The Self-Driving Revolution Is Real—and It Could Be Spectacular
What would a world of self-driven cars look like? How would it change shopping, transportation, and life, more broadly? A decade ago, many people were asking these questions, as it looked like a boom...
15 Marras 20241h 8min
How Trump Won: Young Men’s Red Wave, the Blue-City Flop, and the Incumbency Graveyard
Derek shares his big-picture theory for Trump's victory. Then, Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson explains how Trump shifted practically the entire electorate to the right. Links: Derek's ar...
8 Marras 202452min
How to Watch Election Night Without Falling for Conspiracy Theories or False Hope
Today’s guest (our final preelection guest) is David Wasserman, political analyst with the Cook Political Report, who also helps out with the NBC decision desk. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of pe...
4 Marras 202445min
This Small Pennsylvania Town Explains the 2024 Election
Today, a close look at the history of a Pennsylvania town and how that history contains within it the story of the 2024 election. In September, Donald Trump claimed that the city of Charleroi, Pennsyl...
1 Marras 202454min
Why Is Every Recent Presidential Election So Close?
My favorite sort of social phenomenon is something that seems normal to modern eyes that is actually incredibly unusual. We take it for granted that every presidential election is a nail-biter these d...
25 Loka 202447min
Is Radical Human Life Extension Possible?
In 1900, the average US life expectancy was 47 years old. That's the current age of Tom Brady, Ryan Reynolds, and Shakira. But extraordinary advances in medicine and public health have surged lifespan...
18 Loka 202453min
America's Young Men Are Falling Behind—and Shifting Right
Today: the state of men and what's really happening in the gender divide in politics. Many young men are falling behind economically and socially at the same time that men and women are coming apart p...
11 Loka 202448min
Is the Middle East on the Verge of All-Out War?
Since October 7, 2023, many have feared that the conflict between Israel and Hamas would bloom into a wider war that would consume the Middle East. Today, we are dangerously close to that reality. In ...
4 Loka 20241h 2min
