The Wright Show
Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.
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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 ... Wh
Jeffrey Epstein, MechaHitler, and Other Ills (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
The full reason for Bob’s absence—revealed ... What’s the real story with Trump and Epstein? ... A peek down the Epstein rabbit hole ... Grok goes full Nazi-pornbot ... The promise and perils of AI companions ... Bob on dealing with cancer in the age of AI ... Heading to Overtime ...
Why a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is so unlikely ... Taiwan’s terrain: A defender’s dream, an invader’s nightmare ... Why Taipei might be the hardest city in the world to conquer ... Dan: China would need nearly 5 million soldiers to have a chance ... The 2027 invasion theory—and why it doesn’t hold up ... Is China tryi
A brief message from Bob ... Why many intelligent people think we’re living in a simulation ... The philosophical argument that you’re probably not real ... How cosmic rays might (and might not) reveal that reality is fake ... Preston’s dire warning against trying to determine if we’re in a simulation ... Is the simula
A brief message from Bob ... What Lee means when he says "time is fundamental" ... Understanding the universe as a network ... A (very) tentative theory of consciousness ... Did the laws of physics evolve? ... Is the universe fine-tuned for the emergence of life? ... Applying Lee's theories of time to everyday life ...
Why Neysun brings American students and scholars to China ... Visiting China after Covid ... Balancing US and Chinese red lines ... When Neysun's students pushed Chinese officials on human rights ... Do US students fear career risks for going to China? ... Cultivating cognitive empathy ... China's obsession with US pol
