WhoWhatWhy's Podcasts

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WhoWhatWhy's Podcasts episodes

July 31 After 250 Years: The American Origins of Fascism
What if the roots of fascism weren't European at all, but embedded in America's founding struggles over democracy and race? Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org
36 min
July 24 Can Code Have a Conscience?
The AI debate is endless. One writer decided to measure it by asking not how smart the machines are, but how humane they are. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org
36 min
July 17 Building the Future, Not Arguing About It
We spend our time arguing about change. The future may belong instead to the people who quietly build it.

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44 min
July 10 Progress Should Be Our Most Important Product
The future is arriving faster than ever. So why are we more anxious than excited? A conversation about progress, innovation, and American ambition. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org
41 min
July 02 Past Its Sell-By Date? America at 250
Five scholars, one uncomfortable question on America's 250th: Is our democracy's trouble a rough patch — or built into the 18th-century design itself?

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28 min
June 26 As America Becomes a Gerontocracy, Its Future Keeps Getting Delayed
What if the real crisis isn't aging leaders, but an aging democracy where power never seems to change hands? Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org
45 min
June 18 Can AI Actually Be the Tool That Brings Government Back to Life?
The real threat to democracy isn't AI. It's a government that never learns to use it. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org
36 min
June 11 Before the Trillions, There Was Once Joy in Silicon Valley
A veteran of three tech eras on how the innocence was lost — and whether AI actually might win it back, through what he calls "enlightened AI." Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org
40 min
June 05 Russia's Descent Into Madness: Slowly, Then All at Once
Putin didn't seize a democracy — he hollowed one out. Twenty-five years inside Russia's slow spiral, and what it tells us about our own moment. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org
35 min
May 29 No Rules, No Order: The World on a Knife's Edge
From Beijing to Washington to Cuba, the old world order has collapsed. Is this the most dangerous moment since 1945? One man says yes, and the clock is ticking. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org
36 min