Best Adam B Levine Podcasts (2025)

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#21 Edwin Kite - Early Mars, Terraforming/Settling Mars 1:18:42

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In this week's episode, David is joined by Edwin Kite, Professor of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. Prof Kite is a Participating Scientist for the NASA Curiosity Rover and has devoted much of his career to the study of Mars' evolution and fate. To support this podcast and our research lab, head to https://coolworldslab.com/suppor…

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EP 296 Ashley Hodgson on Economic Mythology and System Change

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Jim talks with Ashley Hodgson about her YouTube series "The New Enlightenment" and its heterodox perspectives on economics and social systems. They discuss Iain McGilchrist's influence & his book "The Matter with Things," economic mythology & its role in upholding the current system, the Bernays era of programmed consumerism, GDP growth myths, dest…

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Trump Signs Order to Make Showers Great Again | Jon Hamm, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo | Thursday, April 10 34:03

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump signing an executive order to make America's showers great again, before speaking with Jon Hamm, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo.

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Stocks Skyrocket as Trump Announces 90-Day Tariff Pause | Rami Malek, Jason Isaacs, Zarna Garg | Wednesday, April 9 34:17

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like the stock market skyrocketing after Trump announced a 90-day pause on his new tariffs, before speaking with Rami Malek, Jason Isaacs and Zarna Garg.

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Trump Plans Military Parade for 79th Birthday | Gigi Hadid, Triple H | Tuesday, April 8 31:16

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump planning a 4-mile military parade to celebrate his 79th birthday, before speaking with Gigi Hadid and Triple H.

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Trump Says Don't Be Stupid as Stock Market Crashes | Adam Levine, Bella Ramsey, Sam Nivola, Tina Friml | Monday, April 7 34:53

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump urging Americans not to panic over the crashing stock market, before speaking with Adam Levine, Bella Ramsey and Sam Nivola and welcoming comedian Tina Friml for stand-up.

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Trump’s Tariffs Send Stocks Crashing Amidst World Panic | Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Hailee Steinfeld | Thursday, April 3 28:08

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump sending the stock market into chaos with his tariffs, before speaking with Elton John, Brandi Carlile and Hailee Steinfeld.

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Trump Says Elon Is Leaving His Administration Soon | Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler, Olivia Munn, Bon Iver | Wednesday, April 2 38:07

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Cory Booker speaking for over 25 hours on the Senate floor in protest of Trump’s administration, before speaking with Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler, Olivia Munn, and Bon Iver.

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Trump Jeopardizes U.S. Alliances | Kevin Bacon, Amanda Peet, Louis McCartney, Preacher Lawson | Tuesday, April 1 35:57

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump’s tariffs threatening to tank the economy, before speaking with Kevin Bacon, Amanda Peet and Louis McCartney and welcoming Preacher Lawson for a stand-up comedy performance.

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Trump Is Serious About a Third Term | Jack Black, Britt Lower | Monday, March 31 24:36

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump saying he couldn’t care less if prices go up due to his tariffs, before speaking with Jack Black and Britt Lower.

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EP 295 John Robb on How a Networked Organization Blitzed D.C. 58:08

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Jim talks with John Robb about the ideas in his recent essay "Blitzing DC," about how a networked organization took over Washington. They discuss the early roots of network warfare in Iraq, McLuhan-esque societal rewiring, open source dynamics & plausible promise, the Arab Spring & Occupy movements, empathy triggers, Trump's 2016 campaign as a hybr…

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EP 294 Timothy Clancy on an AI Cold War 1:15:31

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Jim talks with Timothy Clancy about wicked mess problems & the potential for a new Cold War centered on AI. They discuss the evolution from chat-based to reasoning AI, military applications, social & systemic complexity in national security, the scaling hypothesis, China vs US competition, DeepSeek R1 model implications, export controls on GPU chip…

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Trump Says Massive Group Chat Leak Is "Really Not a Big Deal" | Paul Rudd, Matt Bomer | Thursday, March 27 26:46

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump urging Congress to defund NPR and PBS, before speaking with Paul Rudd and Matt Bomer.

