Podcasts about national interests

1/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON, BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST APRIL 1959

2/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON, BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST DECEMBER 1956

GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGINS IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA WITH WAVES OF DRONE STRIKES INCOMING TO TARGET ARMS, TROOPS, INFRASTRUCTURE. 1855 TATARS CRIMEAN WAR. CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 UKRAINE: DRONE ESCALATION. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY 9:15-9:30 UKRAINE: DRONE ESCALATION. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY 9:30-9:45 PRC: STUDENTS BARRED AND BANNED #SCALAREPORT: CHRIS RIEGEL CEO, SCALA.COM @STRATACACHE 9:45-10:00 DC: MADNESS SHOOTING. CLIFF MAY FDD SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 ISRAEL: INCOMING ATTACK. SARIT ZEHAVI, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 10:15-10:30 DOHA CASH. JAY SOLOMON, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 10:30-10:45 IRAN: NUKES. JASON BRODSKY, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 10:45-11:00 GAZA: FICTIONS. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 CANADA: KING AND QUEEN VISIT. CONRAD BLACK 11:15-11:30 CANADA: PM CARNEY VS ISRAEL. CONRAD BLACK 11:30-11:45 NORTH KOREA: JOB HACKING. MATTHEW HA, FDD 11:45-12:00 ROK: APPEASING CHINA VOTE. GRANT NEWSHAM FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 1/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 12:15-12:30 1/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 12:30-12:45 RUSSIA: BUILDING NUKE POWER FOR PRC ON THE MOON. ANATOLY ZAK 12:45-1:00 AM RUSSIA: DESIGNING LUNAR LANDER. ANATOLY ZAK

Good evening: The show begins in Vegas at the WrestleMania extravagance in the NFL stadium... 1956 VEGAS CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor First Hour 9:00-9:15: #PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: WRESTLEMANIA AND TOP GUN. @JCBLISS 9:15-9:30: #QUANTUM: "DATA MANIPULATIONS" SUSPECT. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. 9:30-9:45: #SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: SLOWING HOUSING. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER 9:45-10:00: #SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: REHIRING PEOPLE AFTER AI. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER Second Hour 10:00-10:15: #GOLDEN DOME: WHAT IS IT? HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC. 10:15-10:30: EUROPE: ON YOUR OWN. BLAINE HOLT, USAF (RET). 10:30-10:45: SCOTUS: TIED ON FAITH CHARTERS. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS 10:45-11:00: #HARVARD: VS HOMELAND. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS Third Hour 11:00-11:15: #NEWWORLDREPORT: MEXICO CARTELS. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:15-11:30: #NEWWORLDREPORT: BRAZIL IN BEIJING. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:30-11:45: #NEWWORLDREPORT: VENEZUELA, ARGENTINA. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS 11:45-12:00: #NEWWORLDREPORT: BOLIVIA. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH PROFESSOR EVAN ELLIS, U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. @REVANELLIS #NEWWORLDREPORTELLIS Fourth Hour 12:00-12:15 (1/2): POTUS: LINCOLN, HABEAS CORPUS, TRUMP. JOHN YOO. 12:15-12:30 (2/2): POTUS: LINCOLN, HABEAS CORPUS, TRUMP. JOHN YOO. 12:30-12:45: SPACEX: LAUNCH DATE, BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 12:45-1:00 AM: MARS: GALE CRATER RIM, BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

#QUANTUM: "DATA MANIPULATIONS" SUSPECT. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. APRIL 1957

#NationalInterest There's much frustration in India over the global ‘narrative' on Pahalgam and Op Sindoor. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must drop all ego and bluster and engage with their media, think tanks, and civil society. Sending MPs on a globetrotting boondoggle won't help. Watch this week's #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta----more----Read this week's National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/theres-an-all-new-n-word-now-and-indias-soft-power-is-its-hard-reality/2635652/----more----Read The New York times article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/asia/india-antiwar-dissent-mahmudabad.html

01:00 American Primeval exemplifies my worldview, https://yourmoralleader.blogspot.com/2025/05/american-primeval.html 12:00 Political scientist John J. Mearsheimer on war and international politics, https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/49/4/7/130810/War-and-International-Politics 27:40 Which prominent Americans called for regime change in Russia?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=161403 32:00 Subversive un-pc jokes on SNL 34:20 Mark Halperin: Opportunity Missed: The Media Continues Failing As "Original Sin" Biden Book Becomes Dominant Topic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkxy1dPTSg 45:00 Dan Senor's State of World Jewry Address (@92NY), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkIPZxTQng 55:00 Michael joins to talk about Destiny's appearance on CSPAN 58:00 Postjournalism and the death of newspapers. The media after Trump: manufacturing anger and polarization (2020), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=159114 1:03:00 Batya Ungar-Sargon and Alan Dershowitz lost all their friends when they didn't hate Trump 1:20:00 Learning to love LA, https://www.palladiummag.com/2025/05/02/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-l-a/ 1:34:00 The Washington Consensus, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=161401 1:50:00 The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=161339 2:01:00 RCP: Media Won't Give Trump a Win on the Economy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A9smlJbQEU 2:08:00 Econonmists Herbert Stein and his son Ben Stein, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Stein 2:22:00 Clyde Prestowitz: Global Competition and Comparative Advantage: New Thinking in International Trade, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-wFEx6KdWQ 2:48:00 Dan Senor on college anti-semitism, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzbF57US280 3:00:00 Jews after Oct. 7, https://www.commentary.org/articles/dan-senor/american-jewry-after-october-7/ 3:30:00 Michael Beckley: Has the United States Gone Rogue?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1v9Y3g_mdE 3:43:20 Trump is bold, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW8Wav0OydI 3:46:00 Axios: Biden officials "awed" by Trump's rule-breaking Middle East moves, https://www.axios.com/2025/05/15/trump-israel-syria-policy-reverse-biden 3:49:40 Mark Halperin talks to Rich Lowry, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEBcvGBNGWI 4:00:00 NYT: Strong Dollar vs. Weak Dollar: President Trump is of two minds when it comes to America's currency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzbF57US280

National Interest: Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here's what India should do to cure it

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio on why the Dolphins have five stand alone games, how the tv schedule gets divided up, and other NFL headlines.

