Manifold

Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Join him for wide-ranging conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.

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124 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Jesse Hoogland

   AI DOOM: Jesse Hoogland of Timaeus · Feb 2026

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   Louis-Vincent Gave

   Louis-Vincent Gave: Understanding China’s Economy, and U.S. Competition — #50 · Dec 2023

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   Richard Lowery

   Richard Lowery: The War for American Universities — #17 · Jul 2022

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   Callum Williams

   Callum Williams: Economics, AI, and Technological Progress — #82 · Mar 2025

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   Ken Liu

   Ken Liu: Art in the Age of AI — #79 · Feb 2025

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   Kishore Mahbubani

   Kishore Mahbubani: A Nuanced View of Asia & China's Rise — #15 · Jun 2022

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   Vlatko Vedral

   Vlatko Vedral: Oxford Theoretical Physicist on Quantum Superposition of Living Creatures — #7 · Mar 2022

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   Brian Chau

   Effort News and AI-Driven Journalism with Brian Chau – #121 · Sep 2026

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   Noor Siddiqui

   Noor Siddiqui, Thiel Fellow, on Stanford and Silicon Valley – Episode #3 · Feb 2019

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    Omar Shams

    Omar Shams: AI Founder and Google AI Agent Lead — #89 · Jul 2025

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    Tim Palmer

    Tim Palmer (Oxford): Status and Future of Climate Modeling — #16 · Jul 2022

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    David Goldman

    David Goldman: US-China Competition, AI, Electric Vehicles, and Manufacturing — #36 · May 2023

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    Kyle Chan

    Kyle Chan on the Future of US-China Competition — #94 · Sep 2025

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    Bobby Kasthuri

    Bobby Kasthuri & Brain Mapping - Episode #2 · Jan 2019

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    Jeremy Nixon

    Dreamers and Doomers: Jeremy Nixon at AGI House – #105 · Feb 2026

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    Simone Collins

    Simone Collins: IVF, Embryo Selection, Dating on the Spectrum, and Pronatalism — #34 · Apr 2023

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    Mark Moffett

    Mark Moffett on the Life and Death of Human Societies – #17 · Aug 2019

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    James Lee

    James Lee on Polygenic Prediction and Embryo Selection — #1 · Jan 2022

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    Robert Atkinson

    Robert Atkinson on US-China Competition and Industrial Policy – #45 · May 2020

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    Murtaza Hussain

    Jeffrey Epstein, Israel, and Elite Power, with Murtaza Hussain – #100 · Dec 2025

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    Richard Ngo

    Dreamers and Doomers: Our AI future, with Richard Ngo – #109 · Apr 2026

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    John Hawks

    John Hawks on Human Evolution, Ancient DNA, and Big Labs Devouring Fossils – Episode #6 · Mar 2019

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    A.J. Robison

    A.J. Robison on the Neural Basis of Sex Differences in Depression – #37 · Mar 2020

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    Abdel Abdellaoui

    Abdel Abdellaoui: Genetics, Psychiatric Traits, and Educational Attainment — #24 · Nov 2022

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    Adam Dynes

    Adam Dynes on Noisy Retrospection: The Effect of Party Control on Policy Outcomes – #35 · Feb 2020

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    Alex Young

    Embryo Selection and Frontier Genomics with Dr. Alex Young – #111 · May 2026

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    Andrew Hartman

    Andrew Hartman: The Culture Wars Then and Now – #27 · Jan 2020

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    Andrew Song

    Andrew Song: Global Cooling with Sulfur Dioxide in the Stratosphere — #91 · Jul 2025

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    Anna Krylov

    Anna Krylov: The Politicization of Science in Academia — #25 · Dec 2022

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    Barbara O’Brien

    Barbara O’Brien on Race, Reform and Wrongful Conviction Rate Estimates- #30 · Jan 2020

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    Betsy McKay

    Betsy McKay on Trends in Heart Disease and How to Avoid It – #20 · Oct 2019

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    Bharat Karnad

    Bharat Karnad: India geostrategy, nuclear arsenal, and assassination of Homi Bhabha, the Oppenheimer of India — #46 · Oct 2023

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    Bohan Lou

    Venture Capital and Technology in China with Bohan Lou – #118 · Aug 2026

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    Carl Zha

    Carl Zha: Xinjiang, Ukraine, and U.S.-China relations — #10 · Apr 2022

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    Casey Handmer

    Casey Handmer: Terraform Industries and a carbon-neutral future — #57 · Apr 2024

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    Charles Miller

    Charles Miller: Satellite Technology and the Future of Mobile Connectivity — #49 · Nov 2023

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    Dan Collins

    Dan Collins: Tariffs and the Future of US Manufacturing — #85 · May 2025

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    Daniel Max

    Daniel Max on Writing a Literary non-Fiction Classic and Prion Diseases Then and Now – #15 · Jul 2019

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    David Skrbina

    David Skrbina on Ted Kaczynski, Technological Slavery, and the Future of Our Species – Episode #7 · Apr 2019

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    Gilles Saint-Paul

    Gilles Saint-Paul: The Yellow Vests, French Politics, and Hypergamy — #31 · Mar 2023

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