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Punching Upwards

Fabian A. Scherschel

PU 43: The Vehicle Kill Switch Law

July 05, 2026 2:30am 1:16

Dissecting Biden’s 2021 law that will require cars in the US to monitor drivers and to turn themselves off if the AI thinks the driver is impaired. Is it coming in 2027? Is it even feasible at all?Punching Upwards, Episo...

PU 42: Why Podcasts Matter

June 28, 2026 2:30am 1:03

In this somewhat different episode, I explain my passion for podcasting, try to give an overview of what constitutes a podcast (technically and in spirit) and argue why the medium is worth protecting.Punching Upwards, Ep...

PU 41: The Iran Peace Deal

June 21, 2026 2:30am 1:47

An analysis of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran. What does it mean for the future of world politics and how has it been reported on in the media?Punching Upwards, Episode 41 for 21 June 2...

PU 40: The First Trillionaire

June 14, 2026 2:30am 1:11

The company pulling off the most successful IPO in the history of stock exchanges, SpaceX, is losing money hand over fist. And its promised future money-maker, data centres in space, is a pipe dream.Punching Upwards, Epi...

PU 39: The Dead Internet Theory Was Right

June 07, 2026 2:30am 1:03

Are humans on the internet being pushed out by bots? Is this a lunatic fringe conspiracy theory or does Cory Doctorow’s thesis of enshittification accurately describe what is happening?Punching Upwards, Episode 39 for 7 ...

PU 38: Is Chat Control Finally Dead?

May 31, 2026 2:30am 33 min

The EU’s attempt to assume that all of its citizens are guilty of crimes and to then scan all of their communications is finally dead. But the dangerous ideas that spawned this insanity live on.Punching Upwards, Episode ...

PU 37: How Not to Report an Aviation Accident

May 24, 2026 2:30am 46 min

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed into a hill near Wuzhou in 2022, killing 132 people. What do we know about this Boeing 737 crash and what secret is the Chinese government keeping?Punching Upwards, Episode 37 f...

PU 36: Dire Straits of Hormuz

May 17, 2026 2:30am 44 min

The Straits of Hormuz are closed, blocking about 20% of oil shipments from reaching the global economy. But what does closed actually mean?Punching Upwards, Episode 36 for 17 May 2026Topics: Politics / War in Iran🦉 No AI...

PU 35: The Horror of Computerised War

May 10, 2026 2:30am 1:37

How the Pentagon switched decision making from humans to machines. And what it means for the future that computers now decide who lives and dies.Punching Upwards, Episode 35 for 10 May 2026Topics: Politics / War in Iran🦉...

PU 34: Scam Altman

May 03, 2026 2:30am 1:29

A deep dive on investigative journalist Ronan Farrow’s profile of Sam Altman’s leadership at OpenAI. The piece lays bare many of the enduring issues that make Silicon Valley so problematic.Punching Upwards, Episode 34 fo...

PU 33: The Stop Nick Shirley Act

April 26, 2026 2:30am 54 min

YouTuber Nick Shirley says California’s proposed AB2624 law was made to stop him and other independent journalists from reporting on fraud. How much of that is true?Punching Upwards, Episode 33 for 26 April 2026Topics: P...

PU 32: Germany's Digital Strategy Is Absolutely Bonkers

April 19, 2026 2:30am 1:05

Driven by a national delusion that Germans are somehow naturally very bad at digital technology, the country’s government is rushing headfirst into a disastrous implementation of AI in government.Punching Upwards, Episod...

PU 31: NASA’s Artemis II Mission

April 12, 2026 2:30am 1:07

Depending who you ask, NASA’s new mission to the moon was either the scientific breakthrough of the century or an utterly boring waste of money. Which is it?Punching Upwards, Episode 31 for 12 April 2026Topics: Science /...

PU 30: Aviation and the War in Iran

April 05, 2026 2:30am 33 min

The war in Iran is having a tremendous impact on the aviation industry. An underreported detail is what happens when your flight deviates around the closed airspace over Iran via Afghanistan.Punching Upwards, Episode 30 ...

PU 29: The State of Star Trek

March 29, 2026 2:30am 1:28

With the cancellation of Starfleet Academy, there is no Star Trek series in active production for the first time in a decade. Why is that and what does it reflect about the state of our culture?Punching Upwards, Episode...

PU 28: What is Antifa?

March 22, 2026 3:30am 1:30

Even though it has been in the US news a lot recently, almost everybody over there seems to be getting wrong what Antifa actually is. This is an overview from someone who grew up around this movement.Punching Upwards, Ep...

PU 27: LLMs Are a Dead-End

March 15, 2026 3:30am 1:42

Why current AI technology can’t get us what its proponents are promising. Why the media keeps getting the AI story wrong. Why AI layoffs are just an excuse to re-hire workers for cheaper.Punching Upwards, Episode 27 for ...

PU 26: Trump Falls Into the Smart Bomb Trap

March 08, 2026 3:30am 59 min

Trump’s war on Iran is a huge blunder, both militarily and politically. The US can’t possibly win this war and Trump is tanking his presidency, and the whole Republican Party, along with it.Punching Upwards, Episode 26 f...

PU 25: The Problem with the Epstein Files

March 01, 2026 2:30am 1:05

I’ve been digging through the Epstein files for weeks now and I’m finding that there are a lot of issues with the coverage in the press. This is an attempt to explain some of them.Punching Upwards, Episode 25 for 1 March...

PU 24: The ELIZA Effect

February 22, 2026 2:30am 1:16

An MIT professor developed the first chatbot in 1964 and discovered that we tend to ascribe human traits to even the simplest computer programs. This would foreshadow today’s widespread AI delusion.Punching Upwards, Epis...

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