AI Grifters in Power & Reactionary Third Way Centrist Dems / Henry Burke

About this episode

Henry Burke discusses the intersection of AI and the military-industrial complex, along with the challenges posed by centrist Democrats.

Henry Burke of the Revolving Door Project joins us to discuss his recent writing, "How OpenAI Hacked The Military-Industrial Complex" at The Lever and, "Centrists: Better Things Aren’t Possible" at The American Prospect. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Henry's articles here: https://www.levernews.com/how-openai-hacked-the-military-industrial-complex/ and here: https://prospect.org/2026/03/10/centrists-better-things-arent-possible-democrats-south-carolina-third-way/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.

People in this episode

Hosts: This Is Hell!, Jeff Dorchen

Guest: Henry Burke

Topics covered

• AI
• politics
• military-industrial complex
• centrism
• democracy

Keywords

• AI grifters
• military-industrial complex
• centrists
• democrats
• political analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Revolving Door Project, OpenAI, Military-Industrial Complex, The Lever, American Prospect

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