Lofty Darwinism
News & Politics Podcasts
Darwin Carlisle and Matt Loftin are former speech and debate teammates from Amarillo, Texas. For the next 10 years after High School they pursued very different careers, with Loftin heading to the East Coast in Washington, DC to go into politics,...
Location:
United States
Description:
Darwin Carlisle and Matt Loftin are former speech and debate teammates from Amarillo, Texas. For the next 10 years after High School they pursued very different careers, with Loftin heading to the East Coast in Washington, DC to go into politics, while Carlisle headed west to Los Angeles to go into film. They join back up here to discuss the unparalleled challenges their generation has faced, and to find a way to converse in our polarized political climate.
Language:
English
Episodes
The Oscars
3/29/2026
Duration:00:44:31
Sticking the Landing
1/11/2026
It's high fantasy in this one.
Color Theory
12/31/2025
Duration:00:40:27
Venezuela Standoff
12/17/2025
Oil and ships.
Are City Bonds Worthless?
11/30/2025
Plus what we're thankful for.
Duration:01:10:56
Sound and Fury
11/28/2025
Accurate title.
Duration:00:59:26
MamdanAI
11/16/2025
Duration:00:56:02
Algorithm Politik
11/9/2025
Tough.
Duration:01:04:36
Catching Up On Tech
11/2/2025
Sigh.
Duration:00:55:26
What Is to Be Said?
10/26/2025
We're back.
Duration:01:09:31
w/ Dr. Colton Atkins - The Barbie Apocalypse
4/9/2023
We are joined by Dr. Colton Atkins to discuss the Barbie Movie, Succession, Trump vs DeSantis, and Matt's terrible neglect of an office plant.
Duration:00:48:23
"Generally Coherent" - GPT4 Rates Our Intelligence and On An Unrelated Note It's Time to Shut It Down
4/2/2023
'Pause Giant AI Experiments' - Letter Breakdown w/ Research Papers, Altman, Sutskever and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OpW5qboDDs&t=2s
Duration:00:43:04
A Bonkers Week in AI
3/26/2023
We dive into an historic week in AI development, but only after touching on Jon Stewart's critical interview with Larry Summers about monetary policy. Finally we talk about the upcoming season of Succession and Darwin's criticism of The Last of Us.
Duration:00:45:24
Somebody Ask GPT4 What We Missed
3/19/2023
We return from a 2-year hiatus to dive into politics and culture once again - this time with the help of a new chatbot. It's all hands on deck to try and catch up to speed as we dive into why we decided to restart the pod.
Duration:01:22:27