Month: July 2016

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Could someone erase the world’s debt?

Modern civilization relies on the concept of debt. Wars are fought over it, loves lost and revolutions launched. So what would happen if, one day, it disappeared? Is it even possible? Tune in to learn more.

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The Gist - It Was the Best of Timesheets, It Was the Worst of Timesheets

On The Gist, a case for the modern office as a subject of high literature. J. Bradford Hipps discusses finding more than mockery in the anonymous office park where he set his novel, The Adventurist. 

For the Spiel, an economical five minutes on the five hours the FBI director spent testifying at a congressional hearing.   

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Serious Inquiries Only - AS256: Super AI and Terrorism, with Phil Torres

Today I’m joined by existential risk expert Phil Torres! Phil wrote a book called The End, in which he detailed out several different ways that humanity might become extinct. Phil has written several fascinating articles for a few different online publications, and he’s here to talk about some of the ideas he has explored in … Continue reading AS256: Super AI and Terrorism, with Phil Torres →

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The Gist - Mister Postman, Lower Your Price Points for Me

On The Gist, Devin Leonard returns with the last installment of our postcard series to discuss the evolving economics of the U.S. Postal Service. Leonard’s book is Neither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service. Plus, Bruce Shapiro ponders the best way to cover mass shootings if the goal is to limit future massacres. Shapiro is executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia Journalism School. 

For the first-ever, midshow Spiel: Twinkies. For the traditional closing Spiel: dying in vain. 

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