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Jul 26, 2025 • 60min
Trump's Plan for Global AI Dominance (Connor Echols & Robert Wright)
Trump’s AI Action plan ... The contradictions inherent to Trump's plan ... How Trump’s anti-globalism undermines his AI goals ... Anthropic’s leaked memo: Ideals vs Persian Gulf cash ... Bob: Dario Amodei is the true AI ideologue ... How AI “safety” became a hawkish movement ... Why true objectivity in LLMs is a fantasy ... A Palantir exec dives into the movie business ... Is AI surgery around the corner? ... Why the Gaza ceasefire talks are collapsing—again ... Biden and Trump's allergy to using US leverage ...

Jul 24, 2025 • 60min
Is the New Syria Unravelling? (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis)
Josh’s hopes for post-Assad Syria—revisited ... The challenge(s) facing the Syrian government ... What’s driving Syria’s sectarian violence? ... Josh’s personal window into the al-Sharaa regime’s brutality ... The new regime’s church vs state problem ... How the Druze became central to Israeli-Syrian hostilities ... Why did Israel escalate with Syria, really? ... Josh’s current outlook on Syria's future ... Heading to Overtime ...


