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0:00 Milton’s epic new comic, “Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds”
3:40 Comics culture, then and now
13:38 The real story behind the faux War of the Worlds broadcast
21:43 Why Milton was drawn to Orson Welles
33:09 What (or who) really derailed Welles’s career?
39:43 Will Milton's comic go multimedia?
43:59 Heading to Overtime—with Bob in the hot seat
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Milton Lawson (https://milton.substack.com/, Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds). Recorded March 24, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 The Bob antagonist who inspired a Milton protagonist
2:06 Bob vs the Blob
12:49 The path to a NonZero(sum) world
19:43 Is congress to blame for bad US foreign policy?
25:46 A Bob and Mickey hobby horse derby
30:55 Did Bob predict the rise of MAGA?
35:02 Milton's pitch for Bob's next (next) book
Overtime video:
