Podcast Episodes

William MacAskill on Effective Altruism

Yascha Mounk and William MacAskill also discuss artificial intelligence.

William MacAskill is a moral philosopher and cofounder of the effective altruism movement.  

He's the author of Doing Good Bet…

Published on 12 hours ago

Shadi Hamid on Why We Need American Power

Shadi Hamid is a columnist at The Washington Post and a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Hamid’s new book is The Case for American Power.

In this we…

Published on 4 days, 12 hours ago

George Packer on Liberal Values in Authoritarian Times

Yascha Mounk and George Packer discuss autocracy in literature and real life.

George Packer is an award-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic. His latest book is The Emergency. 

In this wee…

Published on 1 week ago

The Good Fight Club: Mayor Mamdani, the Crackup at Heritage, and the Death of Dick Cheney

In this conversation, Sam Kahn, Mike Pesca, Christine Rosen, and Yascha Mounk discuss what the election results mean for the direction of the Democrats, what the Heritage Foundation scandal shows abo…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Joseph Heath on the Death of Marxism

Joseph Heath is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Trudeau Foundation, Heath is the author of several books, inc…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

The Good Fight Club: Mamdani Mania, the Neverending Shutdown, and the Trump-Xi Summit

Richard Aldous, Sabina Ćudić, and Damon Linker join Yascha Mounk to dissect this week’s news.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk, Richard Aldous, Sabina Ćudić, and Damon Linker explore the fut…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Geoffrey Hinton on Artificial Intelligence

Yascha Mounk and Geoffrey Hinton discuss how AI works—and why it’s a risk. 

Geoffrey Hinton is a cognitive psychologist and computer scientist known as the “godfather of AI.” He was awarded the 2024 …

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

The Good Fight Club: Trump’s New Ballroom, a Looming Attack on Venezuela, and Why Social Media Explains the Rise of Populism

Francis Fukuyama, Mona Charen, and Yascha Mounk dissect this week’s news.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk, Francis Fukuyama and Mona Charen discuss Trump’s latest actions, from demolishing …

Published on 3 weeks ago

Lulu Meservey on How Media Has Changed

Lulu Cheng Meservey is the founder of Rostra, advocate of going direct, and writer of Flack.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Lulu Meservey explore why the traditional communications pla…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Randall Kennedy on Racism in America

Randall Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School where he teaches courses on contracts, criminal law, and the regulation of race relations.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha …

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago