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This Is BIG: Podhoretz, Ferguson, and Olsen Discuss the Meaning of the Election and What’s Next

A Hero’s Journey: Natan Sharansky on Courage and Conflict

Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

In this podcast, Peter Thiel explores the idea of an end times scenario, not from a strictly religious perspective, but as a potential outcome of unchecked technological growth and human behavior. He argues that universities struggle to address these significant issues due to their hyper-specialization and a dominant r...

The Three Historians: Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, and Andrew Roberts | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Which Way, America? Condoleezza Rice on America’s Foreign Policy Challenges | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

H.R. McMaster on Why the Trump Administration Was “At War with Ourselves” | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Are We Alone? Fine-Tuning the Universe, with Barnes, Keating, and Richards | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Beyond Evolution: Unraveling the Origins of Life with Stephen Meyer and James Tour | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

The Magician’s Twin, with David Berlinski, Stephen Meyer, and James Orr | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Doing “The Best Things First,” with Bjorn Lomborg | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

A Dangerous Moment, with Douglas Murray | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

“The End of Everything,” with Victor Davis Hanson | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Paul Wolfowitz on the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and a Life in Foreign Policy | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

The Rise of the Machines: John Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li on Our AI Future | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Andrew Roberts on “Conflict: The Evolution of War from 1945 to Ukraine” | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Why Bitcoin Will Take Over The World: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

This podcast episode explores the significance of cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin, in revolutionizing the financial system. The CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, highlights Bitcoin as the first and most important application of cryptocurrency, comparing its impact to major human achievements like space travel and ...

Growing Up Segregated: Three Witnesses To The Struggle For Civil Rights, Part 2

Birmingham, 1963: Three Witnesses to the Struggle for Civil Rights | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson, Condoleezza Rice, Mary Bush, and Freeman Hrabowski| Hoover Institution

Uncommon Knowledge Archive: Oppenheimer’s Edward Teller and Sid Drell on ICBM Defense Systems | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

This detailed analysis of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) explores multiple viewpoints to assess the viability and importance of a non-nuclear defense system against nuclear attacks. Drawing on expert perspectives, the discussion delves into the technical challenges, political and military concerns, and the evol...

“The Treason Of The Intellectuals,” With Niall Ferguson | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

This podcast episode examines Niall Ferguson's critical analysis of American academia through the lens of his essay "The Treason of the Intellectuals," drawing unsettling parallels between the political engagement of interwar German universities and the current ideologies shaping American institutions. Ferguson argues ...