Andrés Velasco on Oil Shocks and Financial Crises
Yascha Mounk and Andrés Velasco discuss why the current energy crisis won’t repeat the 1970s—and what dangers lurk in today’s financial markets. Andrés Velasco is the Dean of the School of Public Pol...
11 Apr 57min
Kathleen Stock on the Case Against Assisted Death
Yascha Mounk and Kathleen Stock discuss whether liberal arguments for medically assisted suicide fail to hold up under scrutiny. Kathleen Stock is a contributing writer at UnHerd, a frequent columnis...
7 Apr 55min
Ruy Teixeira on What the Liberal Patriot Closure Says About the Center Left
Yascha Mounk and Ruy Teixeira examine how the Democratic Party’s cultural evolution drove away working-class voters—and ask whether it may be too late to change course. Ruy Teixeira is a Senior Fello...
7 Apr 59min
Sebastian Mallaby on AI Safety and the Race for Superintelligence
Yascha Mounk and Sebastian Mallaby discuss why tech leaders both fear and accelerate dangerous AI development, and whether open-source models pose unacceptable risks. Sebastian Mallaby is the author ...
4 Apr 56min
David Autor on the Scars That Money Can’t Heal
Yascha Mounk and David Autor discuss how policy failures made trade disruption worse—and why we're still making the same mistakes. David Autor is the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in the...
31 Mar 58min
David Goodhart on Why the Educated Elite Lost Touch with Democracy
Yascha Mounk and David Goodhart explore how the domination of mobile, university-educated “anywheres” sparked the populist revolt. David Goodhart is a journalist, author and think tanker, and current...
24 Mar 1h 4min
Shashank Joshi on Why the War in the Middle East Won’t End Anytime Soon
Yascha Mounk and Shashank Joshi examine whether the United States and Israel are achieving their strategic objectives in the Middle East. Shashank Joshi is Defence Editor at The Economist, where he w...
21 Mar 48min
Ibram X. Kendi on Great Replacement Theory
Yascha Mounk and Ibram X. Kendi also discuss anti-racism, equity, and education. Ibram X. Kendi is Professor of History and the founding director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study...
18 Mar 1h 2min
