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0:00 Teaser
0:56 "Would Putin send a weird sexually suggestive birthday greeting to a famous affluent well-connected pedophile?"
6:23 Decoding Trump's message in the greeting
13:47 Conspiracy theories vs official silence
19:42 Why is Ezra Klein content with "We'll never know"?
25:10 Why no president wants to release the Epstein files
27:18 Ghislaine names Clinton and Larry Summers
34:25 Does Epstein kill faith in democracy?
39:35 Trump vs. Putin: Authoritarian playbooks compared
44:14 Will Trumpism outlive Trump?
50:22 David Sacks embraces strongman tactics
57:04 How war changes everything overnight
1:01:27 Trump's Mexico invasion fantasy
1:06:01 Heading to Overtime

Discussed in Overtime:
South Park on AI and VC culture.
Telepathic AI.
The Russian "foreign agents" laws.
USAID and "independent media."
Misusing the "terrorist organization" label.

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Nikita Petrov (https://psychopolitica.substack.com). Recorded September 09, 2025.

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