
RAND's Jeff Alstott on How Facts Can Shape Tech Policymaking
At long last, Jeff Alstott, the fairy godfather of DC AI policy, joins the show. He’s the founding director for RAND’s center for technology and security policy, TASP, worked at NSC, NSF and IARPA, an...
3 Okt 20251h 7min

Transistor Radio: Intel, Dylan Falls in Love, Nvidia Captures Dylan, Slop City (our dumbest show yet)
for better or worse, the first ep on chinatalk feed I had to put an explicit tag on... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 Okt 202551min

Second Breakfast: The Future of Intelligence
Anthony Vinci, former CTO of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and author of the upcoming book The Fourth Intelligence Revolution, joins as Second Breakfast's first ever guest. Outtro Mu...
29 Sep 20251h 23min

Overfit: Shenzhen vs SF Vibes, Model Progress, Jordan a Berkeley Bowl Hater
Jasmine Sun of https://jasmi.news/ and Nathan Lambert of https://www.interconnects.ai/ discuss a wide variety of topics of interest around AI and culture. Outtro Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
25 Sep 20251h 11min

Second Breakfast: RIP China Hawks, NDAA, Innovation Kayfabe, Child Soldiers
back at it again Outtro Music: Boys of the Old Brigade, Wolf Tones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQBXgbVVT4&ab_channel=rebelsongs Book: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/child-soldiers-in-th...
19 Sep 20251h 7min

Nate Silver on AI, Politics, and Power
Nate Silver writes Silver Bulletin and is the author of On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything, now in paperback with a new foreword. In today’s conversation, we discuss… Honesty, reputation,...
18 Sep 20251h 19min

MP Materials, Intel, and Sovereign Wealth Funds
Uncle Sam is taking a bite out of companies left and right. Today, we’re going to focus on MP Materials — the Trump administration’s answer to China’s restrictions on rare earth material exports to Am...
16 Sep 20251h 1min

Second Breakfast: Department of War, Warrior Culture, Sicario, Dick Winters, SEALs in North Korea,
We're going weekly. Outtro music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk18bFIgOS4&ab_channel=ThereIRuinedIt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 Sep 20251h 17min





















