2018: A Year of Brain Expansion Part 1 of 2 (feat. Simon Childs)

Riley, Hussein, and November speak with friends of the show Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff about their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. We discuss the political ethos of Musk and his pee...

17 Huhti 10min

There's been a recent profile of Sam Altman that gives a lot of chances for analysis, mostly due to the fact that the man loves lying more than anything any one of us could ever love in this world. We...

14 Huhti 1h 20min

Luke returns to discuss Mark KKKarney’s failure to reform the Canadian state in the face of a global crisis for middle powers, and the emergence of a new leader on the left with a few ideas about groc...

10 Huhti 9min

We're unlocking a bonus episode this week due to every possible scheduling conflict happening at the same time! Lauren from Batting Around joins Riley, Nova, and Hussein to talk sports - what’s Banana...

7 Huhti 1h 3min

Friend of the show Ed Zitron returns to discuss some of the recent developments in AI "profitability," or rather the fact that, while the economy doesn't hinge on AI in any meaningful way, the capital...

3 Huhti 9min

Friend of the show and returning guest Séamus Malekafzali joins us to discuss Events in West Asia, specifically as regards Israel’s ground invasion of southern Lebanon, and Trump’s seeming gestures to...

31 Maalis 1h 7min

In this week's bonus episode, friend of the show Brian Merchant joins Riley, Hussein, and Nate to discuss an ed-tech security firm selling digital hall passes for anti-vaping counterinsurgency. We als...

27 Maalis 11min

We get our SF billboard specialist and recovered startup person Wendy Liu in to talk about the newest scandal rocking Silicon Valley: a company that can only be described as Theranos for Compliance. G...

25 Maalis 59min