Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

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Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning is a science podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 187 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou: the last Hellenes and the children of the Yamnaya

  May 23, 202620 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com<br/><br/><p>On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to geneticist Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou about two papers, Ancient DNA evidence for the history of the Albanians and Uniparental analysis of Deep Maniot Greeks reveals genetic continuity from the pre-Medieval era. He is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist specializing in insect morphology, biomechanics, bioacoustics, systematics, and taxonomy. Born in Greece, Davranoglou earned a B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology from Imperial College London (2012–2015) before completing a DPhil (2015–2020) in insect morphology and biomechanics at the University of O...

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  Nikolai Yakovenko: 4 years into the age of AI

  May 15, 20261h 20mS0

  <p>It’s been a minute since we’ve had Nikolai Yakovenko on the podcast. Yakovenko is a former professional poker player,and was a research scientist at Google, Twitter and Nvidia. With a decade in computer science, Yakovenko has been at the forefront of the large-language-model revolution that has driven to prominence companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind, and an ecosystem that has birthed hundreds of smaller startups. He is also the founder of DeepNewz, an AI-driven news startup.</p><p>Razib and Yakovenko have been discussing the Age of AI for about 4 years now, and it’s time for a...

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  Chris Rufo: the California project

  May 8, 202620 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com<br/><br/><p>On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Christopher Rufo. Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. A contributing editor at City Journal, author of the New York Times bestseller America’s Cultural Revolution, and 2025 Bradley Prize recipient, he also serves as a New College of Florida board member and Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College. He is also co-host of the podcast Rufo and Lomez. Raised in Sacramento, California, Rufo graduated magna cum laude from Ge...

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  Gregory Cochran: 15 years after The 10,000 Year Explosion

  May 1, 202630 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.com<br/><br/><p>On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to physicist Gregory Cochran. Cochran is best known for his work in human evolution, often at the intersection of biology, anthropology, and history. Trained in physics, he later turned to population genetics and became widely known through collaborations with researchers like Henry Harpending, producing influential but controversial work on recent human evolution, including the idea that natural selection has accelerated in the Holocene. Cochran has also been a prominent public intellectual, co-authoring the...

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  Russ Greene: the rise of Total Boomer Luxury Communism

  Apr 25, 202647 minS0

  <p>On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Russ Greene, who promoted the idea of “Total Boomer Luxury Communism.” Greene currently serves as the Executive Director of the Prime Mover Institute, a public interest organization and think tank he launched to advocate for American energy dominance. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow for the Economy at the Stand Together Trust. In this role, he managed a grantmaking portfolio centered on federal regulatory affairs and strategic litigation, with a strong focus on classical liberalism and critiques of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) corporate frameworks. Greene also directed brand defense and...

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