The Biden-Trump Catastrophe (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2024

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

2:33 Fear and loathing on the campaign trail 2024 10:16 Haley’s shortcomings, Trump’s cognitive decline 25:1 Who’s the perfect Democrat to run against Biden? 40:48 How Biden could stop the Gaza war 48:29 Why the Houthis are hard to neutralize 1:00:42 Could Trump sabotage the border security deal? 1:17:18 Doctor bots, robo-receipt checkers, and AI optimism 1:33:29 The real problem with America’s elites 1:42:56 Is catastrophe the only thing that can save America? 1:52:23 Bob tries to drag Mickey (back) into the JFK assassination rabbit hole 1:58:52 Has DeSantis destroyed his brand?

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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Mickey Kaus (kausfiles, The End of Equality). Recorded January 20, 2024.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero podcast.
0:32.9	Hi, Mickey.
0:35.1	Hey, Bob.
0:36.3	How you doing?
0:38.0	I'm fine.
0:39.1	It's a famous actor.
0:42.4	Wait, who is that?
0:43.0	You know who it looks like, but isn't?
0:44.3	It actually looks like kind of Sean Penn, but it's a different actor, right?
0:47.8	Correct.
0:49.0	But I claim.
0:50.3	Who is the famous actor who it turns out looks like Sean Penn?
0:53.2	Who is that?
0:54.5	It's a great actor who, like, I don't think won many awards.
0:58.4	Famous for a film horror.
1:00.7	It's going to be so embarrassing that I didn't,
1:03.1	that the name didn't come to mind.
1:04.4	What's his name?
1:05.7	Robert Mitchum.
1:07.0	Robert Mitchum.
1:08.0	Yeah.
1:08.9	And I claim,
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