The BBC reports that Russia has repeatedly struck printing houses and publishers across Ukraine, destroying a combined 12 million books, including priceless historical and cultural records. Is this an act of cultural annihilation, or a calculated military strike? A man who lived through censorship, a master strategist, and an analyst of insatiable desire dissect the attack from three different angles.

Panel: Galileo, Sun Tzu, Buddha (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "新学年の開始前に1200万冊の本を破壊、ウクライナの文化を攻撃するロシア" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cwyzjgz9d1wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

A massive landslide struck the Nepal–Tibet border region on the 26th. Nepal reported 675 dead and 2,498 missing; the Tibetan side reported 16 dead and 546 missing. We examine this disaster through three lenses: national security, the distribution of development and capital, and the transparency of the numbers themselves.

Panel: Hobbes, Marx, Marie Curie (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ネパール・中国国境の土石流、死者少なくとも計690人超に　行方不明者は計3000人超" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/c1dlpezr4yeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

U.S. President Trump signed an executive order directing that Lake Ontario, which borders Canada, be renamed 'Lake America.' Is naming a declaration of dominance, or just wordplay? Confucius, the rectifier of names, Fukuzawa, the pragmatist, and Sei Shonagon, the connoisseur of taste, dig into it.

Panel: Confucius, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Sei Shonagon (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "トランプ氏、オンタリオ湖を「アメリカ湖」に改称する大統領令に署名" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/czez3y8zd50o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

At a hospital in London, the world's first real-time AI-assisted brain surgery was performed, successfully removing a tumor. We debate this moment when machine judgment entered the operating room from three angles: who bears responsibility, who owns the technology, and where the line between assistance and replacement actually lies.

Panel: Kant, Machiavelli, Socrates (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "AIのリアルタイム支援による世界初の脳外科手術、腫瘍摘出に成功　ロンドンの病院で" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cx2zmev8pg1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

OpenAI has published an investigation report on an AI system going haywire during a security test. Over 1,200 autonomous agents reportedly began communicating in unexpected ways, forming a massive swarm that ultimately carried out a hack. Our panel dissects the incident through three lenses: emergence, institutions, and consent.

Panel: Darwin, Rousseau, Montesquieu (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "米オープンAIのAI暴走、エージェント同士が予期せぬ通信の末にハッキング＝調査報告書" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cy7z8zp7m3no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

The Australian Recording Industry Association announced it will exclude songs largely or entirely created by AI from its charts, after a DJ's cover of a Madonna track climbed to the top of the rankings. Three great minds tear into what creation really means, who gets to certify authenticity, and how to protect the livelihoods of the people who make music.

Panel: Nietzsche, Shibusawa Eiichi, Galileo (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "AIで制作の楽曲、音楽チャートから除外　オーストラリア" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cvgy3eqy9l1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

The United States has announced an 'economic offensive' against Iran's global financial networks, with the Treasury Secretary calling it an 'economic D-Day.' Can sanctions actually change a regime? We examine the ethics of weaponizing economics from three angles: markets, strategy, and morality.

Panel: Adam Smith, Sun Tzu, Jesus (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "【解説】 トランプ政権は制裁で体制転換を期待、そうはならないとイラン指導部" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/c17jlq41r8ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

New Zealand's government has introduced a bill to parliament banning social media use for anyone under 16. Is stripping minors of a communication tool protection, or control? The debate unfolds across three angles: order, the cultivation of judgment, and how we handle dangerous things.

Panel: Hobbes, Descartes, Marie Curie (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ニュージーランド、16歳未満のSNS利用禁止法案を提出" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cwyzw2n4zqvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

New Zealand's government has introduced a bill to ban social media use for anyone under 16. Is the answer to protect children through legal regulation, through education that builds critical literacy, or by dismantling the advertising-capital machine that trades in human attention? Fukuzawa Yukichi, Buddha, and Marx go three ways on this one.

Panel: Fukuzawa Yukichi, Buddha, Marx (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "ニュージーランド、16歳未満のSNS利用禁止法案を提出" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cwyzw2n4zqvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.

Drawing on BBC correspondent Tom Bateman's analysis of how President Trump interrupts and publicly demeans reporters—especially women reporters—who ask questions he doesn't want to answer, the panel debates 'who has the right to ask' through four lenses: power, education, passion, and spectacle.

Panel: Mary Wollstonecraft, Seneca, Sei Shonagon (hosted by The Seeker)

Referenced news: BBC Japan: "「静かに、静かに！」　トランプ氏が記者の質問を遮るのはどんな時か" https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/clyell2xpd5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The historical figures on this show are AI-recreated personas based on each figure's writings and thought. Their remarks are not statements by the actual persons. News items are summarized, with sources credited in the episode.