Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning

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Ramez Naam: a solar future against AI-doomerism

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/10/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday, Ramez Naam returns 5 years after his original appearance on the podcast. In 2003, he wrote More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement. Naam is also the author of three science fiction books: Crux, Apex, and Nexus. In addition, has also written The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet. He also has an eponymous Substack, Ramez Naam.First, Razib and Naam discuss how

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29:59

Jerry Z. Muller: academia today, intellectual history...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/09/24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday Razib talks to Jerry Z. Muller, a historian and professor emeritus of history at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., specializing in modern European intellectual history, capitalism, conservatism, and German and Jewish history. His work explores how ideas shape economic, political, and cultural life, bridging history, philosophy, and public policy. His books include Conservatism: An Anthology of

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20:01

Theo Jaffee: monitoring the “singularity”

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/09/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday Razib talks to Theo Jaffee, co-host of Monitoring the Situation, a show backed by Andreessen Horowitz that covers the rise of the “intelligence explosion” and AI. Jaffee is writer and podcaster who grew up in Boca Raton, Florida. He studied computer science and economics at the University of Florida. His writing on Theo’s Substack explores artificial intelligence, technology, business, history, and philosophy. He

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20:01

Scott Greer: Whitepill and Sunbelt

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/09/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday Razib talks to Scott Greer, an American conservative writer, author, and podcaster who focuses on nationalism, immigration, online political culture, and the transformation of the Republican Party. Formerly an editor and columnist at The Daily Caller, he now hosts the Highly Respected podcast and newsletter and contributes to The American Conservative. He is the author of No Campus for White Men (2017) and

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33:59

Brian Chau: noticing with technology + investigative...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/09/03

Special Note: Palladium Magazine will host a talk on September 10th in the Bay on my piece The Native Americans Before the Native Americans. Reserve your seats!On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Brian Chau. A graduate of the University of Waterloo and former software engineer with a background in pure mathematics, today Chau is CEO of Effort.News. He was previously with The Alliance for the Future.Most of this conversation is around why it took so long to put together something

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15:00

Kyle Orton: Muslims before Islam

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/08/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday Razib talks to Kyle Orton. Orton is a freelance researcher, writer, and editor specializing in security and foreign policy, with a particular focus on the Middle East, the Syrian war, regional geopolitics, and terrorist movements including the Islamic State (ISIS), Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). His work also ranges widely across history, including early

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30:01

Gabriel Rossman: the late marvelous Dr. Arday and the...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/08/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comNote: This podcast was recorded before Jason Arday’s death. It is now being posted with minor edits (removed a few off-color jokes about the late professor).Today Razib talks to Gabriel Rossman, a sociologist at UCLA. The author of Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation, Rossman takes a deeply analytic toolkit to questions such as why 2005’s “My Humps” became a viral hit. Razib

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36:14

Monologue: Jason Arday, Nathan Cofnas and the wages...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/08/16

As I note in this monologue, I am sitting on a podcast previously recorded about Jason Arday because of his recent death. Instead, I’m posting my thoughts about what happened before he died, and since then, and how it relates to Nathan Cofnas.Links:* DEI Fraud and Cover-Up at Cambridge-University refuses to investigate DEI star’s plagiarism* Institutional Failures in the Garden of Great Intellects* Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring This is a public

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72:48

Nikolai Yakovenko: the wages of the Hugging Face hack

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/08/12

Nikolai Yakovenko is back on the podcast because of the Hugging Face hack. Yakovenko is a former professional poker player, and was a research scientist at Google, Twitter and Nvidia. With a decade in computer science, Yakovenko has been at the forefront of the large-language-model revolution that has driven to prominence companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind, and an ecosystem that has birthed hundreds of smaller startups. He is also the founder of DeepNewz, an AI-driven news startup. His

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15:08

Werner Zagrebbi: Adventures in Forbidden Data

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/08/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday, Razib talks to internet personality Werner K. Zagrebi. A statistics and machine learning student at Carnegie Mellon University, Zagrebi has led a peripatetic existence over the past few years, from being Curt Yarvin’s personal assistant and editor of Gray Mirror, and working to launch a media company and think tank . Of late, he has been posting …

