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0:00 Substack glory and livestream anxiety
2:34 Reading eugenics into a dopey jeans ad
11:13 Does Sydney Sweeney spell the end of “inclusive marketing”?
15:01 Bob vs. Paul on IQ and “general intelligence”
21:46 Paul reviews the new Billy Joel documentary
27:43 The Epstein prison video snafu: a Bayesian take
36:55 Ghislaine gets a free upgrade
Discussed in Overtime:
Bob on Naomi Watts’s new dog movie.
Prestige TV montage: The Gilded Age, White Lotus, the Sopranos.
South Park sticks it to Trump.
Paul’s conservative Christian anti-empathy quasi-ally.
Does the New Testament really preach universal love?
Bob vs. Jerry Coyne (and Leon Wieseltier).
Does book promotion work?
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded August 04, 2025.
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
Subscribe to The NonZero Newsletter at: nonzero.org
Exclusive Overtime discussion: nonzero.org/p/must-we-discuss-sydney-sweeney-robert
0:00 Substack glory and livestream anxiety
2:34 Reading eugenics into a dopey jeans ad
11:13 Does Sydney Sweeney spell the end of “inclusive marketing”?
15:01 Bob vs. Paul on IQ and “general intelligence”
21:46 Paul reviews the new Billy Joel documentary
27:43 The Epstein prison video snafu: a Bayesian take
36:55 Ghislaine gets a free upgrade
Discussed in Overtime:
Bob on Naomi Watts’s new dog movie.
Prestige TV montage: The Gilded Age, White Lotus, the Sopranos.
South Park sticks it to Trump.
Paul’s conservative Christian anti-empathy quasi-ally.
Does the New Testament really preach universal love?
Bob vs. Jerry Coyne (and Leon Wieseltier).
Does book promotion work?
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded August 04, 2025.
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