 #AI: Huawei Builds Scale of the High End. Brandon Weichert, National Interest FEBRUARY 19322

Good evening: The show begins in the IMF building in DC, a secret China-America meeting... late April 2025... JANUARY 1930 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #Markets: Secret Meeting at the IMF. Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News and Fox Business 9:15-9:30 #Markets: Migration and Criminals. Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News and Fox Business 9:30-9:45 1/2: #Ukraine: Istanbul Bound. John Hardie, FDD #BERLIN: THE NEW COALITION. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN. 9:45-10:00 2/2: #Ukraine: Istanbul Bound. John Hardie, FDD #EU: GETS A VOTE IN WORLD TRADE. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN. SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 #LondonCalling: AfD vs PM Merz's Deutschland. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 10:15-10:30 #LondonCalling: "Island of Strangers" @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 10:30-10:45 #Gaza: What is to Become of the Gazans? Jonathan Schanzer, FDD 10:45-11:00 #Syria: Untrusted, Unstable. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #Kashmir: Ceasefire. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:15-11:30 #Ukraine: Ceasefire? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:30-11:45 #Riyadh: MBS and POTUS. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 11:45-12:00 King Charles Report: Welcoming France in July. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 #Japan: Rest of the Story. Grant Newsham 12:15-12:30 #HHS: Wellness Industrial Complex. HenryMillerMD.org 12:30-12:45 #Moscow: Meeting in Istanbul. Ekaterina Zolotova, GeopoliticalFutures.com 12:45-1:00 AM #AI: Huawei Builds Scale of the High End. Brandon Weichert, National Interest

#AI: PERSONALITY & BOTS. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 1959

Good evening: The show begins in Oahu off Waikiki Beach with a report on Maui after the wildfire with Jeff Bliss... 1964 HAWAII CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor First Hour: 9:00-9:15 #PacificWatch #VegasReport: @JCBliss - Rebuilding Maui, Easton and Pacific Palisades 9:15-9:30 #Canada: The Unknowns of Mark Carney - Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ 9:30-9:45 #Trade: Reciprocal tariffs never worked - Richard Epstein 9:45-10:00 #Harvard: The Confrontation at the IRS - Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute Second Hour: 10:00-10:15 #LEO: Anti-SAT prep - Henry Sokolski, NPEC 10:15-10:30 #Lancaster Report: Slower - Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons @MCTagueJ, Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series" #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety 10:30-10:45 #Harvard: Tax Exempt Risk - Tal Fortgang, Civitas Institute 10:45-11:00 #Columbia: Deporting and Congress - Tal Fortgang, Civitas Institute Third Hour: 11:00-11:15 5/8: Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War - Michael Vorenberg 11:15-11:30 6/8: Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War - Michael Vorenberg 11:30-11:45 7/8: Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War - Michael Vorenberg 11:45-12:00 8/8: Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War - Michael Vorenberg Fourth Hour: 12:00-12:15 #AI: Personality & Bots - Brandon Weichert, National Interest 12:15-12:30 #Italy: Italian Pope Considered - Lorenzo Fiori, Milan 12:30-12:45 #NASA: Isaacman Advances - Bob Zimmerman, BehindTheBlack.com 12:45-1:00 AM #JPL: Psyche Probe Anomaly I've maintained the book description for the Lincoln's Peace segments and corrected formatting throughout, including proper capitalization, consistent time formats, and organized the schedule by hour blocks for clarity.

#nationalinterest ‘The announcement of caste census has come in the build-up to the Bihar elections. The census may conclude just ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections. The reason we call this move a bad idea is because nobody has figured out what to do with the data, except Rahul Gandhi'— Watch this week's #NationalInterest with Shekhar Gupta --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read this week's National Interest: https://theprint.in/national-interest/caste-census-is-a-bad-idea-whose-time-has-come-much-worse-lies-ahead/2613185/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Produced By: Mahira Khan

‘Pakistan & its ISI have been entirely predictable over the past 45 years since they started using terrorism as a weapon against India. There is, one thread running through ISI's method—use of terror proxies from among Indian minorities to specifically target Hindus in India. At some point, their calculation has been, the Hindus will rise in reprisal against their own minorities. That's a crisis they've been conjuring up in India. A nation at war with itself'— Watch this week's #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta----more----Read this week's National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/pakistan-isi-is-killing-hindus-for-45-years-to-turn-india-into-a-nation-at-war-with-itself/2604087/

#QUANTUM: MAJORANNA CLAIMS. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 1932

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has released the Trump administration's plans for reorganizing the State Department—a first step toward reducing what the White House calls a bloated and inefficient bureaucracy. The proposed reforms could reshape U.S. engagement with the world, ending America's human rights advocacy, shuttering key diplomatic offices, and threatening the very infrastructure that supports global U.S. leadership. With Congress holding the purse strings and foreign governments watching closely, how far will these reforms go—and at what cost to American influence and values abroad?In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Paul Saunders, the president of the Center for the National Interest. Saunders served in the George W. Bush Administration from 2003 to 2005 as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs.Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

