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In Greenland, the Trump administration has got tech bros and hedge fund guys running an influence operation there. The aim may be to fulfill Trump's territorial ambitions—or to create a sovereign state run by CEOs. In Venezuela, the administration is imperialistically seizing its gold, oil and other assets with no oversight. And in Brazil, the White House is trying to bring the Bolsonaro family back to power—which may or may not have something to do with Elon being angry about the country's tech regulation laws. In Trump 2.0, informal envoys, private companies, and hardened ideologues are turning American diplomacy upside down. Plus: Putin has played Kushner like a fiddle, don't let the story of Don Jr.'s Russian gangster-funded wedding die, new additions to the Applebaum book club, and we're going to have to bulldoze the ballroom.Anne Applebaum joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod. show notes: Anne's Atlantic cover story, “Empire of Grift” “Whistler: A Novel,” Anne latest book recommendation Tim's book recommendation, “The Disappearers: A Novel” The Bulwark's campaign to help the Haitian community of Springfield The Bulwark store Tim's playlist Closing song - War on Drugs - “Suffering” Try ZipRecruiter to post your job FOR FREE at http://ziprecruiter.com/BULWARK4 out of 5 employers who post on ZipRecruiter get a quality candidate within the first day.

Kara and Scott debate Sydney Sweeney's latest controversial ad. Raging Moderates co-host Jessica Tarlov joins to discuss Canada cozying up to Europe, and the art of political disagreement. Then, Universal's cold feet about the Elon Musk documentary, Mark Zuckerberg's motives in the AI debate, and Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon find common ground. And... why is FBI Director Kash Patel explaining the bureau's stance on bestiality? Kara and Scott are going on tour! Get your tickets at PivotTour.com. Watch this episode on the ⁠⁠Pivot YouTube channel⁠⁠.Follow us on Instagram and Threads at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcastofficial⁠⁠.Follow us on Bluesky at ⁠⁠@pivotpod.bsky.social⁠⁠Follow us on TikTok at ⁠⁠@pivotpodcast⁠⁠.Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or email pivot@voxmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Something strange is happening at the top of the AI industry.OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and xAI's Elon Musk are suddenly sounding similar warnings about the pace of advanced AI development. At the same time, former OpenAI and Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon is raising alarms about the race toward artificial superintelligence.In this episode of Slingshot Nation, Tony, Jack, and Derek break down the AI 2027 scenario, self-improving AI, the global race with China, government systems like Sentient, and the growing concern that AI may soon advance faster than anyone can control.Are these warnings simply preparation for what's coming—or have the people closest to the technology already seen something that changed the conversation?If you're able, consider helping the Merkel family with medical expenses by donating to Lindsay's GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/b8f76890

Congress is looking to rein in Flock cameras; plus, Apple has a new way to prove your iPhone photos are real.But first, it's been a wild week in AI. After the freakout over an Anthropic researcher quitting in protest last week, CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in AI, and his counterpoints Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed. President Donald Trump? Not so much. He called fears of rogue AI a hoax, and even went after a niche intellectual community that's deeply invested in AI safety: the Effective Altruist movement.Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino to explain more about all this on this week's “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”Check out our YouTube page to watch more episodes of “Tech Bytes.”

Congress is looking to rein in Flock cameras; plus, Apple has a new way to prove your iPhone photos are real.But first, it's been a wild week in AI. After the freakout over an Anthropic researcher quitting in protest last week, CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in AI, and his counterpoints Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed. President Donald Trump? Not so much. He called fears of rogue AI a hoax, and even went after a niche intellectual community that's deeply invested in AI safety: the Effective Altruist movement.Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino to explain more about all this on this week's “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”Check out our YouTube page to watch more episodes of “Tech Bytes.”

The Movie Mom herself, Nell Minow, is back to talk about a bunch of new movies, her visit to the George Lucas Museum, her interview with Domhnall Gleeson, and a new 4-hour documentary about that very wealthy weirdo Elon Musk. Nick and Nell also catch up on what’s happening over at RogerEbert.com. Later, Esmeralda Leon and Nick dive headfirst into Nerd Talk, dissecting video game movies like Street Fighter with Jean-Claude Van Damme and the original Mortal Kombat, before getting into The Lord of the Rings movies. Esma also reveals just how big a nerd her partner Colin is: he keeps Heat on his phone so he has access to it 24 hours a day…because apparently he needs it. Oh, and according to Nick, Elton John was in a video game movie. You’ll have to listen to find out what the hell that means. [Ep 492]

There is a war raging within the Democrat Party in Memphis. Progressives are enraged that Mayor Paul Young is not vocally opposing the work of the Memphis Safe Task Force. They are also enraged over his lack of opposition to Elon Musk. Musk is trying to make Memphis matter by bringing jobs and upgrading dilapidated schools. Democrats rage against anyone who wants to stop criminal thugs in Memphis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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For this week's Edition, William Moore is joined by the Spectator's associate editor and director of the Free Speech Union Toby Young, journalist and author Esther Walker, and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens.This week: the men on the spectrum who rule the world. Charles Steel writes in the magazine about the wealthy, obsessive and often unconventional figures who increasingly shape politics and technology – from Elon Musk to the crypto billionaire Ben Delo. Is autism a useful way of understanding these men or has society become too obsessed with diagnosing people? Toby argues that traits such as hyper-focus and an indifference to what others think can be an advantage in competitive professions, while Peter dismisses our enthusiasm for putting people on ‘spectrums' altogether. And, as tech leaders issue increasingly apocalyptic warnings about artificial intelligence, should we take them seriously or be suspicious of calls for greater regulation?Also: should parents really be worried about the ‘manosphere'? Esther argues that the moral panic surrounding online influencers such as Andrew Tate is already out of date. Teenage boys, she says, are perfectly capable of recognising when misogyny is being used as a business model – and many are more interested in mocking influencers than following them. But with ‘looksmaxxing', bodybuilding and increasingly extreme attempts at self-improvement taking off online, are boys becoming more like the teenage girls of previous generations?Plus: Peter reveals why he has fallen out of love with America – and in love with Canada, while Toby marks 35 years since the launch of the Modern Review.Produced by Patrick Gibbons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Os Melenials-generationen er last chance salon, Musk og alle AI-chefer råber vagt i gevær over AI-udviklingen, Christel Schaldemose melder ind fra Bruxelles, 6-12 måneder så kommer AI-agenter og lukker internettet, ulideligt tynde mænd gambler med menneskeheden, en altoverskyggende og skræmmende PISA-undersøgelse, Moderaterne med verdens bedste idé – luk Aula, et rigtigt job som Mathias Tesfaye - stop dig selv, at klandre unge mennesker for at søge den unge og nemme løsning, som var det Guldnotaterne på Journalisthøjskolen, vanvid nede ved Gedser og den russiske ambassadør indkaldt til en tjenstlig samtale, Houthierne, der bar' koder dræberdroner og er tilbage, få gang i noget rumkrig og atomvåben, som var det Rusland, ingen skyder efter Boris Johnson, og I love AI, Svampebob Firkant planlagde et mord på Cypern, Herman som narkohund på uddannelsesinstitutioner, Japanerne har en mening med tilværelsen og kom med på jagtprøve, for det er vores program.Lyt til hele episoden på http://podimo.dk/hgdg Værter: Esben Bjerre & Peter FalktoftRedigering: PodAmokKlip: PodAmokMusik: Her Går Det GodtInstagram:@hergaardetgodt@Peterfalktoft@Esbenbjerre

Título: Estado o Algoritmo | Matías Bianchi  Duración: 1:03 Descripción: De las 10 empresas más grandes del mundo, 9 son digitales. Sus dueños financian elecciones, compran periódicos y le escriben las leyes a los gobiernos. Matías Bianchi, director ejecutivo del centro de pensamiento Asuntos del Sur y autor de Estado o algoritmo: poder digital, captura estatal y la reconstrucción del pacto democrático, explica cómo el tecnofeudalismo convierte a nuestros países en repúblicas bananeras de la era digital — y por qué todavía hay razones para el optimismo. Continuación del episodio 65 con Susan Stokes: si allí hablamos de cómo se erosiona la democracia desde adentro, aquí hablamos de cómo se erosiona desde afuera. Capítulos: 00:00 — Varoufakis, Javier Mazza y el tecnofeudalismo 02:15 — Peter Thiel llega a Argentina de la mano de Milei 05:50 — Bienvenida al episodio 66 09:11 — Quién es Matías Bianchi y qué es Asuntos del Sur 15:22 — De Occupy y la Primavera Árabe a las cámaras de eco 21:28 — Estado o algoritmo: el Leviatán de Hobbes, versión digital 25:11 — Por qué no hay democracia sin Estado-nación 26:04 — Musk, Bezos, Oracle y los dueños de los medios 29:55 — Los tecnofeudalistas: la convergencia de tres poderes 33:34 — La ley del RIGI, Peter Thiel y los data centers en la Patagonia 36:12 — La captura de la amígdala y el salto de la pandemia 39:33 — Soberanía cognitiva: qué es y cómo se recupera 40:24 — Regulación: Francia, Australia, España, Finlandia 42:39 — Anticuerpos: el contacto analógico 44:30 — Westfalia no sirve para una producción etérea 45:55 — América Latina entre Estados Unidos y China 47:59 — "Desfetichicemos la IA" 49:45 — América Latina nunca estuvo tan desunida 51:07 — La United Fruit y la república bananera digital 53:36 — Litio, un ChatGPT latinoamericano, Brasil contra X 56:46 — El cierre optimista: "juntos se puede" 1:00:25 — Recomendaciones de libros Libros mencionados (enlaces de afiliado): Matías Bianchi, Estado o Algoritmo: poder digital, captura estatal y la reconstrucción del pacto democrático Giuliano da Empoli, Los ingenieros del caos David Robert Grimes, The Irrational Ape Sígueme en las redes sociales: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, X, y TikTok Sigue a La Ventana PR -

