- 51 minutes 27 secondsStreet Fight Part III: Can We End It?
Everyone agrees that street homelessness is a problem to solve. But that’s where the agreement ends. Today, we explore the two camps that think they’ve found an answer — one that argues for more resources and the other that argues for more rule of law.
THIS EPISODE FEATURES:
Iain De Jong, Stephen Eide, Estela Lopez, Mark Horvath, Traci Park
LINKS:
Iain De Jong’s book, The Book on Ending Homelessness
A few studies on Housing First
The Daily Show segment on Housing First
Stephen Eide’s critique of Housing First
2019 progress report on Proposition HHH
Audit on CA homelessness spending
Oral argument in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson Supreme Court opinion
Los Angeles mayoral primary debate, May 6, 2026
Donald Trump 2023 video about the homeless
Invisible People YouTube channel
Los Angeles City Council meeting, August 18, 2026
For this series we also read, and recommend, the following books: Homelessness in America: The History and Tragedy of an Intractable Social Problem by Stephen Eide, Reckoning with Homelessness by Kim Hopper, The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man by Nels Anderson, and Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History by Kenneth L. Kusmer.
CREDITS:
This story was reported by Emma Pettit and produced by Andy Mills, Ethan Mannello, Matthew Boll, and Simon Adler. It was mixed by Emma Munger.
Music for this episod was composed by Cobey Bienert and Simon Adler.
Artwork for this episode is by Jacob Boll.
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24 September 2026, 10:00 am - 38 minutes 10 secondsStreet Fight Part II: Cruel & Unusual
Homelessness today looks very different than it did in the 1980s, when American cities first woke up to this crisis. Today, we explore the legal battles that turned survival outside into a constitutional question.
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THIS EPISODE FEATURES:
Estela Lopez, Kevin Cope
LINKS:
Estela Lopez’s organization
Los Angeles magazine article that features Lopez
Jones v. City of Los Angeles settlement
Martin v. City of Boise initial opinion
Martin v. City of Boise amended opinion
NPR story that quotes Pam Hawkes and her lawyer
Kevin Cope of the University of Virginia School of Law
Skid Row 2016 survey on violence against women
For this series we also read, and recommend, the following books: Homelessness in America: The History and Tragedy of an Intractable Social Problem by Stephen Eide, Reckoning with Homelessness by Kim Hopper, The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man by Nels Anderson, and Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History by Kenneth L. Kusmer.
CREDITS:
This story was reported by Emma Pettit and produced by Andy Mills, Ethan Mannello, Matthew Boll, and Simon Adler. It was mixed by Emma Munger.
Music for this episode was composed by Cobey Bienert and Simon Adler.
Artwork for this episode is by Jacob Boll.
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17 September 2026, 10:00 am - 42 minutes 50 secondsStreet Fight Part I: Hobos, Bums, and the Homeless
What we call “homelessness” is a relatively modern phenomenon. Today, we tell the story of its emergence and why, in the 1980s, one woman fought so fervently for her right to live on a New York City street corner.
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THIS EPISODE FEATURES:
Stephen Eide
LINKS:
60 Minutes segment on Joyce Brown
Stephen Eide at the Manhattan Institute
The New York Civil Liberties Union
Jack London’s memoir of his hobo years, The Road
Joyce Brown’s obituary
New York magazine story on Brown
Retro Report piece featuring Brown’s niece
Study on homelessness mortality
HUD’s 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (Part 1)
For this series we also read, and recommend, the following books: Homelessness in America: The History and Tragedy of an Intractable Social Problemby Stephen Eide, Reckoning with Homelessnessby Kim Hopper, The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Manby Nels Anderson, and Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American Historyby Kenneth L. Kusmer.
CREDITS:
This story was reported by Emma Pettit and produced by Andy Mills, Ethan Mannello, Matthew Boll, and Simon Adler. It was mixed by Emma Munger.
Music for this episode was composed by Cobey Bienert and Simon Adler.
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10 September 2026, 1:21 pm - 52 minutes 39 secondsPresenting: Book Keeper
Today we are sharing with you the first episode of a new series we’ve made here at Longview, called Book Keeper.
