EP 198: Eric Kaufmann: Is Woke Dead?

EP 198: Eric Kaufmann: Is Woke Dead?

Tonight, in London, England, a group of writers and thinkers will gather to debate a key cultural question: “Is woke dead?” And tomorrow, the inaugural conference of a new centre for social science kicks off. Academics will gather to talk through the intellectual origins of this movement and its politics, psychology, and driving interests, to establish it as a field of study, and to delve into overlooked topics and perspectives. Our guest on the program is the man behind both of these events,...

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EP 200: Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee on How Our Politics Failed Us in the Pandemic

EP 200: Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee on How Our Politics Failed Us in the Pandemic

Three and a half years ago, during the pandemic era, we launched Lean Out to explore some basic questions about illiberalism in our response to the crisis — and in our culture, our politics, and our n...

18 Jun 202550min

EP 199: Jenara Nerenberg on Resisting Groupthink in Polarized Times

EP 199: Jenara Nerenberg on Resisting Groupthink in Polarized Times

In polarized times, our tolerance for different perspectives decreases. Groupthink becomes common, and we can often find ourselves either censored, or self-censoring. Our guest on the program today ha...

11 Jun 202529min

EP 197: ENCORE: Larissa Phillips on Bridging Our Divides

EP 197: ENCORE: Larissa Phillips on Bridging Our Divides

As Tara puts the finishing touches on her next book, on declining trust in the media, we wanted to bring you a few encore interviews that have helped shaped her thinking on the media — including today...

28 Mai 202530min

EP 196: ENCORE: Musa al-Gharbi on the Cultural Contradictions of the Elites

EP 196: ENCORE: Musa al-Gharbi on the Cultural Contradictions of the Elites

As Tara puts the finishing touches on her next book, on declining trust in the media, we wanted to bring you a few encore interviews that have helped shaped her thinking on the media — including today...

21 Mai 202552min

EP 195: Meghan Daum on Life's Catastrophe Hours

EP 195: Meghan Daum on Life's Catastrophe Hours

In this turbulent era, for many of us there is a moment in every day when anxiety steals over us. We pause, and in that rare period of stillness, the fears surface — but sometimes, if we’re lucky, so ...

14 Mai 202536min

EP 194: Darrell Bricker on Our Divided Nation

EP 194: Darrell Bricker on Our Divided Nation

Now that the dust has settled on the Canadian federal election, we can pause for a moment and assess where we are at as a country. What lessons can we take from the election results? Our guest on toda...

7 Mai 202525min

EP 193: David Zweig on Pandemic School Closures

EP 193: David Zweig on Pandemic School Closures

One of the most polarizing policies of the pandemic era was the extended school closures. Critics have now been validated, with The New York Times reporting that “a growing body of research shows that...

30 Apr 202534min

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