Robert Wright's Nonzero

Robert Wright

nonzero@substack.com

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Booking Overview

An interview podcast built around wide-ranging conversations with authors, researchers, and other intellectually prominent specialists, including guests focused on artificial intelligence and AI safety. Credible pitches include AI researchers, technology-policy experts, philosophers, authors, and leaders working on major questions in religion, politics, evolution, and society; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need substantial expertise or an original intellectual perspective.

Metrics

Episodes: 587

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

nonzero@substack.com

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Host

Robert Wright - American journalist and author known for examining evolution, religion, politics, Buddhism, and human cooperation in books including The Evolution of God and Why Buddhism Is True.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Recognized expertise in artificial intelligence, AI safety, philosophy, politics, religion, evolution, or related intellectual fields; suitable guests are typically researchers, authors, policy experts, founders, or other independent thinkers with a substantive perspective.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led a relevant research, technology, or policy organization, Published significant research or books, Developed recognized expertise on major intellectual or societal questions

Recent Guest Discussions

Connor Leahy - AI Ideology, Existential Risk, Effective Altruism, Silicon Valley Culture, AI Development Incentives, And Artificial Superintelligence.

Recent Topics

Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, Religion, Politics, Evolution

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Robert Wright's Nonzero
:

Fasten Your Bot-belts (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond)

August 04, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org0:28 Sam’s ideological leanings 3:44 Sam’s AI Manhattan Project–revisited 7:44 What does the “Pacing” letter say about the state of AI? 18:53 Mythos, Astra, and AI’s accelerating acceleration 27:50 The OpenAI “rogue” model escape 36:30 Recursive self-improvement: Red line or red herring? 42:24 How frontier AI is getting (and will get) freakier 52:10 How is open-source AI like DEI? 56:00 Heading to OvertimeRobert Wrig...

The intensifying slow-AI-down vibe (Robert Wright & Holly Elmore)

July 31, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org0:28 The “Pacing the Frontier” letter signed by AI elites 10:15 Why so many China-hawk AI-safety-hawks? 14:16 Was the “Pacing” letter too small an ask? 27:14 The striking AI vibe shift 36:28 Are AI builders “just following orders”? 45:46 Recursive self-improvement: The wrong red line? 51:23 Heading to OvertimeRobert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Holly Elmore (PauseAI US, https://hol...

Are the Ukraine and the Iran Wars Merging? (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)

July 29, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org0:28 Why did Ukraine hit an Iranian ship 500 miles from Ukraine? 14:09 Ukraine’s war on Russia’s Amazon 19:39 Why Zelensky fired his defense minister and commander-in-chief 23:01 Bob: Ukraine may lose like people go bankrupt—gradually, then suddenly 25:17 Nikita: Why both sides are ready to keep fighting 31:26 Kazakh President to Putin: Nobody understands this war 35:43 Bob: Everybody thinks they’re fighting a defens...

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