  Today 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, the National Interest, the Jerusalem Post and Tablet among other outlets. She holds a master's of public policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. She did her undergraduate studies in France, where she attended French preparatory classes and HEC Paris' Grande Ecole program. Her Substack is Beyond the Ideological. Razib and Riboua discuss the Trump administration's theory of tariffs as a tool of foreign policy and his attitudes toward multilateral diplomacy. They explore whether any principle beyond power and dominance underlies the current administration's approach, and consider the role of principles and values in foreign policy. Riboua elaborates a realist perspective in line with the thinking of Henry Kissinger. States have interests and abilities to execute on those interests; idealism is secondary. Riboua also discusses the fact that Trump seems attuned to how foreign politicians relate to the American domestic scene. He seems willing to punish those abroad whom he perceives to be favorable to his political enemies and reward those who are personally favorable toward him. Razib then asks Riboua about the geopolitics of her native Morocco, a relatively stable monarchy on northwest Africa's edge that has promoted moderate Islam, a good relationship with Europe and maintained a stable democracy.

#AI: GUARDRAILS AND HALLUCINATIONS. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. 1954

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in the markets, hesitating to see the latest remark from POTUS or PRC. CLAUDE: I can see you've shared what appears to be a detailed radio show rundown for "CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor." Here's a properly formatted and corrected version of the schedule: **CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR** **FIRST HOUR** **9:00-9:15** #Markets: Trump Put. Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News and Fox Business **9:15-9:30** #Markets: Smearing Without Evidence. Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News and Fox Business **9:30-9:45** #Berlin: Almost Merz. Judy Dempsey, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin **9:45-10:00** #EU: Vs POTUS. Judy Dempsey, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin **SECOND HOUR** **10:00-10:15** #LondonCalling: Subsidizing Producers Over Consumers. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion **10:15-10:30** #LondonCalling: Red Rayner and "Banter Ban." @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion **10:30-10:45** #Turkey: Moving Into Syria Opposite Israel. Sinan Ciddi, FDD **10:45-11:00** #Turkey: Erdogan Vs The Demonstrators. Sinan Ciddi, FDD **THIRD HOUR** **11:00-11:15** #CCP Myths. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs **11:15-11:30** Defense Industrial Base: Transforming Arms to Level Fields. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs **11:30-11:45** #Cratometamorphosis. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs **11:45-12:00** #King Charles Report. Also The King of Canada. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs **FOURTH HOUR** **12:00-12:15** #AI: Guardrails and Hallucinations. Brandon Weichert, National Interest **12:15-12:30** Libertarian Notes: The Water Leak. David Henderson, Hoover **12:30-12:45** #Lebanon: Hezbollah Rising. David Daoud, Bill Roggio, FDD **12:45-1:00 AM** #Syria: Turkey Threat. David Daoud, Bill Roggio, FDD

Acting swiftly after his arrest in Antwerp, India has requested Belgian authorities to extradite fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi. In Episode 1640 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta draws up a balance sheet of India's public sector banks and explains how bad debts taken out by businessmen, now on the run, pushed them into a rut.----more----Read Shekhar Gupta's National Interest article here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/if-modi-want-legacy-must-undo-indira-gandhis-bank-nationalisation/36254/

Having exhausted all legal remedies available to him in the US, 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana is being extradited to India. His extradition is likely to rake up old wounds inflicted on India by non-state actors who enjoy patronage of the Pakistani establishment. In this edition of National Interest, originally published in text form on 3 April 2016, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta talks about the 1,000-year war with India that Pakistan once famously promised to fight.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/sg-national-interest/pakistans-real-1000-year-war/544429/----more----Read Khaled Ahmed's obituary here: https://theprint.in/opinion/khaled-ahmed-was-the-only-pakistani-i-knew-who-didnt-say-but-what-about-kashmir/2364653/

Show Notes: Robert de Neufville dropped out of grad school after spending over a decade in grad school and not finishing his PhD. This was around the time of the financial crisis. Robert realized that after a decade in academia he was less employable than when he graduated from Harvard. He had done a lot of teaching at Berkeley and San Francisco State, but found himself struggling to find a job. He eventually moved to Hawaii to work freelance editing projects. He moved there because he had a friend who wanted to rent out his house. Working as a Forecaster and Political Writer Currently, Robert is working as a forecaster and political writer. He has a sub-stack newsletter called Telling the Future, which has about 1500 subscribers. While he is not particularly happy writing about politics right now, he believes it's necessary for his career and personal growth. Therapy and Political Theory Robert discusses their first period after college and therapy. He mentions the stigma surrounding therapy and the importance of normalizing it. However, he eventually reached a breaking point. He didn't know what he wanted to do after college. He drove to New York and worked at several different places, including consulting and Booz and Allen, which he ultimately found lacked meaning and decided to pursue a more intellectual career. He knew that he liked thinking and writing about things, so he applied to grad school for political science, where he studied political theory and moral issues related to community living. However, he found the academic culture at Berkeley to be toxic and, combined with an unhealthy lifestyle, he decided it was not for him.  Robert touches on his difficult childhood, which was characterized by narcissistic parents and abusive mother. He eventually sought therapy and found that he felt better, but struggled to complete his dissertation. He dropped out of grad school, despite their professors' concerns, and was diagnosed with chronic PTSD. Finding Solace in Teaching Robert found solace in teaching, but disliked the part where he had to grade students. Some people had unhealthy relationships with grades, and he felt he had to refer them to suicide watch. He realized that teaching was great because it allowed them to understand a topic better by explaining it to others. He found that teaching was the only way they could truly understand a topic, but he realized he didn't want to do academic work. Additionally, he found that there was a backlog of people who wanted to become political theory professors who spend their time teaching adjuncts and spending money on conferences and job opportunities. Robert believes that his experience in grad school was intellectually rewarding and that his training and political theory shaped who he is. Writing for Love and Money Robert  talks about his experience writing for mainstream publications like The Economist, National Interest, California magazine, The Big Think, and The Washington Monthly. He shares his struggles with freelance writing, as he finds it slow and fussy, and finds it frustrating to be paid for work that takes time to complete. He also discusses his writing about forecasting, becoming a skilled judgmental forecaster. He makes money by producing forecasts for various organizations, which is a relatively new field. He encourages readers to support writers they love and consider paying for their work, as it is hard and not very rewarding. Forecasting Methods and Examples The conversation turns to Robert's writing and forecasting. He explains his approach to forecasting and how he uses history to guide his predictions. He shares his method of estimating the probability of events in the future, which involves looking back at similar elections and establishing a base rate. This helps in estimating the probability of what is going to happen in a specific situation. Robert also mentions that there are some situations that require more analytical thinking, such as discovering AGI or other technologies. He talks about The Phil Tetlock project, a government agency that helped invent the internet, aimed to determine if anyone could forecast geopolitical questions. The research showed that people were terrible at it, even analysts and pundits. However, a certain percentage of people consistently outperformed intelligence analysts using methodical extrapolations. Robert participated in the tournament and qualified as a super forecaster in his first year. He works with Metaculus and the Good Judgment Project, which produces probabilistic forecasts for decision-makers. The forecasting community is now working on making forecasts useful, such as understanding the reasons behind people's forecasts rather than just the number they produce. Influential Harvard Courses and Professors Robert stresses that he found his interaction with fellow students to be most enriching, and he appreciated Stanley Hoffmann's class on Ethics and International relations, which was taught through a humanist lens and emphasized the importance of morality. He also enjoyed watching the list of movies and reading academic articles alongside his classes, which eventually informed his teaching. He also mentions Adrienne Kennedy's playwriting class, which he found exciting and engaging. He enjoys table reads and reading people's plays fresh off the presses and believes that these experiences have shaped his forecasting skills. Timestamps: 03:16: Robert's Move to Hawaii and Career Challenges  06:16: Current Endeavors and Writing Career  07:58: Therapy and Early Career Struggles  10:14: Grad School Experience and Academic Challenges  22:41: Teaching and Forecasting Career 26:21: Forecasting Techniques and Projects  41:27: Impact of Harvard and Influential Professors  Links: Substack newsletter: https://tellingthefuture.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdeneufville/ Featured Non-profit: The featured non-profit of this episode of The 92 Report is recommended by Patrick Jackson who reports: “Hi I'm Patrick Ian Jackson, class of 1992. The featured nonprofit of this episode of The 92 report is His Hands Free Clinic, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Since 1992 His Hands Free Clinic has been seeking to honor God by helping the uninsured and underinsured in our community. The clinic is a 501, c3 nonprofit ministry providing free health care to Cedar Rapids and the surrounding communities. I love the work of this organization. The church that I pastor, First Baptist Church, Church of the Brethren, has been a regular contributor to the clinic for the past couple of years. You can learn more about their work at WWW dot his hands clinic.org, and now here is Will Bachman with this week's episode.” To learn more about their work, visit: www.HisHandsClinic.org.  

#nationalinterest This isn't an obituary of Manoj Kumar. It's about the influence he had in defining patriotism for two generations of Indians across our most perilous decade, say from 1962 until the run-up to the Emergency. Watch this week's #NationalInterest with  @shekhargupta  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To visit ThePrint Store: https://store.theprint.in/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read this week's National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/manoj-bharat-kumar-sang-so-sunny-deol-could-yell-journey-of-bollywood-patriotism/2578658/

Tonight we are joined by Dr. Assal Rad, scholar of Middle East History, she works on research and writing related to US Foreign policy issues, the Middle East and contemporary Iran. He writing can bee seen in Newsweek, the National Interest, the Independent, Foreign Policy and more. She has appeared as a commentator on the BBC, CNN, NPR. She completed a PHD in history from the University of California Irvine in 2018 and is the Author of State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran. Join us for a in depth conversation.you can follow Assal here:https://x.com/AssalRad

https://youtu.be/S1DL9777gfk Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Onkar Ghate challenge the myth that America is ruled by plutocrats, exposing how fear of governmental threats drives business decisions. Among the topics covered: How CEOs' silence in the face of Trump's destructive tariff policies debunks the myth of plutocracy; How threats from the Trump administration instill fear in America's top producers; How attacks on Zuckerberg and other CEOs reveal that business has no allies; Why businessmen are not the rulers of the system but the pawns; The urgent need for business leaders to stand up for themselves. Mentioned in this podcast are Ayn Rand's essays “The National Interest, c'est moi” in The Objectivist Newsletter,  “America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business” in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Onkar Ghate's lecture “Freedom and the Need for Business to Stand Up for Itself,” and The Atlas Circle. The podcast was recorded on March 25, 2025 and posted on March 27, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.

