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The H&H PodcastInto the Dream World of David LynchDavid Lynch recently passed away, so Rob and I decided to honor the legendary director by watching two of his movies, Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2008), and discussing them.We liked the first film, and debated various interpretations of it, including the standard one and other possible theories. I’m motivated to have a contrarian take here, perhaps because of the overwhelming beauty I found in the reality we were initially introduced to.While Mulholland Drive gave us much to work with, we both absolutely hated Inland Empire. In my view, it’s fine to have...2025-01-281h 26
The Hanania ShowDeepSeek: Hype and RealityThe stock market was sent reeling today as a result of the release by the Chinese company DeepSeek of an open source AI model that comes close to or matches the performance of American models, but was created for a fraction of the cost. While traditional models have cost in the range of $100 million to $1 billion to produce, the latest application from DeepSeek was reportedly created for under $6 million. Wanting to know more, I invited Brian Chau on for a livestream to discuss. Some of the questions we cover:* What does it mean for a...2025-01-271h 05
The Hanania ShowThe Man in the ArenaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comMy friend Brian Chau joins the podcast to talk about how life in DC is going. A few weeks ago we chatted on the CSPI podcast, and this can be seen as a followup to that discussion.Our last conversation focused on the specifics of AI doomerism and why he’s not worried about the technology killing us all. This time, we go into detail about how things have been working out for him in DC. We begin by di...2024-04-0413 min
The Hanania ShowThe Tragedy of WomanhoodThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.richardhanania.comThis week, I begin by discussing two recent articles by and about women: “How Feminism Ends” by Ginevra Davis, and “Female neediness is real, but it’s not a tragedy” by Ruxandra Teslo. These essays have a common theme in that they both emphasize the difficult hand nature has dealt women. Davis focuses on the physical pain they feel, and has a compelling explanation of the trans phenomenon that I hadn’t considered before. Ruxandra criticizes the so-called Reactionary Feminists, and makes clear...2024-02-2912 min