Jonathan Haidt on How To Lead a Happy Life
Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Haidt revisit The Happiness Hypothesis twenty years on and assess the campaign to get kids off their phones. Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University’s...
14 Nov 57min
Shadi Hamid and Matthew Kaemingk on Whether Democracy Needs Religion
Shadi Hamid is a columnist at The Washington Post and a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, where he co-directs the Faith and Future of Democracy Initia...
10 Nov 56min
Martin Wolf on Democratic Capitalism After Trump
Yascha Mounk and Martin Wolf discuss whether democracy can recover from the damage of populism, the risk of an AI bubble, and why France could spark the next euro crisis. Martin Wolf is chief economi...
7 Nov 1h
The Good Fight Club: Trump Rebuked
Yascha Mounk, Larry Diamond, and Arlie Hochschild debate whether the blue wave marks the end of the MAGA era or merely a pause. In this week’s episode of The Good Fight Club, Yascha Mounk, Larry Diam...
4 Nov 1h 4min
Dan Williams on Why AI (Probably) Won’t Kill Us
Yascha Mounk and Dan Williams discuss the impact of AI on society, education, and politics. Dan Williams is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex. He writes the Conspicuous...
31 Okt 47min
Malcolm Gaskill on Why Our Ancestors Weren't as Superstitious as We Think
Yascha Mounk and Malcolm Gaskill debate what the Enlightenment got wrong about the so-called age of credulity. Malcolm Gaskill, Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at the University of East An...
24 Okt 59min
James Marriott on the End of Reading
Yascha Mounk and James Marriott explore what happens when a civilization turns its back on books. James Marriott is a London Times columnist and the author of the Substack Cultural Capital, covering ...
20 Okt 53min
Eliot Cohen on Why America Keeps Losing Wars It Should Win
Yascha Mounk and Eliot Cohen delve into the lost meaning of “strategy” and why Trump's Iran gambit went off the rails. Eliot A. Cohen is the Arleigh Burke chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategi...
17 Okt 52min
