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The Good Fight Club: Why Japan’s “Weirdo” Victory Matters, the Rise of Chinese Soft Power, and the End
Yascha Mounk, Bethany Allen, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, and Chang Che examine how Asia is preparing for a more dangerous world. In this week’s episode of Th…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Jacob Savage on the Costs of the Great Awokening
Jacob Savage is a writer and ticket scalper. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jacob Savage discuss whether the “Great Awokening” had las…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Daniel Diermeier on Why Universities Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Yascha Mounk and Daniel Diermeier examine how elite institutions created the backlash that now threatens their future. Daniel Diermeier is Chancellor…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
C. Thi Nguyen on Why Measuring Everything Ruins Everything
C. Thi Nguyen is a philosophy professor at the University of Utah. His latest book is The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game. In this wee…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Jung Chang on A Personal History of China
Yascha Mounk and Jung Chang explore what individual narratives can tell us about China’s past and present. Jung Chang is the author of Wild Swans: Th…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Ruud Koopmans on Immigration and Integration in Europe
Ruud Koopmans is Research Director at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of Sociology and Migration Research at Humboldt University B…
4 months ago
Martin Wolf on Why Trump’s Economic Revolution Never Happened
Yascha Mounk and Martin Wolf also discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy—and humanity. Martin Wolf is Associate Editor and Chie…
4 months ago
Atul Gawande on Medicine and Mortality
Yascha Mounk and Atul Gawande discuss how a simple system can improve patient outcomes. Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public healt…
4 months, 1 week ago
Gašper Beguš on Why Language Doesn’t Make Humans Special
Yascha Mounk and Gašper Beguš also talk about what whale communication and the recent progress on AI tell us about the human brain. Gašper Beguš is …
4 months, 1 week ago
Damon Linker on Why Trump 2.0 Is More Destructive Than Anyone Expected
Damon Linker writes the Substack newsletter “Notes from the Middleground.” He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the Univ…
4 months, 2 weeks ago