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EP 208 Jack Visnjic on Anacyclosis
Season 1 Episode 208
Jim talks with Jack Visnjic, aka Lantern Jack, about Polybius's theory of anacyclosis and cyclical history. They discuss the origins of the name Lant…
2 years, 5 months ago
EP 207 Paul Watson on Adventures in Eco-Activism
Season 1 Episode 207
Jim talks with Paul Watson about his recent book Hit Man for the Kindness Club: High Seas Escapades and Heroic Adventures of an Eco-Activist. They di…
2 years, 5 months ago
EP 206 Ryan Clancy on No Labels
Season 1 Episode 206
Jim talks with Ryan Clancy, the chief strategist for No Labels, in the second of a 3-part series exploring different aspects of the No Labels possibl…
2 years, 5 months ago
EP 205 Matthew Pirkowski on Time Preference and Cooperation
Season 1 Episode 205
Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about the ideas in a recent tweet thread on time preference and its relationship with cooperation. They discuss the …
2 years, 5 months ago
EP 204 Matt Bennett on the Case Against No Labels
Season 1 Episode 204
Jim talks with Matt Bennett about his arguments against the third-party political campaign No Labels. They discuss Matt's steelman of the campaign, b…
2 years, 5 months ago
EP 203 Robert Sapolsky on Life Without Free Will
Season 1 Episode 203
Jim talks with Robert Sapolsky about the ideas in his book Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will. They discuss what motivates his writing a…
2 years, 5 months ago
EP 202 Neil Howe on the Fourth Turning
Season 1 Episode 202
Jim talks with Neil Howe about the ideas in his new book, The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us About How and When This Cri…
2 years, 5 months ago
EP 201 Tobias Dengel on the Age of Voice Technology
Season 1 Episode 201
Jim talks with Tobias Dengel about the ideas in his book The Sound of the Future: The Coming Age of Voice Technology. They discuss the idea that voic…
2 years, 5 months ago
EP 200 Brian Chau on AI Pluralism
Season 1 Episode 200
Jim talks with Brian Chau about recent advancements in AI and viewing AI's relationship to society and politics through a pluralistic lens. They disc…
2 years, 6 months ago
EP 199 Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap
Season 1 Episode 199
Jim talks with Yascha Mounk about the ideas in his new book The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power. They discuss tribalism among progressives,…
2 years, 6 months ago