Ep 16: Nationalism ain't so bad! | Pranay Kotasthane on what liberals get wrong about nationalism

Lant Pritchett believes that the post-1990 promise—that every country could converge on becoming democratic, capable, and liberal—was always more fragile than its champions admitted.But what does the ...

12 Jun 1h 51min

Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah believes animals are sentient, and that sentience, not species, is what determines who counts morally.But why not limit moral consideration to the human species? What about pets a...

24 Mai 1h 41min

Rahul Matthan believes intellectual property is not like real property. It's a legal fiction the state grants to protect publishers and incentivize innovation. But if you spent years writing a novel o...

12 Apr 3h 3min

Abhishek believes that federalism is a good idea. Power should devolve across political levels, and there should be multiple tiers of elected government.But doesn't federalism make politics more dysfu...

18 Mar 1h 59min

Ajay Shah believes that global free trade is good, and that state autarky is a bad idea. Borders, he says, should be relatively open, and there should be low levels of control on people, goods, servic...

21 Des 20252h 18min

Kumar Anand believes that more liberty is always better than less liberty. As a libertarian, he argues that many problems can be traced back to too much state power and too little individual freedom.B...

2 Des 20252h 28min

Shephali Bhatt argues that we cannot, and should not, separate art from the artist. To her, art is not created in a vacuum. It is an extension of the artist.But should art always be judged by its crea...

1 Nov 20251h 44min