Podcast Episodes

Be it Resolved: Ending Climate Change Requires the End of Capitalism as We Know It.

Season 1 Episode 20

Is the end of capitalism the answer to climate change?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, environmental activist and Guardian columnist George Monbiot debates MIT scientist and bestselling a…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Be it Resolved: There is No Scenario for Reopening the Economy That Prioritizes Economic Growth Over Public Health

Season 1 Episode 19

Can we reopen the economy and keep people safe during COVID-19?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, economists Stephen Roach and Stephen Moore debate the motion Be it resolved, there is no s…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Be it Resolved: We Are Making High-Stakes Decisions About the COVID-19 Pandemic Without Reliable Data

Season 1 Episode 18

COVID-19: Are we making decisions without reliable data?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, epidemiologists John Ioannidis and Sten Vermund debate the motion Be it resolved, we are making h…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Be it Resolved: Cut Public Spending for Universities. It's a Waste of Time and Money.

Season 1 Episode 17

Is university a waste of time and money?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, Bryan Caplan, author of The Case Against Education, debates Professor Nicholas Dirks, the former Chancellor of UC…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Be it Resolved: Joe Biden is the Democratic Party's Best Hope of Winning in 2020

Season 1 Episode 16

Can Joe Biden win the White House?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, US President Barack Obama's former Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel debates The Intercept's Mehdi Hasan on the motion Be it …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Be it Resolved: A Society that Allows Billionaires to Exist is Immoral

Season 1 Episode 15

Should billionaires exist?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, the editor of Jacobin Magazine, Bhaskar Sunkara, debates American Enterprise Institute's James Pethokoukis on the motion Be it …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Be it Resolved: Baby Boomers Have Ruined the Future for Millennials

Season 1 Episode 14

Are Boomers to blame?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, The Federalist's Lyman Stone and The Heritage Foundation's Stephen Moore debate the motion Be it resolved: Baby Boomers have ruined …

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Be it Resolved: Bernie Sanders is a Compelling Candidate to Beat Donald Trump in the 2020 US Presidential Election

Season 1 Episode 13

Can Bernie Sanders beat Donald Trump?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, New York Magazine columnist Jonathan Chait and The Intercept's DC Bureau Chief Ryan Grim debate the motion Be it res…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Be it Resolved: Justice Demands the Payment of Reparations for the Victims of Slavery and their Descendants

Season 1 Episode 12

Are the descendants of slaves owed compensation?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, economist and author Dr. Julianne Malveaux and Quillette columnist Coleman Hughes debate the motion Be it…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Be it Resolved: Politics as Usual Isn't Working. It's Time for a Revolution

Season 1 Episode 11

Is it time for a revolution?

On this episode of the Munk Debates Podcast, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges debate the motion Be it resolved, po…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago