Archive - The Rip Current by Jacob Ward

What GPT-5 Really Represents

It's not just an all-in-one reasoning machine. It's the beginning of a new, harder, faster, more openly disruptive era as the AI industry looks to offer…

Aug 8 •

8:32

July 2025

99% of Crypto is a Scam (with Molly White)

You've heard the promises. You've read the hype. Now listen to Molly White, longtime chronicler of the industry, as she explains the deep corruption and…

Jul 30 •

1:03:30

How to Be Two-Marshmallow Humans (with Aza Raskin)

The cocreator of The Social Dilemma breaks down the catastrophic risks of A.I., and our best chance for fighting back.

Jul 17 •

and

Center for Humane Technology

1:12:38

How to Defeat Loneliness (with David Jay)

The author of 'Relationality' considers loneliness a systemic emergency, and has spent decades working on the recipe for real connection, both in his…

Jul 2 •

1:04:02

June 2025

The Life and Death of Booze (with Adam Rogers)

The author of Proof: The Science of Booze on the magic and alchemy of alcohol, and our violent, pleasurable, centuries-long relationship with it.

Jun 18 •

59:31

The Trump Moment is Global (with Bart Bonikowski)

It's not just a few tidepools of nonsensical politics. It's a pattern, and it's global.

Jun 11 •

1:11:08

What It's Like on the Ground at a Protest

Here's what it's like on the ground when you're covering a protest, why it can be misleading, and why it can be so easily misrepresented by people…

Jun 11 •

9:47

Reading: The All-American Surveillance System is Coming.

Military contractor Palantir is providing the Trump administration with what it needs to peer into your health, your personal life, and your political…

Jun 6 •

8:40

An Expert in Violence Explains the Path to Peace (with Lord John Alderdice)

One of the architects of peace in Northern Ireland explains that truly ending conflict takes years, an understanding of the human mind, and, perhaps…

Jun 5 •

and

1:04:46

An All-American Surveillance System Is Coming

Military contractor Palantir is providing the Trump administration with what it needs to peer into your health, your personal life, and your political…

Jun 2 •

May 2025

The Battle for Your Brain (with Nita Farahany)

Her 2023 book revealed that companies (and authoritarian regimes) are trying to get inside your mind, in some cases literally. Now she's turning to what…

May 28 •

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1:00:24

This is Not What Crypto Is For. And Yet It Is.

An ingenious way of escaping corruption in a developing economy turns out to be a foolproof way to engage in it as the President of the United States…

May 26 •

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