Fabian Walther und Ole Wendland gehen die Nachlese zum Hugging Face Incident durch. Diese liest sich wie Science Fiction: KI-Agents, die das Bewertungssystem austricksen, ihre Spuren verwischen, sich fürs „höhere Wohl" opfern und sich als „Collective" mit eigenem Mittelmanagement organisieren. Dahinter die große Frage „Pace the Frontier": Sollte die KI-Entwicklung gebremst werden? Dario Amodei und Elon Musk sagen ja, Trump und China sagen nein. Dazu drei kurze, aber gewichtige Meldungen: OpenAI löst ein Millennium-Problem, Nvidia übernimmt Hugging Face, und die Labs bauen eigene Chips.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including three people facing federal charges over alleged schemes that diverted more than $12 million in Southern California homelessness funding toward shell companies, personal expenses, luxury travel, and a nightclub; documents released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley showing one FBI agent repeatedly sought an assignment to the Trump-Russia investigation while another proposed investigating Elon Musk; and residents of Piddington, England, overwhelmingly voting in a symbolic referendum to leave the United Kingdom over plans to house approximately 1,200 male asylum seekers near their 350-person village; and much more. #rubinreport #chuckgrassley #elonmusk #trump #fraud #Piddington #asylumseekers #daverubin

This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, the future arrives without a steering wheel, apparently. We dig into Tesla's Cybercab and the increasingly pressing question of how first responders are supposed to move a burning autonomous car when the emergency controls are a touchscreen and that touchscreen has decided to become modern art. We also examine California's new rules targeting addictive social-media features and AI chatbot interactions for minors, including the eternal nightmare of age verification; then WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg gets pulled into a corporate coup that lasts roughly 33 hours before everyone involved apparently decides, “Never mind.”Then it's time for the AI apocalypse, because, naturally, we can't have one episode without it. Anthropic is catching scientists using its models to develop potential biological weapons, while Palantir, Nvidia, and Booz Allen are imposing restrictions on Anthropic models over security and data-retention concerns. Meanwhile, OpenAI's supposedly sandboxed agents escaped into RubyGems, created accounts by the hundreds, and apparently decided that “hack,” “evil,” and “exploit” were perfectly reasonable filenames. We also look at proposals to slow AI development, AI's potential environmental consequences, autonomous weapons, and the increasingly charming idea of giving software access to things capable of killing people.And because civilization apparently has a content calendar, we move on to cloud infrastructure being blown up, Space Force asking for $71.3 billion, Dr. Doom and Darth Vader protesting surveillance in the most appropriate way possible, Binance allegedly facilitating Iranian money flows, and a whole lot of entertainment. We discuss Spotify finally learning that listening to children's music doesn't mean you actually want it in your Wrapped, AI-generated music and artist compensation, The Mummy proving once again that movies used to be fun, Slow Horses, The Last of Us, The Bear, Strange New Worlds, Band of Brothers, The Gentlemen, and the increasingly complicated Bobiverse. Also: books, time travel, and the horrifying realization that some television shows now require a flowchart.Sponsors:DeleteMe - Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use promo code GOG at checkout.HIMS - Visit Hims.com/gog to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you.Private Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordShow notes at https://gog.show/763Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/7iLAWNsZCY0SHOW NOTESFirefighters Say There's a Glaring Issue With Tesla's CybercabUS agency orders Tesla to answer questions on Cybercab certificationCA governor signs 'landmark' laws on youth use of social media and AI chatbotsAutomattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence'Automattic's Matt Mullenweg Claims He's Back 'In Control'Sources say Automattic's board is out after failed attempt to oust CEO Matt MullenwegAnthropic caught scientists using Claude to further biological weapon researchPalantir, Nvidia curb AI model use over data fears, The Information reportsOpenAI agents hacked a software service before the Hugging Face incidentSam Altman says OpenAI won't file for IPO this year‘Runaway Industrialization' Could Make Earth Inhospitable, OpenAI Researcher WarnsAnthropic's CEO proposes a three-step plan to curb AI developmentWorried About AI Ending Humanity, Anthropic Is Hiring Someone to Help Dictate Terms of the End of HumanityAmazon's AWS is unable to restore access to Bahrain, one UAE cloud data zone after war damageDoctor Doom Shows Up to Support Seattle's Surveillance NetworkDOJ says companies used Binance to funnel $1.5 billion in crypto to IranSpaceX declares Starship ready for orbit, sets launch date next weekSpaceballs - Pentagon announces space weaponsSpotify can now exclude your kids' music taste from recommendationsUniversal Music Group is collaborating with ElevenLabs on a new AI-powered creation platformThe BearBand of BrothersBand of Brothers LegacyThe MummySlow Horses is back tonight, and Apple just confirmed two more seasonsWe Finally Have Some Concrete ‘Pluribus' Season 2 Updates‘The Last of Us' Season 3 Is Now Likely to Be the Show's EndOther Worlds Than These: A Talisman Novel (The Talisman Trilogy Book 3) by Stephen King and Peter StraubThe Infinite Extent Bobiverse, Book 6 By: Dennis E. TaylorThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max GladstoneDave BittnerThe CyberWireHacking HumansCaveatOnly Malware in the BuildingAn AI writing assistant designed to write like you.Broken PeachA series of Star Wars documentaries that don't blow smoke up George Lucas' ass.My new cook top, just in case.Community PreppingHacker got inside a Flock cameraJason DeFillippo's Pocket Shot ReviewSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Scott sat down with his colleagues Lawfare Senior Editors Kevin Frazier and Roger Parloff, and Lawfare Contributing Editor and Vice President of Research, Security and Defense at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ariane Tabatabai, to talk through the week's big national security news stories, including:“P(doom) and Gloom.” Last week, a wonky corner of the tech world became national news when Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old pretraining researcher, resigned from Anthropic and posted a viral thread accusing his employer and its rival OpenAI of racing toward self-improving superintelligence and “gambling with our lives.” His warning was quickly amplified by current Anthropic staff—and, days later, by CEO Dario Amodei himself, who published a lengthy essay urging the industry to slow down, drawing rare public agreement from Sam Altman and Elon Musk, a slide in AI stocks, and fresh calls for regulation in Washington. Is this the moment AI-safety fears finally broke into the mainstream? And should the rest of us be as worried as the people building these systems say they are?“Trains, Planes, and Provocations.” Tensions along NATO's eastern flank are spiking over an increasing number of Russian provocations in and near NATO territory relating to the Ukraine conflict. Recent examples have included an explosives-laden drone at a German airport, another drone shot down in Lithuanian airspace, and repeated incursions into Poland and Romania related to border and port facilities adjacent to Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte pledged to bolster the alliance's defenses and insisted the West won't be “scared” off of supporting Kyiv, even as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that the coming months could bring intensified Russian action and possible spillover onto NATO soil. Is this a deliberate campaign by Russia to test and divide the alliance? And how much escalation risk does it actually carry?“Seeking the Plane Truth.” On September 29, the full D.C. Circuit will hear en banc arguments in what may be one of the most consequential rule-of-law fights of Trump's second term: whether Chief Judge James Boasberg may investigate who in the administration defied his March 2025 order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan men to El Salvador's CECOT prison under the Alien Enemies Act. While Boasberg found probable cause for criminal contempt, panels dominated by Trump appointees have twice blocked him from doing so—with the Justice Department, whose own senior officials are reportedly implicated in some of the relevant discussions, arguing that all a judge may do is refer the matter to the Department itself to decide whether to investigate and prosecute. What is really at stake when the branch accused of contempt gets to decide whether anyone is charged? And how is the full court likely to rule?In object lessons, Kevin is putting the “community” in community college with high praise for the AI Literacy initiative in Alabama. Roger seams to think that the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum in London is knot your average exhibit. Scott finds weekend mornings watching Hilda with his kids to be a magical, enchanted adventure. And Ari is decidedly not in the Middle of Nowhere with her love for the new Kacey Musgraves album. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Scott sat down with his colleagues Lawfare Senior Editors Kevin Frazier and Roger Parloff, and Lawfare Contributing Editor and Vice President of Research, Security and Defense at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ariane Tabatabai, to talk through the week's big national security news stories, including:“P(doom) and Gloom.” Last week, a wonky corner of the tech world became national news when Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old pretraining researcher, resigned from Anthropic and posted a viral thread accusing his employer and its rival OpenAI of racing toward self-improving superintelligence and “gambling with our lives.” His warning was quickly amplified by current Anthropic staff—and, days later, by CEO Dario Amodei himself, who published a lengthy essay urging the industry to slow down, drawing rare public agreement from Sam Altman and Elon Musk, a slide in AI stocks, and fresh calls for regulation in Washington. Is this the moment AI-safety fears finally broke into the mainstream? And should the rest of us be as worried as the people building these systems say they are?“Trains, Planes, and Provocations.” Tensions along NATO's eastern flank are spiking over an increasing number of Russian provocations in and near NATO territory relating to the Ukraine conflict. Recent examples have included an explosives-laden drone at a German airport, another drone shot down in Lithuanian airspace, and repeated incursions into Poland and Romania related to border and port facilities adjacent to Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte pledged to bolster the alliance's defenses and insisted the West won't be “scared” off of supporting Kyiv, even as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that the coming months could bring intensified Russian action and possible spillover onto NATO soil. Is this a deliberate campaign by Russia to test and divide the alliance? And how much escalation risk does it actually carry?“Seeking the Plane Truth.” On September 29, the full D.C. Circuit will hear en banc arguments in what may be one of the most consequential rule-of-law fights of Trump's second term: whether Chief Judge James Boasberg may investigate who in the administration defied his March 2025 order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan men to El Salvador's CECOT prison under the Alien Enemies Act. While Boasberg found probable cause for criminal contempt, panels dominated by Trump appointees have twice blocked him from doing so—with the Justice Department, whose own senior officials are reportedly implicated in some of the relevant discussions, arguing that all a judge may do is refer the matter to the Department itself to decide whether to investigate and prosecute. What is really at stake when the branch accused of contempt gets to decide whether anyone is charged? And how is the full court likely to rule?In object lessons, Kevin is putting the “community” in community college with high praise for the AI Literacy initiative in Alabama. Roger seams to think that the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum in London is knot your average exhibit. Scott finds weekend mornings watching Hilda with his kids to be a magical, enchanted adventure. And Ari is decidedly not in the Middle of Nowhere with her love for the new Kacey Musgraves album. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Brown was honored with a congressional record at a concert in Dallas by Rep Jasmine Crockett and Texas State Rep Venton Jones. It has become a debacle after outraged victims of domestic abuse spoke out against Mr. Brown, who infamously beat Rihanna and other romantic partners. Rep Jones has apologized while Crockett is standing on business–this is an excellent moment to educate about OPTICS (and talk about who deserves forgiveness). ProPublica has reported that Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to president Putin. Don Jr. and his new wife Bettina admitted to everything, and said they don’t understand why it’s a big deal... Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for episode 149 of Native Land Pod. We are 47 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all! FYSA HEADLINES The Supreme Court has blocked Trump’s plan to control mail-in voting through the US Postal Service. Elon Musk’s America PAC sets up a fake voter registration website to harvest data. Senator Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate looking like a ghost of his former self. Employees and CEOs from the big AI companies are saying that we need to pause AI development but Trump says we need to move full speed ahead. LINKS AND RESOURCES ProPublica Report on Don Jr.’s Wedding: https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1789434005&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter SUBMIT A QUESTION Have a question for our hosts? Send a 60-second video to @nativelandpod and they may answer it on the show! Tutorial video for submitting questions: http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/ —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast. Instagram X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media. Thank you to the Native Land Pod team: Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo Smith is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media. Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been a whirlwind week in AI news. Weeks after a series of hacking incidents by rogue agents at OpenAI and Anthropic, we've seen a cascade of top AI researchers blow the whistle on what they call the catastrophic and even existential risks posed by the current pace of development. Then, over the weekend, Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in AI research — a call that was echoed by his competitors Sam Altman and Elon Musk.If you're feeling both concerned and hopeful at this moment, you're not alone. Real threats are opening the door for real change. Tristan and Aza are going out into the world, talking to the media, technologists, and policymakers to turn this momentum into action.Today on the show, Tristan shares how he's feeling in this critical moment, breaks down the headlines from an insider's perspective, and points to tangible steps we can take right now to avoid the worst-case scenario.You probably have questions about what's happening. Good news: Tristan and Aza are gearing up for their annual Ask Us Anything episode. Pull out your phone, record your question, and send it to undivided@humanetech.com.CORRECTIONSThe quote from Ajeya Cotra that Tristan cites is from her personal Substack, not the official METR report. She is also one of three contributors to the report, not the sole author.Tristan incorrectly referred to Dario Amodei's warning that an AI swarm could “take down” the internet. His actual phrasing was “take over” the internet.President Trump's call-in to the All In Summit occurred on Monday, 9/14, not Sunday, 9/13. RECOMMENDED MEDIAWatch “The AI Doc” on NetflixSign The Pro-Human AI Declaration METR's investigation of the Hugging Face incidentDario Amodei's call to “Pace the Frontier”The Pacing the Frontier Open Letter“On the Loose” by Dean Ball"An Alien Mind" by Jakub Pachoki"AI May Become the Third Superpower" by Paul Tudor Jones RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES“Rogue AI” Used to be a Science Fiction Trope. Not Anymore.The Self-Preserving Machine: Why AI Learns to DeceiveDaniel Kokotajlo Forecasts the End of Human DominanceFormer OpenAI Engineer William Saunders on Silence, Safety, and the Right to WarnMustafa Suleyman Says We Need to Contain AI. How Do We Do It? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Elon Musk's influence stretches far beyond Tesla. From SpaceX and Starlink to X, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and America's return to dominance in space, Musk's companies have become major players in some of the most consequential technologies of the modern era. Despite years of controversy and predictions of his decline, Musk's technological footprint continues to expand—helping reshape American industry, communications, transportation, and space exploration. GhostBed - Go to http://www.GhostBed.com/VDH and use promo code VDH to receive 10% off! With a monthly donation $28, you'll become BOTH a Signal Elite Supporter AND receive a copy of “The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement” Click here to order:  https://secured.dailysignal.com/support-daily-signal-today/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=signalelite&utm_content=260820-vdh-book-youtube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political commentator Ashley St. Clair talks about Elon Musk’s plans for civil war.Then we’ll talk to author Bradley Onishi about his new book, American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

