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0:00 Bob and Paul battle for audience sympathy
4:05 Canada as 51st state: y’eh or n’eh?
14:45 How Trump-y is Canada’s likely next leader?
19:21 The humiliation theory of American politics
27:09 Trump, Elon, and the two paths to bullying
35:35 Facebook’s free speech about-face
39:00 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded January 16, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Correcting the record on free speech
20:28 Severance season two (among lesser shows)
30:05 Inside the Elon-Sam Harris falling out
33:23 Bob’s dangerous debate with Sam Harris
36:06 More on Elon
