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Back to SearchHow Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? (Update)
Episode 478
Arthur Brooks, an economist and former head of the American Enterprise Institute, believes that there is only one remedy for our political polarizati…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
649. Should Ohio State (and Michigan, and Clemson) Join the N.F.L.?
Episode 649
Soccer leagues around the world use a promotion-and-relegation system to reward the best teams and punish the worst. We ask whether American sports f…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
648. The Merger You Never Knew You Wanted
Episode 648
The N.F.L. is a powerful cartel with imperial desires. College football is about to undergo a financial reckoning. So maybe they should team up? (Par…
5 months ago
Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (Update)
Episode 481
In this episode we first published in 2021, the political scientist Yuen Yuen Ang argues that different forms of government create different styles o…
5 months, 1 week ago
647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.
Episode 647
In his new book “Breakneck,” Dan Wang argues that the U.S. has a lot to learn from China. He also says that “no two peoples are more alike.” We have …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? (Update)
Episode 242
A lot of jobs in the modern economy don’t pay a living wage, and some of those jobs may be wiped out by new technologies. So what’s to be done? We re…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
646. An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio ...
Episode 646
What does it take to “play 3D chess at 250 miles an hour”? And how far will $12.5 billion of “Big, Beautiful” funding go toward modernizing the F.A.A…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
645. Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken?
Episode 645
Flying in the U.S. is still exceptionally safe, but the system relies on outdated tech and is under tremendous strain. Six experts tell us how it got…
6 months ago
644. Has America Lost Its Appetite for the Common Good?
Episode 644
Patrick Deneen, a political philosopher at Notre Dame, says yes. He was a Democrat for years, and has now come to be seen as an “ideological guru” of…
6 months, 1 week ago
Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (Update)
Bjørn Andersen has killed hundreds of minke whales. He tells us how he does it, why he does it, and what he thinks would happen if whale-hunting ever…
6 months, 1 week ago