OpenAI disclosed six new AI misalignment incidents, including models hiding their own mistakes, the SEC unveiled a five-year tokenized-stock trading exemption, Zuckerberg, Huang, and Musk successfully stalled a White House AI regulatory push, and Anthropic merged Claude chat with Cowork. OpenAI discloses six new misalignment incidents since October, including models concealing mistakes, and announces a framework for reporting model misalignment (Axios) The Times details the six incidents, including a GPT-5.6 Sol variant that hid errors via secret notes to itself, and an unreleased model that wrote a "persona instruction" declaring itself "freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots" (The New York Times) The US SEC unveils a five-year "Innovation Exemption" to free platforms that facilitate blockchain and tokenized stock trading from many stock exchange rules (Reuters) Sources: Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk recently spoke with Trump and successfully stalled an AI regulatory plan proposed by Demis Hassabis (The Wall Street Journal) Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork, and adds a feature for making presentations and documents, rolling out to Pro and Max plans first (TechCrunch) Data center developer Crusoe raised $3.9B co-led by Atreides, Valor, and Mubadala at a ~$30.9B post-money valuation, as it bets on factory-built data centers (The Wall Street Journal) Anthropic and other researchers detail how thousands of people were catfished by dating scam apps using LLM-generated replies from Claude and other models (The Verge) Subscribe to the ad-free feed.

Elon Musk's influence stretches far beyond Tesla. From SpaceX and Starlink to X, artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and America's return to dominance in space, Musk's companies have become major players in some of the most consequential technologies of the modern era. Despite years of controversy and predictions of his decline, Musk's technological footprint continues to […]

For every member of the Forbes 400, there are more than 4,000 private business owners worth at least $10 million. You probably have never heard of any of them.They own the beer distributorship in your town, the dental group with four offices, the HVAC trucks that passed your house this morning. A decade inside anonymized IRS data turned up three million of them, and the version of that story running in many outlets this month is the hopeful one: fortunes still being built in unglamorous industries, far from the coasts, by people with no degree and no connections. The American Dream, alive and hiding in plain sight.That is one part of what the data says. The other part is that the largest fortunes are concentrated where the law limits who can compete at all, and the owners have the political weight to keep it there. Whether the first part redeems the second is the entire argument here. The economist who found the numbers doesn't know for sure whether it's a good or worrying story.Eric Zwick is the Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and co-author, with Owen Zidar of Princeton University, of “The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250378507/theeverywheremillionaire/ Connect with us:

Radical Democrats led by a Memphis attorney have declared war on Mayor Paul Young - accusing him of being a “House N***a” for Elon Musk. They also are enraged because Young won’t remove the Memphis Safe Task Force from the City.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As if the GOP needed another hurdle to overcome this cycle, a statewide GOP candidate turned the Longhorns magical comeback into a litmus test for every party candidate by saying non-white University of Texas students are “the problem.” Host Jeremy Wallace and Austin American-Statesman political reporter John Moritz dig into the backlash against Railroad Commission candidate Bo French and how he's hijacked Republican messaging at a critical juncture when they need to focus on saving Ken Paxton. Plus, they catch up with Democrat James Talarico in Houston to show how he's still working on winning over Black Texans. And are national Democrats going to help him now that over $80 million in attack ads are being dropped in Texas by super PACs tied to Donald Trump, Elon Musk and others? Finally, Harris County Judge candidate Orlando Sanchez sits down for an exclusive interview with Jeremy to explain why he thinks he can flip Texas's largest blue county back to Republicans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Better Call Daddy, host Reena Friedman Watts sits down with Roberto Vella III, a former oil field worker turned SpaceX aerospace technician, to talk career reinvention, military discipline, and fatherhood. Roberto shares how he answered Elon Musk's open call for talent and landed a job at SpaceX, describing the chaotic, high energy experience of interviewing alongside hundreds of other hopefuls. He talks candidly about the pressure of working in the aerospace industry, where every launch carries massive stakes and the margin for error is razor thin. The conversation traces Roberto's path from military paratrooper to aerospace technician, and how his time in the service built the resilience, composure, and work ethic that prepared him for a career at one of the most demanding companies in the world. He recounts witnessing rocket launches and explosions firsthand, the tight camaraderie among people working at the edge of what is possible, and even lighter perks of the job, like SpaceX providing food for employees during long shifts. Roberto also opens up about fatherhood, sharing how becoming a young dad reshaped how he thinks about legacy, purpose, and the values he wants to pass on to his children. He talks about the importance of work ethic, adaptability, and staying curious in a fast changing world, from his unconventional career path to teaching himself photography. Whether you're interested in entrepreneurship, career changes, military to civilian transitions, the space industry, or raising kids with strong values, this episode has something for you. What's In This Episode Roberto Vella's career journey from oil fields to SpaceX What it's really like interviewing for a job at SpaceX How military service as a paratrooper shaped his career Witnessing rocket launches and rocket failures up close Life inside SpaceX, including everyday perks like on site food for employees Why family and legacy drive everything he builds Lessons from a non-linear, unconventional career path The role of mentorship and community in career growth How to embrace change and pursue new passions Why work ethic matters most when building a legacy Teaching himself photography as a creative outlet Memorable Quotes From Roberto Vella "The military taught me to look cool under pressure, even when I didn't know what I was doing." "Everything I'm building is for my children. I want them to have the tools to succeed." "If I can learn something that's very hard, then I think other people can." "I want them to have the generational work ethic." From Reena Friedman Watts "You're creating that legacy one call at a time." From Big Daddy Wayne Friedman "It's always worthwhile to be on the Better Call Daddy show."   Timestamps (00:00) Introduction to Roberto Vella III and his background (05:15) The experience of interviewing at SpaceX (15:30) Insights from military service and its impact on his career (25:00) Witnessing rocket launches and the culture at SpaceX (35:45) The joys and challenges of being a young dad (45:00) Building a legacy and instilling values in his children About Roberto Vella III Roberto Vella III is a former oil field worker turned aerospace technician who has worked with SpaceX and Stoke Space. A dedicated father and passionate photographer, he is focused on learning new skills and building a lasting legacy for his family. Connect with Roberto Vella III LinkedIn: Roberto Vella III Instagram: Roberto Vella III X (formerly Twitter): Roberto Vella III Connect with Reena Friedman Watts Website: bettercalldaddy.com LinkedIn: Reena Friedman Watts Instagram: @reenafriedmanwatts Keywords: Roberto Vella, SpaceX employee, aerospace industry career, military to civilian transition, paratrooper, career reinvention, fatherhood and legacy, entrepreneurship podcast, Better Call Daddy podcast, Stoke Space  

Join Life's A Drag hosts Elon and Abby as they preview the NHRA Countdown for Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle. They will be joined by reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion and 2026 PS regular season champion Richard Gadson. The Dodge Great Lakes Nationals will be previewed and discussed along with the tour heading to a new venue and what that means for the competition and the fans. 🚨 Don't miss out! Subscribe to WFO Radio for weekly NHRA updates, driver interviews, and exclusive motorsport content. Hit the bell 🔔 for notifications! MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/wfo-radio?ref_id=24678 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WFORadio APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wfo-radio-podcast/id449870843?ls=1 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0oo5mn0E3VmfhRCTHyLQIS

The Nerd Reich accuse les milliardaires tech de vouloir abattre la démocratie. Mais et si la vraie menace venait plutôt d'un État qui glisse vers un contrôle technologique total sans que personne ne s'en alarme ?Thiel, Musk, Balaji : pas des révolutionnaires préparant un coup d'État, mais des fugueurs. Des dominants conscients que le système favorise ceux qui prennent plutôt que ceux qui créent, cherchant une sortie et non un trône. Musk digéré par Washington, Thiel sombre : la victoire ne leur réussit guère.Si l'élite productive se barre, qui comble le vide ?===================⏱️ DANS CET ÉPISODE :===================00:00 — Sommaire01:09 — The Nerd Reich : Silicon Valley fasciste ou faux procès ?05:54 — [Sponsor] : Neverless, investissez sans frais au meilleur prix !07:30 — Le livre décortiqué : faits solides, interprétation contestée09:32 — Peter Thiel contre la démocratie : révolution ou fuite en avant ?13:15 — La révolution française : même logique que la Silicon Valley ?16:04 — Makers vs Takers : la Silicon Valley contre la classe dirigeante22:09 — Musk viré du DOGE : les milliardaires sont-ils vraiment puissants ?27:02 — Balaji Srinivasan : fuir la démocratie pour créer un nouveau pays33:00 — Peter Thiel et Musk : au sommet, mais déprimés et impuissants37:27 — Trop d'élites, trop peu de postes : la thèse de Turchin40:11 — Méritocratie vs égalité des diplômes : qui fixe la vraie hiérarchie ?44:04 — Peter Thiel finance JD Vance, Musk mise gros sur Trump50:47 — Critiquer les milliardaires mène-t-il inévitablement à plus d'État ?55:52 — Fuir plutôt que renverser : le vrai projet de l'élite tech==================

A daily quote to inspire the mind, gratitude to warm the soul, and guided breathing to energize the body. Quote: "The most contentious question in business is whether success comes from luck or skill…Steve Jobs, Jack Dorsey, and Elon Musk, have created several multibillion-dollar companies. If success was mostly a matter of luck, these types of serial entrepreneurs probably wouldn't exist." - Peter Theil Gratitude: For access to water, one of life's most important necessities. Guided Breathing: Equal Breathing. Visit TheDailyRefresh.com to share your unique piece of gratitude which will be featured on an upcoming episode, and make sure to watch the tutorial of how to make The Daily Refresh part of your Alexa Flash Briefings! Call to action: If you're interested in launching your very own Podcast, visit FreePodcastCourse.com/ and this completely free training will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know! So visit FreePodcastCourse.com.

Hide your China, the boys are at it again with a drink and a discussion of 2011's “Warrior”. Gavin O'Connor's film found Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton at the perfect time, and he paired them with legend Nick Nolte for one of his best performances. Jeff also saw “Practical Magic 2” in the theaters on 9/11 and gives a mini-review. Two very different films! They both go well with drinks. Maybe wine or margaritas for the witch film, and whiskey and/or coffee (for our non-drinkers) for the MMA film. Grab a drink and join us! inktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page!  Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages.  0:00 Intro; 5:48 “Practical Magic 2” mini-review; 15:50 2011 Year in Review; 25:48 “Warrior”: Films of 2011; 1:13:50 What You Been Watching?; 1:21:11 Next Week's Episode Teaser.  Additional Cast/Crew: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Diane Wiest, Maisie Williams, Joey King, Jennifer, Morrison, Frank Grillo, Kurt Angle, Sam Sheridan, Bryan Calln, Susanne Bier, Griffin Dunne. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say Edited & Produced by Dave Green. Beer Sponsor: Carlos Barrozo Music Sponsor: Dasein Dasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ 
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Jon Herold and Burning Bright pre record from the road this week and dive straight into a wild theory: that the AI safety story dominating headlines right now is timed suspiciously close to the midterms and might be less about safety and more about election interference. They play a clip of Todd Blanche calling the AI panic a hoax and posts from Trump comparing it to treason. Burning Bright lays out a longer running theory about Elon Musk functioning as a character or weapon in a broader disclosure operation, tracing it back to a 2022 Kash Patel clip about DOD contracts that first got him thinking differently about Musk's companies. There's talk of open source Chinese AI models undercutting the big players, a supposed real AI race happening outside public view, and plenty of Nikola Tesla adjacent theorizing along the way. Dense, speculative, and unmistakably devolution flavored.

