305: AI’s Cultish Leader

305: AI’s Cultish Leader

Ronan Farrow is at it again. The reporter has a new feature in The New Yorker, written alongside staff writer Andrew Marantz, about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In many ways, the 16,000-word investigation is a meditation on the existential risks of AI being placed in the hands of a few powerful men, and in this case a possible sociopath. Today we discuss the article and then zoom out on broader questions in AI: who is it for, how is it being used, and can it be reined in? Show Notes Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? John Henry for the AI Era: Raging with the Machine Alex Bores rolls out “AI dividend” plan to share AI wealth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Brief: Women 3, Manosphere 0

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306: Antifascist Wellness

306: Antifascist Wellness

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30 Apr 1h 10min

Bonus Sample: Leo and Restless Hearts in Algeria

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In April 2026, Pope Leo XIV, deep in a public feud with President Trump over the Iran war, made his first trip to Africa. He chose Algeria: the birthplace of Augustine, the spiritual founder of his or...

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Brief: Well Enough (Book Excerpt)

Brief: Well Enough (Book Excerpt)

Derek reads two chapters from his recently published memoir, Well Enough: Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry. In Chapters 3 & 4, he discusses his work as a patient monitor looking after suic...

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Bonus Sample: How the Self is Made...and Unmade

Bonus Sample: How the Self is Made...and Unmade

Derek looks into behavioral economics to better understand the fluidity of the "self," finding that recent research aligns with a very old Buddhist concept. Show Notes What Does Extreme Wealth Do To...

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Brief: Pope Leo vs AI Slop Jesus Trump

Brief: Pope Leo vs AI Slop Jesus Trump

Donald Trump's shitpost attack on Pope Leo XIV, followed within the hour by an AI slop icon of himself as Jesus, has cracked open the evangelical-Catholic coalition that has anchored American conserva...

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304: Twisted Tantric Yogi

304: Twisted Tantric Yogi

Consider the bright-eyed students who signed up for tantric yoga and sacred sexuality courses through their local yoga studios, only to eventually find they were sending the guru photos of themselves ...

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