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**Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast**

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2025 Year in Review Dec 31, 2025

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Podcast episode for 2025 Year in Review.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:25 - January

* 03:58 - February

* 07:20 - March

* 08:44 - April

* 09:57 - May

* 11:46 - June

* 12:42 - July

* 13:43 - August

* 16:13 - September

* 16:37 - October

* 19:38 - November

* 21:20 - December

* 22:55 - Questions For Next Season

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Dating Roundup #9: Signals and Selection Dec 30, 2025

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Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #9: Signals and Selection.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:12 - You’re Single Because They Got The Ick

* 02:48 - You Are Still Single Because You Are Inventing Red Flags

* 04:56 - You’re Still Single Because You Demand The Same Generic Things

* 06:40 - You’re Single Because Everyone Is Too Picky

* 08:40 - You’re Single And They Will Never Tell You Why

* 10:10 - You’re Single Because You Won’t Tell Them The Problem

* 13:05 - You’re Not Single But The Clock Is Ticking

* 14:18 - You’re Single Because of Your Bodycount

* 16:33 - You’re Single Because You Failed To Read The Signs

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Dating Roundup #8: Tactics Dec 29, 2025

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Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #8: Tactics.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:25 - You’re Single Because You Lack Reps

* 02:43 - You’re Single And Didn’t Even Shoot Your Shot

* 04:17 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Ask To Hold Her Hand

* 07:48 - You’re Single Because You’re Afraid People Will Mock You Online

* 12:51 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Confirm Your Date

* 19:20 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Have Your Big Moment At The Prom

* 20:47 - You’re Single Because Board Games Came Between You

* 22:24 - You’re Single Because You Can’t Dance

* 23:11 - You’re Single And Should Try Punching

* 24:09 - You’re Single Because You Don’t Send Out Receptive Energy

* 26:34 - You’re Single Because You’re A Depressed Comedian

* 27:20 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Hand It To Her

* 28:04 - You’re Single And Need The Right Reward Function

* 28:37 - You’re Single So Focus On The Basics

* 30:05 - You’re Not Single Anymore

* 31:38 - You’re Single Because You Don’t Just Do Things

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Childhood and Education #16: Letting Kids Be Kids Dec 26, 2025

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Podcast episode for Childhood and Education #16: Letting Kids Be Kids.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:49 - We Don’t Let Kids Be Kids

* 03:34 - Let Your Children Play

* 05:37 - The Algorithm of Fear

* 07:36 - The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself

* 11:31 - No Means No

* 14:08 - Child Abduction Is Either Custody Disputes Or Government Intervention

* 17:28 - Stranger Danger Danger

* 20:39 - The Before Times

* 21:31 - Could It Be… Murder?

* 22:25 - The Long Road Home

* 22:49 - Either Bored Or Happy

* 23:50 - All Eyes on Me

* 26:34 - Screens From The Past

* 28:23 - Medicalization

* 30:38 - Television

* 31:47 - Suspiciously Large Effect Size

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AI #148: Christmas Break Dec 25, 2025

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Podcast episode for AI #148: Christmas Break.

* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:00:46 - Table of Contents

* 00:03:36 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:05:01 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:05:36 - Huh, Upgrades

* 00:06:05 - On Your Marks

* 00:08:20 - Claude Opus 4.5 Joins The METR Graph

* 00:17:21 - Sufficiently Advanced Intelligence

* 00:19:49 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

* 00:22:57 - Fun With Media Generation

* 00:27:32 - You Drive Me Crazy

* 00:30:51 - They Took Our Jobs

* 00:33:56 - The Art of the Jailbreak

* 00:34:06 - Get Involved

* 00:34:21 - Introducing

* 00:37:34 - In Other AI News

* 00:39:03 - Show Me the Money

* 00:40:03 - Quiet Speculations

* 00:44:17 - Whistling In The Dark

* 00:45:59 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

* 00:47:54 - Americans Really Dislike AI

* 00:54:34 - The Quest for Sane Regulations

* 00:58:31 - Chip City

* 01:02:02 - The Week in Audio

* 01:02:57 - Rhetorical Innovation

* 01:07:20 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

* 01:09:38 - Mom, Owain Evans Is Turning The Models Evil Again

* 01:12:47 - Messages From Janusworld

* 01:23:09 - The Lighter Side

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Zvi's 2025 In Movies Dec 24, 2025

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Podcast episode for Zvi’s 2025 In Movies.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:21 - The Ratings Scale

* 02:17 - The Five Component Model of Movie Ratings

* 03:52 - The Numbers

* 04:28 - Movies Have Decreasing Marginal Returns in Practice

* 05:22 - Very Briefly on the Top Picks and Whether You Should See Them

* 06:46 - Other Notes to Self to Remember (Reprise from 2024)