In our first episode of this series, host Megan Phelps-Roper, more than 10 years after leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, returns to the Bible. Even though she is no longer what most would consider a “believer,” she wants to explore what ancient wisdom still lives in these stories. And she begins with a tale of profound betrayal and reconciliation.
RESOURCES:
The Book of Genesis — Chapters 37 to 45
CREDITS:
This episode of Book Keeper was produced by Matthew Boll, with editing by Andy Mills and Sarah Hepola. It is hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper.
Music for this episode was composed by Cobey Bienert and Peter Lalish
Artwork by Jacob Boll
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20 July 2026, 6:18 pm - 20 minutes 47 secondsSam Altman’s Attacker, In His Own Words
In this episode we talk with Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama, the man who was recently arrested and charged with attempting to kill Sam Altman. Several months before the attack, our team contacted a young man posting on Discord under the handle "Butlerian Jihadist," who referenced “Luigi-ing tech CEOs” to our producer. He agreed to an interview and to answer questions about his background and how he came to believe that AGI must be stopped for humanity to survive.
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THIS EPISODE FEATURES:
Daniel Moreno-Gama
LINKS:
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office Press Release
U.S. Department of Justice Press Release
San Francisco Police Department Press Conference
Daniel Moreno-Gama Criminal Complaint
CREDITS:
This episode of The Last Invention was reported and produced by Andy Mills, Simon Adler, Matthew Boll, Seth Temple Andrews, Ethan Mannello, and Carmen Hilbert.
Music for this episode was composed by Scott Devendorf, Ben Lanz, Cobey Bienert, and Simon Adler
The Last Invention artwork by Jacob Boll
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16 April 2026, 1:50 am - 39 minutes 37 secondsWetwear
This episode was originally reported on our podcast Reflector. You can hear this story and many more by visiting us here
What if the next great leap in computing wasn't made of silicon — but of living human brain cells? Reporter Greg Warner takes us inside the lab of Hon Weng Chong, an Australian computer engineer who has built a biological computer: a device that houses actual human neurons in a petri dish, teaches them to play Pong using reward and punishment, and is now being sold to medical researchers, crypto gamers, and roboticists with very big dreams. Along the way, Andy and Greg dig into what these cells might actually feel, why the path to artificial general intelligence might run through a robot's skin rather than its brain, and what it would mean to one day stick a chip of pre-programmed neurons back into a human head. It's weird, it's a little smelly, and it might be the future.
THIS EPISODE FEATURES:
Hon Weng Chong - CEO and founder of Cortical Labs
Dr. Minas Liarokapis - CEO/CTO of Acumino Inc., Director of the New Dexterity Research Group
LINKS:
Dishbrain Paper - In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world
CREDITS:
This episode was reported and produced by Greg Warner, Andy Mills, Simon Adler, and Matthew Boll
Music for this episode was composed by Cobey Bienert and Peter Lalish
Reflector artwork by Jacob Boll
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9 April 2026, 10:00 am - 1 hour 15 minutesThe AI Skeptics
In this episode, we dive into the views of the people who think the AGI race is being oversold, misunderstood, or misframed. As you’ll hear, we break them down into three distinct camps: “AI Is Grift” (a tech-industry con), “Wrong Path” (LLMs can’t reach AGI without new ideas), and “AI as Normal Technology” (powerful, but adoption will be slow and institution-bound). Through interviews with Ed Zitron, Gary Marcus, and Princeton’s Arvind Narayanan, the episode argues that the real fight isn’t just about capability—it’s about incentives, architecture, and how human systems actually change.
