CIA Spy Explains Nukes, Wars & Double Agents - Andrew Bustamante - #538

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10/13/22

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Andrew Bustamante is a Former CIA Intelligence Officer and a Private Intelligence consultant.

The CIA is one of the world's most advanced, secretive, shadowy organisations. Only 10% of their officers are field agents and actually have spent time undercover, Andrew is one of those agents. He's also been in charge of nuclear missiles and been multiple cover stories.

Expect to learn why an alarm goes off at least once per hour at every nuclear missile silo across America, how the CIA protects itself from undercover agents being turned against them, what is actually in the President's nuclear football, the levels of clearance above Top Secret, what sort of personality traits the CIA look for, why Edward Snowden got Russian citizenship and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:48) The Two Types of CIA Officers (04:48) Levels of Seniority in the CIA (13:50) Different Security Clearances (22:37) What is the Nuclear Football? (31:55) Andrew’s Thoughts on Edward Snowden (45:45) What Skills do the CIA Look For? (50:10) Would Lex Fridman Make a Good Agent? (54:24) The Reality of Cover Legends (1:03:50) Dating Rules within the CIA (1:08:06) Who is to Blame for Polarisation in the West? (1:15:16) The Anatomy of Conspiracy (1:25:11) Ultra-wealthy, Apex Predator Personalities (1:41:00) How Andrew Deals with Risk (1:52:06) Where to Find Andrew

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Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles? - Richard Reeves - #537

October 10, 2022

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73m

Richard V. Reeves is a writer, scholar and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Men are falling behind in education, employment and family life. They're underachieving in school, dropping out of the labour market and being less useful around the house more than ever. And this isn't simply cultural as it's happening all over the world, the problem is deeper than that - it's structural.

Expect to learn why there are twice as many female fighter pilots compared with male kindergarten teachers, why a male needs to be 24 to have the same impulse control as a 10 year old girl, where the term toxic masculinity actually came from, whether a man's gain is actually woman's loss, the problem of promoting men's issues in the press and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:20) Origin of ‘Toxic Masculinity’ (04:20) Why Are Women Told to be More Masculine? (11:30) The Decline of Men in Education (20:24) Gap Between Male & Female Teachers (27:27) Solutions for the Education Imbalance (32:14) Why are Men leaving the Labour Market? (46:36) Expanding the Role of Fatherhood (58:48) The ‘Checked-out’ Men (1:04:48) Men’s Rights Vs Women’s Rights (1:13:04) Where to Find Richard

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Evolutionary Ideas For Modern Problems - Sam Tatam - #539

October 15, 2022

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Sam Tatam is the Head of Behavioural Science at Ogilvy Growth & Innovation and an author.

When it comes to solving modern problems, it turns out that evolution might have a lot of the answers. Rather than revolutionary ideas, evolutionary ideas and solutions that already exist in the animal kingdom can help us with all manner of challenges.

Expect to learn how the wings of an owl helped fix problems in the bullet train, how the ears of a hare assist wind turbines, why Google Glass failed, how come Airline Tickets are so confusing, why all my rich friends drink sparkling water, how companies can aid customer decision without limiting choice and much more...

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