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50 Days of Trump 2.0 (Robert Wright & Eric Levitz)

Mar 11 2025 60 mins

Is the chaos starting to subside? ... Trump’s tariff strategy (or lack thereof) ... Trump’s baffling, backfiring Canada obsession ... Elon’s darkly weird grandfather ... Has America gone full oligarchy? ... Heading to Overtime ...

Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)

Mar 07 2025 60 mins

What could go right with Trump’s foreign policy? ... Trump’s Bibi-pleasing Middle East path ... How would Europe-led defence of Europe work? ... What most miss about the Oval Office blowup ... Has relying on America doomed Ukraine? ... Heading to Overtime ...

Mutually Assured AI Malfunction (Robert Wright & Dan Hendrycks)

Mar 05 2025 60 mins

Dan’s new paper, “Superintelligence Strategy” ... “Mutually assured AI malfunction” ... Does China see America’s AI policy as a grave threat? ... How likely is US-China conflict over superintelligence? ... How America’s chip war makes war over Taiwan more likely ... Why did China-hawkism sweep Silicon Valley? ... Can we avoid AI doom without global governance? ... The

Trump vs. Zelensky: The Morning After (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)

Mar 03 2025 60 mins

Andrew’s new gig (and gifts) ... Play-by-play of the Oval Office blowup ... Zelensky’s and Trump’s obsessions ... What are Russia’s red lines? ... Guaranteeing Ukraine’s (and Europe’s) security ... Heading to Overtime ...

How to Slash the Pentagon Budget (Connor Echols & Julia Gledhill)

Feb 28 2025 60 mins

Introduction ... How the Pentagon budget got so big ... How to cut $60 billion in military spending this year ... The privatization of weapons acquisitions ... Prospects for military budget reform under Trump ...

Hockey, Trump, and Other US-Canada Issues (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Feb 27 2025 60 mins

Paul’s cold take on US-Canada relations ... How representative is representative government, really? ... Bob’s plan to end hockey fights ... A worthwhile Canadian initiative to dump Musk ... What makes James Bond James Bond? ... Bob’s reign as TV analysis king continues (claims Bob) ... Heading to Overtime ...

Trump 2.0 and the Law (Robert Wright & Jack Goldsmith)

Feb 25 2025 60 mins

Intro ... Jack’s experience with presidential power ... Unpacking Trump’s Pentagon and DOJ purges ... Which legal battles could Trump win? ... The Trump-Musk chaos: bug or feature? ... How Trump is putting “unitary executive theory” into practice ... Is a unitary executive unconstitutional? ... Heading to Overtime ...

Trump: Peacemaker or Chaos Agent? (Connor Echols & Robert Wright)

Feb 21 2025 60 mins

Intro and housekeeping ... Trump's very good, very bad week on Ukraine ... Trump vs his foreign policy team? ... Great-power competition and its discontents ... Musk runs roughshod over DC ...

Interpreting AI’s Acceleration (Robert Wright & Nora Belrose)

Feb 19 2025 60 mins

Nora’s work on AI alignment and interpretability ... Is *a* singularity near? ... Nora: AI may take my job within two years ... The reason(ing) behind AI’s latest acceleration ... Thinking through the “chain-of-thought” process ... AI “thinking” vs human thinking ... Heading to Overtime ...

The Perils of a New Cold War (Connor Echols & Van Jackson)

Feb 14 2025 60 mins

Van's new book, The Rivalry Peril ... What policymakers forget about the first Cold War ... The roots of the US-China cold war ... The end of globalization and the rise of economic nationalism ... How rivalry deepens inequality in both the US and China ...