year, 2 months ago
John Hawks: varieties of humankind all mixed-up
Season 1 Episode 259
Today on Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist who has been a researcher and commentator in human evolutionary biol…
1 year, 2 months ago