Jonathan Lynn on How Government Works (and "Yes, Minister")
Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Lynn discuss why the dysfunctional relationship between politicians and civil servants made for great TV, and what that tells us about the nature of politics. Jonathan Lynn ...
23 Mar 20241h 3min
Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness
Yascha Mounk and Coleman Hughes discuss the difference between race blindness and racism blindness. Coleman Hughes is a writer and the host of Conversations with Coleman. His new book is The End of R...
16 Mar 20241h 26min
Ed Luce on America in 2024
Yascha Mounk and Ed Luce discuss the sense of impending disaster in American politics. Ed Luce is the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times. He is also a member of the Persuasion bo...
9 Mar 20241h
Alex Byrne on the Trouble with Gender
Yascha Mounk and Alex Byrne discuss how to understand the differences between sex and gender—and why it matters. Alex Byrne is a philosopher and a professor at MIT in the Department of Linguistics an...
2 Mar 20241h 16min
Larry Summers on What Went Wrong on Campus
Yascha Mounk and Larry Summers also discuss the promise and perils of artificial intelligence. Larry Summers is an economist, the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and director of the Mossavar-Ra...
24 Feb 20241h 12min
Francisco Toro on Guatemala’s Political Revolution
Yascha Mounk and Francisco Toro discuss the surprise election of Bernardo Arévalo and the broader state of Latin American politics. Francisco Toro is a Venezuelan journalist and the founder of Caraca...
17 Feb 20241h
Ricardo Hausmann on How Economies Grow
Yascha Mounk and Ricardo Hausmann discuss development economics and how globalization has changed the nature of knowledge. Ricardo Hausmann is an economist and the founder and Director of Harvard’s G...
10 Feb 202459min
Martha Nussbaum on Living (and Eating) Morally
Yascha Mounk and Martha Nussbaum discuss how to reflect on a life lived well. Martha Nussbaum is a philosopher and the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University...
3 Feb 20241h 27min
