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Podcast with Robert Wright

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Paul Bloom
Oct 13, 2025
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Robert Wright and I meet every two weeks or so to discuss the issues of the day. This is a joint production of Small Potatoes and Bob’s Non-Zero Podcast. Here’s the most recent meeting. 

0:00 Amazing Bob-Paul discount deal!
2:12 The Bari Weiss trivia test
18:54 Lasting peace in Gaza?
21:31 Why did Trump finally get tough on Bibi?
26:54 MAGA free speech debates
30:58 Is the AI bubble about to burst?
33:37 If anyone builds it, will everyone die?

Paid subscribers get the overtime segment, which includes:

The writing of Ian McEwan.
The politics of One Battle After Another.
The George Harrison/Eric Clapton rivalry
A big underreported OpenAI story.

They also get an astonighing 50% discount offer to Bob’s podcast/newsletter.

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