podcast
Political scientist Matt Grossmann brings on the authors of newly published studies and asks what the evidence actually says — whether boots and a pickup make a candidate read as Republican, why neither party is fiscally responsible, whether housing policy can survive folk economics. Every episode is anchored in peer-reviewed research, which makes it the antidote to horse-race political podcasts.
March 16, 2026
Sean Carroll's Mindscape episode on surveillance, Gwern's writing process revealed, and Martha Nussbaum on why fear is toxic to democracy.
April 13, 2026
Experimental History on overlooked paths to impact, Dario Amodei's five-hour conversation with Lex Fridman, and Ethan Mollick on what just happened in AI.
February 23, 2026
Dwarkesh Patel's second Zuckerberg interview, an AI Snake Oil post on whether progress is slowing, and Holden Karnofsky's framework for AI risk triggers.