E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabota...

(0:00) Eric Weinstein joins the show! (03:09) Has American science stalled? Cowboy science, Fauci, and the scientific precariat (21:31) Weinstein's fix: Blow a hole in the Civil Rights Act, kill peer review, fund people not ideas (41:36) Ed Witten drove physics off a cliff, and i ...  Show more

(0:00) Michael Kratsios joins the show! (01:56) Is this administration anti-science? The Nature poll, DEI grants, and $8B down the drain (8:16) Climate science cuts: RCP 8.5 gets pulled and the "climate emergency" narrative collapses (13:45) $47B at NIH, Eroom's Law, and golden t ...  Show more

Patrick Bet-David, Tom Ellsworth, Vincent Oshana, and Adam Sosnick break down the fiery Musk - Trump feud as Elon threatens to back Trump’s biggest GOP critic and oppose his “Big, Beautiful Bill,” the rise of socialist Zohran Mamdani in the NYC primary despite a wave of anti-Musl ...  Show more

Kara and Scott discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to deliver on his campaign promise to stop the TikTok ban, and the latest earnings from Disney and Spotify. Then, Trump is on a roll announcing picks for his administration, including for his BFF, Elon Musk. Plus, X comp ...  Show more

Patrick Bet-David, Tom Ellsworth, Vincent Oshana, and Adam Sosnick unpack Trump’s proposed $2,000 tariff-dividend payout, the GOP’s looming 2028 presidential pick, the showdown between the New York Police Department and Zohran Mamdani, and whether the federal government shutdown ...  Show more

Patrick Bet-David, Tom Ellsworth, Vincent Oshana, and Adam Sosnick break down Trump’s jaw-dropping response when pressed on Jeffrey Epstein, the FBI’s criminal probes into former intel chiefs John Brennan and James Comey over their role in the Trump-Russia investigation, and Elon ...  Show more