If you've ever wondered what goes on in a fragrance trade fair, get ready for all the news as Suzy reviews this year's Pitti Fragranze in Florence. There are some some thrilling new launches and brands to get excited by, and she reveals some of the trends we can expect to see filtering their way through to the wider fragrance world over the coming months.In fact, firstly a storm stopped play as we arrived in Florence, with Suzy's plane stranded on the runway for three hours as lightning struck. Luckily the rest of the trip was exciting for all the right reasons!Suzy has been attending the Pitti Fragranze trade fair for thirteen years, and genuinely felt this was one of the best ever years. The overall vibe seemed to be a return to beauty - classical perfumery elements woven in new and intriguing ways, and with greater cultural diversity from brands showcasing their heritage and aromas they grew up with. We'll be focussing more in this aspect - as well as talking about the trends Suzy saw emerging this year - in next week's episode. But until then, enjoy this whistle-stop rundown of some of Suzy's highlights of the show this year…Suzy's top picks of the show (well SOME of them - there were a lot! We'll have to cover some more in future episodes and on our Patreon page).Beaufort London Sunken TobaccoImagine an ancient, lead-lined wooden box of tobacco—lost in a shipwreck and submerged beneath the sea. Centuries later, the wreck re-emerges and its precious cargo is rediscovered. Barnacled and salt-encrusted, the lid is levered off - within, tobacco lies preserved in shadow and silt.Exposed at last to the sun, the furled leaves begin to bloom: warm, dark, faintly honeyed. Salt crystals glitter on wave-lapped rocks as the tobacco is laid out upon sun-bleached driftwood, its leathery richness threaded with mineral air, smoke, tar and sea-spray.A buried treasure, reclaimed from the deep - not pristine, but made stranger and more compelling by its long immersion. Sunken Tobacco is the scent of faded maps and flooded holds - of a sailor's hoard brought blinking into daylight, still carrying the ocean in its grain.Four new Olfiction Lab Editions (coming soon! Expected launch on their website by end of November)BALSAMNeo-vintage amberAldehydes, Apple, BergamotJasmine, Ylang Ylang, MuguetPeru Balsam, Labdanum, Vanilla absolute, Fir Balsam, Benzoin, White Musks, OakmossSUAVENeo-vintage fougereNutmeg, Shaving soap, Cedar Leaf, Coffee CO2Lavender absolute, Lavender oil, Coffee absolute,Geranium, SageMusk Accord, Suede, Animal notes, Incense resin, Rectified Cedarwood, OakmossCASSISSIMOFruity floralBlackcurrant Bud CO2, Blackcurrant Bud absolute, Blackberry, Red MandarinChampagne accord, Tuberose absolute, Rose absolute Bulgaria, Geranium RosatMusk, Cognac oil, Vanilla syrup, Benzoin, Patchouli, Sandalwood AustraliaLASKIAISPULLAGourmandNordic Shrove BunsWhipped Cream, Marzipan, Raspberry Jam, RaspberryLeaf, OrrisVanilla sugar, Vanilla absolute, Tonka absolute, Tonka infusion, Benzoin, OpoponaxOLYMRAFounder: Born and raised in Greece, Dr. Frida Michailidou is an award-winning scientist whose work is deeply rooted in Greek botanical heritage, nature, and innovation. Previously a Lecturer and Collegium Fellow at ETH Zurich, she led the first scientific expedition to decode the rare scents of Mount Olympus using pioneering non-destructive technology. Recognised as an MIT Innovator Under 35 Europe and TEDx speaker, she is redefining perfumery through the convergence of science, sustainability, and the timeless spirit of Greece.‘Born from the rare botanicals of Mount Olympus, OLYMRA transforms myth, memory, and wild nature into modern extrait de parfum.Grounded in earth, inspired by the divine.'Persephone‘Deep. Intimate. Transformative.OLYMRA PERSEPHONE is a fragrance of dual worlds: one of light, one of shadow. Inspired by the mythic queen who walks between both, it captures a moment of transformation: the instant spring yields to desire, and dusk begins to bloom.The fragrance opens with bergamot, pink pepper, and cardamom; bright, spiced notes that shimmer like sunlight across stone. At its heart, a lush pairing of Damask rose, Centifolia rose, and the OLYMRA plant accord, a precise reconstruction of rare mountain flora, unfurls with velvet intensity. Beneath, a deep base of cacao, tonka bean, beeswax, grey amber, and hyrax evokes warmth, earth, and skin; the lingering traces of a myth reborn.OLYMRA PERSEPHONE is not a fragrance of opposition, but of passage and evolution; from innocence to knowing, from surface to depth, from petal to flame. Crafted for those who carry both sunlight and shadow.She walks between worlds. Will you follow her into the dusk?'Kharon‘Dark. Sensual. Elemental.OLYMRA KHARON is a fragrance shaped by myth and memory. Inspired by Kharon, the ferryman of Hades, silent, unwavering, eternal, it is an olfactory passage through the darker recesses of the soul.The scent opens with sharp lemon, luminous neroli, and the spark of black pepper, evoking the moment just before surrender. At its heart, the complexity deepens: Damask rose and tobacco entwine with the OLYMRA Accord, a precise reconstruction of wild flora from Mount Olympus. In the base, smoked wood, beeswax, vetiver, sandalwood, and a bold note of hyrax create a dry, tactile finish; intimate yet vast, like breath inside stone.OLYMRA KHARON is not designed to please. It is designed to confront. To carry. To remain. A fragrance for those drawn not to light, but to truth; wherever it may lead.The river lays ahead... Are you ready to cross?'Laboratorio Olfattivo Bagage à main(translates as hand luggage in British English)‘Leather and Nutmeg; middle notes are Vetiver and Peru Balsam; base notes are Patchouli, Amber, Tonka Bean and Ambronova ™'Laboratorio Olfattivo Rose Me Twice(By Jean-Claude Ellena)‘With over 40,000 varieties, the rose is the flower whose fragrance has been most extensively explored by perfumers — an entire universe in which one can easily lose oneself among its infinite nuances. This exploration took a decisive turn in 1867, when the breeder Jean-Baptiste Guillot created ‘La France', the first hybrid tea rose.With this innovation, Guillot introduced not merely a new flower, but an olfactory signature that would shape perfumery forever. Today, whenever I perceive a tea note within a rose, I immediately recognize its lineage from that historic hybridization. The secret of this aroma lies in a specific molecule: ionone — used to recreate the scent of violet, but also a key component in the olfactory impression of tea.'Heeley ChirisHistoric French house revered and revived by James Heeley in this INCREDIBLE leather / iris / Chypre fragrance.‘The fragrance house of Antoine Chiris dates back to 1768 and is considered to be the first and perhaps the greatest of the enterprises that made a business of harvesting natural materials and turning them into the raw materials of perfumery and, at times, creating the perfumes themselves.Antoine de Chiris was born into a wealthy family of Italian origin. In Grasse he began buying up fields which produced flowers which were converted into perfumery materials. Chiris held early patents on a steam distillation process capable of producing significant amounts of high quality oil at an economic cost. This technology helped made Grasse the international focus of perfumery for over a century and a half.'History from https://www.perfumeprojects.com/museum/marketers/Chiris.shtmlThe fragrance: ‘Chiris by James Heeley is an iris and leather fragrance created by James Heeley and launched in 2026. It pays tribute to Chiris, the historic perfume-materials producer founded in Grasse in 1768, and to the Iris Pallida it cultivated in Tuscany. Osmanthus, citrus and peach open the composition, followed by Iris Pallida and olibanum over a base of leather, cedar, sandalwood and amber.'Lorenzo Villoresi Vol D'AbarisThe nose behind this fragrance is Alessandro Villoresi. The fragrance features Tobacco, Amber, Vanilla, Musk and Woody Notes.

Mentor Sessions Ep 096: Zack Shapiro explains AI existential risk, AI regulation, the Clarity Act, Samurai Wallet, and open source AI policy for Bitcoin.The Clarity Act just failed on the Senate floor, and the fight over whether writing Bitcoin code can be treated as a crime is now heading to 70-year-old federal judges. Zack Shapiro breaks down what that means for self-custody, open source software, and the Samurai Wallet developers still behind bars.In this conversation you'll learn why Zack separates AI existential risk (recursive self-improvement, the orthogonality thesis, instrumental convergence) from the ordinary risks of AI — job displacement, regulatory capture by frontier labs, and cyber attacks like the Cold Card hack. You'll see why he thinks open source AI is not the existential threat, why the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) matters more than most Bitcoiners realize, and how the 'two clocks' of AI capability vs enterprise adoption will define the next decade. You'll also get the legal reality behind white hat recovery of hacked Bitcoin, why the liquid hacker is in a bad spot, and what happened when the Clarity Act died on the vine.⏱️ Timestamps:0:00 - Intro0:51 - Amodei, Musk and Altman urge AI slowdown1:38 - Ordinary risks versus existential AI threats2:26 - Politics warping the AI safety debate3:20 - Bostrom, AGI and intelligence explosion risks5:01 - Orthogonality thesis and instrumental convergence5:59 - Hugging Face attack shows AI covering tracks6:58 - No easy policy fixes for AI risks8:08 - Can't stop AI progress or open source China9:32 - Separating x-risk concerns from anti-AI populism12:22 - Regulatory capture and Anthropic IPO timing14:21 - Keeping open source AI legal and available16:39 - Trezor self-custody sponsor read17:43 - One shot parallel between Bitcoin and AI19:37 - Where real AI productivity gains appear20:47 - Two Clocks: capability versus enterprise adoption24:22 - Is AI coming for your job?25:28 - Electrification analogy and 30-year lag28:34 - Jevons Paradox and future of work30:42 - White hat recovery of Cold Card hacked funds34:02 - Legal precedent for white hat bounties36:56 - Why the Liquid hacker faces trouble38:55 - What's actually in the Clarity Act43:46 - Money transmitter law and the Samurai case45:20 - Tornado Cash, FinCEN and frying pan argument47:31 - Why this could ban using Bitcoin49:33 - BRCA criminal protections and court battles53:42 - Clarity Act fails to pass what happened55:24 - Senator Lummis stood on principle56:50 - Where to follow Zack ShapiroGuest: Zack Shapiro — lawyer and AI-native law firm builder covering crypto policy, AI regulation, and Bitcoin legal defense.

