The AI End Game: Is AI Alive? with Michael Pollan
Scientists, philosophers, and artists all agree: consciousness is a unique feeling. And at the same time, one of the world’s most confoundin...
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The AI End Game: Boom to Bust? with Ed Zitron
There’s a lot to unpack about the economic effects of artificial intelligence. It’s clear that artificial intelligence is having a moment (t...
The AI End Game: Is Your Chatbot Conscious?
David Chalmers, one of the most preeminent philosophers and researchers in cognitive science, argues that nothing prevents machines from bec...
The AI End Game: The Ethics of AI with Timnit Gebru
Timnit Gebru founded the Distributed AI Research Institute after her high-profile exit from Google’s Ethical AI team. She’s been a vocal cri...
AI and the Public Good with Ezra Klein
We’re sharing a recording of Chris and the New York Times’ Ezra Klein’s discussion at the Center for American Progress 2026 CAP IDEAS confer...
The AI End Game: Two-Year-Olds vs. AI with Alison Gopnik
Tech billionaires love to claim that artificial intelligence is getting smarter by the day. But according to cognitive scientist and UC Berk...
The AI End Game: How Work is Changing with Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick, New York Times bestselling author and professor at Wharton, joins WITHpod to discuss the practical application, adoption, and...
The AI End Game: Who’s Leading the Way? with Derek Thompson
The unified class project of billionaires is doing to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers....
Introducing WITHpod: The AI End Game
We’re excited to announce a new special WITHpod series, "The AI End Game: Power, Profit, and Progress." AI – and coverage of it – is everywh...
'Here Where We Live is Our Country' with Molly Crabapple
The Jewish Bund was one of the most revolutionary political parties of the twentieth century. It aimed to build a socialist alternative to Z...
All In America with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani
We’re sharing a bonus episode of Chris’ sit-down with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for a special edition of “All In.” In this town hal...
Crypto and The Golden Age of Scams with Ben McKenzie
We’re in an era where it seems like get rich quick schemes, quick money, and scams of all kinds are all around. It’s become a dominant featu...
Will Trump & Co. Go After Cuba Next? with Jon Lee Anderson
Things are pretty dire in Cuba right now as issues have ratcheted up to an almost unprecedented degree in the last few months. This is happe...
Fossil Fuels: A ‘Weapon of War’ with Antonia Juhasz
There’s a lot to unpack about the risk of a historic global oil supply shock amid the U.S. war with Iran. Disruptions in the Strait of Hormu...
The WNBA's "BIG Deal" with Tamika Tremaglio
The WNBA and its players union recently reached a historic collective bargaining agreement. And the league will have its first million-dolla...
'Longterm Disaster' in Iran with Robert Pape
There’s a lot of questions about the war in Iran. And it’s a bit unclear what exactly Trump’s strategy is. Will ground troops be deployed? C...
What Trump’s Immigration Policy is Really Doing with David Bier
For decades, the Republican party and the conservative movement coalition have been cross pressured on immigration, which has been the sourc...
How to Stop Dictators with Zack Beauchamp
We’re now in the second year of Donald Trump’s second term. And there’s a lot to be concerned about as it relates to the future of American...
Demystifying Anthropic and ClaudeAI with Gideon Lewis-Kraus
There’s no question that we’re in the midst of one of the most intense periods of AI focus and hype. A lot of key players exist in the space...
"America, América" with Greg Grandin
The United States is pretty intertwined with Latin America. So why has it historically been seen as more of a European outpost than a nation...