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Senate Grills White House Over Insane War Plan Leak | Naomi Watts, Tom Segura, Marcus Mumford | Tuesday, March 25 35:05

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Pete Hegseth denying responsibility for the massive group chat leak, before speaking with Naomi Watts, Tom Segura and Marcus Mumford.

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Journalist Releases Screenshots from Crazy War Plan Leak | Ed Sheeran, Ncuti Gatwa, Penn & Teller | Wednesday, March 26 30:13

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like the White House doing damage control from the group chat scandal, before speaking with Ed Sheeran and Ncuti Gatwa and welcoming Penn & Teller for a magic demonstration.

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EP 293 Brendan Graham Dempsey on Cosmic Teleology and Emergence Vectors 1:15:50

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Jim talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey, picking up on a disagreement they had on Facebook about the teleology of the universe. They discuss Aristotle's influence on the topic, Terrence Deacon's work on naturalizing teleology, the distinction between purpose & goal-directed behavior, cosmic teleology, Teilhard de Chardin's "Omega Point," Whitehead's …

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Trump Throws Massive Tantrum Over Unflattering Portrait | Nikki Glaser, Randall Park, Bozoma Saint John | Monday, March 24 36:37

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like the White House seeking corporate sponsors for the annual Easter Egg Roll, before speaking with Nikki Glaser, Randall Park and Bozoma Saint John.

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Tesla Recalls Nearly All Cybertrucks | Selena Gomez & benny blanco, Elizabeth Olsen | Thursday, March 20 42:52

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Tesla recalling nearly all Cybertrucks because of roof panels falling off, before speaking with Selena Gomez, benny blanco and Elizabeth Olsen.

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March Madness 2025 Kicks Off | Eva Longoria, Katt Williams, Stephen Graham | Wednesday, March 19 41:27

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like the first round of March Madness kicking off, before speaking with Eva Longoria, Katt Williams and Stephen Graham.

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Trump and Putin Agree to Partial Ukraine Ceasefire | John Legend, Bill Burr | Tuesday, March 18 25:51

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump and Putin agreeing to a partial Ukraine ceasefire, before speaking with John Legend and Bill Burr.

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EP 292 Emil Ejner Friis on Building a Listening Society

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Jim talks with Emil Ejner Friis about political metamodernism and what comes after postmodernism. They discuss the "woke vacuum" & its failure to include common folks, psychosocial problems vs material challenges in Western countries, Jim's pushback on postmodernism, Trump as the first postmodern president, personal vs institutional change, emotion…

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Trump Sets Meeting with Putin to Talk Ukraine Ceasefire | Michael Shannon, Leslie Bibb, Jonathan Roumie, Nick Thune | Monday, March 17 43:04

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump setting a meeting with Putin to talk about a Ukraine ceasefire, before speaking with Michael Shannon, Leslie Bibb and Jonathan Roumie and welcoming comedian Nick Thune for stand-up.

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Trump Threatens Europe with 200% Champagne and Wine Tariff | Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren, Anthony Michael Hall | Thursday, March 13 23:37

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump threatening Europe with a 200% tariff on champagne and wine, before speaking with Nick Jonas, Adrienne Warren and Anthony Michael Hall.

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EP 291 Jeff Sebo on Who Matters, What Matters, and Why 1:23:54

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Jim talks with Jeff Sebo about the ideas in his book The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why. They discuss the concept of the moral circle, harming cats vs harming cars, the case study of Happy the elephant, Descartes' view of animals, phenomenal consciousness, Thomas Nagel's bat argument, the Google engineer who claimed LaMDA was cons…

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Trump's Billionaire Buddies Lose $209 Billion, Fires 50% of the Education Department | Jesse Eisenberg, Bernadette Peters, Chet Hanks, Heather Pasternak | Wednesday, March 12 38:18

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like billionaires who attended Trump's inauguration losing $209 billion, before speaking with Jesse Eisenberg, Bernadette Peters and Chet Hanks and welcoming comedian Heather Pasternak for stand-up.

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#20 Natalie Batalha - Kepler Mission, Exoplanets with JWST, Future Imagers 1:00:02

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Use code coolworldspodcast at https://incogni.com/coolworldspodcast to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. In this week's episode, David is joined by Natalie Batalha, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz. Prof Batalha was one of the leaders of the historic NASA Kepler Mission which discovered the majority of known exo…

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Canada Threatens to Shut Off U.S. Electricity | Millie Bobby Brown, Dwyane Wade | Tuesday, March 11 25:41

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump’s ongoing trade war causing the stock market to plummet, before speaking with Millie Bobby Brown and Dwyane Wade.

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EP 290 Mark Stahlman on Trump as the Avatar of the Digital Paradigm Shift 1:24:55

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Jim talks with Mark Stahlman about Trump as an avatar of the current digital transformation. They discuss the GameB movement & complexity theory, predictions made to the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment, security through development as alternative to war, the three spheres (East, West, Digital), China's approach to digital vs. the Western approa…

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Trump’s Recession Talk Sparks Stock Market Dive | Gal Gadot, The Traitors Season 3 Winners, j-hope | Monday, March 10 28:21

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like the stock market plummeting as a result of Trump’s recession comments, before speaking with Gal Gadot, The Traitors Season 3 winners and j-hope.

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Trump Causes Tariff Whiplash by Pausing Tariffs for Mexico and Canada | Parker Posey, Alan Cumming, Rick Pitino | Thursday, March 6 40:01

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Canada pulling American alcohol from their shelves in retaliation to Trump's tariffs, before speaking with Parker Posey, Alan Cumming and Rick Pitino.

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EP 289 Adam B. Levine on AI-Powered Programming for Non-Developers 1:26:02

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Jim talks with Adam B. Levine about AI programming aids for non-techies and the future of Bitcoin. They discuss Adam's background as a "technical non-technical" person, the evolution from manual LLM prompting to using IDEs, Windsurf as an AI-first IDE, Claude 3.7's thinking mode, productivity improvements with AI coding tools, different platforms l…

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Trump Drones on During Chaotic First Address to Congress | Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie & Carrie Underwood, Stephen A. Smith, Kai Cenat | Wednesday, March 5 28:50

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Democrats protesting with tiny signs during Trump's first address to Congress, before speaking with Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie & Carrie Underwood, Stephen A. Smith and Kai Cenat.

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Trump Tariffs Wreak Havoc on Prices and Trigger Trade Wars with Canada, Mexico and China | Amanda Seyfried, Joshua Jackson | Tuesday, March 4 27:54

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trudeau retaliating against Trump's tariffs, before speaking with Amanda Seyfried and Joshua Jackson.

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EP 288 BJ Campbell on Cops, Belief, and Chainsaw-Faced Robot Dogs 1:19:03

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Jim talks with BJ Campbell about the ideas in his Substack essay "On Cops, Belief, and Chainsaw Faced Robot Dogs." They discuss forms of social control, absolute police states vs. belief states, the role of belief vs. actual enforcement in maintaining order, the noble lie concept & Plato's original formulation, the 2020 crime spike & "defund the po…

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Trump Declares English Official Language of U.S. | Michael Strahan, Giada De Laurentiis | Monday, March 3 28:44

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Hulu's Oscars live stream shutting down at the worst possible moment before speaking with Michael Strahan and Giada De Laurentiis.

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Elon Musk Begs Retired Air Traffic Controllers to Return to Work | Mark Ruffalo, Gabriel Iglesias | Thursday, February 27 35:54

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Elon Musk calling for retired air traffic controllers to return to work, before speaking with Mark Ruffalo and Gabriel Iglesias.

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EP 287 Jonathan Rauch on the Epistemic Crisis 1:37:21

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Jim talks with Jonathan Rauch about the ideas in his book The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. They discuss the epistemic crisis, Plato's Theaetetus, Trump & propaganda techniques, the Constitution of Knowledge as a framework for epistemics, the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor, the reality-based community, the personal-institutional s…

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Elon Musk Dominates Trump's First Cabinet Meeting | Simu Liu, Floyd Mayweather | Wednesday, February 26 35:22

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Elon Musk acknowledging that DOGE "accidentally" cancelled an Ebola prevention program, before speaking with Simu Liu and Floyd Mayweather.

