About this episode

The episode discusses various apocalyptic themes including war, nuclear threats, and AI with guest Joel Anderson.

This week, Jason and Tyler welcome Joel Anderson, cohost of The Press Box, to discuss the end times. In this episode: (4:49) Dealing with the dread (16:53) Predicting the war in Iran (24:19) The Rapture (34:50) The AI apocalypse (48:53) Four Horsemen bracketology (1:15:51) The LUSID Score (1:17:54) The Doomscroll Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Joel Anderson Producers: Cory McConnell, Donnie Beacham, and Justin Sayles Art direction: David Shoemaker Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton Engineering: Sarah Reddy Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Concepcion, Tyler Parker

Guest: Joel Anderson

Topics covered

• war
• nuclear threats
• AI
• apocalypse
• end times
• Rapture
• Doomscroll

Keywords

• apocalypse
• war in Iran
• AI apocalypse
• Rapture
• Doomscroll
• Four Horsemen
• LUSID Score

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Press Box

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