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Charles Fain Lehman on Why Cities Got Safer
Yascha Mounk and Charles Fain Lehman explore how strategic policing drove the decline in violent crime—and why Baltimore was left behind. Charles Fai…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Good Fight Club: Why the Center Left Is Losing, the Squad vs. the Median Voter, and How Patriotism Wins Elections
Matthew Yglesias, Claire Ainsley, and Yascha Mounk debate whether progressives have abandoned the working-class voters they once claimed to represent…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Mark Leonard on Why Europe is Doomed
Yascha Mounk and Mark Leonard discuss whether the West can defend itself without America. Mark Leonard is co-founder and director of the European Cou…
4 months ago
A Debate with Curtis Yarvin
Curtis Yarvin, Minna Salami, and Yascha Mounk discuss whether we can ever be free in a liberal society in a discussion moderated by Roger Hearing. In…
4 months ago
Samuel Moyn on Why Old People Are Ruining America
Yascha Mounk and Sam Moyn also discuss whether some people deserve to have more votes than others. Samuel Moyn is the Kent Professor of Law and Histo…
4 months, 1 week ago
David Bau on How—and Whether—Artificial Intelligence Thinks
Yascha Mounk and David Bau delve into the emerging science of AI interpretability and what we can learn from billions of neural signals. David Bau is…
4 months, 1 week ago
Rebecca Haw Allensworth on How Professional Licenses are Rigging the Game for Insiders
Yascha Mounk and Rebecca Haw Allensworth examine how professional licensing has become America’s most important—and most restrictive—regulatory insti…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Steve Stewart-Williams on Sex Differences and Human Nature
Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams examine what science reveals about biological and psychological differences between men and women. Steve Stew…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Jeremiah Johnson on Why Gen Z Isn’t Actually Doomed
Yascha Mounk and Jeremiah Johnson examine the disconnect between economic data and public sentiment about young Americans’ prospects. Jeremiah Johns…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Kathryn Paige Harden on How Genetics Shapes Human Behavior
Yascha Mounk and Paige Harden discuss twin studies, heritability research, and why genetic influence varies across different traits and populations. …
4 months, 3 weeks ago