Hope for American Democracy, According to Heather Cox Richardson
Donald Trump is an American figure decades in the making. That’s the argument historian and professor Heather Cox Richardson makes in her latest book: “Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of Ameri...
22 Jan 20241h 6min
Psychedelics with Joe Green
From therapeutic-assisted MDMA to decriminalized psilocybin and microdosing, movements to legalize psychedelics are everywhere. California-based Joe Green is a prominent voice in the movement, as the ...
18 Jan 202449min
Fei-Fei Li and a Humane Approach to AI
Before the OpenAI Drama which pit AI enthusiasts (accelerationists) against doomers (decelerationists) we had a conversation with Stanford computer scientist and pioneering AI researcher, Dr. Fei-Fei ...
15 Jan 20241h 1min
A Close Read of Trump’s 2024 Strategy
Trump’s back. Today, we go to a panel of experts to discuss his 2024 legal woes, dangerously escalating rhetoric, and what he might do if he retakes the White House in 2025. Our guests are New York T...
11 Jan 202458min
COVID Lessons Learned with Donald G McNeil Jr.
Four years after the start of the global pandemic, COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, but in the U.S., every week, the virus is still hospitalizing 15,000 people and killing a thousand. ...
8 Jan 202454min
OpenAI Drama to Trump to Elon Musk: What It Means for 2024
Kara and Nayeema look forward to the characters and moments that may define 2024 by looking back at the coverage of the last year. We unpack the drama at OpenAI, to the contrast between Biden and Trum...
4 Jan 202447min
Stay Tuned with Preet: The Many Lies of George Santos
On is off for the holidays, so today we have an episode of friend-of-the-pod Preet Bharara's podcast Stay Tuned with Preet. In this episode, Preet is joined by author Mark Chiusano for a deep dive on ...
28 Des 202321min
The Man Taunting Mike Johnson, Ron DeSantis and George Santos
Randy Rainbow is a four-time Emmy and Grammy-nominated musical comedy sensation famous for his viral taunts of anti-LGBTQ+ politicians, hateful celebrities and, of course, George Santos. Rainbow (and,...
21 Des 202346min
