About this episode
Jon Lovett interviews Senator Bernie Sanders about AI regulation and political issues, followed by a discussion with Peter Hamby on political violence and election races.
Lovett sits down with Senator Bernie Sanders about what we need to do rein in AI, getting super PAC money out of Democratic politics, and building support for stopping weapons sales to Israel. Then, Lovett speaks with Puck Political writer Peter Hamby to talk about his reporting on the embrace of political violence and conspiracy theories in certain corners of the political left, the big news in the Maine Senate race and the latest in the California governor's race.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.
People in this episode
Host: Jon Lovett
Guests: Bernie Sanders, Peter Hamby
Topics covered
- AI regulation
- political funding
- weapons sales
- political violence
- conspiracy theories
- Senate race
- governor's race
Keywords
- Bernie Sanders
- AI
- super PAC
- political violence
- Maine Senate race
- California governor's race
- weapons sales
- conspiracy theories
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Puck
Places: Israel, Maine, California
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