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Apr 15 2025 42 ep. 60 mins 5k

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Untangling Trump’s Tariff Logic (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond)

Apr 15 2025 60 mins

Sam's theory of (some of) Trump's tariffs ... The bad scenario and the less bad scenario ... Scott Bessent's radicalism ... Will Trump display the art of the deal? ... China's trade-war strengths ... An intentional end to American hegemony? ... Sam’s defense of chip restrictions ... Heading to Overtime ...

How Trump could strike a deal with Iran (Connor Echols & Sina Toossi)

Apr 11 2025 60 mins

Sina's hopes for this weekend's US-Iran talks ... Trump's two-month clock starts ticking ... Iran's growing nuclear leverage ... Trump the dealmaker vs Trump the warmonger ... The myth of a "surgical" military campaign against Iran ... The resurgence of Iran's reformist camp ...

The Psycho-logic of Trump’s Tariffs (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Apr 09 2025 60 mins

Paul is Bob's worthwhile Canadian initiative ... The psycho-logic of Trump’s tariff strategy ... Has Trump exposed structural flaws in America? ... Is Musk saying Navarro is dumber than Ivanka? ... On incest ... Heading to Overtime ...

The Real (And Fictional) Orson Welles (Robert Wright & Milton Lawson)

Apr 08 2025 60 mins

Milton’s epic new comic, “Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds” ... Comics culture, then and now ... The real story behind the faux War of the Worlds broadcast ... Why Milton was drawn to Orson Welles ... What (or who) really derailed Welles’s career? ... Will Milton's comic go multimedia? ... Heading to Overtime—with Bob in the hot seat ...

The Psychopolitics of the Noosphere (audio replay) (Robert Wright, Nikita Petrov, and Boris Shoshitaishvili)

Apr 07 2025 60 mins

Audio of the livestream titled “The Psychopolitics of the Noosphere,” the first installment in an ongoing—and evolving—collaboration between Nonzero and Psychopolitica. ...

How Trump's tariffs could reshape the world (Connor Echols & Karthik Sankaran)

Apr 04 2025 60 mins

The pro-tariff argument: national security, jobs, and leverage ... The four factions shaping US trade policy ... Karthik’s core critique of Trump’s tariff policy ... How tariffs could block development pathways for poor countries ... Is Trump blaming foreign countries for America's own policy mistakes? ... A brutal week for Vietnam ...

Reid Hoffman's p(bloom) (Robert Wright & Reid Hoffman)

Apr 03 2025 60 mins

Reid's new book, "Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future" ... Managing technological transitions ... Using AI to build cognitive empathy ... Shaping the coming AI earthquake ... Reid's notion of "co-opetition" with China ... Geopolitics and AI development ... The US chip war on China ... Heading to Overtime ...

Authoritarianism in the US and Abroad (Robert Wright & Almut Rochowanski)

Apr 01 2025 60 mins

Almut’s first-hand acquaintance with authoritarianism ... Trump 2.0’s authoritarian hallmarks ... What should worry us most about Trump 2.0? ... Trump 2.0 vs post-Soviet oligarchy: compare and contrast ... Is Trump an ethno-nationalist? ... Heading to Overtime ...

The MAGA Foreign Policy Battle (Connor Echols & Kelley Vlahos)

Mar 28 2025 60 mins

The dueling camps in right-wing foreign policy ... Lessons from the Signal snafu ... Are hawks dominating Trump's foreign policy team? ... Can Congress prevent a war with Iran? ... A "smear campaign" against Danny Davis ...

Tesla, Tufts, and More Trump Chaos (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Mar 27 2025 60 mins

Bob and Paul duel over their sleep deficits ... Trump’s Tesla-friendly tariffs ... Who’s favo(u)red to win the Canadian election? ... Tufts and Columbia as authoritarian bellwethers ... Did Bob predict MAGA in 1999? ... God vs Hitler ... Heading to Overtime ...