About this episode
Max and 99 discuss current headlines and listener emails, ranking their top dead dinner party guests.
Max and 99 are back! They hit headlines on constitutional war powers, Tucker Carlson turning on Trump, digital life preservation, and Anthropic’s dangerous AI model, then tackle listener emails on identity politics, economic anxiety + more. They rank their Top 5 dead dinner party guests and close with some movie-themed Beyond the Bullshit. Intro: 00:00:09 Headlines: 00:12:51 Emails: 00:45:49 Top 5: 01:09:29 Beyond the Bullshit: 01:27:01 Memberships: 01:44:02 Outro: 01:44:40 Resources Leo Lionni: Frederick Counter Punch: The Constitutional Origins of the War in Iran Mother Jones: The Real Reason Tucker Carlson Is Turning on Trump The New Yorker: When your digital life vanishes The Verge: Anthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands Steve Jobs Business Insider: Anthropic’s Mythos AI tool could spark ‘systemic financial market disruption,’ a trade group warns Current Affairs: Steven Pinker Doesn’t Know Anything About Marxism #FreeBenandJerrys Analyze Phish Variety: Ramy Youssef Trolls MAGA Backlash to His ‘Sesame Street’ Episode Where Elmo Spoke Arabic: ‘Elmo Saying Habibi Has Set Them Off’ History…
People in this episode
Hosts: Max, 99
Topics covered
- constitutional war powers
- Tucker Carlson
- digital life preservation
- AI models
- identity politics
- economic anxiety
- dinner party guests
Keywords
- constitutional war powers
- Tucker Carlson
- digital life
- AI model
- identity politics
- economic anxiety
- dinner party guests
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Anthropic, Counter Punch, Mother Jones, The New Yorker, The Verge, Business Insider, Current Affairs
Books & works: Frederick, The Shining
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