Khanversation #32: Ross Douthat on why you should believe in religion
Khanversation episode thirty-two
Where Queens Ruled: ancient DNA confirms legendary Matrilineal Celts were no exception
Britain’s Iron-Age mother-line
Charles Murray: 50 years on the public scene
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, friend of the podcast, Charles Murray returns to chat with Razib again. Murray has been a public intellectual and scholar since the 1970’s. He is the author of Losing Ground, The Bell Curve, Human Accom…
Leighton Woodhouse: against the rise of the anti-woke cancel culture and MAGA cultural hegemony
A civil libertarian comments on the second Trump era
Titus Techera: Post-Modern Conservative in a post-national Europe
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Titus Techera, a Romanian living in Budapest, but commenting extensively on American and European culture. He is the Executive Director of the American Cinema Foundation, International Coordinato…
Nathan Lents: Sex, truths and gender wars
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Nathan Lents about his new book, The Sexual Evolution: A Provocative Look at Sexual Behavior Through the Lens of Evolution. A professor at John Jay College in New York City, Lents earned a…
Kevin Klatt: Nutrition, health, MAHA and GLP-1
A scientific look at health and nutrition
Antonio Regalado: CRISPR babies 6 years later
Today Razib talks to Antonio Regalado, reporter at MIT Technology Review. Regalado covers how technology is changing medicine and biomedical research. Before joining MIT Technology Review in 2011, he lived in São Paulo, Brazil, where he …
Antonio Regalado: CRISPR babies 6 years later
Today Razib talks to Antonio Regalado, reporter at MIT Technology Review. Regalado covers how technology is changing medicine and biomedical research. Before joining MIT Technology Review in 2011, he lived in São Paulo, Brazil, where he …
Daniel McCarthy: American conservatism after Trump (and before)
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Daniel McCarthy, editor-in-chief of Modern Age. Former editor-in-chief of The American Conservative, his writing has also appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, The Spectator, The National Int…
Charles Murray: 50 years on the public scene
Charles Murray reflects on American politics and culture in 2025
Tade Souaiaia: the edge of statistical genetics, race and sports
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Tade Souaiaia, a statistical geneticist at SUNY Downstate about his new preprint, Striking Departures from Polygenic Architecture in the Tails of Complex Traits. Souaiaia trained as a comp…
Khanversation #30: the decline of film since 1999, DOGE and the debt
Khanversation episode thirty
Titus Techera: Post-Modern Conservative in a post-national Europe
Musings on culture and arts from the right
Shadi Hamid: pessimism on Palestine but hope in America
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks with Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid. A native Pennsylvanian of Egyptian ethnic background, and Islamic faith, Hamid completed his Ph.D. in politics at Oxford University. He is an assistan…
Shadi Hamid: pessimism on Palestine but hope in America
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks with Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid. A native Pennsylvanian of Egyptian ethnic background, and Islamic faith, Hamid completed his Ph.D. in politics at Oxford University. He is an assistan…
Khanversation #29: Doge-racism, cancel culture’s end, and the beginning of cancel culture with Pax Dickinson
Khanversation episode twenty-nine
Conn Carroll: Sex and the Citizen
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Conn Carroll, the author of Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage Is Destroying Democracy. Caroll is currently an editor for the Washington Examiner, but previously he was …
Conn Carroll: Sex and the Citizen
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Conn Carroll, the author of Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage Is Destroying Democracy. Caroll is currently an editor for the Washington Examiner, but previously he was …