"Random Minds" by Katherine Brodsky

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April 2025

My chat w/ Razib Khan
Live video where we discuss every single topic
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Katherine Brodsky
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Razib Khan
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2:02:38
Why ‘the best’ has a grip on us
In pursuit of “the best,” from gelato to chocolate, I discovered that sometimes the most memorable experiences aren’t on any list—they’re human.
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Katherine Brodsky
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Sasha Stone: What happened to culture?
Sasha Stone is a fellow Substacker whom I’ve first encountered a long time ago on Twitter due to our mutual interest in film—a topic she (like me) has…
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Katherine Brodsky
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Sasha Stone
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1:40:37
Free speech hypocrites
It seems like free speech discourse has finally hit the mainstream media. Now that Trump’s administration is deporting individuals ostensibly for their…
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Katherine Brodsky
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Does AI steal creativity?
No matter how much it tries to convince you otherwise by using human-like language to answer your queries, at its core ChatGPT is a large language model…
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Katherine Brodsky
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Is MAGA actually right wing?
It hasn’t been easy to make sense of the whole MAGA movement. While Trump ran as a Republican and the movement is heavily associated with the right…
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Katherine Brodsky
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March 2025

Japan: The language of the izakayas
IT’S GETTING DARK and I hear my stomach making demanding noises. I’ve been walking the cobblestone streets of Nara since arriving here by train this…
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Katherine Brodsky
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Elon Musk Merges AI with X: Implications
Elon Musk has announced today that his artificial intelligence company, xAI, has acquired X (formerly Twitter) in an all-stock transaction valued at $33…
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Katherine Brodsky
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Is satire done? Babylon's Bee Seth Dillon.
Comedy has two important roles: to entertain the public and to expose societal absurdities.
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Katherine Brodsky
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Goldberg: Political leak or public duty?
You’ve probably heard today’s major headline about how Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat…
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Katherine Brodsky
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The anti-woke warriors
In the midst of a perfect storm of language policing, grievance culture, puritan political correctness, intolerance, and borderline authoritarian…
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