Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today Razib talks to Jonathan P. Beauchamp , an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University, where his research focuses on applied microeconomics, behavioral economics, and the emerging field of "genoeconomics". He holds a Ph. D. in Economics from Harvard University and earned his undergraduate and mast...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Philippe Lemoine is a researcher and writer specializing in the philosophy of science, statistical analysis, and epidemiology. He is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Cornell University. Previously, he was a Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI). Lemoine is best known for his de...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today, Ramez Naam returns 5 years after his original appearance on the podcast. In 2003, he wrote More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement . Naam is also the author of three science fiction books: Crux , Apex , and Nexus . In addition, has also written The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas o...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today Razib talks to Jerry Z. Muller , a historian and professor emeritus of history at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., specializing in modern European intellectual history, capitalism, conservatism, and German and Jewish history. His work explores how ideas shape economic, political, and cultur...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today Razib talks to Theo Jaffee , co-host of Monitoring the Situation , a show backed by Andreessen Horowitz that covers the rise of the “intelligence explosion” and AI. Jaffee is writer and podcaster who grew up in Boca Raton, Florida. He studied computer science and economics at the University of Florida. His writin...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today Razib talks to Scott Greer , an American conservative writer, author, and podcaster who focuses on nationalism, immigration, online political culture, and the transformation of the Republican Party. Formerly an editor and columnist at The Daily Caller , he now hosts the Highly Respected podcast and newsletter and...

Special Note: Palladium Magazine will host a talk on September 10th in the Bay on my piece The Native Americans Before the Native Americans . Reserve your seats! On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Brian Chau . A graduate of the University of Waterloo and former software engineer with a background in pure mathematics, today Chau is CEO of Effort. News . He was previously with T...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today Razib talks to Kyle Orton . Orton is a freelance researcher, writer, and editor specializing in security and foreign policy, with a particular focus on the Middle East, the Syrian war, regional geopolitics, and terrorist movements including the Islamic State (ISIS), Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Note: This podcast was recorded before Jason Arday’s death. It is now being posted with minor edits (removed a few off-color jokes about the late professor). Today Razib talks to Gabriel Rossman , a sociologist at UCLA. The author of Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation , R...

As I note in this monologue, I am sitting on a podcast previously recorded about Jason Arday because of his recent death. Instead, I’m posting my thoughts about what happened before he died, and since then, and how it relates to Nathan Cofnas . Links : * DEI Fraud and Cover-Up at Cambridge-University refuses to investigate DEI star’s plagiarism * Institutional Failures in the Garden of Great Intel...

Nikolai Yakovenko is back on the podcast because of the Hugging Face hack . Yakovenko is a former professional poker player , and was a research scientist at Google, Twitter and Nvidia. With a decade in computer science , Yakovenko has been at the forefront of the large-language-model revolution that has driven to prominence companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind, and an ecosystem that has...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today, Razib talks to internet personality Werner K. Zagrebi . A statistics and machine learning student at Carnegie Mellon University, Zagrebi has led a peripatetic existence over the past few years, from being Curt Yarvin’s personal assistant and editor of Gray Mirror , and working to launch a media company and think...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Maxwell Meyer is an American writer, editor, and technology-policy professional known for his optimistic advocacy of capitalism, technological progress, and American civic renewal. A native of Iowa, he studied geophysics at Stanford University, received a Boren Award to pursue language study and research in Israel and...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode, Razib talks to Daniel Di Martino , a Venezuelan-born economist, speaker, and fellow at the Manhattan Institute , where his research centers on immigration policy, including selection, assimilation, and high-skilled migration. Born in 1999 and raised in Venezuela, he witnessed firsthand the impacts of s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning we have a double-feature with Richard Hanania and Steve Sailer . Hanania holds a law degree from the University of Chicago and a PhD in political science from UCLA, and was previously a research fellow at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. He foun...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today Razib talks to Jason Scharf , a biotech investor and podcaster . A native of San Diego, Scharf is an angel investor and startup advisor focused on the intersection of biology, technology, and business, particularly within TechBio and digital health. He has leadership experience in strategy and market intelligence...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Bonus podcast: Also, Razib guests on Steve Hsu’s Manifold podcast , Manifest 2026: Genetic Discoveries, AI, and Academia On this episode, Razib talks to streamer and political commentator Destiny (Steven Bonnell II). Destiny first gained prominence in the late 2000s as a professional player and content creator in the v...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com The UK is now in political turmoil, as Keir Starmer has announced his resignation . The next British election is still three years away, but it is hotly anticipated because Labour is going to faceoff against three parties of the Right: the Tories (also known as the Conservaties), Reform UK and Restore Britain. Reform,...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today on Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Zineb Riboua , a research fellow and program manager of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in Chinese and Russian involvement in the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa, great power competition in the region, and Israel...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib has a wide-ranging conversation, again, with Dan Hess, the man behind the More Births account on social media. An engineer with a large family in the DC area, Hess’ essays on topics like Israelis’ high birth rate have gained the attention of X. He has an account that has c...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Brianna Wu . Wu is an American video game developer, programmer, and political activist best known as the co-founder and CEO of the independent game studio Giant Spacekat. Raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, she attended the University of Mississippi to study jour...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to geneticist Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou about two papers, Ancient DNA evidence for the history of the Albanians and Uniparental analysis of Deep Maniot Greeks reveals genetic continuity from the pre-Medieval era . He is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist s...

It’s been a minute since we’ve had Nikolai Yakovenko on the podcast. Yakovenko is a former professional poker player ,and was a research scientist at Google, Twitter and Nvidia. With a decade in computer science , Yakovenko has been at the forefront of the large-language-model revolution that has driven to prominence companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind, and an ecosystem that has birthed...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Christopher Rufo . Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. A contributing editor at City Journal , author of the New York Times bestseller America’s Cultural Revolution , and 2025 Bradley Prize recipient, he also serves as a New Col...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning , Razib talks to physicist Gregory Cochran . Cochran is best known for his work in human evolution, often at the intersection of biology, anthropology, and history. Trained in physics, he later turned to population genetics and became widely known through collaborations with res...