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PodcastThe Chris Hedges ReportOctober 8, 2026

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State (w/ Jill Lepore) | TCHR

Historian Jill Lepore discusses her book on AI, the 'artificial state,' and the tech elites seeking to replace democratic governance with machine rule, plus data center backlash and AI risk.

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