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Cognitive Revolution

Glean's Work AI Index 2026 survey of 6,000 workers reveals a stark disconnect: while 87% use AI and report saving 13 hours weekly, only 13% see their organization performing significantly better. The gap stems from "bot sitting" (6.4 hours of weekly hidden labor to manage AI) and "bot shit" (69% admit shipping unvetted AI outputs they cannot defend), which erode productivity gains and work quality.

New York Times Podcasts

Laverne Cox discusses her memoir 'Transcendent' with Anna Martin, revealing how childhood trauma, maternal rejection, and school bullying shaped her journey toward self-acceptance through vulnerability and radical truth-telling.

Conversations with Tyler (Tyler Cowen)

Liberal democracy faces collapse from both overt constitutional violations and the 'great forgetting' of its foundational principles. Chamlee-Wright argues that reversing this decay requires repairing liberalism's 'soft tissue'—the shared mental models, automatic norms, and cultural tools that make formal institutions function and scale.

The David Lin Report

Copper prices have hit all-time highs driven by a perfect storm of AI infrastructure demand and severe supply constraints from major mine production cuts, creating a structural deficit that threatens to bottleneck the global energy transition and artificial intelligence expansion.

Dwarkesh Patel

Sarah Paine argues that geography fundamentally constrains Russia and China to remain continental 'elephants' dependent on land armies and territorial expansion, lacking the geographic moats, sea access, and institutional stability required to become maritime 'whales' regardless of their ambitions.

The David Lin Report

David Hay warns that markets face a 'vicious unwind' as unprecedented IPO liquidity drains collide with the most severe global energy supply shock in history, with 13-15% of oil supply trapped in the Persian Gulf and inventory tanks approaching empty while futures markets remain in denial.

Joe Rogan Experience

Terry Bradshaw joins Joe Rogan to discuss launching his award-winning bourbon brand after receiving branding advice from a former Secretary of State, shares stories of catching 110 trout using a 'Baby Jesus' good luck charm, and reflects on his brief stint working in cosmetics to experience a 'normal' job.

Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson analyzes Temple Grandin's concrete perceptual thinking to explain how intelligence abstracts complexity into navigable icons, while sharing his personal transformation from alcoholic hedonism to disciplined academic productivity through physical training and radical truth-telling in marriage.

Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money

Jonathan Wellum warns that extreme tech valuations and macroeconomic stresses are setting up a volatile 'wild ride' for markets, drawing parallels to the 2000 dot-com bubble while arguing that strong economic data should be viewed positively rather than as an inflationary threat requiring Fed restraint.

New York Times Podcasts

As Maine Democrats select a nominee for a critical Senate seat, frontrunner Graham Platner—a progressive outsider backed by activists—faces mounting scrutiny over past Reddit comments, a Nazi tattoo, and new allegations of physical intimidation and infidelity, testing whether the party's desire for authentic working-class candidates can survive serious questions about personal conduct.

The Knowledge Project (Shane Parrish)

Bill Gurley explains how combining systems thinking with deep historical domain knowledge and obsessive learning at the technological edge creates competitive advantages in investing and careers, while warning that China's open-source AI ecosystem is accelerating faster than closed Western models.

New York Times Podcasts

Wirecutter audio expert Lauren Dragon answers listener questions about headphones, testing over 2,000 pairs to recommend solutions for poor call quality, fit issues for small ears and glasses wearers, and specialized options like bone conduction for swimming and situational awareness.