Matt Shapiro's Marginally Compelling

A 2025 Reading List For Unfocused Esoterics

It’s been a fairly insane year for me involving unemployment, deaths in the family, and what seems to be one crisis after another.

Dec 18, 2025 • polimath

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Agents

In which a technologist hands Grok his years of communication to help make sense of relationships in chaos

Dec 10, 2025 • polimath

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Inside the Minnesota Benefits Fraud Scandal

I talk with Ann Bauer about her investigation of and view inside Minnesota Benefits Fraud Scandal

Dec 8, 2025 • polimath

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49:21

November 2025

Honor and Duty Aren't Toys

Democrats call the "Refuse Illegal Orders" is an irresponsible and cynical attempt to leverage the virtue of enlisted men and women for partisan gain.

Nov 28, 2025 • polimath

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Canada Is Losing The War On Measles

Canada losing their elimination status for measles is a nerve-wracking reminder of the fragility of modern civilization

Nov 22, 2025 • polimath

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Never Discount Yourself

You are not replacable

Nov 16, 2025 • polimath

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October 2025

Ethical Patterns of AI - Covenant College Discussion

Hosted by Dr Philip Bunn, Jonathan Crabb and I discuss the uses and dangers of generative AI

Oct 9, 2025 • polimath

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September 2025

The Incentives of Censorship

The dark reality is that cancel culture and censorship from the left has permanently altered our country and culture. The solution is heavier than we…

Sep 25, 2025 • polimath

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Highway to Hal: An Invitation

Wednesday, Oct 1st, join us at Covenant College for a discussion on AI, ethics, and futurism

Sep 24, 2025 • polimath

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The Dignity of Charlie Kirk

The starting point of any political conversation has to be the dignity of our opponents

Sep 22, 2025 • polimath

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Hire The Dissenters

There was a bit of a bombshell this week as uber-bestselling writer, podcaster, and speaker Malcom Gladwell gave a video mea culpa saying that he had…

Sep 8, 2025 • polimath

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August 2025

Podcast: Alana Newhouse, Excellence, and Brokenism

Matt talks with Alana Newhouse about the importance of fixing broken things

Aug 29, 2025 • polimath

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