Jason Furman on the Future of the World Economy
Jason Furman is a professor of economics in the Economics Department at Harvard and at the Harvard Kennedy School. He also served as the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barac...
27 Touko 20231h 5min
Will Humanity Survive AI?
Gary Marcus is an expert in artificial intelligence, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast “Humans vs Machines with Gary Marcus.” In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Gary Marcus dis...
20 Touko 20231h 3min
Israel’s Democratic Crisis
Ami Ayalon is the former head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal intelligence agency, and former commander of the Israeli navy. After his retirement from the Shin Bet, Ayalon served as a member of the...
13 Touko 202340min
William Deresiewicz on the “Excellent Sheep” of the American Elite
William Deresiewicz is an American author, essayist, and critic. He taught English at Yale University from 1998 to 2008. He is the author, among other books, of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of th...
6 Touko 20231h
Ed Luce on an America—and a World—Divided
Ed Luce is the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times. He is also a member of the Persuasion board of advisors. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ed Luce discuss the pros...
29 Huhti 202352min
Timothy Garton Ash on Europe, Past and Present
Timothy Garton Ash, a distinguished historian, is Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. His latest book is Homelands: A Personal History of Europe. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mo...
22 Huhti 20231h 1min
Ben Ansell on Why Politics Fail
Ben Ansell is Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of Why Politics Fails. In this week’s conversation, Ya...
15 Huhti 20231h 13min
Murtaza Hussain on How Immigrant and Minority Voters are Misunderstood
Murtaza Hussain is a reporter at The Intercept covering national security and foreign policy. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Murtaza Hussain discuss why most Americans, whether they kn...
8 Huhti 20231h 4min
