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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…
8 months, 2 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…
8 months, 3 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…
8 months, 3 weeks 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…
8 months, 4 weeks 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…
9 months 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 …
9 months 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…
9 months, 1 week ago
Ian Bassin on How to Save American Democracy from Trump
Yascha Mounk and Ian Bassin also report on what they got right—and wrong—over the past decade. Ian Bassin is co-founder and Executive Director of Pro…
9 months, 1 week ago
Rebecca Goldstein on Why Humans Need to Matter
Yascha Mounk and Rebecca Goldstein debate whether our desperate need for significance is a flaw we should overcome—or an essential part of human dign…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Scott Anderson on Why Iran’s Real Revolution Might Be Coming
Yascha Mounk and Scott Anderson discuss how economic collapse has created the conditions for regime change—and what this could mean for the country. …
9 months, 2 weeks ago