Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBill Gates on Progress, Food Technology, and the Battle Between Climate Change and Innovation
Season 1 Episode 92
In 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 ambitious goals to end poverty, fight inequality, and stop climate change by 2030. Seven years in, the world …
3 years, 10 months ago
How Ukraine’s New Offensive Could Win the War Against Russia
Season 1 Episode 91
We're in a new phase of the Ukraine-Russia war. Paul Poast of the University of Chicago returns to the podcast to break down Ukraine's extraordinary …
3 years, 10 months ago
The UK Is in Trouble: Economic Crises, Energy Shocks, and the Queen’s Death
Season 1 Episode 90
Hours before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Derek talked to Duncan Weldon, the Britain economics correspondent at The Economist, about the UK's pol…
3 years, 10 months ago
America’s National Teacher Shortage: Looming Crisis or Media Myth?
Season 1 Episode 89
Students are going back to school this month. But according to many news sources, there won't be nearly enough teachers to greet them. The Washington…
3 years, 10 months ago
Nate Silver on Why This Midterm Election Could Be the Weirdest in Decades
Season 1 Episode 88
Earlier this year, it appeared that Democrats were going to get destroyed in the midterms. Joe Biden's approval rating was in the toilet, inflation w…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Messy Debate Over Student Loan Forgiveness
Season 1 Episode 87
The level of student debt in this country represents a massive policy error. But is forgiving up to $20,000 of student debt really the best way to he…
3 years, 10 months ago
Burning Questions on Media: Streaming’s Summer of Hell, Movie Theater Woes, and CNN’s Risky Pivot
Season 1 Episode 86
Today’s episode is about the entertainment and media industry’s tumultuous summer, the streaming wars, a come-to-Jesus moment for movie theaters, and…
3 years, 10 months ago
What’s the Secret of Success in America? This Economist Has Answers.
Season 1 Episode 85
The economist Raj Chetty has spent much of the last decade trying to answer a very big question: What happened to the American Dream? In 1940, a chil…
3 years, 11 months ago
Why Does It Seem Like Everybody Hates Everything?
Season 1 Episode 84
Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman talks to Derek about the death of the monoculture, how the internet creates cults of fans and anti-fans, and how …
3 years, 11 months ago
Donald Trump vs. the FBI: Everything We Know About the Investigation So Far
Season 1 Episode 83
I've never before recorded an episode specifically about Donald Trump. I guess I’ve been holding out for the chaos that typically swirls around him t…
3 years, 11 months ago