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Bullshit and Infinity: Why AI Cannot Predict Anything: A Conversation with Carissa Véliz
Today I have the immense pleasure of talking with Carissa Véliz, an associate professor at the University of Oxford, about her new book, Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future—from Ancient Oracles to AI. Linking this work to her previous book,...
“Much Much Worse than McCarthyism, But with a Big Positive Difference”: A Conversation with Legendary Historian Ellen Schrecker
Today I have the immense honor and privilege to speak with Ellen Schrecker, who has been referred...
Eunsong Kim Explains How Our Great Art Collections are Based on Debasing and Erasing Labor: The Politics of Collecting: Race & the Aestheticization of Property
Today I am delighted to talk with Eunsong Kim about her stunning book, The Politics of Collecting:...
Jamaica Osorio: Poems on Gaza—Contemplating the Impossible and Being Steadfast in Solidarity
Today I am deeply honored to spend time with poet, activist, and scholar Jamaica Osorio. Shortly...
“Liza Featherstone and Doug Henwood on Zohran Mamdani’s Victory in NYC: What is Its Significance, and What’s Next?”
In February, a New York assemblyman little known outside New York City was polling at 1% in his...
Talking with Dean Spade about Love in a Fucked-Up World: How letting go of the Romance Myth frees us to be better lovers and activists
Today I have the pleasure of talking with Dean Spade about his new book, Love in a Fucked-up...
Policing Black Lives: Abolition, not Reform, and on a Transnational Scale—A Conversation with Robyn Maynard
In 2017, activist-scholar Robyn Maynard published her groundbreaking study, Policing Black Lives:...