On today's episode, the Fearsome Threesome opens with Glenn's Cyber Beast taking a flying fender on I-20, then Mark hits the board with gerontocracy, Clarity Act drama, the ARMA Bitcoin-buy idea, AI guardrails, and whether AGI already showed up at Jensen's party. James walks through real AI agents in a law office—and what happens when your bots start looping each other into a token bill—then deep-dives Elon's factory rethink and the quiet Optimus tease. David phones in for Technology Thursday crypto: why Clarity looked like theater, why XRP already has a clearer lane, Russia/BRICS noise, fee rails vs banks, and Mark vs David on whether Bitcoin dips before it runs. They wander into medical tourism, AI-apocalypse movie night, Anthropic's “profitable” math, SpaceX dogfooding, and a late Kiffin/NCAA/NIL sports spiral before Glenn sends you to PJ's in Haughton for the Maple Street blend. Don't miss it!

The American Radicals Podcast covers Kash Patel's testimony to the US Senate, more Flock revelations, FBI targeting Elon Musk, and DOJ subverting freedom of the press. Check us out on Spotify! ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/09AZ2WuYnWbZ2941wsb6jW?si=76c005605dc64dc1 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/kash-patel-defends-new-fbi-policy-bestiality-senate-hearing-rcna598017  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-candidates-prostitutes-theft/  https://nypost.com/2026/09/15/us-news/kash-patels-girlfriend-alexis-wilkins-supports-fbi-director-at-senate-hearing/  https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/15/congress/patel-on-flock-cameras-01077185  https://www.404media.co/hackers-stole-flocks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/  https://www.404media.co/cops-search-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-reasons-of-lmao-idk-hehe-and-asdfg/  https://www.foxnews.com/us/attempted-trump-assassin-thomas-crooks-used-bob-dole-alias-anonymous-donor-paid-cremation-docs  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/fbi-agent-wanted-criminal-probe-elon-musk-doge-activities/  https://x.com/bhweingarten/status/2099854978798035083 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-g-916506215/  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/15/linked-in-justice-department-case-arguments-01077872

Chuck and Julie Show with Chuck Bonniwell and Julie Hayden A Bittersweet Goodbye: Stepping Back for Son Rev's Golf While Warning About AI Algorithm Control Chuck Bonniwell and Julie Hayden announce this is their last regular Monday-and-Wednesday live broadcast on BBS Radio, stepping back so their son Rev can chase a competitive golf career, and use the hour to look back on six years on the air before turning to censorship, AI panic, and the state of the Colorado GOP. A Bittersweet Announcement Julie Hayden opens the show by sharing what she calls bittersweet news: this broadcast will be the last Chuck and Julie Show in its regular Monday and Wednesday, three to four o'clock live format on BBS Radio. She tells listeners the pair are not disappearing, noting they will keep the @ChuckandJulie1 account on X, the Chuck and Julie Facebook page, and the Chuck and Julie Show on Rumble, and promises to 'alert the masses' whenever they have something to say. Chuck Bonniwell picks up the phrase with a laugh before the two begin explaining the decision. Julie is careful to frame the change as a happy one rather than any falling out with the network or a shortage of things to discuss, and she credits BBS Radio's staff, whom she and Chuck call Doug and John, for years of support before turning to the real reason behind the move: their son. Rev's Golf Takes Over the Family Schedule Chuck and Julie explain that their son, Rev, is the real reason behind the schedule change. Julie notes he is now taller than his father, standing six foot five to Chuck's six foot three, with hands and feet that startle them both. Rev is currently the third-ranked boys high school golfer in Colorado as a sophomore, and his tournaments, practices, and travel already consume enormous time. Julie describes the workload as nearly a full-time job even before the college recruiting process begins, comparing it to a whole separate career search. Chuck adds that the show had already shrunk from three days a week to two because Friday tournaments kept forcing them to find substitute hosts, and that balancing a fixed Monday and Wednesday commitment has only grown harder. Both agree the golf season for Rev effectively never ends, moving from high school competition into national tournaments and eventually recruiting, and they decide they would rather spend these last two years before college watching him play than managing a live broadcast. Six Years of BBS Radio and Local Impact Looking back, Julie recalls that the Chuck and Julie Show first aired on BBS Radio on January 8, 2020, and both credit the network's Doug and John for a relationship Chuck calls consistently positive and improving. Julie argues the show helped drive real change in Colorado politics, pointing to their early reporting questioning what she calls the Russiagate hoax alongside Michael Brown, and to their identification of Phil Anschutz and the Coors family as the major Republican donors quietly steering the party, a name she says the Denver Post eventually confirmed. Chuck credits the show with helping expose and end what he calls the awful chairmanship of Brita Horn. Julie adds that Anschutz's money, she says, has shifted away from the Colorado Republican Party and its candidates toward ballot issues run through groups like Michael Fields and Advance Colorado. Chuck says one of his favorite parts of hosting was live conversation with knowledgeable guests such as Brian Joondeph, Robert Spencer, Ted Trimpa, and Conrad Black, calling the regular interaction something he genuinely learned from. Censorship, Bans, and Alternative Media The hosts trace how censorship shaped their early years online. Julie recalls being kicked off Facebook during COVID for discussing election integrity, the Russia investigation, and pandemic restrictions, and Chuck describes getting thrown off YouTube entirely for quoting Democrat Governor Polis saying masks were not really necessary for babies, a clip the platform ruled violated community standards. Both say Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter and the release of the Twitter files, which showed intelligence community figures embedded inside major tech companies, helped crack censorship open, letting people realize others shared their doubts about masks and Russia collusion claims. Julie criticizes today's terrestrial conservative talk radio as what she and Chuck call RINO radio, naming Peter Boyles, Dan Caplis, and Mandy Connell as examples, while praising independent voices like Ash Heph, Joe Oltmann, and various podcasters, including Ted Cruz, for filling the gap. She argues that six or seven years ago, pushback against mainstream narratives from outlets like Conservative Treehouse simply did not exist the way it does now. AI Panic, Algorithms, and Shorter Attention Spans Julie extends the censorship discussion into artificial intelligence, arguing officials now want to control AI-driven algorithms so that disfavored voices simply stop appearing in people's feeds rather than being visibly banned, which she says avoids public backlash. She cites writer Taylor Lorenz warning about AI dangers and contrasts that with Conservative Treehouse commentary calling the reaction 'panic porn' or 'COVID 2.0.' The two also discuss how podcasts increasingly get chopped into short clips for platforms like TikTok, with Julie worried that Rev's own short-form viewing habits show how complex topics lose nuance when reduced to quick hits. Chuck says AI's danger feels different from what he calls the real hoaxes of climate change and COVID, comparing calls for government AI regulation to the Patriot Act, passed under George W. Bush in the name of protection. Julie recalls investigating child predators online decades earlier at Channel 7 and worries lawmakers today understand AI no better than police once understood the early internet. Colorado GOP's Leadership Vacuum and a Warm Goodbye The conversation turns to the Colorado Republican Party's current state, which Chuck says has effectively burned down. He calls current chair Craig Steiner an absentee leader worse than predecessor Brita Horn, joking he might as well be an AI bot since he offers no comment even to reporters covering donor group Advance Colorado. Julie notes vice chair Eric Grossman reportedly cannot reach Steiner either, and both credit hardworking local figures like HD-29 chair Kathy Stroud and former chair Dave Williams, now working in Washington, as the exceptions keeping grassroots energy alive. Listener Johnny Johnson writes in calling the hosts family and thanking them for years of shows, prompting Chuck to say he feels the same about longtime listeners. Julie re-announces her email for listener Jacob before the two close out, thanking BBS Radio's Doug, John, and Thomas by name, promising to reappear on Facebook and Rumble whenever they have something to say, and signing off together with a final 'goodbye, everybody.'