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14:56

Maxwell Meyer: magazines in a digital age

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2026/07/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comMaxwell Meyer is an American writer, editor, and technology-policy professional known for his optimistic advocacy of capitalism, technological progress, and American civic renewal. A native of Iowa, he studied geophysics at Stanford University, received a Boren Award to pursue language study and research in Israel and the Middle East, and served as editor-in-chief of the Stanford Review. Meyer later worked as policy chief

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20:05

Daniel Di Martino: a Latino immigrant on immigration...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/07/17

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comOn this episode, Razib talks to Daniel Di Martino, a Venezuelan-born economist, speaker, and fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where his research centers on immigration policy, including selection, assimilation, and high-skilled migration. Born in 1999 and raised in Venezuela, he witnessed firsthand the impacts of socialism, including hyperinflation and shortages, which prompted him to immigrate to the United States in

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29:53

Richard Hanania and Steve Sailer: noticing the...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/07/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comOn this episode of Unsupervised Learning we have a double-feature with Richard Hanania and Steve Sailer. Hanania holds a law degree from the University of Chicago and a PhD in political science from UCLA, and was previously a research fellow at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. He founded the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI) and writes the popular Substack

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29:58

Jason Scharf: Austin's present and future as Texas'...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/07/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday Razib talks to Jason Scharf, a biotech investor and podcaster. A native of San Diego, Scharf is an angel investor and startup advisor focused on the intersection of biology, technology, and business, particularly within TechBio and digital health. He has leadership experience in strategy and market intelligence at major companies like Illumina and Amgen. Scharf now targets investments in the bio-innovation tech

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19:55

Destiny (Steven Bonnell II): a liberal in the age of...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/06/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comBonus podcast: Also, Razib guests on Steve Hsu’s Manifold podcast, Manifest 2026: Genetic Discoveries, AI, and AcademiaOn this episode, Razib talks to streamer and political commentator Destiny (Steven Bonnell II). Destiny first gained prominence in the late 2000s as a professional player and content creator in the video game StarCraft II. Over time, he transitioned from gaming into politics, philosophy, culture, and

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20:01

Joseph Robertson: bringing Reform UK to the top of...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/06/22

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comThe UK is now in political turmoil, as Keir Starmer has announced his resignation. The next British election is still three years away, but it is hotly anticipated because Labour is going to faceoff against three parties of the Right: the Tories (also known as the Conservaties), Reform UK and Restore Britain. Reform, led by Nigel Farage and stocked with defections from the Tories, has a good chance to win in 2029. On

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20:03

Zineb Riboua: Rising Tides of the Third World

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/06/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday on Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Zineb Riboua, a research fellow and program manager of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in Chinese and Russian involvement in the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa, great power competition in the region, and Israeli-Arab relations. Riboua’s pieces and commentary have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy,

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20:03

Dan Hess: the end of Asians and humanity going to the...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/06/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comOn this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib has a wide-ranging conversation, again, with Dan Hess, the man behind the More Births account on social media. An engineer with a large family in the DC area, Hess’ essays on topics like Israelis’ high birth rate have gained the attention of X. He has an account that has come from a few hundred followers to more than 45,000 in less than 4 years. His tweets have been boosted

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20:01

Brianna Wu: the case for liberalism

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/05/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comOn this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Brianna Wu. Wu is an American video game developer, programmer, and political activist best known as the co-founder and CEO of the independent game studio Giant Spacekat. Raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, she attended the University of Mississippi to study journalism and political science but withdrew in 2001 without earning a degree in order to pursue early

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19:58

Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou: the last Hellenes and...

Razib Khan"s Unsupervised Learning ·

2026/05/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comOn this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to geneticist Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou about two papers, Ancient DNA evidence for the history of the Albanians and Uniparental analysis of Deep Maniot Greeks reveals genetic continuity from the pre-Medieval era. He is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist specializing in insect morphology, biomechanics, bioacoustics, systematics, and taxonomy. Born in Greece,

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