The Blindspot

Near-miss nuclear showdown in South Asia, drone-packed chaos in the Red Sea, Gaza spiraling toward famine, and a president you love to hate unexpectedly chalking up foreign-policy points—this episode of The Blind Spot connects the dots you didn’t know were on the same page. I break down how a single VP sound-bite can spike global risk, why Europe’s token air-strikes won’t keep your shipping costs down, and what it really means to t...

On this episode of The Blindspot, Jay dives back into the world of large language models—what they can do now, and where they’re headed. He breaks down how the chatbots you’re probably using are already smart enough to walk you through building a boat, and why the cutting-edge models are operating on a whole different level—reasoning through frontier science, math, even leukemia research. Jay wrestles with being a humanities guy in...

On today's episode of The Blindspot, I start by talking about the death of Pope Francis, and then note that Presidents Trump and Zelenski met at St. Peter’s Basilica before the funeral, which leads me into a broader conversation about Zelenski’s fashion choices and the state of the Russia-Ukraine war. From there, I get into the American economy after a series of highly unorthodox moves by Trump, and how he's placed a massive bet th...

The gap between what AI can’t do and what it can do is closing fast. Half the code out there isn’t even written by people anymore. Half the images aren't drawn by people. You can talk to a machine now—and it talks back. Ten years ago that was science fiction. Now it’s just a Tuesday. It’s getting easier to make all sorts of things, and the world is getting stranger.

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On today's episode of The Blind Spot, I'm talking tariffs, Trump, and how one wild decision sent markets worldwide spiraling into chaos. Look, when Trump first proposed reciprocal tariffs—matching whatever barriers other countries threw at us—it actually made sense, even to an anti-Trump guy like me. But then, as Trump tends to do, he took a solid idea and turned it into a global economic dumpster fire, crashing markets and trashin...

On today’s episode of The Blind Spot, I’m tearing into the chaos that blew up when Trump slammed high tariffs on almost every country all at once, sending the stock market into a nosedive and rattling the global supply chain. I’m talking about why no one should’ve been surprised, how this sudden policy blindsided Wall Street anyway, and the scary ripple effects hitting our allies—who might just decide we’re no longer worth trusting...

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Hey. Jason Pilaski here, and on today’s episode of The Blind Spot, I’m joined by my buddy Rich, and we’re tearing into some grade-A political insanity. First up: the leaked Signal chat from inside the Trump administration where top officials are talking about bombing Yemen... in an unsecu...

On the latest episode of The Blind Spot, I lay out why the U.S. should use force to reopen the Red Sea shipping lanes the Houthis are shutting down. They’re not freedom fighters—they’re a militant theocracy backed by Iran, firing missiles at global trade. I explain why this chokepoint matters, how it hits supply chains everywhere, and why it’s not just Europe’s problem—it’s ours. I push back on critics like J.D. Vance and make th...

Today on The Blindspot, I dig into the collapse of strategic restraint in the Israel–Hamas war—how Biden’s political vulnerability gave Hamas unexpected leverage by pressuring Israel into ceasefire talks, and how Trump’s return to power snapped Israel’s leash entirely. I break down Hamas’s October 7th attack as a calculated, if doomed, attempt to shatter a decaying status quo and reignite global relevance, and I examine how moral...

Is America a nation of laws, or just a nation of power plays?" In this episode of The Blindspot, I break down the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian green card holder and student activist who protested against Israeli actions while studying in the U.S. I’m strongly pro-Israel, but I take a hard stance against the Trump administration’s handling of Khalil’s case, asking why there are no charges, no due process, an...

On today’s episode of The Blindspot— The Democrats didn’t just lose in 2024; they lost in a way that exposed a deeper, more fundamental weakness. And the worst part? That weakness hasn’t gone away—it’s only gotten worse. They ignored every warning sign, convinced themselves they were on solid ground, and then got steamrolled when voters they took for granted walked away. Now, months into Trump’s return, they still don’t know what t...

On this episode of The Blindspot, I break down Trump’s first major speech to Congress since reclaiming the presidency. Love him or hate him, this was a calculated, airtight speech, built to rally his base and sidestep easy Democratic attacks. And that’s exactly the problem—Democrats don’t have a clean shot.

I get into why attacking Trump on culture war issues won’t work, how the headwinds of his election victory keep boosting his a...

On the latest episode of The Blindspot, I break down the fallout from Trump’s recent meeting with Zelensky, where he threw Ukraine under the bus—live, on air, for the whole world to see. I get into why abandoning Ukraine is a massive mistake, why cozying up to Russia is a losing move, and what this shift means for America and the world. No sugarcoating, no bullshit—just straight talk on geopolitics, power, and the consequences of p...

On this episode of the Blindspot, I tear into why we obsess over flashy tech billionaires—Bayzose and his yot, Zuckerburgs chain—for their public performance, instead of zeroing in on what actually matters. I expose how social media doles out attention that’s shallow and non-agentic, trapping us in echo chambers and rabbit holes, while the real issues fade into the background. I also call out Musk for running a government departmen...

On today’s episode of The Blindspot, I take a hard look at Trump’s aggressive push to shut down USAID. We’re talking foreign aid from soup to nuts—military, humanitarian, and everything in between. I make my case for foreign aid: part cold realpolitik, part simple truth—sometimes we do good things for the world, and that’s worth doing.

I tackle anti-aid arguments (it’s wasteful, it’s charity) and explain why we’re not a global char...

On today's episode of The Blindspot, I contrast two murders: the assassination of Brian Thomson, CEO of a major insurance company, and the death of Jordan Neely at the hands of Daniel Penny. I explore why Thomson's ideologically motivated killing is unjustifiable under any circumstances, while Penny's actions, driven by immediate events and the intent to protect others, may be excusable. Tune in for a nuanced discussion on morality...

In this episode, I dive headfirst into President Biden’s controversial pardon of Hunter Biden. I break down the charges—why the gun case reeks of political theater while the tax evasion is serious business—and share why I think Hunter should’ve been thrown to the wolves as a symbolic stand for our norms. Plus, I reflect on Biden’s broken promise not to pardon him, which stings as both nepotism and a blatant lie.

From there, I tac...