The Dispatch Podcast

State Corporatism on the Rise

June 16, 2026·1h 1m
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Steve Hayes is joined by Kevin Williamson, Megan McArdle, and Scott Lincicome to discuss AI and state corporatism and what the national debt is costing us today. The Agenda: —Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund proposal —Government ownership of tech —Anthropic's Mythos model —The national debt —America's most boring nightmare —NWYT: Optimism Show notes: —CATO Institute on a Social Security inflation calculator —Scott Lincicome on state corporatism —Europe 2031 —Klon Kitchen on Mythos —SCOTUSblog live event The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters—⁠click here⁠. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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