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The Breakdown with Zach #2 - The Wall Street Journal Just Exposed Polymarket

July 13, 2026

Prediction markets are everywhere, but a recent Wall Street Journal investigation raises serious questions about how some platforms are marketed. Zach breaks down the report on Polymarket’s use of paid creators, simulated betting videos, and influencer campaigns, then explores the ethics of financial advertising, celebrity endorsements like Rick Rubin’s, regulatory gray areas, and whether prediction markets are becoming the latest—and most sophisticated—way to sell people false hope and fake ...

The Breakdown with Zach #1 - Meet The Sad Wives of the AI Boom

May 28, 2026

AI was supposed to cure disease, solve climate change, and usher humanity into a futuristic utopia. Instead, some people are now asking ChatGPT if they should cheat on their spouse with their Pilates instructor. In this episode, I dive into Alessandra Ram’s incredible Wired article, “Meet The Sad Wives of AI,” and explore the strange psychological fallout of the AI boom: founders treating chatbots like children, relationships collapsing under nonstop “vibe coding,” and people outsourcing emot...

#291 - “AI Is More Dangerous Than Nuclear Weapons” (From a 27-Year Air Force Insider)

May 05, 2026

After 27 years inside the French Air Force working on the ethics of drone and autonomous weapons warfare, Dr. Emmanuel Goffi witnessed the shift from battlefield decision-making to remote killing, and now to a world where artificial intelligence may shape reality itself. In this episode, he explains what lethal drone strikes actually look like behind the scenes, how responsibility quietly moves away from political leaders and onto operators, and how militaries carefully construct the narrativ...