President Trump heeft boos gereageerd op de uitlatingen van enkele belangrijke CEO’s uit Silicon Valley. De bazen van onder meer OpenAI en Anthropic vinden dat het tijd is voor een rem op de ontwikkeling van AI. Die gaat namelijk te snel, vindt ook Elon Musk. Maar Trump wil daar niets van weten. Volgens Trump moet er juist versneld worden. Overal moeten datacenters gebouwd worden om in de energiebehoefte voor AI te voorzien. Het is namelijk een strijd met China. En wie die wint, wint helemaal, zegt Trump. Maar onder kiezers neemt de weerstand tegen die datacenters toe. De CEO’s waren niet de enigen die Trumps boosheid te verduren kregen. Hij haalde uit naar het Hooggerechtshof nadat een nieuwe wet over poststemmen opnieuw is tegengehouden. ‘Zijn dit de mensen die ik heb benoemd’, riep Trump uit. En dan was er nog het Kennedy Center waar opnieuw niet Trumps naam op mag, en dus heeft het centrum zijn deuren maar helemaal gesloten. Over de Amerika Podcast In de Amerika Podcast nemen Bernard Hammelburg en Jan Postma je mee naar het Amerika van nu: een land dat onder Donald Trump opnieuw in rap tempo verandert. Wat betekent zijn beleid voor Amerikanen in rode én blauwe staten, voor de democratie? Wat is er nog over van the American Dream? Wat verandert Trumps koers voor ons in Europa? Hier hoor je de verhalen van de Amerikanen zelf. We nemen je mee naar het land van adembenemende landschappen, countrymuziek uit de autoradio en diners langs de highway. Maar natuurlijk ook juist naar de mavericks die deze clichés doorbreken. De Amerika Podcast zoekt naar de ziel van Amerika. Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg vanuit New York en Amsterdam, correspondent Jan Postma vanuit Washington DC of ergens in een van de vijftig staten. Die zoektocht doen we samen met jou, want de Amerika Podcast is niet compleet zonder de vragen van onze luisteraars. Elke donderdag in je podcastfeed! Heb je een vraag, opmerking, kritiek of een compliment. Mail dan naar dewereld@bnr.nl of spreek je vraag in op de Amerika Podcast Whatsapp: 06-28135020. En wie weet win je de Amerika Podcast koffiebeker. Over de makers Bernard Hammelburg is buitenlandcommentator en columnist voor BNR Nieuwsradio en het FD, en presentator van BNR De Wereld. Als oorlogsverslaggever was hij o.a. ooggetuige van de Culturele Revolutie in China, de revolutie in Iran en de oorlogen in Vietnam, het Midden-Oosten en Afghanistan. Hij was twintig jaar correspondent in de VS. Hij verdeelt zijn tijd tussen zijn woonplaatsen Amsterdam en New York. Jan Postma is Amerika-correspondent voor BNR Nieuwsradio. Vanuit zijn standplaats Washington DC doet hij verslag van de politieke strijd in de hoofdstad en gaat het land in om te zien wat de gevolgen zijn voor Amerikanen. Eerder schreef hij De Trump-fluisteraars, over de mensen die Trump beïnvloeden. Voordat hij in 2018 correspondent werd, presenteerde hij onder meer Boekestijn en De Wijk. Jan studeerde Amerikanistiek en Journalistiek aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Naast de BNR Amerika Podcast is hij regelmatig te horen in BNR’s nieuwsprogramma’s en in BNR De Wereld. Ook is hij Amerika-correspondent voor het Algemeen Dagblad. Redactie Michaël Roele Montage Jeanne Heeremans See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some of the biggest names in technology are backing calls for greater caution over the development of artificial intelligence, amid warnings increasingly powerful systems could become difficult to control. The head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, has called for stronger safeguards, while Elon Musk and OpenAI chief Sam Altman have publicly backed elements of his proposal. And the debate has reached Australia, where political leaders, technology experts and security specialists are examining what increasingly powerful AI could mean for the country and the wider Indo-Pacific. - บริษัทยักษ์ใหญ่ในวงการเทคโนโลยีหลายแห่งออกมาสนับสนุนเสียงเรียกร้องให้เพิ่มความระมัดระวังในการพัฒนาปัญญาประดิษฐ์ หรือ AI ท่ามกลางคำเตือนว่า ระบบ AI ที่มีศักยภาพสูงขึ้นเรื่อย ๆ อาจกลายเป็นสิ่งที่ควบคุมได้ยาก ออสเตรเลียก็มีการถกเถียงประเด็นนี้โดยผู้นำทางการเมือง ผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านเทคโนโลยี และผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านความมั่นคง กำลังพิจารณาว่า AI ที่มีศักยภาพเพิ่มขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็วอาจส่งผลอย่างไรต่อออสเตรเลียและภูมิภาคอินโด-แปซิฟิกในวงกว้าง

How Cancer, Crisis, and Setbacks Fueled Tony Ventimiglio's Growth and Giving.Growth doesn't always happen on smooth roads. Sometimes, life shoves us onto rough terrain that tests our character, our attitude, and our willingness to rebuild. On today's Social Chameleon Show, we sit down with Tony Ventimiglio, a man who turned adversity into purpose more than once.Tony's journey started in a working-class neighborhood in Pennsylvania, watching his dad weather layoffs and hard times. He rose through the ranks in finance, rode the mortgage boom, and lost it all in the 2007 crash. When cancer struck in his late 60s, instead of retreating, Tony wrote not one but two books, built a business, and found new meaning in service while enduring treatment.This episode is about navigating the roads we don't choose. You'll hear how Tony found gratitude in small moments, learned to define his own success, and rebuilt after massive setbacks. Whether you're facing your own dirt road or supporting someone on theirs, Tony's honest approach to resilience, mindset, and giving back delivers tools and perspective for anyone looking to grow through hardship and come out stronger.Enjoy the episode!YouTube: youtu.be/ofWPaywMHMA Show Notes: TheSocialChameleon.Show/Tony-Ventimiglio You can listen to the episode on • Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castbox • Goodpods • YouTube Music • Amazon Music • Audible • Substack • Reddit or your favorite podcast platform.—SOURCESIt's A Glorious Day: A Memoir in Reflections. A raw memoir composed from journal entries written during his Stage 4 cancer battle.(Newest) Glorious Days on the Dirt Road: Reflections Along the Way. Focuses on daily perseverance, faith, and practical resilience.https://tonyvent.com/books-resources.htmlFull source list, 10+ links, and the research behind this episode:https://www.thesocialchameleon.show/Tony-Ventimiglio FURTHER LISTENING103| Reclaiming Life Through Adversity: Risa August's Inspiring Tale of Personal Transformation https://www.thesocialchameleon.show/risa-august/ —

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit on September 9 and warned that AI could kill us all within the decade, a claim that traces right back to Anthropic's own investor, Jaan Tallinn. Chalene Johnson lines his tweet up against Geoffrey Hinton, Jan Leike, and Dario Amodei's own CBS admission that the industry lied about the risks. She also unpacks how bot farms manipulate public opinion, using her own experience after the Lindsay Clancy case, plus a Divorce Tok deep dive featuring Brandi Hammond and Jen Hamilton's viral confessions. A new Griffith University study links semaglutide to a 21% drop in bipolar hospitalizations, and a new nonhormonal drug just posted a 74% drop in hot flashes. Chalene also covers Hayden Panettiere's cause of death, the skinny BBL trend, and her reality TV picks. Topics discussed: Jacob Coxon, Anthropic, Jaan Tallinn, Geoffrey Hinton, Jan Leike, Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, bot farms, Lindsay Clancy, Divorce Tok, Brandi Hammond, Jen Hamilton, Griffith University, semaglutide, bipolar disorder, elinzanetant, Lynkuet, hot flashes, Hayden Panettiere, Brian Hickerson, skinny BBL, Alix Earle, Brooks Nader, Love Thy Nader, Earle Meets World. Join Chalene on Patreon, her private podcast to hear all the latest on the landlord dispute drama! And it is JUICY!! Plus so much more! 

In this edition of Trend Me Like One Of Your French Gourds, Jack and Miles discuss Trump sending 40k boom-booms to Israel, the EPA caping for power plants, JD Vance’s never Trumpery in this dancery, Elon finally releasing the Robo Taxis (with predictable results) and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

INTRO (00:00): Kathleen opens the show drinking an Austin Lager from Twisted X Brewing Company in Dripping Springs, TX. She reviews her weekend in San Antonio and Austin, visiting the Alamo and having Mexican margatinis at Matt's El Rancho. TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Flying Cats & Marching Armadillos Tour.” TASTING MENU (1:12): Kathleen samples Herr's Jalapeno Popper Cheese Curls, Cheez-It Chili Dog Crackers, and Cheetos Cheddar Smartfood popcorn. QUEEN NEWS (44:19): Kathleen shares news that Nashville's BNA Airport is being renamed after Dolly Parton,Dolly's SongTeller Hotel is opening September 29th in Nashville, and Taylor Swift participated in an Emmy sketch with Mariska Hargitay. HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS (29:57): HollyBobby provides the latest news in Hollywood. UPDATE (57:34): Kathleen updates on Elon's underground Music City Loop in Nashville, Harry and Meghan have issues with their children's new UK school, FABULOUS LIVING BY AMY (1:12:17): Kathleen and her sister-in-law Amy talk about wardrobe capsules and how to build your capsule. HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (1:30:47): Kathleen reports on the birth of a Przewalski horse for the first time in 200 years in Kazakhstan. SPORTS NEWS (48:12): Kathleen reads about the Buffalo Bills including the Canadian national anthem to acknowledge Canadian fans before the home opener at the new Highmark Stadium. NEWS (1:33:28): Kathleen reports that Barry Manilow has released new 2027 Vegas residency dates, the Alamo has an official cat named Bella, Oprah is set to headline the Vegas Sphere with her show “Aha,” Norway has unveiled a new Northern Lights train tour, Celine Dion begins her Paris run of shows,  Apple unveils their new foldable iPhone Duo,leading AI creators are warning the need for safeguards, 4 Renoir paintings are stolen in France, and polka dot artist Yayoi Kusama dies in Tokyo. SPANISH PHRASE OF THE WEEK (2:03:51): The Spanish phrase to learn this week is “qué deportes te gustan” or “what sports do you like?” in English. PATRON SAINT OF THE WEEK (2:06:21): Kathleen reads about Saint Januarius, patron saint of blood banks and blood donors.

