What Clarence Thomas really thinks

Sean talks with writer Sigal Samuel about AI successionism, the growing movement that sees artificial intelligence as humanity’s rightful successor. They discuss why some people in the AI world think humanity should be replaced, how this vision borrows from old religious ideas ab ...  Afficher plus

Sean talks with dream scientist Michelle Carr about what dreams are, why we have them, and what they might reveal about the mind. They discuss nightmares, lucid dreaming, memory, consciousness, and whether dreams are just random brain noise or a kind of overnight therapy. They al ...  Afficher plus

On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Thinking 2.0,” Preet answers listener questions about possible sedition charges against the Capitol insurrectionists, and Trump lawyer Sidney Powell’s unusual motion to dismiss a defamation suit stemming from her false election fraud claims. ...  Afficher plus

Emily, John and David discuss Donald Trump’s attempts to seize voting machines, the racist attacks on the yet-to-be-named SCOTUS nominee, and they are joined by Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard University's T. H. Chan School of Public Health, to ...  Afficher plus

2023 was a year of big decisions for the Supreme Court, including recent news that they’ll be reviewing the constitutionality of mifepristone in the coming year. So we’re heading into the archives with this episode recorded right after the Dobbs decision was leaked. Professor Jac ...  Afficher plus

This is a conversation withWilliam C. Anderson, author of the bookThe Natio ...