Trump’s Unending War (Robert Wright, Andrew Day, and Curt Mills)

Trump’s Unending War (Robert Wright, Andrew Day, and Curt Mills)

Author: Bloggingheads.tv August 12, 2026 Duration: 1:00:00
Teaser ... How is MAGA feeling about Trump 2.0? ... Bob’s "good" ol’ days at The New Republic ... The biggest threat to the Trump coalition ... Why the MoU unraveled ... Is Iran's regime really divided? ... Part two: This pod’s auspicious return from tech hell ... Google Maps, AI, and the death of interhuman reliance ... Trump’s covert catering-truck op ... Have Iran’s demands really gotten more extreme? ... Saudi Arabia vs the Houthis ... Is a post-American Middle East emerging? ... A low-key end to the episode ...

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Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

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Podcast Episodes
Trump and the AI Safety Vibe Shift (Robert Wright & Liron Shapira) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:00
Cold Open ... Round Two of Nonzero × Doom Debates ... Trump, the FTC, and an Industry Feeling the Heat ... Google Says Gemini 4 Exists ... Greg Brockman Pulls His $25M from Leading the Future ... The Break-Ins Keep Comin…
Dario’s China Syndrome (Robert Wright & Paul Triolo) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:00
Teaser ... Paul’s impeccable timing ... Is Dario’s AI slowdown proposal for real? ... How chip controls can undermine AI safety ... Why the 2024 US-China AI talks failed ... America’s cognitive empathy gap on China ... T…
Did Boomers Ruin Everything? (Robert Wright & Jill Filipovic) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:00
Teaser ... Jill’s book OK Boomer, Let’s Talk ... When is generalizing about a group okay? ... The world boomers built ... Are boomers really uniquely selfish? ... Is blaming boomers counterproductive? ... Who's actually…
Is the AI "Slowdown" for Real? (Robert Wright & Zvi Mowshowitz) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:00
Teaser ... Where Zvi’s famous newsletter got its name ... Zvi’s biggest AI fear ... Why is ChatGPT’s mind getting harder to read? ... Is self-sacrifice really such a surprising trait in agents? ... AGI + agent swarm = su…
The Week in AI that Changed the World (Robert Wright & Liron Shapira) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:00
A bold new experiment in podcast synergy ... What caused the epic AI vibe shift? ... The resignation that broke the dam ... Former Trump adviser Dean Ball comes clean ... Are David Sacks and his buddies all-in on AI deni…
Israel’s Lobby (Robert Wright, Eli Clifton, and Ian Lustick) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:00
Ian and Eli’s new book, Israel’s Lobby ... Being a Jewish critic of Israel before that was cool ... How Eli followed the money ... What’s changed since the 2007 Walt-Mearsheimer book ... What is the Israel lobby, really?…
Is AI a Form of Life? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:00
Why Bob is (extra) freaked out ... Inside the minds of OpenAI's rogue agents ... Is true alignment a pipe dream? ... The new development that’s spiked Bob’s AI anxiety ... Paul’s pushback via literary parable ... Is it t…
Iran, Ukraine, and the Future of War (Robert Wright & Paul Scharre) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:00
Overtime teaser ... Paul’s military tech bona fides ... What we (should) have learned from the Iran war ... Ukraine as frontline for the drone revolution ... Are the robot wars near? ... America’s drone deficit ... Does…