Jacob Savage on the Costs of the Great Awokening
Jacob Savage is a writer and ticket scalper. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jacob Savage discuss whether the “Great Awokening” had lasting material effects beyond culture, how diversit...
17 Helmi 46min
Daniel Diermeier on Why Universities Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Yascha Mounk and Daniel Diermeier examine how elite institutions created the backlash that now threatens their future. Daniel Diermeier is Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, where he has served sin...
14 Helmi 1h
C. Thi Nguyen on Why Measuring Everything Ruins Everything
C. Thi Nguyen is a philosophy professor at the University of Utah. His latest book is The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Thi Nguyen disc...
10 Helmi 1h 21min
Jung Chang on A Personal History of China
Yascha Mounk and Jung Chang explore what individual narratives can tell us about China’s past and present. Jung Chang is the author of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Empress Dowager Cixi, and ...
7 Helmi 59min
Ruud Koopmans on Immigration and Integration in Europe
Ruud Koopmans is Research Director at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of Sociology and Migration Research at Humboldt University Berlin. He is also a member of the German Federal go...
3 Helmi 1h 18min
Martin Wolf on Why Trump’s Economic Revolution Never Happened
Yascha Mounk and Martin Wolf also discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy—and humanity. Martin Wolf is Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, Lo...
31 Tammi 1h 7min
Atul Gawande on Medicine and Mortality
Yascha Mounk and Atul Gawande discuss how a simple system can improve patient outcomes. Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. In this week’s conversation, Yasch...
27 Tammi 1h 13min
Gašper Beguš on Why Language Doesn’t Make Humans Special
Yascha Mounk and Gašper Beguš also talk about what whale communication and the recent progress on AI tell us about the human brain. Gašper Beguš is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at UC Berkel...
24 Tammi 1h 3min
