podcast
by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand
William Dalrymple and Anita Anand on how empires rose, ruled and fell, with the centre of gravity outside Europe — the Mughals, the East India Company, the 1857 uprising, Nader Shah, Mao's China, the opium trade — told in multi-part arcs. The sister show to The Rest Is History: the same easy register, a wider map, and Dalrymple's archival depth underneath.
February 16, 2026
An EconTalk episode on America's WWII production miracle, Gwern's scaling hypothesis revisited, and Scott Alexander introduces the AI 2027 scenario.
July 13, 2026
Scott Alexander's team publishes its plan for AI going well, Joel Mokyr defends his Nobel thesis, and Ted Gioia argues the Odyssey belongs in the music department.
March 30, 2026
Veritasium tells the story of antimatter's discovery, PBS Space Time asks if we can test quantum gravity, and Experimental History on why being serious matters.