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Localism, Not Nationalism, Will Cure What Ails Rural America
What JD Vance gets right and wrong about our left-behind regions.
12 hrs ago • 
Jeffery Tyler Syck
Nate Soares on Why AI Could Kill Us All
Yascha Mounk and Nate Soares discuss the risks of artificial intelligence.
17 hrs ago • 
Yascha Mounk
1:44:02
It’s Time for a New Left
Its 21st century project has failed. An overhaul is in order.
Nov 24 • 
Ruy Teixeira
Jim Fishkin on Deliberation and Democracy
Francis Fukuyama interviews Jim Fishkin, author of Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?, about why democracies need deliberation, the role of…
Nov 24 • 
Francis Fukuyama
32:55
Episode 175: Sven Beckert on Capitalism
Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST.
Nov 23 • 
Richard Aldous
26:01
The Good Fight Club: A Warm Welcome for MBS, the Future of MAGA, and Democrat Infighting
Edward Luce, Russell Muirhead, Lauren Harper Pope, and Yascha Mounk on this week’s news.
Nov 22 • 
Yascha Mounk
58:00
What Does Nick Fuentes Think He’s Doing?
On being an insufferable contrarian.
Nov 21 • 
Sam Kahn
This Week At Persuasion
William MacAskill on The Good Fight! Plus, our online happy hour.
Nov 20 • 
Leonora Barclay
Permitting Reform Alone Is No Panacea
We must tackle the regulatory barriers to building in America—but this is no miracle cure.
Nov 20 • 
Bruce Cain
272 Words That Changed America
What we talk about when we talk about the Gettysburg Address.
Nov 19 • 
Steven B. Smith
How the Internet Made the Far-Right
To understand extremist politics, you have to understand online discourse.
Nov 18 • 
Katherine Dee
James Loxton on Democracies and Dictators
Yascha Mounk and James Loxton discuss why authoritarian regimes fall.
Nov 18 • 
Yascha Mounk
1:14:44
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