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Elon Musk's Threats on Federal Workers Cause White House Chaos | Kate Hudson, Jeff Probst, Tate McRae, Caitlin Peluffo | Wednesday, February 25 35:58

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Elon Musk creating mass confusion among federal workers and the White House with his emailed demands, before speaking with Kate Hudson, Jeff Probst and Tate McRae and welcoming comedian Caitlin Peluffo for stand-up.

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Elon Musk Demands Federal Workers Justify Jobs | Chelsea Handler, Billy Crudup, Matthew Tkachuk | Monday, February 24 36:13

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Elon Musk sending an email to federal workers asking what they've accomplished in the last week, before speaking with Chelsea Handler, Billy Crudup and Matthew Tkachuk.

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EP 286 Bob Levy on the Use and Abuse of Presidential Power 1:04:45

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Jim talks with Bob Levy about presidential powers, their history, and their potential for abuse. They discuss the nature of the presidential pardon, recent controversial pardons by Trump & Biden, proposed reforms, 3 main purposes of the pardon, court blocks on executive actions, the firing of federal employees, the Impoundment Control Act, immigrat…

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Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, Jaylen Brown, Anna Cathcart (Extended) | Original Air Date February 11 21:33

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Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley talk about becoming Super Bowl champions after the Philadelphia Eagles took down the Kansas City Chiefs before Jaylen Brown reminisces on dunking over Donovan Mitchell without practicing and Anna Cathcart reveals the crucial role that Zendaya played in her acting journey. (Originally aired Tuesday, February 11, 2025.)…

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Kieran Culkin, Marcello Hernández and Kenan Thompson (Extended) | Original Air Date February 6 15:32

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Kieran Culkin talks about being shocked by Jesse Eisenberg choosing him for A Real Pain after seeing him in Home Alone before Marcello Hernández and Kenan Thompson talk about Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary and Marcello being brought on stage at Sabrina Carpenter’s concert. (Originally aired Thursday, February 6, 2025.)…

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Pete Davidson, Sadie Sink (Extended) | Original Air Date January 30 14:22

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Pete Davidson talks about the process of burning off all of his tattoos and what he and Colin Jost plan to do with the Staten Island ferry they bought before Sadie Sink reminisces on meeting her Stranger Things co-stars on Broadway. (Originally aired Thursday, January 30, 2025.)

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EP 285 Josh Bernoff on AI, Writing, and Thinking 52:47

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Jim talks with Josh Bernoff, author of Writing Without Bullshit, about the impact of AI on writing education and professional writing. They discuss Josh's background and career, Stephen Lane's recent op-ed arguing that AI should take over writing mechanics, problems with AI-generated writing, the role of writing in thinking, ChatGPT's "deep researc…

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Reese Witherspoon, Rob Gronkowski (Extended) | Original Air Date January 29 19:56

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Reese Witherspoon talks about writing her first novel and casting a teenage Elle Woods for the prequel series Elle before Rob Gronkowski gives his opinion on Patrick Mahomes’ football season and the Tom Brady comparisons. (Originally aired Wednesday, January 29, 2025.)

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Senate Confirms Anti-Vax RFK Jr. as Head of FDA, NIH and CDC | Renée Zellweger, Halsey | Thursday, February 13 40:47

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like a study finding that 56% of Americans plan on celebrating Valentine's Day, before speaking with Renée Zellweger and Halsey.

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EP 284 Jordan Hall on AI, the Commons, and the Church 1:19:16

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Jim talks with Jordan Hall about the relationship between humanity and advanced AI. They discuss the false dichotomy of state vs market control of AI, the commons & the church as organizing principles, community vs society, why alignment with humanity is by definition impossible, the role of symbols & organizing principles in communities, how Moloc…

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Elon Musk's Son Causes a Ruckus at Oval Office Press Conference | Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Leo Woodall | Wednesday, February 12 36:24

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump banning paper straws, before speaking with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Leo Woodall.

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Elon Musk's Bid to Buy OpenAI Shot Down | Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley, Jaylen Brown, Anna Cathcart, Leslie Liao | Tuesday, February 11 37:15

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Jimmy addresses the latest news, like the Super Bowl LIX ratings soaring, before speaking with Super Bowl LIX champions Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley, Jaylen Brown, and Anna Cathcart and welcoming comedian Leslie Liao for stand-up.

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