The Good Fight

How do revolutions start? Can a few opposition activists overthrow an authoritarian government? And is it possible for a loud minority to impose its view on a quiet majority -- even in a democracy? Ya...

18 Juli 20191h 6min

Yascha Mounk talks to George Packer about Richard Holbrooke, American foreign policy, and how superpowers can (and can't) use their might to advance liberal democracy. Email: goodfightpod@gmail.com Tw...

3 Juli 20191h 1min

Yascha Mounk talks to Elif Shafak, the prolific novelist and political thinker, about the rise of populism; the future of Turkey and the United Kingdom; the case against strictures on what writers sho...

16 Juni 201958min

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Alex Hertel-Fernandez, an  Assistant Professor at Columbia University, about the ways in which special interests dominate American politics, an...

8 Maj 201946min

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Sciences at Yale University, and the author of Blueprint: The Evolutionary Or...

24 Apr 20191h 1min

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Heidi Tworek, an historian of news and media, about the historic transformation brought about by social media, the long history of disinformati...

10 Apr 201953min

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Tony Blair, the former Prime British Prime Minister, about the roots of populism, how to deal with automation, and a progressive economic progr...

27 Mars 201941min

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Karen Stenner about voters with an authoritarian personality, and whether they can explain the rise of populists like Donald Trump. Email: theg...

13 Mars 201958min