Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTimothy Snyder on the Myths That Blinded the West to Putin’s Plans
“Americans and Europeans were guided through the new century by a tale about ‘the end of history,’ by what I will call the politics of inevitability,…
4 years, 4 months ago
Masha Gessen on Putin’s 'Profoundly Anti-Modern’ Worldview
For Western audiences, the past few weeks have been a torrent of information about what’s happening in Russia and Ukraine. Daily updates of Russian m…
4 years, 4 months ago
Fiona Hill on the War Putin Is Really Fighting
Vladimir Putin was looking for a swift invasion that would halt Ukraine’s drift toward the West, reveal NATO’s fractures and weaknesses and solidify …
4 years, 4 months ago
Fareed Zakaria Has a Better Way to Handle Russia — and China
“Russia’s utterly unprovoked, unjustifiable, immoral invasion of Ukraine would seem to mark the end of an era,” writes Fareed Zakaria, “one that bega…
4 years, 4 months ago
Can the West Stop Russia by Strangling its Economy?
There’s the Russia-Ukraine war that’s easy to follow in the news right now. We can watch Russian bombs falling on Ukraine, see Russian tanks smoking …
4 years, 5 months ago
A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
When we play Monopoly or basketball, we know we are playing a game. The stakes are low. The rules are silly. The point system is arbitrary. But what …
4 years, 5 months ago
Best Of: Stop. Breathe. We Can’t Keep Working Like This.
We were promised, with the internet, a productivity revolution. We were told that we’d get more done, in less time, with less stress. Instead, we got…
4 years, 5 months ago
A Critique of Government That Liberals Need to Hear
Government is a bureaucratic, slow-moving institution. It’s too easily captured by special interests. It’s often incapable of acting at the speed and…
4 years, 5 months ago
Relationships Are Hard. This Unusual Parenting Theory Can Help.
This is one of those episodes I feel I need to sell. Because on one level, it’s about an unusual theory of parenting known by the acronym RIE — for t…
4 years, 5 months ago
It's Not Your Fault You Can't Pay Attention. Here's Why.
“The sensation of being alive in the early 21st century consisted of the sense that our ability to pay attention — to focus — was cracking and breaki…
4 years, 5 months ago