Chapel Hill
Place
A town in North Carolina best known as the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
7 episodes featuring Chapel Hill
TBPN
AI buildout collides with gambling, rates and real-world risk
The episode connects speculative behavior, infrastructure spending and technological optimism to the financial, regulatory and social risks shaping AI’s next phase.
Sep 25, 2026 · 2h 12m
TBPN
Microsoft tests whether enterprise reach can beat AI-agent rivals
The episode connects Microsoft’s agent strategy to a broader argument about AI spending, financial conditions, gambling culture, and concentrated wealth.
Sep 25, 2026 · 31 min
Ologies with Alie Ward
Patrick Dougherty turns saplings into living architecture
The episode shows how renewable materials, communal labor, and site-specific art can reconnect people with nature without separating making from the landscape.
Sep 24, 2026 · 1h 14m
TBPN
AI risk meets robot arms, agent investing and chip competition
The episode connects abstract arguments about AI safety to hands-on robotics, emerging agent businesses and the hardware race challenging NVIDIA.
Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 46m
TBPN
AI pause proposals collide with enforcement and competition
The debate tests whether extreme controls on advanced AI could reduce catastrophic risk without driving development underground or surrendering technological ground.
Sep 11, 2026 · 30 min
Cyclone Fanatic Pregame
Iowa State bets on identity as college football reshapes
The discussion tests whether Iowa State’s new power-oriented direction and roster investment can create real optimism amid Big 12 parity and sweeping changes to college athletics.
Aug 30, 2026 · 1h 10m
Pablo Torre Finds Out
North Carolina’s football rebuild collides with Lombardi’s leave
The dispute tests whether Bill Belichick can rebuild North Carolina amid leadership turmoil, reputational baggage, and college football’s unstable NIL economy.
Aug 11, 2026 · 37 min