by Pushkin Industries
<p>The Last Archive is a show about the history of truth, and the historical context for our current fake news, post-truth moment. It’s a show about how we know what we know, and why it seems, these days, as if we don’t know anything at all anymore. The show is written & hosted by Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, and was created by the historian Jill Lepore. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.</p>
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April 1, 2025
<p>With Earth Day coming up, we wanted to share a classic TLA episode about the climate crisis. Jill Lepore proposes an alternate reality in which Americans ratified an environmental rights amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting representation to the natural world. That never happened... but what would the world look like if it had?</p> <p>For more episodes of The Last Archive about the environment, check out <a href="https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive/for-the-birds" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive/for-the-birds&source=gmail&ust=1742483267500000&usg=AOvVaw2Mr7rW8IOy8f_nxii1bruJ">For the Birds</a> and <a href="https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive/parakeet-panic" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive/parakeet-panic&source=gmail&ust=1742483267500000&usg=AOvVaw0PVIcj_G1Wd4F6voRTvX6q">Parakeet Panic</a>. </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
March 30, 2025
<p>Elon Musk has claimed that AI is humanity’s “biggest existential threat.” Paradoxically, Musk is also working to create artificial intelligence. Why? Jill Lepore tours through a century of imagined robot rebellions, and argues that these stories are never only about robots. So what’s Elon Musk really afraid of when he wrings his hands over AI? In this final episode, Lepore argues that while Musk may be a visionary, “every piece of Muskism has origins in a future foretold in science fiction, long, long ago, as a cautionary tale.”</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
March 30, 2025
<p>In 2022, Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, and renamed it X. When asked why he wanted to own the social media network, Musk talked a lot about something he called the “woke mind virus.” Where does the idea of a mind virus come from? Jill Lepore looks to Cold War science fiction and the recently uncovered writings of Elon Musk’s grandfather in South Africa.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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