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Musk, Trump, Fuentes

Podcast with Robert Wright

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Paul Bloom
Dec 17, 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 Elon’s reckless response to the Brown shooting
11:19 Susie Wiles gone wild
14:31 The weirdest thing about Trump’s weird Rob Reiner post
25:09 The Piers Morgan/Nick Fuentes encounter
37:58 Judging Oliver Sacks
43:26 Heading to Overtime

Paid subscribers get the overtime segment, which includes:

When Bob edited Oliver Sacks.
The Jared Diamond and Napoleon Chagnon fact-checking affairs.
Is Pluribus an allegory for AI?
Other things to watch (and to skip).
Rob Reiner’s greatness.
Writing with—and for?—AI.

They also get an astonishing 50% discount on Bob’s podcast/newsletter.

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