Episodes 125
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Since Jul 2019
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Solving the problems of what to do next with some of today's top thinkers and writers. Hosted by Jay Shapiro.

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Trita Parsi on Iran, Israel, Zionism, and America Finding It's Limits in Iran

Jun 03, 2026 54m

Born in Iran in 1974, just years before the Iranian Revolution transformed the country forever, Trita Parsi has spent his life at the intersection of some of the most consequential political…

DEBATE: Did Zionism Steal Judaism? | Joshua and Amalek | The Jewish God | Animals and Morality

May 26, 2026 2h 45m

In round two with Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, the conversation expands far beyond politics into morality, theology, identity, and the strange psychological world created by modern Zionism. We explore the…

Why This Holocaust Survivor Is So RARE In His Opposition to Zionism w/ Stephen Kapos

May 15, 2026 1h 33m

In this conversation, Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos reflects on surviving Nazi-occupied Hungary, the trauma of the Holocaust, and why he believes Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide. Kapos…

Is There Something Modernity Refuses to See? | Justin Smith-Ruiu

May 12, 2026 1h 56m

Philosopher Justin Smith-Ruiu joins me for a deep conversation on Metaphysics, Consciousness, Philosophy of Science, Anthropology of Mind. Psychedelics, Ritual, Religion, Phenomenology, and the…

Deepfakes, AI Influencers, and Why Verification Is Failing

Apr 30, 2026 1h 18m

How do we know what is real anymore?In this conversation with Professor Siwei Lyu of the University at Buffalo, one of the leading researchers in AI generated imagery and deepfake detection, we…

Elon Musk, The 22-Point Manifesto, "Muskism" & Tech's Antihumanism Philosophy | Tarnoff & Slobodian

Apr 28, 2026 1h 26m

What is “Muskism”? In this conversation, I sit down with Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian to unpack the political and moral philosophy behind Elon Musk—not just the man, but the ideology forming…

This Rabbi Explains How Zionism Turned Jews Into Symbolic Human Shields | Yaakov Shapiro

Apr 22, 2026 1h 59m

In this long-form conversation, I sit down with Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro—one of the most outspoken anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox rabbis—to explore one of the most misunderstood questions in modern…

The Most Absurd Dataset I’ve Ever Seen and A Troubling Truth About Liberation

Apr 22, 2026 36m

The attitudes in American on Israel and Palestine have flipped, we can't ignore the fact that violence may have "worked."There’s a deeply uncomfortable question at the center of political history: is…

Racism, Memory, and Erasure of the Roma People | The Acceptable Racism in Europe | Margareta Matache

Apr 08, 2026 1h 16m

I went into this conversation knowing almost nothing about the Roma. Which, as it turns out, is kind of an intentional result.Margareta Matache is a historian, author, and one of the leading voices…

Emily Jashinsky: Conservatives and Leftists | What Remains Unbridgeable in the Horseshoe? | Iran War

Apr 06, 2026 1h 16m

This conversation with Emily Jashinsky dives into one of the strangest political moments in recent memory — where parts of the left and right are beginning to sound eerily similar. From “America…

Professor Jiang on His Painful Personal Path | Truth and Myth | A Search for Reality | Internet Fame

Apr 01, 2026 1h 40m

This conversation started with hesitation — both from my audience and from me. Professor Jiang has become a rapidly growing and deeply controversial figure online, with many warning me not to…

Peter Beinart on Epstein's Religion| Israel’s Iran Influence | Judaism at a Breaking Point

Mar 29, 2026 1h 2m

I sat down again with Peter Beinart to talk through what feels like a rapidly escalating and confusing moment — not just politically, but inside Judaism itself. We start with a question I’ve been…

The Hiroshima Myth | Israel, Iran Escalation | Why Nukes Are Pointless but Possible - Ward Wilson

Mar 29, 2026 1h 6m

As tensions escalate between Iran, Israel, and the United States, the question of nuclear war no longer feels abstract—it feels immediate. With ongoing strikes, threats to critical infrastructure,…

Jeffrey Sachs: The Psychotic Iran War | Judaism’s “Chosen People” Problem | This Ends How?

Mar 17, 2026 1h 7m

In this wide-ranging conversation, economist and public intellectual Jeffrey Sachs discusses the rapidly escalating conflicts shaping today’s world—from the war with Iran and the crisis in the Middle…

Can the Right and the Left Unite for Palestine? A Zionist General's Son Sees A Path w/ Miko Peled

Mar 10, 2026 50m

In this conversation, Israeli-American author and activist Miko Peled — the son of a famous Israeli general — reflects on the current political moment surrounding Israel, Gaza, and the widening…

MAGA Voters Wanted America First. They Wanted To End Foreign Wars. So, What Happened?

Mar 05, 2026 1h 14m

In this wide-ranging conversation, Jay Shapiro sits down with political economist Radhika Desai to unpack the war with Iran — how we got here, who is driving it, and whether we are drifting toward…

Ilan Pappé on Israel and Epstein and Why Zionism has No Moral Limits

Feb 26, 2026 58m

Is Israel entering a period of irreversible transformation?In this conversation, I sit down with Israeli historian and author Ilan Pappé to discuss his latest book, Israel on the Brink. Instead of…

Holy Books, Propaganda, and The Voice of Hind Rajab

Feb 24, 2026 38m

After watching The Voice of Hind Rajab, I started thinking about doctrine — not religious doctrine, but cinematic doctrine. For decades, Hollywood films like True Lies and Rules of Engagement helped…

Legal Innocence, Moral Failure: Epstein, Steven Pinker, and the Ethics of Looking Away

Feb 10, 2026 39m

The Case of Steven Pinker and Alan Dershowitz, John Brockman and Sam Harris and a culture of "accepting" the culture...00:00 Clearing up the Brockman Point02:55 Allergic to Conspiracy05:07 Moral…

RECKONING with Epstein and Indirect Benefit from R**E Culture #epsteinfiles #elonmusk

Feb 05, 2026 45m

My thoughts on complicity and what it means to be "in the files"00:00 Intro02:19 Going Through Circles of Complicity09:05 The Intellectual Sphere (John Brockman)18:28 Sam Harris is "in the…

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