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Russia-Ukraine Harsh Realities (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven)
Listen now (89 mins) | 1:09 Azerbaijan attacks Nagorno-Karabakh 6:00 Preview of this week’s Biden-Zelensky meeting in DC 15:58 Does the new technology…
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Parrot Room: The Parrot Could Use More Bandwidth
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Biden’s Bandwidth Problems (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
Listen now (60 mins) | 2:10 Walter Isaacson’s Elon-Ukraine walk-back 6:33 Debating Biden replacement theories 15:34 Bob’s hurricane-induced bandwidth…
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A People-Centered View of Russia-Ukraine (Robert Wright & Almut Rochowanski)
Listen now | (Overtime segment available to paid subscribers below the paywall.) 0:55 Almut’s work as a feminist activist in the former Soviet Union…
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Parrot Room: All Good Parrots Come to an End
Listen now | More on why the Parrot Room is winding down. Is Hunter Biden-style corruption just how politics works? Shady Burisma meeting in Dubai…
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Biden Bets on Ukraine (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
Listen now (69 mins) | Subscribe to The Parrot Room at https://patreon.com/parrotroom 0:14 Nikki Haley beats Biden in new poll 7:46 How big is Ukraine’s…
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Understanding Artificial Intelligence (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee)
Listen now | (Overtime segment available to paid subscribers below the paywall.) 0:05 Tim’s article explaining large language models 02:55 Do LLMs…
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August 2023
Prigozhin post-mortem (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
Listen now (101 mins) | A Russian discusses the Wagner chief’s decline and fall
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Parrot Room: Rich Parrots North of the Parrot Room
Listen now (62 mins) | Bob’s birthday surprise for his wife. Will Walter Isaacson be too kind to Elon in the forthcoming mega-bestselling biography? Why…
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Putin’s Post-Prigozhin World (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
Listen now (38 mins) | Subscribe to The Parrot Room at https://patreon.com/parrotroom 0:00 Mickey gets a C on the news quiz 9:43 Prigozhin postmortem…
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The (Changing) Prospects for the Climate (Robert Wright & David Wallace-Wells)
Listen now | (Overtime segment available to paid subscribers below the paywall.) 0:05 Has David’s grim outlook on the climate changed? 9:47 How “global…
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Parrot Room: Parrot Populism
Listen now | Mickey’s rendition of America’s new populist anthem. Wages up, inflation down, anomie up. AI enlightenment (and pessimism) is dawning. The…
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Trump Indictment Indicted (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
Listen now (56 mins) | Subscribe to The Parrot Room at https://patreon.com/parrotroom 2:22 Yet another Trump indictment—How strong is the case? 12:21 Is…
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