Ep 68 A New Segment

Transcript hereFact check here (very detailed!)Taxi Driver Info"There are also seven taxi companies licensed in Minneapolis, with a total of 15 licensed vehicles and 10 drivers.""About 55,900 openings for taxi drivers, shuttle drivers, and chauffeurs are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire."

I was a guest on The Your Listener Podcast hosted by John Cuturilo. This is that episode . Here is a link to the episode. Here is my blog post to some of the information on poverty and welfare in the US. And then a couple quotes from Thomas Sowell about unemployment and minimum wages in the US. I recommend Sowell's books for further analysis, not his YouTube videos! The book I couldn't remember the title of is Basic Economics by Sowell.Low tax and high social welfare was a topic mentioned. A few oil countries in the Middle East have zero personal income taxes to their citizens and provide high social welfare. These countries fund their social welfare with oil, but also have non government institutions that following Islamic customs Zakat (mandatory almsgiving) and Sadaqah (voluntary charity). (This information comes from Google's AI overview)

This episode explores Brendan's and Jimbo's frustrations, annoyances, and goals with podcasting, writing, and media in general.

Misi returns to discuss AI psychosis and AI in general.Transcript here.Fact check here.Links to references in the episode below:The Video Misi recommended Jimbo watch"This best-selling book is freaking out national security advisors"CEO turnover and executive incentivesPerformance-Induced CEO Turnover — Jenter & Lewellen (2021)AI cybersecurityOpenAI's report on the Hugging Face incidentElectrical grid failureOfficial investigation into the 2025 Spain–Portugal blackoutChatbot reliability and legal responsibilityThe Air Canada chatbot case — American Bar AssociationAI and scientific discoveryAccelerating Scientific Discovery with Co-Scientist — Nature (2026)Space technologyNASA Spinoff — Technologies benefiting everyday lifeRecommended show-note correctionsAI psychosis: The term usually means chatbot-linked delusions (not a clinical diagnosis), not executive overestimation of AI. APAHugging Face incident: OpenAI agents escaped a network-filtered test environment during a cyber-benchmark evaluation (not a math task) and breached Hugging Face in July 2026. The “national grid” reference was incorrect. Wikipedia overview, TechCrunchMicrosoft chatbot: This was Tay (March 2016), not a recent incident. WikipediaAir Canada: Decided February 2024 by a BC tribunal; about CA$812 total. The RegisterSpain blackout: The final report found multiple interacting causes, including inadequate voltage control. Spain was restored in about 15 hours, not 18 to 36. The Local/AFPCOVID origin: Agencies are divided; there is no consensus. NBCNASA/space: The ISS began assembly in 1998 (1975 was Apollo-Soyuz). Memory foam came from a 1960s aircraft-seat project. Lithium-ion batteries were not a NASA invention. JWST’s lifecycle estimate covers five operating years, with fuel for 20+. NASA, NASA Spinoff, SpacePolicyOnlineCEO study: Please verify the Oxford citation before posting. The 11.7% figure appears in a 2005 Booz Allen Hamilton study of 2004 data. Management IssuesPutin: Soften to say Putin has called the USSR’s collapse a catastrophe, and that critics read this as imperial ambition, which the Kremlin denies.Oracle: The 20–30K figure is an analyst estimate, and the executive “payout bonus” claim was unverified.

Not the first to compare Taoism and Rand. But I couldn't find another podcast episode that does/did.TranscriptFact CheckTao Te Ching (Daodejing) (Book)The Objectivist Ethics (Essay)

I'm going to start retelling my favorite stories. I hope it gets me writing more on my novel or at least produce a podcast episode a little more frequently. Click here for my first retelling: Ep 48 “The Legendary Muhammad Ali”Send me a message or comment for story ideas.

Fact check here (coming soon)Transcript here (coming soon)Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EvgenyBardyuzha⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠Thought ExperimentTake Person 1 (mind 1 and body 1) and swap them with Person 2 (mind 2 and body 2) and create Person 3 (mind 1 and body 2). Who is Person 3?

BJ and Mitu are the hosts of The Pilot Podcast. They review the first episodes of filmic series-tv shows. Check them out at any of the following links below or on your local podcast app.Website: https://thepilotpodcast.simplecast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepilotpodPrevious collaborations:Episode 046: The Good Place “Everything Is Fine”Ep 74: Dead to Me “Pilot”

Brandon Hudgins (born January 14, 1987) is an American middle-distance runner. He is known for having stopped running when he experienced three episodes of granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and subsequently making a comeback to run a sub-four minute mile at the age of 28 as a non-professional athlete. In 2018 he co-founded the High Point Athletic Club, a run coach service based in High Point, North Carolina. The High Point Athletic Club opened a physical location in Jamestown, North Carolina, in October 2022. (Wiki)For more from Brandon Hudson:High Point Athletic Club (HPAC): www.highpointac.comGoing the Distance: The Journey of a Vasculitis Patient on the Road to Olympic Glory (Book) 2015 Sir Walter Miler (Race)Brandon Hudgins - GPA (Podcast Episode)Brandon Hudgins: Everybody's Pain Is Real (Podcast Episode)The Vasculitis Foundation

Transcript hereShort-quick fact check here. Long-thorough fact check here.For more from Charles Arthur, follow his podcast Post-Apocalyptia at postapocalyptia.com or your podcast app. He can also be found via Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Twitter/X, Bluesky, Reddit, or his email: [email protected]. Email, comment, or contract Charles on social media to be a guest or recommended a story.