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Talking About the Future
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Seva Gunitsky on the Personalist Global Order
May 1300:31:34Tap to summarizeUniversity of Toronto political science professor Seva Gunitsky talks about the proliferation of personalist regimes in international politics. The Foreign Affairs essay referred to in this podcast is Seva Gunitsky and Semuhi Sinanoglu, "The Personalist Global Order." The intro music is "Catch It" by Coma Media. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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NonProphets Holiday Reunion Special
Dec 3000:53:23Tap to summarizeAtief Heermance and Scott Eastman join for a special reunion episode of the NonProphets podcast (please note there’s some swearing in this episode). The intro music is “I dunno” by grapes feat. J. Lang and Morusque. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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Toby Shevlane on Building AI Forecasters
Nov 1300:49:20Tap to summarizeMantic CEO and co-founder Toby Shevlane talks about teaching AI models to perform at the level of top human forecasters. The intro music is "Catch It" by Coma Media. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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Josh Rosenberg on Forecasting Research
Sep 2400:41:56Tap to summarizeForecasting Research Institute CEO Josh Rosenberg talks about FRI's research, including new results from the Existential Risk Persuasion Tournament (XPT) and the ForecastBench project on AI forecasting. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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Michael Grunwald on How We're Eating the Earth
Jun 23, 202500:54:42Tap to summarizeAward-winning journalist and best-selling author Michael Grunwald talks about his new book on the impact of food production on the global climate, We Are Eating the Earth. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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Ryan Enos on the Trump Administration's Attacks on Harvard University
Jun 10, 202500:44:47Tap to summarizeHarvard Professor of Government Ryan Enos talks about the Trump administration’s attacks on Harvard University. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others and rate Talking About the Future on whatever podcast platform you use. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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Richard Primus on the Threat to the US Constitutional Order
May 5, 202500:58:49Tap to summarizeUniversity of Michigan constitutional law professor Richard Primus talks about the threat the current administration poses to the rule of law and about his new book The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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Lucan Way on Authoritarianism in the US
Apr 7, 202500:43:39Tap to summarizeUniversity of Toronto political science professor Lucan Ahmad Way talks about the rise of authoritarianism in the US. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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Peter Wildeford on Forecasting AI Progress
Mar 19, 202500:53:20Tap to summarizeForecaster and Institute for AI Policy and Strategy co-founder Peter Wildeford talks about forecasting AI progress. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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Balkan Devlen on NATO and European Security
Nov 21, 202400:45:00Tap to summarizeDirector of the Transatlantic Program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and Superforecaster Balkan Devlen talks about NATO and European security. Get full access to Telling the Future at tellingthefuture.substack.com/subscribe
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