Episode #499
Cenk Uygur
Books mentioned
Sex at Dawn
Mentioned by Cenk Uygur · at 01:10:41 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Singularity Is Near
Mentioned by Cenk Uygur · at 01:44:05 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Da Vinci Code
Mentioned by Cenk Uygur · at 02:42:46 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Cenk Uygur, co-founder and host of The Young Turks, joins Joe Rogan to examine independent online media, traditional news, partisan incentives, and the internet’s effects on politics and public discourse. They also discuss surveillance, corporate and institutional power, conspiracy theories, and Freemasonry before exploring human sexuality, animal consciousness, and speculative futures involving AI, genetic enhancement, longevity, robots, and neural interfaces.
What they talked about
- Starting The Young Turks in 2002
- Critique of mainstream media and Nielsen ratings
- Online media vs. traditional TV news
- Money in politics and Citizens United
- Corporations and short-term profit incentives
- Human evolution, monogamy, and sexuality
- Future of technology and brain-computer interfaces
- Alex Jones and conspiracy theories
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