James Kirchick on America’s Enormous Progress on Gay Rights
James Kirchick is a writer and a columnist at Tablet. His most recent book is Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and James Kirchick discuss h...
3 Dec 202258min
Danielle Allen on the Enduring Relevance of the Constitution
Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, where she also directs the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics. Her forthcoming book is Justice By Means of De...
26 Nov 202255min
Renée DiResta on How (Not) to Fix Social Media
Renée DiResta is a writer and the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Renée DiResta discuss how we can turn down the temperature ...
19 Nov 20221h 2min
Ed Luce on America’s Future After the Midterms
Ed Luce is the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ed Luce discuss the electoral toll of Trumpism; why Democrats who focus on iden...
12 Nov 202248min
Russ Muirhead on the Enduring Appeal of Conspiracy Theory
Russ Muirhead is the Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth College and a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. His latest book, co-authored with Nancy Rosenb...
5 Nov 202259min
Sam Harris on Whether Religion Really Does Make Everything Worse
Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, author, and the host of the Making Sense podcast. He rose to prominence as a member of the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism, which also included Daniel Denne...
29 Okt 20221h 30min
Lis Smith on What Democrats Do Wrong
Lis Smith is a veteran political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. Most recently, she was senior adviser to Pete Buttigieg in his 2020 presidential campaign. Her memoir is Any Given Tue...
22 Okt 20221h
Shashank Joshi on How the War in Ukraine Will End
Shashank Joshi is Defence Editor for The Economist and serves on the Advisory Board at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Shashank Josh...
15 Okt 20221h 2min