FEATURING:
Ed Zitron, Gary Marcus, Arvind Narayanan
LINKS:
Ed Zitron’s newsletter “Where’s Your Ed At”
Gary Marcus’s most recent book, “Taming Silicon Valley”
Arvind Narayanan’s most recent book, “AI Snake Oil”
Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor’s paper “AI As Normal Technology”
CREDITS:
This episode of The Last Invention was reported and produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, Seth Andrews, Ethan Mannello, and Carmen Hilbert
Music for this episode was composed by Scott Devendorf, Ben Lanz, Cobey Bienert, and Matthew Boll
The Last Invention artwork by Jacob Boll
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20 February 2026, 11:00 am - 52 minutes 27 seconds“Build the AI Wall” with Steve Bannon
Today, Andy interviews Steve Bannon and his War Room tech editor, Joe Allen. They make the populist right-wing case for breaking up Big Tech, forcing transparency on frontier AI labs, and blocking “AI amnesty” efforts that would preempt state oversight. Bannon frames AI as a species-level inflection point driven by what he calls “broligarch” elites pushing “techno-feudalism,” warning that the public is underwriting opaque labs while losing jobs, leverage and eventually autonomy.
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CREDITS:
This episode of The Last Invention was reported and produced by Andy Mills, Megan Phelps-Roper, Matthew Boll, Seth Temple Andrews, Carmen Hilbert and Ethan Mannello.
Music for this episode was composed by Scott Devendorf, Ben Lanz, Cobey Bienert, and Matthew Boll
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27 January 2026, 4:18 pm - 1 hour 1 minuteEzra Klein on the Uncertain Politics of A.I.
Ezra Klein – New York Times opinion columnist and an influential voice on the American left – joins us at a hinge moment in the A.I. revolution. As artificial intelligence accelerates, Klein examines what’s at stake politically, socially, and morally: the role that government should play in shaping this technology, the disruptions he believes matter most, and how to think clearly when the landscape is shifting so rapidly.
LINKS:
Ezra Klein’s book Abundance
CREDITS:
This episode of The Last Invention was reported and produced by Andy Mills, Megan Phelps-Roper, Matthew Boll, Seth Temple Andrews, and Ethan Mannello.
Music for this episode was composed by Scott Devendorf, Ben Lanz, Cobey Bienert, and Matthew Boll
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19 December 2025, 7:19 pm - 53 minutes 34 secondsEP 8: The Accelerationists
Meet the accelerationists: a rising movement that believes expediting AI development is not only inevitable but morally necessary – humanity’s best chance at transcending its limits. What happens when the world’s most powerful technologists treat AI progress as a duty rather than a danger?
THIS EPISODE FEATURES:
Olivier Oullier, Guido de Croon, Alex Williams, Reid Hoffman, Guillaume Verdon/“Beff Jezos”
LINKS:
Beff Jezos/Guillaume Verdon’s Twitter
Alex Williamss is a contributor here
Reid Hoffman’s Personal Website
CREDITS:
This episode of The Last Invention was reported and produced by Andy Mills, Gregory Warner, Andrew Parsons, Megan Phelps-Roper, Matthew Boll, Seth Temple Andrews, and Ethan Mannello. It is hosted by Gregory Warner.
Music for this episode was composed by Scott Devendorf, Ben Lanz, Cobey Bienert, and Matthew Boll
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The Last Invention artwork by Jacob Boll
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20 November 2025, 11:00 am - 55 minutes 22 secondsEP 7: The Scouts
A decade ago, the leading minds in AI gathered to make sure this technology would benefit everyone. Today, those hopes are colliding with the reality of an AI arms race. Today, game theorist Liv Boeree and philosopher William MacAskill lay out what they see as the “narrow path” between a future of limitless potential and one of irreversible loss.
THIS EPISODE FEATURES:
Max Tegmark, Nick Bostrom, Liv Boeree, William MacAskill
LINKS:
Max Tegmark’s book “Life 3.0, Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
Nick Bostrom's book "Superintelligence"
William MacAskill’s book “What We Owe the Future”
CREDITS:
This episode of The Last Invention was reported and produced by Andy Mills, Gregory Warner, Andrew Parsons, Megan Phelps-Roper, Matthew Boll, Seth Temple Andrews, and Ethan Mannello. It is hosted by Gregory Warner
Music for this episode was composed by Scott Devendorf, Ben Lanz, Cobey Bienert, and Matthew Boll
The Last Invention artwork by Jacob Boll
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