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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A brief message from Bob ... Why consciousness is so weird ... Is consciousness like your brain’s shadow? ... If David was a zombie, would anyone know? ... Bob’s wacky theory about consciousness ... Is consciousness what collapses the quantum wave function? ... Can there be a true science of consciousness? ...
Are US-Iran talks dead? ... Do normal Iranians care about the nuclear program? ... Understanding Iran’s enrichment red line ... Assessing the damage to Iran's nuclear facilities ... Iran's decision to kick out inspectors ... Could Iran build a bomb in secret? ... Trump's "desultory" approach to talks with Iran ... Alan
Golden Oldie: Russia Hawks and China Hawks (Robert Wright & John Mearsheimer)
A brief message from Bob ... John’s upcoming book, How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy ... Is the US to blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? ... Is Putin less rational than John assumes? ... Why John is a Russia dove and a China hawk ... Does China pose a threat to freedom around the world? ... Why J
Golden Oldie: Iran, Hamas, and the China Problem (Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama)
A brief message from Bob ... Why neocons like enemies ... How to use power deftly ... Is a nuclear Iran really all that scary? ... Bob's arms-control dreams dashed again ... China problem solved in under three minute ... Some cheerful thoughts about Hamas ...
Barry’s new novel, ‘The System’ ... CIA lessons & seeing like a Martian ... Fiction, empathy, and geopolitics ... No cartoon villains ... How power really works in DC ... Feinstein vs. Brennan: the 'sit down' ... Why we excuse ourselves ... Jobs, jets & hidden threats ... The problem with the House ... Valeria’s dilemm
Teaser ... The dueling Sam Altman biographies ... Who is the real Sam Altman? ... OpenAI’s origin—did Sam scam Elon? ... Why the OpenAI board coup failed ... Good and bad critiques of OpenAI ... Heading to Overtime ...
