Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat a post-Trump Republican Party might look like
Episode 345
Five years ago, Oren Cass sat at the center of the Republican Party. Cass is a former management consultant who served as the domestic policy directo…
5 years, 7 months ago
Free speech, safety, and ‘the letter’
Episode 344
Last week, Harper’s published an open letter arguing that “the free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily b…
5 years, 7 months ago
The frightening fragility of America's political institutions
Episode 343
Masha Gessen grew up in the Soviet Union and spent two decades covering the resurgence of totalitarianism in Russia, before being driven from the cou…
5 years, 8 months ago
Can artificial intelligence be emotionally intelligent?
Episode 342
When we talk about AI, we’re often talking about a very particular, narrow form of intelligence — the sort of analytical competence that can win you …
5 years, 8 months ago
Danielle Allen on the radicalism of the American revolution — and its lessons for today
Episode 341
My first conversation with Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen in fall 2019 was one of my all-time favorites. I didn’t expect to have Allen on …
5 years, 8 months ago
Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect
Episode 340
Land of the Giants is a podcast from our friends at Recode and the Vox Media Podcast Network that examines the most powerful tech companies of our ti…
5 years, 8 months ago
Nicholas Carr on deep reading and digital thinking
Episode 340
In 1964, the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan wrote his opus Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. In it, he writes, “In the long run, a m…
5 years, 8 months ago
Your questions, answered
Episode 339
Believe it or not, we’re already halfway through 2020. What a great year so far, huh? Just a delight. That means it’s time for an AMA. Among the ques…
5 years, 8 months ago
Which country has the world's best healthcare system?
Episode 338
I got my start as a blogger. But more specifically, I got my start as a health policy blogger. My first piece of writing I remember people really car…
5 years, 8 months ago
The transformative power of restorative justice
Episode 337
The criminal justice system asks three questions: What law was broken? Who broke it? And what should the punishment be? Upon that edifice — and chann…
5 years, 8 months ago