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The Wright Show

Bloggingheads.tv

Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.

society & culture philosophy

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Is the Assad Regime Collapsing (Andrew Day, Connor...

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2024/12/07

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Debating the Hunter Biden Pardon (Robert Wright &...

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2024/12/05

A masterclass in audience alienation ... Paul defends Biden’s paternal pardon ... Should family come before societal good? ... The costs of the Hunter pardon ... Was Hunter the victim of a witch hunt? ... Elon sues OpenAI (again) ... Heading to Overtime ...

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Back Down the JFK Rabbit Hole (Robert Wright &...

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2024/11/21

Bob’s trip down the JFK rabbit hole gets real ... Will Trump release the JFK files? ... What the CIA actually knew about Oswald, pre-assassination ... The damning Oswald-CIA connection Jeff uncovered ... Was there a second shooter? Bob’s on-the-ground research ... Bob’s research cont’d: grassy knoll geometry ... Was the alleged CIA cover-up just CYA? ... Heading to Overtime ...

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Is Trump a Good Fit for the AI Era? (Robert Wright &...

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2024/11/13

Sam’s place on the AI accelerationist-pauser spectrum ... Predicting AI’s near-term impact ... Is regulating AI a fool’s errand? ... Does strong AI governance court authoritarianism? ... Can Trump and Elon be trusted on AI? ... How Sam thinks AI should be regulated ... Heading to Overtime ...

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Post-Election Reflection Edition (Robert Wright &...

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2024/11/07

Election 2024: The view from Canada ... Paul praises Bob’s pre-election sermonette ... Why did Trump win? And who’s to blame? ... Did DEI doom Kamala? ... A Kamala campaign post-mortem ... What policies will President Trump 2.0 prioritize? ... The art of the Trump ... Heading to Overtime ...

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2024 Pre-Election Extravaganza (Robert Wright &...

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2024/10/31

Is Mickey all-in on Trump? ... The “garbage” wars and their aftermath ... Kamala’s path(s) to victory ... Mickey explains the logic of voting for Trump ... Why Trump sucks, why Kamala sucks ... Bob doles out (p)recriminations ... Will Israel-Iran escalate? ... How Kamala could win Mickey’s vote ... Why did Kamala go negative? ... Mickey plays pundit defender ... Which swing state looks worst for Kamala? ... How Biden made war in Taiwan more likely ... Four Dem sex “scandals” ... Bob

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China Viewed from China (Robert Wright & Peter Hessler)

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2024/10/28

Peter’s new book, Other Rivers: A Chinese Education ... Have Chinese people become less hostile to America? ... What Americans get wrong about China ... Why Peter thinks Covid didn’t come from a lab ... China’s transformative recent decades ... Respect for authority in Chinese culture ... Change in China between Peter’s two teaching stints there ... Why the Chinese political system may change dramatically ...

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Ukraine War Escalates, Kamala Goes Full Cheney...

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2024/10/26

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Elon, Trump, and Other Enigmas (Robert Wright & Paul...

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2024/10/23

Bob: The oligarchy has arrived ... What do the odd 2024 betting markets mean for the race? ... Trump on Palmer’s manhood: a closer look ... The Elon empathy enigma ... Coates’s controversial cognitive-empathizing ... Heading to Overtime ...

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The Middle East After Sinwar (Robert Wright, Andrew...

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2024/10/19

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Is the Chip War against China Backfiring? (Robert...

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2024/10/15

What is the chip war intended to accomplish? ... How China sees the chip war ... Is Huawei a threat to US national security? ... Paul: The chip restrictions on China are unprecedented ... How Biden boosted China’s chip industry ... Clear costs and unclear benefits of the chip war ...

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Israel's Looming Attack on Iran (Andrew Day & Connor...

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2024/10/11

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October 7th: One Year Later (Robert Wright & Ron...

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2024/10/10

The time Ron helped un-cancel Jimmy Carter ... How has 10/7 affected American Jews? ... Israel’s place in US politics post-10/7 ... What a second Trump term could mean for Israel-Palestine ... Could the current trauma in the Middle East eventually revive the two-state solution? ... Making sense of Israel’s military strategy ... Criticism of Israel, left vs right ... Heading to Overtime ...

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Elon Goes Full-on Trump (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

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2024/10/09

Elon takes the stage with Trump ... The logic behind Elon’s Trump gamble ... Who won the Vance-Walz vibe war? ... A few kind words about Elon from Paul ... Bob and Paul debate the CBS Coates controversy ... Paul gets philosophical about Mission: Impossible ... Heading to Overtime ...

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Israel's Plan for Wider War (Robert Wright, Andrew...

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2024/10/05

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Who Won the VEEP Debate? (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)

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2024/10/03

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Elon, Trump, and Other Scary Billionaires (Robert...

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2024/09/25

Deep insights about coffee and sleep from Paul ... Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy ... Oligarchy + paranoid billionaires = disaster ... Ackman and Thiel join Elon in billionaire la la land ... Is Trump anti-Semitic or just really pro-Israel? ... If you don’t feel alienated you should seek counseling ... Heading to Overtime ...

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Israel-Hamas, Year One (Robert Wright, Derek Davison,...

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2024/09/19

Would a different US president have made a difference for Gaza? ... Saudi-Israel normalization takes a step back ... Is all hope lost for a two-state solution? ... Making sense of Israel’s pager attacks in Lebanon ... Heading to Overtime—and an AP PSA ...

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Israel’s Self-Destructive Policies (Robert Wright &...

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2024/08/27

Steve’s books, The Hell of Good Intentions and The Israel Lobby ... How Israel helped spawn Hezbollah ... Why US leaders abet Israel’s self-destructive behavior ... Netanyahu’s longstanding opposition to a Palestinian state ... The Israeli policy that doomed Israel-Palestine relations ... Steve’s writings on US foreign policy and the election ...

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Coconut Conservatism (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)

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2024/07/27

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