If you're enjoying the content, please like, subscribe, and comment! Please consider supporting the show! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/worldxppodcast/supportDr. Brands' Substack: https://hwbrands.substack.com/America First: https://www.amazon.com/America-First-Roosevelt-Lindbergh-Shadow/dp/0385550413 Dr. H. W. Brands was born in Portland, Oregon, and later moved to California for college. He attended Stanford University, where he studied history and mathematics. He continued his formal education, earning graduate degrees in mathematics and history, and eventually a doctorate in history from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked as an oral historian at the University of Texas Law School for a year, then became a visiting professor of history at Vanderbilt University. In 1987, he joined the history faculty at Texas A&M University, where he taught for seventeen years. In 2005, he returned to the University of Texas, where he holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History.He has written thirty books, coauthored or edited five others, and published dozens of articles and reviews. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe, Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, National Interest, American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Political Science Quarterly, American History, and many other publications. The First American and Traitor to His Class were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Prize.______________________Follow us!@worldxppodcast Instagram - https://bit.ly/3eoBwyr@worldxppodcast Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Oa7BzmSpotify - http://spoti.fi/3sZAUTGYouTube - http://bit.ly/3rxDvUL#history #historyfacts #charleslindbergh #fdr #roosevelt #america #american #americafirst #trump #churchill #hitler #ukraine #russia #germany #ww2 #wwii #ww1 #explore #explorepage #podcastshow #longformpodcast #longformpodcast #podcasts #podcaster #newpodcast #podcastshow #podcasting #newshow #worldxppodcast

Trump threatening to pull the trigger might be just what is needed to wake up India's self-congratulatory establishment from its headline-managing fantasies. Watch this week's #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta----more----Read this week's National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/trump-tariffs-are-a-gun-to-indias-head-that-may-just-be-the-best-thing-yet/2569790/----more----Read 'Iron Lady's rethink: Martyr, patriot, reformer?' here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/iron-ladys-rethink/8773/

Donate @ patreon.com/belgrade , paypal.me/sgarcevic , thebelgradist.substack.com Philip Cunliffe gives us a preview of his new book "The National Interest: Politics after Globalization" (out in July 2025) and we discuss Global Britain, Serbia, riots and political culture as well as what the Left and the Right get wrong about politics. Notes: https://x.com/thephilippics https://thephilippics.substack.com/ https://x.com/BungaCast https://www.patreon.com/bungacast https://standard.rs/2021/10/13/filip-kanlif-bregzit-i-tramp-su-oznacili-slom-neoliberalizma/ Share Locked

Good evening: The show begins in DC where the pursuit of Signalgate... CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #UKRAINE: SIGNALGATE BEGINS. COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND, USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL 915-930 #UKRAINE: BLACK SEA TEST. COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND, USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL 930-945 1/2: #SCOTUS: LAWFARE AGS, RED AND BLUE. JONATHAN ADLER, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 945-1000 2/2: #SCOTUS: LAWFARE AGS, RED AND BLUE. JONATHAN ADLER, CIVITAS INSTITUTE SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #OCEANIA: SECURING THE CENTRAL PACIFIC. CLEO PASKAL, FDD. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL 1015-1030 PRC: ANTI-ISAT. RICK FISHER, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL 1030-1045 PRC: BULLYING CANADA WITH EXECUTIONS. CHARLES BURTON SINOPSIS. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL 1045-1100 PRC: BLACK MARKET NVIDIA. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #RUSSIA: WITHERING AGRICULTURE, OIL, GAS INCOME. MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER 1115-1130 #ISRAEL: JASSM-ER FOR THE IRAN CAMPAIGN. BRADLEY BOWEN, RYAN BROBST FDD 1130-1145 POTUS: SIGNALGATE, @ANDREWCMCCARTHY @NRO @THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS 1145-1200 SCOTUS: DEFYING COURT ORDERS ON DEPORTATIONS. @ANDREWCMCCARTHY @NRO @THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #FRANCE: WILD VIOLETS IN BLOOM. SIMON CONSTABLE, OCCITANIE. 1215-1230 QUIZ OF ROMANCE SCAMS ONLINE RISING. SIMON CONSTABLE, OCCITANIE., WSJ. 1230-1245 #NASA: WHERE'S THE HEARING FOR JARED ISAACMAN? BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 1245-100 am JWST: OXYGEN AT 300 MILLION YEARS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

PRC: BLACK MARKET NVIDIA. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL1962 AND MALAYSIA

#AGI: THE NEXT AI: BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. 1954 SEPTEMBER

Good evening: The show begins in Las Vegas with an apparently political attack on parked Teslas... 1885 "ROBUR THE CONQUEROR" BY JULESS VERNE CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #PacificWatch: #VegasReport: BURNING TESLAS @JCBliss 915-930 #CANADA: PM CARNEY CALLS AN ELECTION. CONRAD BLACK 930-945 #SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: UNCERTAINTY. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER 945-1000 #SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: AI SUPREME. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #CA: NEWSOM HOSTING PODCAST. BILL WHALEN, HOOVER 1015-1030 #POTUS: EXITING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. VERONIQUE DE RUGY, MERCATUS 1030-1045 MORE FIREFLY SUCCESS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 1045-1100 STARLINER: MORE TESTS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #EL SALVADOR: BUKELE THE JAILER OF TREN DE ARAGUA. MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY 1115-1130 #ITALY PM MELONI BETWEEN DC AND BRUSSELS. LORENZO FIORI IN MILAN. 1130-1145 1/2: #POTUS: US AND THE UKRAINE NUCLEAR POWER FLEET. HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC 1145-1200 2/2: #POTUS: US AND THE UKRAINE NUCLEAR POWER FLEET. HENRY SOKOLSKI, NPEC FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #AGI: THE NEXT AI. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. 1215-1230 #URANUS: HEAT ON AN ICE GIANT. KEN CROSWELL, SCIENCE NEWS 1230-1245 #SCOTUS: DEPORTING DISORDER. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1245-100 am #SCOTUS: PUNISHING COLUMBIA. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS.

