Guest Appearance: The Local Maximum

Carlos Lozada is an opinion columnist at The New York Times and co-host of the “Matter of Opinion” podcast. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, and is the author of What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era. His new book, The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians, is out now.The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and PoliticiansCarlos Lozada at The New York TimesIf You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:65: Untangling Partisan Narratives and Fixing Political News, with Isaac Saul58: Making Andrew Yang a Household Name, with Zach Graumann45: Filming the News as It Happens, with Ford Fischer40: Great Writers Must Be Vulnerable in Public, with Andrew Sullivan6: Every News Story Is a Kind of Fiction, with Shaun CammackFollow Carlos on X: @CarlosNYT----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

Andrew Boryga is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. His debut novel Victim, from Doubleday Books, is out now.Victimandrewboryga.comIf You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:44: The Unresolvable Tension of Overlapping Identities, with Tomiwa Owolade39: Black Culture Is Not a Monolith, with Bertrand Cooper38: Curiosity Is a Skill We Can Learn, with Mónica Guzmán36: True Inclusivity Requires Moral Courage, with Irshad Manji19: Finding Commonality Across the "Racial Divide," with Rahmaan Mwongozi16: A Compassionate Approach to Anti-Racism Training, with Chloé Valdary9: The Widening Gap Between the Wealthy and Working Classes, with Rob Henderson8: The Complexities and Contradictions Within Racial "Communities," with Brittany Talissa King3: A Challenge to Move Beyond Racialized Identities, with Inaya Folarin Iman2: Expanding What It Means to Be American, with Zaid JilaniFollow Andrew on Instagram: @borywritesFollow Andrew on X: @borywrites----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

Dr. Tali Sharot is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at MIT and University College London, and the founder and director of the Affective Brain Lab, a cognitive neuroscience research laboratory dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the human brain. She’s the author of The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain, The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others. Her newest book, co-authored with Cass Sunstein is titled Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There.Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always ThereAffective Brain LabFollow the Affective Brain Lab on X: @affectivebrain----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

Grace Blakeley is an economist, journalist, and political commentator. She is the author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialization, The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic will Change Capitalism, and her newest: Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom.Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of FreedomGraceBlakeley.co.ukIf You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:50: America Has Failed Its Working Poor, with Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox37: A Better Way to Police Communities, with Peter Moskos21: Defending the Rights of the Incarcerated, with Samuel WeissFollow Grace on Instagram: @grace.blakeleyFollow Grace on X: @graceblakeley----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

Jonathan Vigliotti is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award–winning CBS News national correspondent and the author of Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America.Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town AmericaIf You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:13: Nuclear Energy Can Save the World, with Nick Touran17: The Conservative Case for Solving Climate Change, with Quill Robinson70: Making Extinction a Thing of the Past, with Ben Lamm & George Church71: Rescuing Animals From the Brink of Extinction, with Forrest GalanteFollow Jonathan on Instagram: @jonathanvigliottiFollow Jonathan on X: @JonVigliotti----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

This is a Very Special Crossover Episode with Xavier Bonilla, host of Converging Dialogues - a podcast focused on honest conversations about philosophy, psychology, politics, and important social issues.Listen to Converging DialoguesWhere We Go Next will return as a weekly show on April 2nd!----------Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

Nick Troiano is the founding executive director of Unite America, a philanthropic venture fund that invests in nonpartisan election reform to foster a more representative and functional government. Since 2019, Unite America has invested over $50 million to help win three major statewide ballot initiatives and over a dozen state legislative and municipal policy victories. In 2014, Troiano ran for the US House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s 10th District and was both the youngest candidate of the cycle and the most competitive independent Congressional candidate nationally in over two decades. His new book, The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes, is out now.The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the FringesUnite AmericaIf You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:90: In Defense of an Eternally Radical Idea, with Greg Lukianoff77: From Fear to Fascination: Understanding Each Other in a Divided World, with Mónica Guzmán30: How to Resolve Intractable Conflicts, with Amanda Ripley65: Untangling Partisan Narratives and Fixing Political News, with Isaac SaulNick's website: nicktroiano.comFollow Nick on X: @NickTroiano----------Are you a fan of Where We Go Next? Listen to the very end of this episode for details.Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

Billy Binion is an associate editor at Reason magazine, where he writes about criminal justice and government accountability. He has been published in Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, HuffPost, The Saturday Evening Post, and the Washington Examiner, among other publications, and his work has been cited by The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Review, Fox News, and CNN.Billy's Writing for ReasonIf You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:90: In Defense of an Eternally Radical Idea, with Greg Lukianoff91: Free Speech Isn't Just for People We Like, with Kat Rosenfield50: America Has Failed Its Working Poor, with Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox37: A Better Way to Police Communities, with Peter Moskos21: Defending the Rights of the Incarcerated, with Samuel WeissFollow Billy on X: @BillyBinion----------Are you a fan of Where We Go Next? Listen to the very end of this episode for details.Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

Dre Smith is the founder and CEO of Relationship Restored, a podcast network that delves into all things related to establishing and maintaining healthy romantic relationships. He's also the Executive Podcast Producer & Head of Podcasting at Urban One and the Co-Founder of All About It Social Media & Branding.Relationship RestoredFollow Dre on Instagram: @itsdresmith----------Are you a fan of Where We Go Next? Listen to the very end of this episode for details.Email: [email protected]: @wwgnpodcast

On Episode 92 I had the pleasure of speaking with Max Sklar. He's a software engineer, with a focus on machine learning, content discovery, and Bayesian inference - all of which we talk about during his episode. He's also the host of The Local Maximum podcast.Max's podcast appeals to me because it touches on a wide array of complex topics in nuanced, digestible ways. Like the intricacies of intellectual property or quantum computing, even the faults of and potential fixes for US Constitution. Max has a seemingly insatiable curiosity, an addiction to learning new things, and he's a generous host. So it was an honor to be his guest on The Local Maximum, and I'd like to share our conversation with you. We went to some provocative and at times deeply personal places - parts of my story I've never discussed this in-depth before. So I hope you enjoy our chat, and I highly recommend checking out additional episodes of The Local Maximum, available on your podcast player of choice, and at localmaximum.substack.com.