* 08:16 - The Year of Living Disagreeably

* 11:11 - I Hate Spoilers With the Fire of a Thousand Suns

* 11:33 - You Son Of A B***h, I’m In

* 12:45 - Theaters Continue To Be Awesome

* 13:19 - Strong Opinions, Strongly Held: I Didn’t Like It

* 20:00 - Strong Opinions, Strongly Held: I Did Like It

* 21:59 - Award Show Dreams

* 22:39 - On To 2026

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Keeping Up Against the Joneses: Balsa’s 2025 Fundraiser Dec 23, 2025

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Podcast episode for Keeping Up Against the Joneses: Balsa’s 2025 Fundraiser.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:43 - What Balsa Got Up to in 2025

* 06:19 - A quick glance at our budget

* 07:02 - Balsa in 2026, and Our Ask

* 08:21 - Complete the Jones Act policy binder

* 08:56 - Receive and publicize findings from the two funded economic studies

* 09:17 - Fund at least one high-quality study from the labor RFA

* 09:53 - Continue monitoring Section 301 and SHIPS Act developments, contributing input where it seems high-leverage

* 10:44 - What Additional Funding Enables

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The Revolution of Rising Expectations Dec 22, 2025

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Podcast episode for The Revolution of Rising Expectations.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:33 - The Revolutions of Rising Expectations

* 04:39 - The Revolution of Rising Requirements

* 07:01 - Whose Line Is It Anyway?

* 09:30 - Thus In This House We Believe The Following

* 10:41 - Real De Facto Required Expenses Are Rising Higher Than Inflation

* 12:12 - Great Expectations

* 16:36 - We Could Fix It

* 17:50 - Man’s Search For Meaning

* 21:24 - How Do You Afford Your Rock And Roll Lifestyle?

* 23:59 - Our Price Cheap

* 28:10 - It Takes Two (1)

* 30:48 - It Takes Two (2)

* 31:20 - If So, Then What Are You Going To Do About It, Punk?

* 36:15 - The Revolution of Rising Expectations Redux

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When Were Things The Best? Dec 19, 2025

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Podcast episode for When Were Things The Best?

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:50 - The Most Close-Knit Communities

* 03:17 - The Most Moral Society

* 05:18 - The Least Political Division

* 05:50 - The Happiest Families

* 06:47 - The Most Reliable News Reporting

* 08:21 - The Best Music

* 10:32 - The Best Radio

* 11:36 - The Best Fashion

* 11:52 - The Best Economy

* 12:23 - The Best Movies

* 13:47 - The Best Television

* 15:27 - Best Sporting Events

* 17:37 - The Best Cuisine

* 18:34 - Bonus: The Best Job Security

* 19:15 - The Best Everything

* 22:27 - The Best Information Sources, Electronics, Medical Care, Dental Care, Medical (and Non-Medical) Drugs, Medical Devices, Home Security Systems, Telephone Services and Mobile Phones, Communication, and Delivery Services of All Kinds

* 23:02 - The Best Air Travel

* 23:45 - The Best Cars

* 24:08 - The Best Roads, Traffic and Infrastructure

* 25:06 - The Best Transportation

* 25:39 - It’s Getting Better All The Time

* 28:44 - We Should Be Doing Far Better On All This

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AI #147: Flash Forward Dec 18, 2025

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Podcast episode for AI #147: Flash Forward.

* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:01:38 - Table of Contents

* 00:05:13 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:07:09 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:07:59 - Huh, Upgrades

* 00:11:33 - On Your Marks

* 00:14:33 - Choose Your Fighter

* 00:17:57 - Get My Agent On The Line

* 00:22:56 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

* 00:25:55 - Fun With Media Generation

* 00:28:48 - Copyright Confrontation

* 00:29:15 - Overcoming Bias

* 00:31:16 - Unprompted Attention

* 00:32:10 - They Took Our Jobs

* 00:34:46 - Feeling the AGI Take Our Jobs

* 00:40:30 - The Art of the Jailbreak

* 00:40:50 - Get Involved

* 00:43:14 - Introducing

* 00:44:03 - Gemini Flash 3

* 00:46:29 - In Other AI News

* 00:47:06 - Going Too Meta

* 00:51:50 - Show Me the Money

* 00:52:28 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

* 00:54:39 - Quiet Speculations

* 00:56:46 - Timelines

* 00:57:46 - The Quest for Sane Regulations

* 01:00:51 - My Offer Is Nothing

* 01:09:16 - My Offer Is Nothing, Except Also Pay Me

* 01:13:41 - Chip City

* 01:20:44 - The Week in Audio

* 01:21:59 - Rhetorical Lack Of Innovation

* 01:33:12 - People Really Do Not Like AI

* 01:40:25 - Rhetorical Innovation

* 01:43:45 - Bad Guy With An AI

* 01:48:08 - Misaligned!

* 01:53:36 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

* 01:56:27 - Mom, Owain Evans Is Turning The AIs Evil Again

* 02:03:17 - Messages From Janusworld

* 02:06:43 - The Lighter Side

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