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  1. 273 - Richard Wolff: Iran, Israel, and the End of the American Empire

    Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on economics in the Marxist tradition. This is Richard’s tenth appearance on Robinson’s P

  2. 272 - Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III

    Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and President of the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends. He researches domestic and international finance, the hist

  3. 271 - Sara Imari Walker & Lee Cronin: Quantum Physics, Time, and the Origin of Life

    Sara Imari Walker is Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, where she is Deputy Director of the Beyond Center. Sara is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist, with research interests in the

  4. 270 - Tim Maudlin & Jacob Barandes: The Indivisible Approach to Quantum Theory

    Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. Jacob Barandes is Senior Preceptor in Physics at Harvard University, where he works widely across the philosop

  5. 269 - Scott Aaronson: What Is Quantum Computing?

    Scott Aaronson is the Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center. He researches the capabilities and limits of quantum computers, and computational

  6. 268 - Jeffrey Pfeffer: Power, Influence, and the Psychology of Institutions

    Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979. He is the author or co-author of 16 books. Dr. Pfeffer received his B.S. an

  7. 267 - Lee Cronin: Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, and the Origin of Life

    Lee Cronin is Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. Among his many pursuits are the digitization of chemistry, the discovery of alien life, and the creation of artificial life. Lee was most recently on the show for episode

  8. 266 - Annaka Harris: The Fundamentality of Consciousness

    Annaka Harris is the New York Times bestselling author of CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind and writer and producer of the audio documentary series, LIGHTS ON. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Nauti

  9. 265 - Jacob Barandes: A New Foundation for Quantum Mechanics

    Jacob Barandes is Senior Preceptor in Physics at Harvard University, where he works widely across the philosophy of physics, with focuses on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the philosophy of spacetime, and the metaphysics of laws. In

  10. 264 - Lee Cronin: The Chemistry of Life

    Lee Cronin is Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. Among his many pursuits are the digitization of chemistry, the discovery of alien life, and the creation of artificial life. In this episode, Robinson and Lee focus on as

  11. 263 - Sara Imari Walker: Astrobiology, Aliens, and the Origin of Life

    Sara Imari Walker is Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, where she is Deputy Director of the Beyond Center. Sara is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist, with research interests in the

  12. 262 - Slavoj Žižek: Marxism, Quantum Mechanics, and Artificial Intelligence

    Visit our sponsor, Wealthfront!: http://wealthfront.com/robinson Slavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York University, and a senior resear

  13. 261 - Tyler Cowen: The Economics of Artificial Intelligence

    Go to https://surfshark.com/robinsonerhardt and use code robinsonerhardt at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as chairman and facul

  14. 260 - Reid Hoffman: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity

    Reid Hoffman is the co-founder of LinkedIn, Manas AI, and Inflection AI. As an investor at Greylock, he is one of the leading figures in the tech industry, working at the forefront of AI development. In this episode, Reid and Robinson talk

  15. 259 - Kenneth Roth: Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and How to Shame a Dictator

    Support our sponsor, FarmKind, to fix factory farming: https://www.farmkind.giving The code “ROBINSON” will increase your donation by 50% with a bump from large donors. Kenneth Roth is the Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor at t

  16. 258 - Richard Wolff: Donald Trump’s Tariff War Dissected

    Support our sponsor, FarmKind, to fix factory farming: https://www.farmkind.giving The code “ROBINSON” will increase your donation by 50% with a bump from large donors. Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of M

  17. 257 - Carl Hart: The Neuroscience of Drugs and Their Role in the Good Life

    Carl Hart is Mamie Phipps Clark Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, where he researches the behavioral and neuropharmacological effects of psychoactive drugs in humans. In this wide-ranging conversation, Robinson and Carl discus

  18. 256 - Tim Maudlin: A Masterclass on the Philosophy of Time

    Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. This is Tim’s eighth appearance on the show. His second to last appeared on episode 246 for a masterclass on A

  19. 255 - Michael Hudson: Trump, China, AI, and the Untold History of Economics

    Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and President of the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends. He researches domestic and international finance, the hist

  20. 254 - The Yale US-China Forum: Slavoj Žižek, Richard Wolff, Yannis Varoufakis, Robin Visser, Yascha Mounk, Pei Wang, Daniel Mattingly

    In this special episode, Robinson and Karl Zheng Wang co-host at the Yale US-China Forum. Return guests from the show include Slavoj Žižek, Richard Wolff, and Yascha Mounk. Slavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute fo

  21. 253 - Peter Zeihan: China’s Fall, America’s Rise, and the End of the World Order

    Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst, futurist, and best-selling author who researches and strategizes around demography, economics, energy, politics, technology, and security. In this episode, Peter and Robinson focus on revisiting conte

  22. 252 - David Kipping: Alien Civilizations, Megastructures, Spacecraft, and Artificial Intelligence

    David Kipping is a Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University, where he runs Cool Worlds Lab and researches planets and moons that revolve around stars other than our own, in addition to his own work on the search for—and theorization ab

  23. 251 - Eliezer Yudkowsky: Artificial Intelligence and the End of Humanity

    Eliezer Yudkowsky is a decision theorist, computer scientist, and author who co-founded and leads research at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. He is best known for his work on the alignment problem—how and whether we can ensure

  24. 250 - Norman Finkelstein: Trump, Israel, Gaza, and the Criminalization of Dissent

    Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department, and is best known for his research on Israel and Palestine. Norman also appeared on episodes 192, 218, 228, and 244, where he addressed the facts and fic

  25. 249 - Chris Hedges: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the Rise of American Fascism

    Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author and journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times. He has covered numerous wars across the decades, written many books—including America: The Farewell Tou

  26. 248 - Richard Wolff: Trump, Hitler, and the End of the American Empire

    Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on economics in the Marxist tradition. This is Richard’s eighth appearance on Robinson’s

  27. 247 - Garry Nolan: Aliens | The Case They’re Already Here

    Dr. Nolan is the Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has published over 350 research articles and is the holder of 50 US patents, and has been honored as one

  28. 246 - Tim Maudlin: A Masterclass on General Relativity

    Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. This is Tim’s seventh appearance on the show. He last appeared on episode 237 for a masterclass on Albert Eins

  29. 245 - Leonard Susskind: String Theory and the Black Hole War

    Leonard Susskind is Felix Block Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Along with other accomplishments, he is among the fathers of such revolutionary concepts in physics as string theory, black hole complementarity, the holographic p

  30. 244 - Norman Finkelstein: Donald J. Trump, Mossad Conspiracies in Israel, and the Dying Left

    Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department, and is best known for his research on Israel and Palestine. In this episode, Norman and Robinson sit down for a discussion about Donald Trump, the latest

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