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EP 221 George Hotz on Open-Source Driving Assistance

Posted February 6, 202400:58:36

Jim talks with George Hotz about running Comma, an open-source driving assistance company. They discuss breaking the carrier lock on the iPhone at...

EP 220 Lene Rachel Andersen on Polymodernity

Posted January 30, 202401:10:43

Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen about the ideas in her book Polymodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World. They discuss the meaning of polymodernism,...

EP 219 Katherine Gehl on Breaking Partisan Gridlock

Posted January 25, 202401:07:45

Jim talks with Katherine Gehl about her and Michael Porter's book, The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and...

EP 218 Max Borders on Christopher Rufo’s New Right Manifesto

Posted January 24, 202401:05:13

Jim talks with Max Borders about the ideas in his two-part essay series responding to Christopher Rufo's recent manifesto "The New Right Activism."...

EP 216 Kevin Dickinson on A Short History of the F-Word

Posted January 11, 202400:42:36

Jim talks with Kevin Dickinson about the ideas in his recent essay "A Short History of the F-Word." They discuss the mystery of the F-word's origins,...