2 May 2024
Trump’s 2nd Term Plan: Be MEANER
Should we be freaked out about Trump's second-term agenda? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week's DMZ.
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Campus Protests, Dennett’s Legacy
Robert Wright and Paul Bloom discuss the pro-Palestine student protests and their fallout. Plus: Remembering—and disagreeing with—Daniel Dennett.
Why did Putin turn against the West?
Robert Wright and Russian journalist and futurist Anatoly Karlin discuss the issue.
Just ONE MAGA Juror is All TRUMP Needs
Can Trump get one secret partisan on the hush money trial jury to thwart a guilty verdict? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
How Iran’s Attack Benefits Israel
Iran’s strike on Israel was an “own goal,” Middle East expert Joshua Landis tells Robert Wright.
Can Abortion Sink Trump?
Can Donald Trump move to the center on the issue of abortion? Or will Joe Biden’s ads effectively tie him to the overturning of Roe v. Wade? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
AI, Rationalism, and the “Great Filter”
Robert Wright and economist and futurist Robin Hanson discuss Robin’s solution to the Fermi Paradox and how AI fits into it. Plus: where rationalist culture gets “cultish”, seeing AI as offspring, and more.
RFK Jr.’s Bad VEEP Pick
Is RFK Jr’s VP pick an affront to democracy? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
Meditation Tips for Beginners (and Non-Beginners)
Neuroscientist Kathryn Devaney of the Berkeley Alembic and Robert Wright discuss meditative best practices, how meditation aids cognitive empathy, whether mindfulness can save us from AI doom, and more.
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A Debate on Israel-Palestine
Coleman Hughes, author of The End of Race Politics, talks to Robert Wright about campus protests, the war in Gaza, and Palestinian national identity.
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How Joe Biden Saved Ukraine (And Nobody Noticed)
Does Biden deserve more credit for averting an Israel-Iran war and securing Ukraine aid? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss.
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Thinking Back on Kahneman, Fast and Slow
Robert Wright and Paul Bloom discuss the late Nobel laureate’s life and legacy.
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Israel out of control
Robert Wright and American Prestige hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss attacks on aid workers and Iran’s embassy.
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Things to know about the noosphere
Robert Wright and Sister Ilia Delio—theologian, author, and expert on Jesuit priest and scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin—discuss what Teilhard described as the “thinking envelope of the Earth.”
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What Does Putin Want?
