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Justin Marozzi on Slavery in the Islamic World
Justin Marozzi is a historian and journalist who has spent most of his professional life living and working in the Muslim world. His latest book is C…
1 year ago
David Bau on How Artificial Intelligence Works
David Bau is Assistant Professor at Northeastern University and Director of the National Deep Inference Fabric, researching the emergent internal mec…
1 year ago
Katie Herzog on Drinking Your Way Sober
Yascha Mounk and Katie Herzog discuss how to treat alcoholism. Katie Herzog is the co-host of the podcast Blocked and Reported and the author of Drin…
1 year ago
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…
1 year 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 Weingart…
1 year, 1 month 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 Joyc…
1 year, 1 month 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 final…
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 1 month 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 Persuasio…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Good Fight Club: Russian Drones in Poland, Low Literary 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…
1 year, 1 month ago