Follow us on X: @GordonGChang @ileaderssummit @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA @supertalk Join America's Roundtable (https://americasrt.com/) radio co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy with Gordon G. Chang, a leading expert on U.S.-China relations. Gordon G. Chang is an American attorney and author of Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America and The Coming Collapse of China. Chang lived and worked in China and Hong Kong for almost two decades, most recently in Shanghai, as Counsel to the American law firm Paul Weiss and earlier in Hong Kong as Partner in the international law firm Baker & McKenzie. He served two terms as a trustee of Cornell University. The conversation with Gordon Chang focuses on the threats emanating from China that are impacting America on the economic and security fronts. Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy speak with Gordon Chang about China's aggressive tactics to undermine the United States. From cyberattacks to fentanyl and economic power plays, Chang breaks down the CCP's dangerous agenda. How will America and other democratic nations respond to the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) led by its Secretary General Xi Jinping who wants to shape the world in China's image? Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America by Gordon G. Chang In his new book Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America (https://www.amazon.com/Plan-Red-Project-Destroy-America/dp/B0DD94BNDR), Gordon Chang writes that in Xi Jinping's conception of the world, there is no place for the United States or even the current international order. Analyst Gordon G. Chang warns that Xi Jinping believes he must destroy America to accomplish his objectives. And that Xi already has a plan to do it. Xi reveres Mao and is marching China back to Maoism. He is reinstituting totalitarian social controls, demanding absolute political obedience from everyone, and cutting foreign links. Closing China off from the world is an essential element of his plan to save the communist system. His isolationism and xenophobia evoke policies from the earliest years of the People's Republic and during the two millennia of imperial rule. And Xi can't stop talking about war. More significantly, he is implementing the largest military buildup since the Second World War, he is trying to sanctions-proof the Chinese regime, he is stockpiling grain and other commodities, he is surveying America for strikes and sabotage, he is mobilizing China's civilians for battle, and he is purging China's military of officers opposed to going to war. Gordon G. Chang's writings on China and North Korea have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, The American Conservative, Commentary, National Review, Barron's, and The Daily Beast. He is a columnist at Newsweek and writes regularly for The Hill. He has given briefings at the National Intelligence Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department, and the Pentagon. He has also spoken before industry and investor groups including Bloomberg, Sanford Bernstein, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia. Chang has appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Chang has appeared on Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Newsmax, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS, the BBC, and Bloomberg Television. Mornings with Maria: Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses Trump's handling of China during his presidency, China-linked hackers allegedly hitting U.S. internet providers and GOP senators trying to curb the country's influence on the west. | "Mornings with Maria" features anchor Maria Bartiromo alongside a roundtable of rotating industry titans and economic experts discussing the major news and themes driving the business day and the market moves. (https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6362488983112) Further reading | Op-Ed Pieces by Gordon G. Chang Newsweek | U.S. Taxpayers Are Financing Genocide Through China's Gotion | Opinion (https://www.newsweek.com/us-taxpayers-are-financing-genocide-through-chinas-gotion-opinion-1957941) Newsweek | China's Economy Is in Deep Trouble | Opinion (https://www.newsweek.com/chinas-economy-deep-trouble-opinion-2037177) Newsweek | China Can't Win Trump's New Trade War | Opinion (https://www.newsweek.com/china-cant-win-trumps-new-trade-war-opinion-1984025) americasrt.com (https://americasrt.com/) https://summitleadersusa.com/ | https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/ America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472 X: @GordonGChang @ileaderssummit @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA @supertalk America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit. America's Roundtable (https://americasrt.com/) radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America's economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world. Tune into America's Roundtable Radio program from Washington, DC via live streaming on Saturday mornings via 65 radio stations at 7:30 A.M. (ET) on Lanser Broadcasting Corporation covering the Michigan and the Midwest market, and at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk Mississippi — SuperTalk.FM reaching listeners in every county within the State of Mississippi, and neighboring states in the South including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Listen to America's Roundtable on digital platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google and other key online platforms. Listen live, Saturdays at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk | https://www.supertalk.fm

The second Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to reshape American foreign policy, with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin holding an extended phone call on Tuesday over a provisional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Trump continues to escalate threats of sweeping tariffs on foreign goods, rattling global markets and further cementing his “America First” economic doctrine. These rapid shifts underscore the dominance of the MAGA movement, as the old guard of the Republican Party has been swept aside. What does an unbound Trump presidency mean for America's role in the world? In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative. Mills previously worked at The National Interest, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Examiner, and The Spectator. He was a 2018-2019 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed improvements in ties with China on American podcaster Lex Fridman's channel. In Episode 1623 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta sheds light on what is coming after the India-China border disengagement, and how US President Donald Trump's foreign policy will influence relations.----more----Read Shekhar Gupta's National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/the-chinese-are-so-predictable-modi-shah-shouldve-seen-them-coming-on-5-august-2019/432079/

