Podcast Episodes

America Before 250

It has been 250 years and America still doesn’t know how to talk about the genocide of indigenous peoples that kicked the whole thing off.

Guest: Rebe…

1 week, 4 days ago

Elon, Please Log Off

Everyone needs a hobby. Unfortunately, instead of, say, model trains, the world’s first trillionaire’s seems to unwind by boosting calls for anti-imm…

2 weeks ago

Can ChatGPT Be a Criminal Accomplice?

People are asking artificial intelligence large language models how to do everything—even how to harm themselves and others. And while companies clai…

2 weeks ago

Trump’s War Is Still Going to Cost You

Oil prices fell when Trump announced a deal had been struck with Iran, but don’t mistake that for things going back to “normal.” We left “normal” a l…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel Alone

Both the US and Iran are talking up a deal that will end the war and re-open the Strait of Hormuz. So why is Israel so upset about it? 

Guest: Gregg C…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

The US Military’s Other War

From the firing of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr., to the removal of the first Black four-star general’s portrait from th…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

An Obsession with Backrooms

Two horror films by two young directors have outmuscled an honest-to-Grogu Star Wars to become the early box office surprises of the summer.

Guest: J…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

My Clip Viral, My Spencer Pratt, My Kalshi Dived, Knicks In Five??

It’s real: The two great flavors of What Next and What Next TBD together at last. But what’s not real? Where does a sincere speaker using a medium wi…

3 weeks ago

IPO to the Moon

Is Elon Musk’s SpaceX leading humanity to Mars? Or is that just grandiose window-dressing for an A.I. company leading several other A.I. companies to…

3 weeks ago

Fight House Lawn

How Donald Trump rearranging the White House lawn to accommodate a UFC fight neatly mirrors the way the organization and its parent company have resh…

3 weeks, 1 day ago