Podcast Episodes

The Good Fight Club: Hounding Political Opponents, Misinformation, and Autism

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk, Francis Fukuyama, Sabina Ćudić, and Dan Williams discuss Donald Trump’s firing of a federal prosecutor and what this means for democracy in the United State…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Randi Weingarten on the State of America’s Public Schools

Yascha Mounk and Randi Weingarten also discuss whether teachers unions are to blame for prolonged school closures during the pandemic.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teache…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Good Fight Club: Populism in the UK, Threats to Free Speech, and the Future of the Middle East

A live recording of The Good Fight Club in London!

In this week’s episode of The Good Fight Club, Yascha Mounk is joined by Fraser Nelson, Helen Joyce, and Shashank Joshi to discuss the global fallou…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Steven Pinker on How Common Knowledge Builds and Weakens Societies

Steven Pinker is Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard, an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Humanist of the Year, one of Time’s “100 Mo…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Damon Linker on The Spiral of Violence in America

Yascha Mounk and Damon Linker discuss the fallout from the assassination of Charlie Kirk—and what happens next.

Damon Linker is a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Pennsylvani…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

David Brooks on… Yascha Mounk

David Brooks interviews Yascha Mounk to mark the paperback edition of The Identity Trap.

Yascha Mounk is the founder and editor-in-chief of Persuasion. His latest book is The Identity Trap, which is …

Published on 2 months ago

The Good Fight Club: Russian Drones in Poland, Low Literacy in Schools, and Can Anyone Rein in Trump?

In this week’s episode of The Good Fight Club, Yascha Mounk, Ivan Krastev, Amanda Ripley, and Mike Pesca discuss what the Russian drones shot down in Poland mean for NATO, the impact of the Supreme C…

Published on 2 months ago

Tom Ginsburg on Whether America Should Adopt a New Constitution

Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law, Professor of Political Science, and Faculty Director of the Malyi Center for the Study of Institutional and Legal I…

Published on 2 months ago

Daron Acemoglu on How States Succeed—And Why Many Don’t

Daron Acemoglu is an Institute Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include (with James A. Robinson) Why Nations Fail, and (wi…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Good Fight Club: The “Trump Is Dead” Conspiracy, the Big Summit Between Xi, Putin and Modi, and Firings at the CDC

In this week’s episode of The Good Fight Club, Yascha Mounk, Francis Fukuyama, Mona Charen, and Russell Muirhead explore why the “Trump is dead” conspiracy took hold, the recent summit between Xi Jin…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago