Max and 99 are back! They hit headlines on constitutional war powers, Tucker Carlson turning on Trump, digital life preservation, and Anthropic’s dangerous AI model, then tackle listener emails on identity politics, economic anxiety + more. They rank their Top 5 dead dinner party guests and close with some movie-themed Beyond the Bullshit.

Intro: 00:00:09

Headlines: 00:12:51

Emails: 00:45:49

Top 5: 01:09:29

Beyond the Bullshit: 01:27:01

Memberships: 01:44:02

Outro: 01:44:40

Resources

Leo Lionni: Frederick

Counter Punch: The Constitutional Origins of the War in Iran

Mother Jones: The Real Reason Tucker Carlson Is Turning on Trump

The New Yorker: When your digital life vanishes

The Verge: Anthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands

Steve Jobs

Business Insider: Anthropic’s Mythos AI tool could spark ‘systemic financial market disruption,’ a trade group warns

Current Affairs: Steven Pinker Doesn’t Know Anything About Marxism

#FreeBenandJerrys

Analyze Phish

Variety: Ramy Youssef Trolls MAGA Backlash to His ‘Sesame Street’ Episode Where Elmo Spoke Arabic: ‘Elmo Saying Habibi Has Set Them Off’

History: Big Bird Nearly Rode on the Disastrous Challenger Mission

Far Out: The photograph that inspired the twins in ‘The Shining’

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