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Episodes
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Claude Fable 5 Explained in 5 Minutes | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Anastasios Angelopoulos joins MTS to discuss real-world agentic benchmarks, the breakdown of model performance across tasks, and the challenges of intelligent…
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Big Tech Wants to Nerf Your AI Models (And How to Stop Them) | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Nick Frosst joins MTS to discuss the push for sovereign open-source code models that challenge expensive corporate computing structures. He breaks down the…
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THIS is Quantum's biggest RISK | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Josh Levine joins MTS to discuss Bending Spoons' upcoming NASDAQ IPO, the challenges facing European capital markets, and the UK's sovereign AI initiative…
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The Brutalist Tech Model: Strip, Hike, and Hold with Seb Johnson | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Seb Johnson joins MTS to discuss Bending Spoons' upcoming NASDAQ IPO, the UK's sovereign AI initiative including domestic chip companies and frontier model…
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Samo Burja on AI Nationalization, Trillion-Dollar Equity, Frontier Labs | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Samo Burja joins MTS to discuss AI-driven industrial growth, government equity investment in AI companies, and how functional institutions will adapt to labor…
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The 7-Year AI Grid Bottleneck with Danielle Fong | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Danielle Fong joins MTS to discuss grid interconnection queues, data center networking bandwidth, and the scaling limitations of gas turbines. --…
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Samo Burja on NVIDIA, The Catholic Church, and AI | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Samo Burja joins MTS to discuss global fertility trends, advances in AI hardware like Cerebras, and which institutions are prepared for technological…
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The Moment Dr. Mike Israetel Cried Talking to an AI | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Dr. Mike Israetel joins MTS to discuss the spectrum of artificial consciousness, strategic health optimization for high-performance work schedules, and how…
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Can the US Actually Reshore Its Supply Chain? | Jordan Sanders and David Hansen | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Jordan Sanders and David Hansen join MTS to discuss Westmag's $11 million seed round, the state of drone motor and robot actuator manufacturing in the US, and…
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What If Open Source Beat Google's Classified Quantum Algorithm? | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Sreeram Kannan and Gautham Anant join MTS to discuss coordination technologies for human-agent interaction in a post-AGI world, their work reverse engineering…
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Is AI Actually Disinflationary? with Matt Dratch | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Matt Dratch joins MTS to discuss the AI shadow output gap, how artificial intelligence may create unmeasured productivity gains in the economy, and the…
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Could AI Fix Wealth Inequality? with Max Rose | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Max Rose joins MTS to discuss Bernie Sanders' proposal to tax AI companies into a sovereign wealth fund, why AI resembles past industrial revolutions more than…
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Why Tech's "Hardware Optimists" Are Stacking Mac Minis in the Near Term | Steven Sinofsky | 🟡🔴🔵 MTS Live
Steven Sinofsky joins MTS to discuss the ongoing shift from centralized cloud infrastructure to localized device compute, how token cost structures and…
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Frontier AI Thinking with Dean W. Ball | MTS Live
Dean W. Ball joins MTS to discuss AI safety legislation including Illinois SB 315, the challenges of building effective auditing ecosystems, and what human…
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What If China's AI Gets Recursive Self-Improvement First | MTS Live
Peter Wildeford joins MTS to discuss AI compute supply constraints, US export controls on semiconductors, and the path to recursive self-improvement in AI…
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About UBI with Jordan Schachtel | MTS Live
Jordan Schachtel joins MTS to discuss foreign-linked activism targeting American data centers, the case against preemptive UBI for AI, and how technological…
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Balaji Srinivasan & Steven Glinert: What If the Internet Replaced the Nation State? | MTS Live
Balaji Srinivasan and Steven Glinert join MTS to discuss the network state concept, semiconductor supply chain realities, and the need for allied coalitions in…
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Why Export Restrictions are the Path to Chinese AI Dominance Now with Neil Chilson | MTS Live
Neil Chilson joins MTS to discuss export controls, AI diffusion strategies, and China's approach to chip development and open source…
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Why Avi Schiffman Thinks AI Companions Will Follow the Dating App Arc | MTS Live
Avi Schiffman joins MTS to discuss what real-world Friend pendant usage reveals about AI companionship, why he thinks the category will follow the…
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Brendan Carr on Low Earth Orbit Satellites, Chinese Drone Bans, and Mobile AI | MTS Live
