# Tom Cunningham

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Lou Holtz, War, and Epstein’s Prostate

his week in the Reality Lab, Tom Cunningham is broadcasting from the foggy frontier between DayQuil, Jolt Cola, and sheer stubbornness. A lesser man would call in sick. Tom instead straps on the intellectual helmet, grabs a microphone, and plays through the illness like a middle-aged quarterback i‮…

Chuck Norris, Joe Kent and Bigfoot

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro — Hunter S. ThompsonThe world hasn’t just gotten weird… it’s started doing lines ofpre-workout and shadowboxing in the mirror at 3am. And right there inthe middle of the madness is Tom Cunningham—equal parts ringmaster,storm chaser, and caffeinated phi‮…

Murder, Mayhem and Body Doubles

This week, Tom Cunningham cracks open the dark little filing cabinet in his brain labeled “Things That Probably Shouldn’t Make Sense…But Somehow Do,” and goes digging with the enthusiasm of a methed-out carnie dumpster at 3am.First up, the mysterious arrival of “Palm Beach Pete,” a character who s‮…

Where’s Bum Farto? | Accidental Education

Another week in America means another week where reality feels like it was written by a sleep deprived screenwriter locked in a bunker with three energy drinks, a conspiracy board, and a stack of expired Blockbuster memberships. Thankfully, Tom Cunningham is here to guide you through the madness w‮…

Victims, Revolutionaries and Witch Doctors | Accidental Education

In Episode 18 of Accidental Education: Reality Lab, Tom Cunningham explores the powerful force that shapes everything from personal interactions to political movements: narrative.The episode begins in Monrovia, Liberia, where a night of beers, bad decisions, and the world’s worst drinking game lea‮…

The Return of Lettuce Diarrhea, Sophie’s Choice, and The Odyssey | Accidental Education: Reality Lab

This week, Tom Cunningham returns to the great lettuce diarrhea saga after federal investigators walked back a laboratory test that initially fueled headlines surrounding the Taco Bell outbreak. While investigators continue to focus on the supplier, Tom explores a bigger question: why do first imp‮…

Access Journalism, Dating Naked & Kyle Shanahan | Accidental Education: Reality Lab

In Episode 20 of Accidental Education Reality Lab, Tom Cunningham examines the concept of access journalism and how the need to maintain relationships can influence the way professional sports are covered. Using questions surrounding public reporting about San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shana‮…

The Price of Popularity | Accidental Education Reality Lab

Success is a strange thing. It creates opportunities, attracts larger audiences, and gives great ideas a chance to survive—but it can also change the very thing that made those ideas special in the first place.In Episode 21 of Accidental Education Reality Lab, Tom Cunningham explores the tension b‮…

Debating RSI, the US-China Gap, and Jaggedness with JS Denain of Epoch AI

This episode is with Jean-Stanislas “JS” Denain of Epoch AI, who leads their Insights Team and is one of the people I find myself debating the state and trajectory of AI with more and more. We’ve had follow-on discussions of many of my favorite recent posts online and/or in private, so I wanted to‮…

The Economics of a Global AI Treaty and Recursive Self-Improvement (w/ Epoch and Stanford's Philip Trammell)

This week we’re joined by Phil Trammell, economist at Stanford and senior researcher at Epoch AI, and co-author (with Chad Jones) of the “When GDP Misleads” paper we covered earlier. Phil is one of the most original thinkers on the economics of AI, and he brought his priors to an unusual assignmen‮…