On episode 1372 of Part of the Problem, host Dave Smith and foreign policy analyst Scott Horton addressed Joe Rogan directly during a conversation about the backlash facing those who supported Donald Trump in 2024 and have since spoken out against his military actions. Smith raised Rogan’s name while pushing back on critics who believe … Read more
Malcolm Gladwell sat down with Trevor Noah on the podcast What Now and spoke at length about the debate over trans women competing in women’s sports. Gladwell recalled moderating a sports analytics panel several years ago where the tension between those two sides became impossible to ignore. On one side was South African sports scientist … Read more
Palantir CEO Alex Karp spent a significant portion of his life in Germany, and in a recent conversation, he spoke about what that experience taught him about quality of life, social systems, and the difference between being poor in Europe versus being wealthy in America. Karp was direct about his personal experience: “I was poor … Read more
Financier Jeffrey Epstein has often been portrayed as a powerful figure operating his influence on wealth, politics, and technology. But according to internet culture reporter Ryan Broderick, the reality was far less sophisticated. Despite appearing connected to some of the internet’s most consequential developments, Epstein himself could barely use a computer. Broderick, author of the Garbage … Read more
A rapidly growing Instagram account featuring an AI-generated rabbi has recently gone viral. The account goes by the username @rabbigoldman and is an AI influencer. According to Social Blade data, the account gained roughly 617,401 followers over just a two-week stretch in early March 2026, going from around 630,000 to nearly 1.25 million. Its biggest … Read more
A beloved Harry Potter fan fiction is on the verge of becoming the next major publishing event, as rights negotiations for “All the Young Dudes” reportedly center on a figure of £2.5 million. Reports circulating this week have been divided: one account suggests the auction reached that amount, while another claims a £2.5 million pre-emptive … Read more
During a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan sat down with actor and musician Luke Grimes for a conversation that touched on distrust in government and the public’s growing skepticism toward official narratives. The topic came up as Grimes reflected on the current climate of distrust surrounding institutions and authority. Rogan … Read more
On a recent episode of the All-In Podcast, co-host Jason Calacanis made an argument that the ongoing war with Iran could unravel Donald Trump‘s second term and alienate the very base that put him in office, including some of his most prominent media supporters. Calacanis laid out what he described as a series of consequential … Read more
A LinkedIn creator with 60 million monthly views is facing sharp criticism after posting a video series comparing the habits of billionaires, millionaires, and everyday people, with many viewers calling the content out of touch with financial reality. The series, titled “Billionaire, Millionaire, and Normal People,” presents lifestyle comparisons across three wealth tiers, suggesting that … Read more
Palantir CEO Alex Karp issued a warning at the a16z American Dynamism Summit about the political and economic trajectory of the tech industry, arguing that Silicon Valley’s growing wealth concentration is setting it up for a reckoning it does not see coming. Speaking on stage, Karp tied the rising appetite for a wealth tax directly … Read more