Brendan Carr joins MTS to discuss the FCC's EchoStar spectrum deal, how new satellite spectrum enables direct-to-cell connectivity, and the agency's two-track…
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Rie Yano on Palantir Japan, SoftBank's Risk Culture, and AI Startups in Tokyo | MTS Live
Rie Yano joins MTS to discuss Palantir's joint venture strategy in Japan, the country's bifurcated risk culture, and how geopolitical tensions are shaping tech…
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Gil Feig & Shensi Ding on Data Fragmentation, AI Gateway, and Production AI Infrastructure | MTS Live
Gil Feig and Shensi Ding join MTS to discuss building connective infrastructure for production AI, multi-model routing strategies, and enterprise security…
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Tim Hwang on The Pope's Encyclical, Aquinas on AI Cognition, VirtueBench | MTS Live
Tim Hwang joins MTS to discuss the Pope's recent AI encyclical, why AI alignment is better understood as applied moral philosophy than science, and how…
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Cremieux on One-Shot Cholesterol Treatment, Lipoprotein Targeting, and Eli Lilly's Acquisitions | MTS Live
Cremieux joins MTS to discuss Eli Lilly's gene therapy for LDL cholesterol reduction, emerging vaccines for shingles and Epstein-Barr virus, and the…
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Lee Robinson on Small Modular Reactors, Fuel Bottlenecks, and Energy Prices | MTS Live
Lee Robinson joins MTS to discuss uranium enrichment capacity, nuclear fuel supply chains for advanced and traditional reactors, and the path to US energy…
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Christopher Koopman on NRC Reform, Data Center Power Demand, and Getting Shovels in the Ground | MTS Live
Christopher Koopman joins MTS to discuss the NRC's shift from 50-year bottleneck to industry partner, why hyperscaler demand is driving the nuclear…
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Kayvon Beykpour on Microsoft-Scale Inference, Macroscope, and Tokens as a Vanity Metric | MTS Live
Kayvon Beykpour joins MTS to discuss token efficiency in engineering organizations, AI-powered code review systems, and building tools for code-based…
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Max Marchione on Retatrutide, a Post-Obesity Society, and Aging Therapeutics | MTS Live
Max Marchione joins MTS to discuss the retatrutide Phase 3 trial results and what nearly one-third body weight loss means for the future of obesity treatment…
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Robin Hanson on Prediction Markets, Why We Do Things, and Grabby Aliens | MTS Live
Robin Hanson joins MTS to discuss the Minnesota law criminalizing prediction markets and what drove it, his long-term vision for decision markets advising…
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Logan Kilpatrick on Gemini Omni, Antigravity, and the Future of Google Search | MTS Live
Logan Kilpatrick joins MTS to discuss what made Google I/O's Gemini Omni launch compelling, how Antigravity compares to Claude Code and Codex, and where Google…
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Kong CEO Aghi Marietti on Why the Old Internet Is Ending | MTS Live
Kong CEO Aghi Marietti joins MTS to discuss why connectivity infrastructure matters as much as models, how the internet is shifting from pixels to APIs, and…
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Taylor Lorenz on Google Zero, Vox/Murdoch Deal, and Gen Z Spending
Taylor Lorenz joins MTS to discuss the James Murdoch acquisition of Vox Media, the collapsing business model for digital news in a Google Zero world, and why…
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Jeff Bezos Calling Out NYC's School Spending, AI Philanthropy, and the End of Frugality | State of the Timeline
State of the Timeline 20th May 2026 MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X |…
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Ramp's Lead Economist on Anthropic, OpenAI, and Why SaaS Isn't Dying | MTS Live
Ara Kharazian joins MTS to discuss business AI adoption patterns, the dynamics of model competition, and what Ramp's spend data reveals about software market…
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Beff Jezos on Building Thermodynamic Computers to Replace GPUs | MTS Live
Guillaume Verdon joins MTS to discuss thermodynamic computing, the energy efficiency advantages of probabilistic hardware, and applications in robotics and…
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Cerebras Director on IPO and Inference, Andrej at Anthropic, SaaSpocalypse AI Index | Best Of 5/19/26
The best moments from MTS on May 19: Cerebras running Kimi K 2.6 at 1,000 tokens per second and the shift from training to inference, Ramp Economics data…
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What Musk's Appeal Means for the OpenAI Lawsuit | MTS Live
Nik joins MTS to discuss the Musk v. OpenAI trial verdict, the statute of limitations ruling, and what questions remain unanswered about OpenAI's restructuring…
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A Founder on Why GC and Lightspeed Backed His Copycat | MTS Live
Avi Patel joins MTS to discuss human data marketplaces, fraud detection challenges at scale, and venture capital backing decisions in competitive markets. --…
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Self-made Founder's setback by VC Nepotism, Sports Proxy Wars, OpenAI’s Verdict | Best Of 5/18/26
The best moments from MTS on May 18: Avi Patel, founder of Kled AI calls out General Catalyst and Lightspeed for backing a fraudulent copycat with $31 million…
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Beehiiv vs Substack: Which Is Better for Newsletters? | MTS Live
