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Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

00:00 Introduction

02:36 The Covid Lab Leak Lies In The Scientific Community

08:13 Was It A Coverup?

13:25 Will People Listen If There's Another Pandemic?

23:14 Is Gain Of Function Research Worth It In The Long-Term?

27:06 Getting Funding

30:09 Climate Change

34:18 We're In A Period Of Warming

42:12 Would You Scrap Net-Zero? Should We Reduce Carbon Emissions?

47:55 Greta Thunberg

50:00 The Great Man Theory Of Science

01:00:14 What's The One Thing We're Not Talking About That We Should Be?

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