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Map of the world, Robinson projection, Europe, Middle East.
Podcast

Iran, Hungary, Ukraine: The World Is Running on Legacy Software

Jeff Schechtman 04/17/26
AI, Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Geoffrey Hinton, Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis.
Podcast

AI Is All Humans, All the Way Down

Jeff Schechtman 04/10/26
Smoking, cigarette, social media, company logos
Podcast

Social Media Had Gun-Level Immunity. That Just Ended

Jeff Schechtman 04/03/26
Billboard, Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei
Podcast

Inside the Black Box: The Questions No One Is Asking About Iran

Jeff Schechtman 03/27/26
Mount Redoubt, eruption
Podcast

The Unexplained War: Stumbling Toward World War III

Jeff Schechtman 03/20/26
National Congress of the Communist Party, CPP, China, Iran, war, United States, Israel
Iran Podcast

We Cut Off Its Oil & Attacked Its Partners; China Can Afford To Wait

Jeff Schechtman 03/13/26
US-Israeli, air strike, Azadi Tower, Ehrin, Iran
Iran Podcast

The Iran Nobody in Washington Wanted to Listen To

Jeff Schechtman 03/06/26
This Isn’t Real Democracy, Democracy, Graffiti
Podcast

American Democracy Isn’t Broken… It Never Worked as Advertised

Jeff Schechtman 02/27/26
drone light show, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
Podcast

We Are All Wrong About China. We’re Creating the Enemy We Fear

Jeff Schechtman 02/20/26
Mark Carney, media availability
Podcast

Living Next Door to the Predator

Jeff Schechtman 02/13/26
Bodies, Iranian, protesters, Kahrizak District
Podcast

Iran’s Maximum Moment: Why This Uprising Is Different

Jeff Schechtman 02/06/26
Greenpeace International, action, UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, Expo City Dubai
Podcast

The Climate Fight Without America: Why Hope Isn’t Optional

Jeff Schechtman 01/30/26

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