BhTV: The Wright Show (fast audio)

Mark’s newsletter, podcast, and Bloggingheads roots ... Is Trump really anti-internationalist? ... Who was the most pro-UN post-Cold-War president? ... Is global governance doomed? ... Scoring the UN’s post-Cold War track record ... ICC and ICJ 101 ... Why the WHO matters ... Heading to Overtime ...

Some brief NonZero World housekeeping ... Trump, China and AI ... Connor's interview with national security law expert Elizabeth Beavers about Trump's use of terror designations ...

Two theories of Musk’s “salute” ... DeepSeek-R1: Salvo or olive branch? ... The misappropriation of Musk’s AI doomerism ... Is the AI avatar era already upon us? ... Paul fills Bob in on his “empty threat” theory ... Heading to Overtime ...

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Peter’s new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza ... Is it anti-Semitic to say Israeli policies foster anti-Semitism? ... Zionism’s many meanings ... How are American Jews grappling with Israel-Gaza? ... The Democrats’ Israel bind ... Is all hope lost for a two-state solution? ... Anti-Semitic tropes, the Israel lobby, and Elon’s “gesture” ... The unusual na

Intro ... Natasha's new book, Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe ...

Intro ... Kanjun’s role as CEO of AI research lab Imbue ... Worrying about a “Wall-E world” ... Building human-centric AI agents ... How far away is truly “agentic” AI? ... The road to AI serfdom ... Does the AI revolution call for a psychological revolution? ... Heading to Overtime ...

Tom’s Pulitzer-Prize hat trick ... Why Beijing is relatively calm about Trump’s reelection ... China hawkism in the AI community ... What’s Trump’s logic re Greenland and Panama? ... On Israel-Palestine, is a two-state solution still possible? ... How a stable ceasefire in Gaza could transform Israeli politics ... Why Trump may be better than Biden on Israel-Palestine ... B

News bites ... Gaza ceasefire deep dive ... Bob joins to talk about Biden's legacy and Trump's imminent return to the White House ...

Bob and Paul battle for audience sympathy ... Canada as 51st state: y’eh or n’eh? ... How Trump-y is Canada’s likely next leader? ... The humiliation theory of American politics ... Trump, Elon, and the two paths to bullying ... Facebook’s free speech about-face ... Heading to Overtime ...