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Episode 150: Paul Bloom Insisted That We Talk About Sex Robots

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The Influence of Paul's Style on My Work

Tambor: Paul has always been not an interview, even when we're talking about some piece he wrote in the New Yorker Atlantic or whatever. It really was Paul's style of talking and being sort of excited about ideas and not being afraid to disagree and challenge me. Susan Carrey is my main advisor, more than anybody influenced how I deal with graduate students. And then definitely Steve Pinker. A lot of my writing and my talks are a sort of conscious attempt to do what he does.

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