Ep 5: Do you own yourself? | Amit Varma defends classical liberalism

Lant Pritchett believes that the post-1990 promise—that every country could converge on becoming democratic, capable, and liberal—was always more fragile than its champions admitted.But what does the ...

12 Juni 1h 51min

Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah believes animals are sentient, and that sentience, not species, is what determines who counts morally.But why not limit moral consideration to the human species? What about pets a...

24 Maj 1h 41min

Rahul Matthan believes intellectual property is not like real property. It's a legal fiction the state grants to protect publishers and incentivize innovation. But if you spent years writing a novel o...

12 Apr 3h 3min

Abhishek believes that federalism is a good idea. Power should devolve across political levels, and there should be multiple tiers of elected government.But doesn't federalism make politics more dysfu...

18 Mars 1h 59min

Pranay believes that nationalism is not only unavoidable, but unfairly criticised by liberals and libertarians.But what exactly is a nation? Isn't nationalism often linked with violence and exclusion?...

9 Feb 1h 57min

Ajay Shah believes that global free trade is good, and that state autarky is a bad idea. Borders, he says, should be relatively open, and there should be low levels of control on people, goods, servic...

21 Dec 20252h 18min

Kumar Anand believes that more liberty is always better than less liberty. As a libertarian, he argues that many problems can be traced back to too much state power and too little individual freedom.B...

2 Dec 20252h 28min

Shephali Bhatt argues that we cannot, and should not, separate art from the artist. To her, art is not created in a vacuum. It is an extension of the artist.But should art always be judged by its crea...

1 Nov 20251h 44min