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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:50) – World War II
(18:54) – Yeonmi Park, starvation, and mental health
(33:10) – Kelsi’s 9/11 experience
(36:39) – Becoming a soldier
(43:07) – Artillery: The Hand of God
(52:49) – Weapons training
(1:10:35) – Pre-Deployment
(1:26:42) – Arrival to Afghanistan
(1:48:55) – Tragic war story
(2:13:59) – Feelings after tragedy
(2:17:41) – The Taliban
(2:23:17) – Retrospective: 20 years in Afghanistan
(2:39:57) – How war changes people
(2:45:18) – PTSD
(3:14:13) – Ayahuasca and mental recovery
(3:46:09) – Love
(4:04:12) – Advice for young people
(4:07:33) – Death
(4:13:22) – World War II
#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons
#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI
#332 – Kanye ‘Ye’ West Interview
#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
#330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness
#329 – Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT
#328 – John Danaher: Submission Grappling, ADCC, Animal Combat, and Knives
#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots
#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality
#325 – Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots
#324 – Daniel Negreanu: Poker
#323 – Will Sasso: Comedy, MADtv, AI, Friendship, Madness, and Pro Wrestling
#322 – Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars
#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality
#320 – Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics
#319 – Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame
#318 – Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness
#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom
#316 – Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War
#315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time
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