Having trouble keeping up with all the developments in the national security realm over the last two months?Well, let not your heart be troubled, Sal & Mark are here for you this week with the ever-popular Midrats Melee format!No guest this week for the podcast, just your two humble hosts, solving the world's problems in 60-minutes.Show LinksRear Admiral William Daly, USN OPNAV N96 at Surface Navy Association's annual symposium: quotes can be found at link 1 and link 2.TRANSCOM's purchase of used cargo ships.Substack on medium USV.Trump's Gunboats, The National Interest, December 2016, by Claude Berube, and Mark Tempest.Substack on The Ship's Act, December 2024.SummaryIn this episode of MidRats, Sal and Mark discuss the current state of naval infrastructure and the bipartisan Ships Act aimed at revitalizing shipbuilding in the U.S. They explore leadership changes within the Navy, the importance of unmanned vessels, and the potential for optimism in naval operations. The conversation also touches on geopolitical concerns, particularly regarding the Ukraine conflict and North Korea's military developments, emphasizing the need for a robust maritime strategy.TakeawaysThe Ships Act has bipartisan support and aims to enhance naval infrastructure.Leadership changes in the executive and legislative branchs could positively impact shipbuilding efforts.There is optimism regarding the revitalization of the U.S. maritime industry.Unmanned vessels are seen as a crucial component of future naval strategy.Admiral Daly advocates for affordable and practical designs.The maritime industry can provide significant economic benefits across the U.S.The U.S. must adapt to lessons learned from the Ukraine conflict.The importance of recapturing intellectual capital from former military personnel.Sound Bites"It's an exciting thing to see.""We need hulls in the water.""We need to keep the money flowing."Chapters00:00: Introduction01:44: The Ships Act: A Bipartisan Initiative09:11: Challenges in Shipbuilding and Maintenance12:45: Historical Context: Lessons from WWII16:38: The Need for New Vessels and Innovation20:28: Admiral Daly's Vision for Unmanned Vessels23:56: Utilizing Naval Reserves for Unmanned Operations28:03: Conclusion and Future Directions30:01: Navigating Military Transitions32:57: Optimism in Maritime Strategy36:49: Challenges in Global Security39:05: The Syrian Crisis and Its Implications45:30: North Korea's Military Developments52:59: Lessons from the Ukraine Conflict

AI: MUTUAL ASSURED AI MISCALCULATION.(MAIM) BRANDON WEICKERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/eric-schmidt-argues-against-a-manhattan-project-for-agi/?guccounter=1 1962

Good evening: The show begins in Ukraine waiting for a final ceasefire... 1900 FRANCE CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15: UKRAINE: IMMINENT CEASEFIRE? (Part 1/2) Guest: Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute 9:15-9:30: UKRAINE: IMMINENT CEASEFIRE? (Part 2/2) Guest: Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute 9:30-9:45: DOGE: NIK GRANTS INTERRUPTED Guest: Richard Epstein, Civitas 9:45-10:00: DOGE: CLUMSY Guest: Richard Epstein, Civitas SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15: ISRAEL: UNFINISHED WAR Guests: Alex Traiman (JNS), Malcolm Hoenlein (@Conf_of_pres @MHoenlein1) 10:15-10:30: GAZA: EGYPTIAN PLAN Guests: David Shankar (Washington Institute), Malcolm Hoenlein 10:30-10:45: IRAN: IAEA STALLING Guests: David Albright, Malcolm Hoenlein 10:45-11:00: HAMAS: SKILLFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE Guests: Rob Schleifer (ICGS), Malcolm Hoenlein THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15: CANADA: TRUMP IN THE CAMPAIGNS Guest: Conrad Black, National Post 11:15-11:30: ARGENTINA: MILEI STUMBLES Guest: Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ 11:30-11:45: RUSSIA: SINKING BRENT CRUDE Guest: Michael Bernstam, Hoover 11:45-12:00: NEW ZEALAND: PRC THREATENS Guest: Reuben Steff, Waikato University FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15: UKRAINE: ENFORCE A CEASEFIRE Guest: Cliff May, FDD 12:15-12:30: DOGE: WHAT WOULD MILTON FRIEDMAN DO? Guest: Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus 12:30-12:45: WAR ENDS: THREE FAILURES Guest: Grant Newsham, NY Sun 12:45-1:00 AM: AI: MUTUAL ASSURED AI MISCALCULATION Guest: Brandon Weichert, National Interest

On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Daniel McCarthy, editor-in-chief of Modern Age. Former editor-in-chief of The American Conservative, his writing has also appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, The Spectator, The National Interest and Reason. McCarthy also helped run communications for the 2008 Ron Paul campaign and was a senior editor at ISI Books. He earned a Ph.D. in classics from Washington University in St. Louis. First, Razib and McCarthy discuss the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, and the realignment of coalitions on both right and left, and what these realignments might presage for both parties' future. McCarthy also outlines the long march of anti-war conservatives who organized themselves around The American Conservative in the first George W. Bush term, their eventual move into the mainstream and poll position in the discourse under Donald Trump. Razib asks about the origins of modern conservatism's divisions, going back to William F. Buckley's founding of National Review in the 1950's. McCarthy also talks about Russell Kirk's role in the development of post-World War II conservatism, which included the founding of Modern Age, a more intellectual and philosophical publication than National Review. Razib asks McCarthy how the Right will evolve in a changing America, with a diminishing white majority and a more post-Christian mainstream. This episode is live on Substack 14 days before it premieres on Youtube. For early access, feel free to explore it there. https://www.razibkhan.com/p/daniel-mccarthy-american-conservatism

#QUANTUM COMPUTING REPORT: MICROSOFT CLAIMS PROGRESS. BRANDON WEICKERT, NATIONAL INTEREST

GOOD EVENINg The show begins in Paris where EU leaders meet in emergency session to find a solution to Ukraine... 1789 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR * 9:00-9:15: UKRAINE: EU NATIONS CANNOT AGREE   Guest: Anatol Lieven, Quincy * 9:15-9:30: NATO: RUSSIA WANTS ROLLBACK   Guest: Anatol Lieven, Quincy * 9:30-9:45: SCOTUS: DOGE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL   Guest: Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute * 9:45-10:00: DOJ: ERIC ADAMS AND "WITHOUT PREJUDICE"   Guest: [Guest name not provided] SECOND HOUR * 10:00-10:15: MRMARKET: WALMART CAN SEE CHRISTMAS SLOWDOWN   Guest: Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com (@Stratacache) * 10:15-10:30: QUANTUM COMPUTING REPORT: MICROSOFT CLAIMS PROGRESS   Guest: Brandon Weichert, National Interest * 10:30-10:45: DOGE: JUDGE CHUTKAN STEPS BACK   Guest: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness * 10:45-11:00: DOJ: RESIGNATIONS AND NO DECISION   Guest: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness THIRD HOUR Book Discussion: "Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age" by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough * 11:00-11:15: Part 1/8 * 11:15-11:30: Part 2/8 * 11:30-11:45: Part 3/8 * 11:45-12:00: Part 4/8 FOURTH HOUR * 12:00-12:15: CANADA: SEEKING DOGE   Guest: Conrad Black, National Post * 12:15-12:30: PANAMA: SUCCESSFUL   Guest: Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ * 12:30-12:45: IRAN: CHARM OFFENSIVE (Part 1)   Guest: Behnam Ben Taleblu, FDD * 12:45-1:00 AM: IRAN: CHARM OFFENSIVE (Part 2)   Guest: Behnam Ben Taleblu, FDD

In Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials met with Russian counterparts to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Missing from these talks were Ukrainian and European representatives. Geoff Bennett analyzed the notable absences with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a former senior intelligence officer focused on Russia and Eurasia, and Paul Saunders, executive director of the Center for the National Interest. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

#QUANTUM REPORT:  DATA TELEPORTATION  BREAKTHROUGH AT OXFORD. BRANDON WEICHERT, CENTER FOR NATIONAL INTEREST 1954

"PREVIEW: Colleague Brandon Weichert of National Interest examines PRC's tech culture and its influence on the emergence of 'lab' DeepSeek. More tonight." 1958 July

#PRC DEEPSEEK AND DELIBERATE DISORDER. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL    1959             

My guest today is Marc Andreessen. Marc is a co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most influential figures. He combines deep technical knowledge from his engineering background with broad historical understanding and strategic thinking about societal patterns. He last joined me on Invest Like the Best in 2021, and the playing field looks a lot different today. Marc goes deep on the seismic shifts reshaping technology and geopolitics. We discuss DeepSeek's open-source AI and what it means for the technological rivalry between America and China, his perspective on the evolution of power structures, and the transformation of the venture capital industry as a whole. Please enjoy my conversation with Marc Andreessen. Subscribe to Colossus Review. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Ramp. 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. Ramp is the fastest-growing FinTech company in history, and it's backed by more of my favorite past guests (at least 16 of them!) than probably any other company I'm aware of. Go to Ramp.com/invest to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. – This episode is brought to you by Ridgeline. 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. I think this platform will become the standard for investment managers, and if you run an investing firm, I highly recommend you find time to speak with them. Head to ridgelineapps.com to learn more about the platform. – This episode is brought to you by Alphasense. AlphaSense has completely transformed the research process with cutting-edge AI technology and a vast collection of top-tier, reliable business content. Imagine completing your research five to ten times faster with search that delivers the most relevant results, helping you make high-conviction decisions with confidence. Invest Like the Best listeners can get a free trial now at Alpha-Sense.com/Invest and experience firsthand how AlphaSense and Tegus help you make smarter decisions faster. ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Show Notes: (00:00:00) Learn about Ramp, Ridgeline, & Alphasense (00:06:00) Introduction to DeepSeek's R1 (00:07:24) DeepSeek's Global Impact (00:09:25) AI's Ubiquity and Future (00:10:36) Winners and Losers in the AI Race (00:14:22) The New AI Cold War (00:16:34) China's Technological Ambitions (00:21:31) Open Source and Intellectual Property (00:27:48) The Role of Open Source in AI Development (00:30:02) National Interests vs. Global Competition (00:37:25) The Future of Capital Allocation (00:45:41) Challenges of Sustaining Private Partnerships (00:46:34) Building a Franchise Business (00:48:27) The Role of Political Operations (00:50:51) The Dynamics of Power and Elites (01:01:44) Technological Change and Its Implications (01:13:37) The Future of Robotics and Supply Chains (01:21:09) American Dynamism and Defense Technology

#AI: DEEPSEEK AND THE PRICE OF COMPETITION. BRANDON WEICKERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 1935 NYC

#QUANTUM COMPUTING RACE. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 1940

GOOD EVENING: SPECIAL REPORT: THE FIRES OF LA. From the Mexican Border to the Hughes Fire north of Santa Clarita. #PacificWatch: #VegasReport:  @JCBliss. 1930 Australia CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #UKRAINE: Can Europe field a military deployment to Ukraine? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute 915-930 #UKRAINE: Can Europe field a military deployment to Ukraine? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute 930-945 BIG TECH: Back to the office. #SCALAREPORT: Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @Stratacache 945-1000 #NAVY: Overruns and delays for the Constellation Class & & What is to be done? SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #Anti-semitism: The global poll alarm. Marian Rosenberg, ADL, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 1015-1030 #ISRAEL: Ceasefire pause. Or Issachar, IDSF.org, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 1030-1045 #HOSTAGES: Held in an UNWRA Shelter. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 1045-1100 Allies: Azerbaijan to join Abraham Accords. Zeev Khanin, Bar-Ilan University. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #VENEZUELA: Trading sanctions for oil and migrants. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ 1115-1130 #ELECTRICITY: Data Center demands on the brittle grid. Bud Weinstein, RealClearEnergy 1130-1145 #GAZA: Hamas celebrates & What is to be done? Cliff May FDD 1145-1200 #UKRAINE: Deal-making with the needful Kremlin. Russell Berman, Hoover Institution FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #CANADA: The imminent election. Conrad Black, National Post 1215-1230 #QUANTUM COMPUTING RACE. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 1230-1245 1/2: #HOTEL MARS; Mars Sample Return by 2040. David Southwood, Imperial College. David Livingston 1245-100 am 2/2: #HOTEL MARS; Mars Sample Return by 2040. David Southwood, Imperial College. David Livingston