Bloggingheads.tv

Dec 11 2024 42 ep. 60 mins 5k
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Reassembling Syria (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis)

Dec 11 2024 60 mins  
Syria’s uncertain political future ... Has the Islamist rebel group HTS actually moderated? ... The extent of retributive violence since Assad fell ... Syria's complicated factional divides ... America's control of Syrian oil fields ... Heading to Overtime ...

Covid: The Evidence Against Natural Origin (Robert Wright & Yuri Deigin)

Dec 09 2024 60 mins  
Yuri’s high-stakes debate on Covid’s origins ... Pros and cons of Covid vaccines ... Do Covid “coincidences” point to a lab leak? ... Does the pattern of Covid’s initial spread suggest zoonotic origin? ... Why the Wuhan market may have amplified Covid’s spread ... Covid’s lineages A and B ... US-China collaboration in the Wuhan lab’s virology research ...

Is the Assad Regime Collapsing (Andrew Day, Connor Echols, and Bassam Barabandi)

Dec 06 2024 60 mins  
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Debating the Hunter Biden Pardon (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Dec 04 2024 60 mins  
A masterclass in audience alienation ... Paul defends Biden’s paternal pardon ... Should family come before societal good? ... The costs of the Hunter pardon ... Was Hunter the victim of a witch hunt? ... Elon sues OpenAI (again) ... Heading to Overtime ...

AI and the China Question (Robert Wright & Nathan Labenz)

Nov 27 2024 60 mins  
Anthropic’s CEO comes out as a China hawk ... Why so many China hawks in the AI community? ... Gaming out the AGI takeoff timeline ... Last year’s OpenAI coup: What did Ilya see? ... Underappreciated dangers of the China chip war ... Are US tech leaders seeing China’s perspective clearly? ... Heading to Overtime ...

Bibi's Legal Troubles, Trump's Confirmation Struggles (Robert Wright, Andrew Day, and Connor Echols)

Nov 22 2024 60 mins  
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Back Down the JFK Rabbit Hole (Robert Wright & Jefferson Morley)

Nov 21 2024 60 mins  
Bob’s trip down the JFK rabbit hole gets real ... Will Trump release the JFK files? ... What the CIA actually knew about Oswald, pre-assassination ... The damning Oswald-CIA connection Jeff uncovered ... Was there a second shooter? Bob’s on-the-ground research ... Bob’s research cont’d: grassy knoll geometry ... Was the alleged CIA cover-up just CYA? ... Heading to Overtime

Elon vs Bluesky, Jake Paul vs Tyson, AI vs World Peace (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Nov 19 2024 60 mins  
Are Bluesky pastures really greener? ... Dissecting SciAm editor’s Bluesky blowup ... Elon’s free speech stolen valor ... The “highlights” of the Paul-Tyson “fight” ... Has the military-industrial complex conquered the AI industry? ... Heading to Overtime ...

Will Trump Go Full-On Authoritarian? (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)

Nov 15 2024 60 mins  
Another high-synergy, brilliant collaboration ... Is Elon our first true oligarch? ... Trump assembles his Justice League of hawks ... Biden’s awful foreign policy team ... Trump’s plan to purge the military ... Will Trump go full-on authoritarian? ... Left-wing capitalists—and a discount offer ...

Is Trump a Good Fit for the AI Era? (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond)

Nov 13 2024 60 mins  
Sam’s place on the AI accelerationist-pauser spectrum ... Predicting AI’s near-term impact ... Is regulating AI a fool’s errand? ... Does strong AI governance court authoritarianism? ... Can Trump and Elon be trusted on AI? ... How Sam thinks AI should be regulated ... Heading to Overtime ...