It’s Always 9/11 | Words & Numbers | Ep 523
Ant and James reflect on 9/11, both the day and its legacy.
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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