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Russians Are Finally Angry About Censorship
Why internet blackouts show the limits of an authoritarian regime.
May 9 • Ivetta Sergeeva
Timothy Garton Ash on Europe’s Political Fragmentation
Yascha Mounk and Timothy Garton Ash discuss how Britain’s shift toward populism reflects broader European trends.
May 9 • Yascha Mounk
1:19:18
This Week At Persuasion
A Book Club with Freya India! Plus, Lant Pritchett on The Good Fight.
May 8 • Leonora Barclay
Keir Starmer Gets His Ass Handed to Him
Britain's center left was badly bruised in yesterday's elections.
May 8 • François Valentin
Dara Massicot on Where the Russia-Ukraine War Stands Today
Dara Massicot is a military analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who previously worked for the Department of Defense and the Rand…
May 8 • Francis Fukuyama
31:27
Colleges, Maybe Try Teaching!
Academia has become unrooted from pedagogy.
May 7 • William Deresiewicz
France’s TikTok Populist
How a 30-year-old university dropout became the far right's great hope.
May 6 • Henri Astier
The New Normal of Holding Federal Workers Hostage
The shutdown is over. The fight is not.
May 6 • John Yochelson
Who Stands to Gain Most From the MAGA Split
Hint: It’s the world’s most hypocritical podcaster.
May 5 • Sam Kahn
Laurenz Guenther on the Representation Gap in Politics
Yascha Mounk and Laurenz Guenther discuss why ordinary voters and political elites disagree on immigration, crime, and social issues.
May 5 • Yascha Mounk
1:08:28
Europe Can No Longer Trust America
The continent needs to build its own future—but to do so, it needs imagination.
May 4 • Dalibor Rohac
AI Companies Aren’t Evil. But They Are Reckless.
You can’t build machines that jeopardize civilization without expecting regulators to step in.
May 4 • Julie Guirado
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