Razib Khan

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

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Razib Khan

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

John Massey: Chinese dreams through Western eyes 12.04.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this unusual “from the vault” episode of Unsupervised Learning , Razib talk...

Colin Wright: in the trenches of the gender wars 04.04.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Colin Wright , a retur...

Kristian Kristiansen: DNA and European prehistory 28.03.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Kristian Kristiansen ,...

Samo Burja: Palladium Magazine, China, Russia and the future of Eurasia 21.03.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com Today on Unsupervised Learning , Razib talks to long-time podcast favorite Samo Burja . Burja is the founder of Bismarck Analysis and Bismarck Brief , a Research Fellow at the Long Now Foundation and The Foresight Institute . He is also now the chair of the editorial board of Palladium Magazine . Already a four-time gu...

Steve Hsu: IQ, artificial intelligence and academia 13.03.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Steve Hsu , physicist,...

Murtaza Hussain: Gaza and the global left 07.03.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . Today Razib talks to Murtaza Hussain about the social, cultural and political...

Chris Stringer: human evolution in 2024 01.03.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib welcomes back paleoanthropologi...

Rob Henderson: foster-kid to Ivy League graduate 22.02.2024

For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Rob Henderson , author of the new book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class . H...

Nick Cassimatis: fear not AI, this too shall pass 15.02.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib  talks to Nick Cassimatis , ers...

Zoe Booth and Iona Italia: Quillette's dynamic duo 08.02.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Zoe Booth and Iona It...

James Miller: the end of world as we know it 01.02.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks about AI, the singularity...

Wilfred Reilly: a social scientist in the culture wars 25.01.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . In this episode, Razib talks to Wilfred Reilly , political scientist, author a...

Erich Schwarz: in the beginning was the worm (C. elegans) 18.01.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . Today Razib talks to geneticist Erich Schwarz , a Research Professor in the De...

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - Who Makes the NBA?: Data-Driven Answers to Basketball's Biggest Questions 11.01.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . Today, Razib talks to Seth Stephens-Davidowitz , author of Who Makes the NBA?:...

Alexander: the psychology of dating 04.01.2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . Do 20% of the men on dating apps get 80% of the dates? Is the Zoomer generatio...

David Lightbringer: mythopoetic interpretations 28.12.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to David Lightbringer , a...

Cesar Fortes-Lima: the three thousand-year odyssey of the Bantu 21.12.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to human geneticist Cesar...

Katherine Brodsky: After 10/7 in Israel, Europe and the US 14.12.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . Katherine Brodsky hosts the Substack Random Minds and is author of the soon-to...

Cody Moser: the adaptive landscape of cultural evolution 07.12.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning , Razib talks to Cody Moser , co-auth...

Philippe Lemoine: French food and American immigrants 30.11.2023

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 Philippe Lemoine , a fellow at CSPI , a philosopher of science trained at Cornell. Lemoine often wades into controversial topics, like whether Chinese COVID data is trustworthy, but recently, he posted on Twitter that “Americans *genuinely* believe they have bette...

Mark Safranski: the 21st-century way of war and the exhaustion of the American Empire 23.11.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib discusses war and diplomacy from 9/11 to 10/7 with Mark Safranski . Safranski is a long-time military affairs and foreign policy commentator who ran the popular weblog Zenpundit beginning in 2003. They survey how the 21st century, from the 9/11 attacks down to the Hamas at...

Nikolai Yakovenko: OpenAI in chaos, the future of artificial intelligence and effective accelerationism 21.11.2023

Today, Razib interviews Nikolai Yakovenko , already a three-time guest on his podcasts ( A Twitter engineer on machine learning and his former company's prospects , GPT-3 and the rise of the thinking machines and AI and Biology ). An artificial intelligence researcher based in Miami who has worked at Google and Nvidia, Yakovenko is the founder of DeepNews where he currently works. Razib and Yakove...

Brent Roberts: let's talk about personality 16.11.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib discusses personality with Brent Roberts , professor of psychology at the University of Illinois. Roberts explains what personality actually is as a psychological construct, and how it differs from personality traits , like extraversion. Razib and Roberts also address the...

Carl Zha: Chimerica to the Thucydides's Trap 10.11.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Carl Zha . Zha is a Si...

Curtis Yarvin: reflections on a life of poetry 02.11.2023

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid . Check them out at orchidhealth.com . On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks with Curtis Yarvin . The...

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