The Stage We're On

The U.S. is asking its allies for support… and they're hesitating. Airspace is being denied. Access is restricted. At the same time, pressure is building around the Strait of Hormuz one of the world's most critical energy routes. Featuring voices and reporting from Donald Trump , Keir Starmer , Micheál Martin , Bart De Wever , Rob Jetten , Katy Tur , Alan Fisher , Anne Applebaum , and Jeffrey Gold...

Propaganda didn't disappear. It evolved and now, it's personal. In this episode of The Stage We're On , we explore how influence has shifted from obvious messaging to something far more subtle: systems that shape what we see, what we engage with, and what begins to feel true. From early public persuasion to modern algorithms, this is a look at how perception is quietly built and why the most power...

We're asking artificial intelligence questions every day. But what if we're not asking the right ones? In this episode, I reflect on a conversation from the StarTalk podcast , where Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O'Reilly sit down with Geoffrey Hinton, one of the architects of modern AI, to unpack how we got here and where this is all going. What starts as a discussion about the history...

What if the system doesn't just respond to you, but understands you better than you understand yourself? In this episode, I step back from the surface of artificial intelligence to look at something deeper: how these systems learn, track, and begin to anticipate who we are. Part of this exploration comes from watching a conversation between Senator Bernie Sanders and Anthropic's AI agent Claude ,...

Something is shifting. Not all at once, but piece by piece. Alignment by alignment. Old alliances feel uncertain. New ones are forming, and the systems that once felt stable don't feel quite as solid anymore. In this episode, we explore the idea that the global order isn't just changing. It may be quietly reorganizing itself in real time. The question is: are we watching it happen, or are we alrea...

There's a divide growing around us… but it's not the one we argue about. Not left vs right. Not rich vs poor. Something quieter. More subtle. And in many ways… more dangerous. In this episode, we step back to look at the real fracture forming underneath our conversations. The one shaping how we see the world… how we trust… and how we disconnect from each other without even realizing it. Because th...