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0:00 Bob and Paul duel over their sleep deficits
4:52 Trump’s Tesla-friendly tariffs
12:52 Who’s favo(u)red to win the Canadian election?
19:32 Tufts and Columbia as authoritarian bellwethers
30:52 Did Bob predict MAGA in 1999?
38:25 God vs Hitler
45:57 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded March 27, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Paul gets trolled (and likes it)
3:23 Jeffrey Goldberg’s checkered past
7:38 Decoding the Signal leak scandal
16:49 Authentic Trump secret sauce
19:17 Quantum physics, free will, miracles, etc.
29:49 AI and the weirdness of consciousness
34:38 Severance season 2 wrap-up
43:30 Paul evokes—and incurs—Bob’s wrath
Overtime video:
