The Frontier

The New Intelligence State with Samo Burja

The anthropology of frontier labs, the point at which “startup” becomes a misnomer, and the future status of wordcels in the AI space

Oct 5

29:48

September 2026

It’s Raining, Men with Augustus Doricko and Ian Banks

Replenishing the Colorado Basin and Great Salt Lake, the importance of “contacting reality,” and the mythology of water in the American West

Sep 24

29:58

Labor Days with Sam Manning

Whether AI is really going to take your job, making training work for the agent era, and the coming politics of work

Sep 15

1

32:16

Head in the Clouds with Gavin Fry and Isaiah Menning

Weather modification efficacy, cloud seeding, and governing atmospheric interventions

Sep 4

36:11

August 2026

Robots and Reindustrialization with Amelia Michael

The politics and possibilities of the next generation of robotics

Aug 27

2

31:14

Data Center Politics with Avery James

What polling reveals about data centers, AI ethics discourse, and what the frontier labs need to do next

Aug 21

2

2

32:14

For Flock's Sake with Charles Fain Lehman and Autumn Billings

Automatic license plate readers, public surveillance tech, and the age-old debate around privacy and security

Aug 13

38:06

Hack to the Future with Adam Gluck and Soham Mehta

The OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, Iran's attacks on American wastewater plants, and the drive to boost investment in operational tech security

Aug 7

31:42

July 2026

From the Government and Here to Help with Kevin Hawickhorst

Responsibility as a key ingredient in bureaucracy, the role of culture and personality in government, and the "buttoned-up, double-breasted swagger" of…

Jul 30

38:34

The Rocket's Red Glare with Andrew Fagal

Dual-use technology in the 1800s and today, the Battle of the Kegs, and the world's first military submersible

Jul 24

31:18

Rallying the Horde with Emmet Penney

Infrastructure bottlenecks, a "total FAI victory" in Michigan, and restoring America's producer economy

Jul 17

1

38:34

VibeChamps with Brooke Bowman and Samuel Hammond

The Vibecamp phenomenon, its cultural impact, and the joys of adult summer camp for nerds

Jul 8

26:32