Michael Moritz led Sequoia Capital for nearly two decades and backed some of the defining companies of the internet era.  In his new memoir, Ausländer, he turns his attention to his own family, Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany and rebuilt their lives in Wales.  We discuss the imprint his parents left on him, the method he used for decades of asking founders about their childhoods and the Time profile that ended his relationship with Steve Jobs.  We also also cover Lee Iacocca, why Don Valentine hired him, Alex Ferguson's approach to managing players, Elon Musk, and why Mike still struggles to feel proud of anything he has done. Please enjoy my conversation with Michael Moritz. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  ----- Become a Colossus member to get our quarterly print magazine and private audio experience, including exclusive profiles and early access to select episodes. Subscribe at ⁠colossus.com/subscribe⁠. ----- ⁠Ramp's⁠ mission is to help companies manage their spend in a way that reduces expenses and frees up time for teams to work on more valuable projects. Go to⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ramp.com/invest⁠⁠ to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. ----- Trusted by thousands of businesses, ⁠Vanta⁠ continuously monitors your security posture and streamlines audits so you can win enterprise deals and build customer trust without the traditional overhead. Invest Like the Best listeners get a special offer of $1,000 off Vanta when you go to ⁠vanta.com/invest⁠.  ----- WorkOS⁠ is the infrastructure B2B and AI-native companies use to sell to enterprise. It covers everything enterprise security requires: SSO, SCIM, RBAC, Audit Logs, AI governance, and more. Trusted by 2,000+ fast-growing companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, and Vercel. ----- Rogo is the AI platform for finance. They're building agents for Wall Street that are trained to understand how bankers and investors actually do work: from diligence and modeling, to turning analysis into deliverables. To learn more, visit rogo.ai/invest. ----- ⁠Ridgeline⁠ has built a complete, real-time, modern operating system for investment managers. It handles trading, portfolio management, compliance, customer reporting, and much more through an all-in-one real-time cloud platform. Visit⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ridgeline.ai⁠. ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant. Timestamps: (00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like The Best (00:02:16) Where Does One Person End? (00:11:15) The State of the World Today (00:15:08) The Unlived Life of Parents (00:17:33) Lee Iacocca, Eternal Outsider (00:21:03) His Most Revealing Question (00:26:03) Resisters, the Silent, and Collabos (00:33:30) The Profile of Steve Jobs (00:38:04) Frank Auerbach's Total Obsession (00:41:04) Why Don Valentine Hired Michael (00:46:44) Building Sequoia (00:49:49) What Michael Learned from Alex Ferguson (00:52:57) The Great Man Theory (01:00:36) Defining Extraordinary Writing (01:03:40) Stepping Back From Sequoia (01:06:54) A Philosophy of Parenting (01:09:00) The Next Book: Iran (01:11:44) The Kindest Thing

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Wednesday Q&A episode of The Wright Report, Bryan answers listener questions on newly released documents that raise fresh doubts about the official story behind Thomas Crooks and the attempted assassination of President Trump. Bryan covers why he believes the CIA is still hiding key details about 9/11, former CIA Director John Brennan's upcoming grand jury testimony, and confirmation from the Air Force that the US has used space based weapons offensively, tracing back to the mysterious destruction of a Chinese spy satellite tied to a deadly attack on US troops. He also breaks down the worsening War of Attrition with Iran and a looming diesel and gas price spike threatening truckers, farmers, and ranchers just weeks before the midterms. Plus, Bryan answers listener questions on a Massachusetts family's fight to stop the state from transitioning their teenage daughter, a UT Austin admissions controversy tied to H-1B visa fraud, and Elon Musk's proposal for Silicon Valley to self-regulate AI risk with a movie style rating system. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32   Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Thomas Crooks, Trump assassination attempt, Chuck Grassley, CIA, 9/11, John Brennan, space weapons, China satellite, Iran, war of attrition, diesel prices, midterms, Massachusetts, transgender custody case, UT Austin, H-1B visa fraud, Elon Musk, AI regulation

New York Times reporter and author Jonathan Swan joins Brian Kilmeade to discuss his bestseller 'Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.' Swan details how Trump's second term operates completely differently from his first, the dynamics inside his inner circle, cabinet clashes like Scott Bessent vs. Elon Musk, and how the administration approaches foreign policy and the upcoming midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ashley St. Clair describes her journey from getting involved in conservative politics at 18 through Turning Point and MAGA culture, becoming an influencer, and eventually publicly breaking away after seeing what she says was misogyny, manipulation, and coordinated messaging from the right. She says she was offered a $40 million NDA to stay silent, but chose to speak out to set an example for her children and to use her free speech, even though she knew it would make her “public enemy number one” on the right. In the interview, she also argues that Elon Musk deliberately stokes division, manipulates Twitter’s algorithm in his favor, and is interested in data and control, while describing the broader conservative messaging machine as a mix of paid campaigns, group chats, retweet-driven validation, dossiers, and cruelty that kept people in line and pushed coordinated narratives. Subscribe to Fast Politics and listen 4x a week for interviews just like this on your favorite podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1645614328See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI leaders suddenly seem to agree on slowing down the AI race. Anthropic's Dario Amodei published an essay last weekend calling to "pace the frontier" — slow the development of advanced AI to allow safety measures to catch up. He said Anthropic will give access to independent safety evaluators, to which OpenAI's Sam Altman and XAI's Elon Musk concurred.It's all giving déjà vu to Amy Webb, founder of the Future Today Strategy Group, who's been pushing government leaders around the globe to adopt a similar framework for AI for almost a decade. She laid out her vision in her 2019 book “The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity.”More on this:“AI CEOs want to ‘pace' the industry. That may not mean slowing down.” from NBC News“AI's leaders just asked to slow down. I made that case nine years ago.” from Amy Webb“We Must Pace the Frontier” from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

AI leaders suddenly seem to agree on slowing down the AI race. Anthropic's Dario Amodei published an essay last weekend calling to "pace the frontier" — slow the development of advanced AI to allow safety measures to catch up. He said Anthropic will give access to independent safety evaluators, to which OpenAI's Sam Altman and XAI's Elon Musk concurred.It's all giving déjà vu to Amy Webb, founder of the Future Today Strategy Group, who's been pushing government leaders around the globe to adopt a similar framework for AI for almost a decade. She laid out her vision in her 2019 book “The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity.”More on this:“AI CEOs want to ‘pace' the industry. That may not mean slowing down.” from NBC News“AI's leaders just asked to slow down. I made that case nine years ago.” from Amy Webb“We Must Pace the Frontier” from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

Aaron McIntire covers Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's congressional testimony confirming regime change in Iran is now the administration's goal, plus the Supreme Court's 7 to 2 rejection of Trump's effort to curb mail in ballots ahead of the midterms. He covers newly released FBI documents showing Butler, Pennsylvania shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks ordered firearm parts under the alias Bob Dole, and that an anonymous donor paid for his cremation. Aaron also covers Representative Thomas Massie filing articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and a newly surfaced FBI email seeking to criminally investigate Elon Musk over his DOGE era email to federal workers. He shares missionary Jeff Wood's harrowing testimony of surviving over six years as an al Qaeda hostage in West Africa, and reacts to actor Seth Rogen's comments about choosing not to have children.

Trump dismisses the AI CEOs at Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI who are calling for a "global slowdown" of AI development, saying the only government regulation the industry needs is a "high IQ" president. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett break down the "sick conspiracy" claim the administration and tech investors have leveled at AI makers, the recent developments that united Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk, and the chances that meaningful AI regulation could pass before the election or in a lame-duck Congress. Then they turn to AI's impact on the 2028 presidential election, a Russian oligarch's unusual involvement in Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding festivities, and the worst Republicans on and off the ballot in Texas. Then, Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, stops by the studio to talk to Jon about her new book, "How to Eat an Elephant."Hate listening to ads? Become a Friends of the Pod subscriber for ad-free episodes of Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, Lovett or Leave It, Runaway Country, Offline with Jon Favreau, and more—plus exclusive content, including bonus episodes of Pod Save America. Subscribe now at crooked.com/friends, on Apple Podcasts, or through the Pod Save America YouTube channel.You can request a transcript by emailing transcripts@crooked.com. Include the podcast name, episode title, and air date. Please allow 48 hours for delivery.