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Robert Wright's Nonzero

The Trump-Kamala Debate (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7618 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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0:28 Tragedy strikes the Wright household 4:20 Breaking down the big Trump-Kamala debate 22:44 Are debates actually valuable? 26:16 Kamala’s worst debate moment (according to Bob) 33:39 Elon vs Taylor Swift, Brazil, and himself 37:19 Bob and Paul argue about free speech 45:18 Heading to Overtime

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded September 11, 2024.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero podcast. You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast.

0:29.4

Hello, Paul Bloom.

0:31.4

Hello, Bob. How are you?

0:33.1

I'm fine, and you know who I am.

0:34.6

I'm Robert Wright, publisher of the Non-Zero newsletter.

0:36.9

You know who you are, your Paul Bloom, publisher publisher of the non zero newsletter you know who you are

0:37.5

your pauloon publisher of the small potatoes newsletter everyone should subscribe to both yes it's been so long

0:45.5

since you and i have talked on this this podcast that i forget what we're supposed to do and how it's

0:50.0

supposed to do i think it's very awkward i'll guide you through the process i'm a veteran if um if people

0:55.5

are watching this uh they should we should just talk about elephant in a room which is you are in a

1:00.1

different location i understand it's undisclosed it's a secure undisclosed yeah as dick cheney used

1:06.8

to say what an excellent segue because dick ch Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris in the

1:13.5

was a debate last night. But you know, Paul, I may, I should apologize. I may have trouble.

1:19.2

Like, I'm going to try to focus on this conversation, but I'm a little weirded out by something

1:23.3

that happened just this morning. Oh, tell me. So, yeah. So have you ever seen, like, on camera my dog, Milo?

1:30.1

Yes.

1:31.1

Of course.

1:31.4

Well, this morning, Milo was eaten by a Haitian immigrant.

1:37.5

Oh, oh, it's funny.

1:39.2

It's not your dog.

1:39.9

It's funny, right?

1:41.0

Paul, it's hilarious.

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