Arlie Hochschild on Trump Voters, Old and New
Arlie Hochschild is an author and professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right and Strangers in Thei...
12 Feb 202555min
Oren Cass on the Case for Tariffs
Yascha Mounk and Oren Cass discuss the reasoning behind Trump’s economic policy. Oren Cass is the founder and executive director of American Compass and author of The Once and Future Worker: A Vision...
8 Feb 20251h 16min
Eric Kaufmann on “The Third Awokening”
Yascha Mounk and Eric Kaufmann also discuss "asymmetrical multiculturalism" and the global fertility crisis. Eric Kaufmann is a professor of Politics at the University of Buckingham, where he directs...
1 Feb 20251h 10min
Francis Fukuyama on Trump 2.0
Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama discuss the first few days of the Trump administration–and what it means for domestic and foreign policy. Francis Fukuyama is a political scientist, author, and the ...
28 Jan 20251h 7min
Yanis Varoufakis on What Comes After Capitalism
Yascha Mounk and Yanis Varoufakis discuss whether the dominance of large cloud-focused tech companies signals the arrival of a new economic order. Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician, and th...
25 Jan 20251h 9min
What Are Children For?
Yascha Mounk and Anastasia Berg discuss the case for having—or not having—kids. Anastasia Berg is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine and an editor of The Poi...
18 Jan 202556min
Fraser Nelson on Great Britain
Yascha Mounk and Fraser Nelson discuss the Labour government’s shrinking popularity and the challenges facing a post-Brexit Britain. Fraser Nelson is a British political journalist who was editor of ...
11 Jan 20251h 16min
Tyler Cowen on Everything
Yascha Mounk and Tyler Cowen also discuss AI and the state of the world economy. Tyler Cowen is an American economist, columnist, and blogger. Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris chair in economics at Geo...
8 Jan 20251h 14min