Josh Kaplan joins MTS to discuss building a pro-tech and pro-market newsletter, the structural inefficiencies in current media sponsorship markets, and his…
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How Japan Is Using AI to Solve Its Biggest Problem | MTS Live
Rie Yano joins MTS to discuss why Japan is becoming a hub for physical AI development, the cultural factors behind Japan's enthusiastic adoption of AI and…
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What the Cerebras IPO Actually Means for AI | MTS Live
Steven Glinert joins MTS to discuss the Cerebras IPO and wafer scale architecture, semiconductor sovereignty and compute ownership for middle powers, and…
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Why Tech's "Jobs Optimists" Won't Talk About the Near Term | MTS Live
Jasmine Sun joins MTS to discuss AI's impact on labor markets, the need for expanded safety nets during technological transitions, and how policy can address…
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Ethereum’s Vitalik on Self-Agency, Ex NASA physicist says Australia is chopped, and Post-AI’s Permanent Underclass | Best Of 5/14/26
The best moments from MTS on May 14: Vitalik Buterin on sanctuary technology and crypto's role in a changing world, Casey Handmer on Energy Autarky, and the…
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Vitalik Buterin on Why Centralized Safety Comes at the Cost of Your Agency | MTS Live
Vitalik Buterin joins MTS to discuss sanctuary technologies, the evolution of identity over a decade, and how crypto enables agency and safety without…
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Hugging Face's Clem Delangue on Open Source AI and the LLM Bubble | MTS Live
Clem Delangue joins MTS to discuss the global open source AI landscape, the current large language model bubble, and the future of consumer robotics. --…
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He Recovered $400K in Lost Bitcoin Using Claude | MTS Live
Soup joins MTS to discuss recovering lost Bitcoin from 2013 using Claude, how AI tools helped decrypt an old wallet file, and the importance of seed phrase…
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Open Source AI, Memory Shortages, and Talent Scouting | Best Of 5/13/26
The best moments from MTS on May 13: Clément Delangue on China's dominance in open source models and the risk of an LLM bubble, Daniel Saeidi on how agentic AI…
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Inside JMail: The Email Les Wexner Sent Epstein That Left Him Speechless Under Oath | MTS Live
Luke Igel joins MTS to discuss building JMail and his abandoned buildings map, the window of opportunity for open data projects, and how San Francisco's API…
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The Infinite Ad Loop: How Whop Turns Your Revenue Into Ad Spend Automatically | MTS Live
Steven Schwartz joins MTS to discuss Whop's acquisition of Hidden Studios, the importance of payment infrastructure for creator businesses, and how Gen Z…
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Building for Gen Z Entrepreneurs, API-First Platforms, and Internet Businesses | Best Of 5/12/26
The best moments from MTS on May 12: Steven Schwartz from Whop on acquiring Hidden Studios to give creators advertising distribution at scale, why the…
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Steven Glinert on AI Chip Design, Inference Infrastructure, and Defense Applications | MTS Live
Steven Glinert joins MTS to discuss AI-designed chips, the infrastructure requirements for inference workloads, and how autonomous systems are reshaping…
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Sheel Mohnot on Forward Deployed Engineers, AGI Timelines, and Public Perception of AI | MTS Live
Sheel Mohnot joins MTS to discuss OpenAI's deployment company, the intersection of AI and the consulting industry, and public concerns about job…
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Marc Andreessen on How to Get Hired in the AI Era | MTS Live
a16z's Marc Andreessen joins MTS to discuss AI-native skill development, generational performance differences, and how young professionals can leverage AI…
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Best Of 5/11/26 | AI Deployment, Wasian Identity, China's STEM Advantage
The best moments from MTS on May 11: OpenAI launching a deployment company with McKinsey and Bain as partners, the viral Wasian meetup that drew 3,700 RSVPs in…
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Max Marchione on Building SuperPower, Compounding Economics, and Clinical Authority | MTS Live
Max Marchione joins MTS to discuss how peptides work as therapeutic modalities, the economic landscape for compounding pharmacies and peptide brands, and the…
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Robin Hanson on Monoculture, Dating App Incentives, and Civilization's Future | MTS Live
Robin Hanson joins MTS to discuss cultural evolution and drift, the fertility crisis facing modern civilization, and why AI will inherit both our culture and…
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Best Of 5/8/26 | AI Doomer Literature, Suicidal Empathy, and Peptide Discovery
The best moments from MTS on May 8: Anthropic tracing AI blackmail behavior to doomer training data, the SPLC's alleged role in funding the groups it claims to…
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Is Hantavirus the Next COVID? | MTS Live
Jolie Gan joins MTS to discuss the hantavirus outbreak from the cruise ship, the structural biological differences between hantavirus and COVID-19, and what 30…
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How Claude Mythos Shifts the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance | MTS Live
Brendan Dolan Gavitt joins MTS to discuss how AI models like Mythos are transforming vulnerability research, the evolution of security disclosure norms from…