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.
Show episodes
Trump’s Gaza Win, Biden’s Legacy Woes (Andrew Day, Connor Echols, and Robert Wright)
News bites ... Gaza ceasefire deep dive ... Bob joins to talk about Biden's legacy and Trump's imminent return to the White House ...
Worthwhile Canadian Humiliation (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Bob and Paul battle for audience sympathy ... Canada as 51st state: y’eh or n’eh? ... How Trump-y is Canada’s likely next leader? ... The humiliation theory of American politics ... Trump, Elon, and the two paths to bullying ... Facebook’s free speech about-face ... Heading to Overtime ...
Tim’s got a new podcast, and NonZero is hiring ... Is large language model progress reaching a plateau? ... Some shortcomings of AI today ... Human cognition compared to AI ... The impressive progress of "multimodal" AI ... Heading to Overtime ...
The NonZero-American Prestige punk-rock crossover continues ... Is it time to freak out about Trump? ... Are international norms eroding? ... Jimmy Carter’s legacy ... Heading to Overtime ...
Intro ... Toward a non-woolly-minded one-worldism ... Has the unipolar moment passed for good? ... International law vs the “rules-based order” ... Is major UN reform possible? ... AI, US-China, and multipolarity ... Rewriting the sanctions playbook ... Heading to Overtime ...
