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All COPs are Bastards
The UN’s annual climate change conferences refuse to get real. Here’s what a more honest conversation would look like.
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Francisco Toro
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The Trouble with “Bidenomics”
Voters aren't buying the administration's messaging. But staying silent on the economy may be even worse for Biden.
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Michael Baharaeen
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Tim Urban on Everything
Listen now (73 mins) | Yascha Mounk and Tim Urban discuss making better choices, managing human foibles, and distilling big ideas into clear words.
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The Neoracists
 • John McWhorter
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Keira Bell: My Story
 • Keira Bell
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Why I'm Losing Trust in the Institutions
 • Yascha Mounk
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A Taxonomy of Fear
 • Emily Yoffe
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The Deep Roots of the Left’s Deafening Silence on Hamas
 • Yascha Mounk
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The Crisis in Medicine: A Provocation
A cardiologist argues that contemporary medicine may harm as much as help.
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Akshay Pendyal
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The New Antisemitism
Jews are being attacked as the root of all Western evil.
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Tomer Persico
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Bethany Allen on How China Abuses its Economic Might
Listen now (80 mins) | Yascha Mounk and Bethany Allen discuss the historical trajectory of the modern Chinese economy.
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Argentinians Pick Their Poison
This Sunday, the country picks between two men who should never be allowed near the levers of power.
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Francisco Toro
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Making Race Skin Deep
Racial attitudes in the United States need an overhaul. Latinos can show the way.
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Francisco Toro
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The Lights Are On But There Is No One Home
An Armenian journalist explains the tragedy of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Maria Titizian
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Robert Sapolsky on Free Will
Listen now (69 mins) | Yascha Mounk and Robert Sapolsky debate whether there is free will and if it would matter if there weren't.
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