The Jim Rutt Show

The Jim Rutt Show


Latest Episodes

EP 298 Adam Lake on Rebooting American Democracy
May 15, 2025

Jim talks with Adam Lake about Reboot America, a project aimed at reforming American democracy.

EP 297 Sara Walker on the Physics of Life’s Emergence
May 13, 2025

Jim talks with Sara Walker about the ideas in her new bookLife as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence.

EP 296 Ashley Hodgson on Economic Mythology and System Change
April 15, 2025

Jim talks with Ashley Hodgson about her YouTube series "The New Enlightenment" and its heterodox perspectives on economics and social systems.

EP 295 John Robb on How a Networked Organization Blitzed D.C.
March 31, 2025

Jim talks with John Robb about the ideas in his recent essay "Blitzing DC," about how a networked organization took over Washington.

EP 294 Timothy Clancy on an AI Cold War
March 28, 2025

Jim talks with Timothy Clancy about wicked mess problems & the potential for a new Cold War centered on AI.

EP 293 Brendan Graham Dempsey on Cosmic Teleology and Emergence Vectors
March 25, 2025

Jim talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey, picking up on a disagreement they had on Facebook about the teleology of the universe.

EP 292 Emil Ejner Friis on Building a Listening Society
March 18, 2025

Jim talks with Emil Ejner Friis about political metamodernism and what comes after postmodernism.

EP 291 Jeff Sebo on Who Matters, What Matters, and Why
March 13, 2025

Jim talks with Jeff Sebo about the ideas in his bookThe Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why.

EP 290 Mark Stahlman on Trump as the Avatar of the Digital Paradigm Shift
March 11, 2025

Jim talks with Mark Stahlman about Trump as an avatar of the current digital transformation.

EP 289 Adam B. Levine on AI-Powered Programming for Non-Developers
March 06, 2025

Jim talks with Adam B. Levine about AI programming aids for non-techies and the future of Bitcoin.