It’s Always 9/11 | Ep. 523 Words & Numbers

0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview

0:24 Citizens United, Super PACs, and Money in Politics

6:48 Corporate Donations, Trump, and Political Influence

10:50 AI Is Putting an Entire Industry Out of Business

13:56 AI, College Cheating, and the Future of Education

17:28 Foolishness of the Week: Trump Threatens to Halt Trade

20:48 Why Trade Deficits Aren’t What Politicians Think

22:24 25 Years Later: Remembering 9/11

25:25 Where We Were When the Attacks Happened

29:03 How 9/11 Changed America Overnight

31:39 Fear, Terrorism, and the Wars That Followed 9/11

34:22 How 9/11 Changed the Nature of War

35:17 The War on Terror and America’s “Wars on Nouns”

42:28 TSA, Security Theater, and the Post-9/11 Surveillance State

44:30 The Militarization of American Law Enforcement

46:06 Did Americans Trade Freedom for Security?

48:31 Fear, Crime, and the Lasting Legacy of 9/11

50:32 Closing Thoughts: Have Some Charity in Your Heart

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