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Colleges, Maybe Try Teaching!
Academia has become unrooted from pedagogy.
3 hrs ago
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William Deresiewicz
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France’s TikTok Populist
How a 30-year-old university dropout became the far right's great hope.
May 6
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Henri Astier
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The New Normal of Holding Federal Workers Hostage
The shutdown is over. The fight is not.
May 6
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John Yochelson
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Who Stands to Gain Most From the MAGA Split
Hint: It’s the world’s most hypocritical podcaster.
May 5
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Sam Kahn
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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
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Yascha Mounk
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Europe Can No Longer Trust America
The continent needs to build its own future—but to do so, it needs imagination.
May 4
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Dalibor Rohac
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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
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Julie Guirado
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Episode 186: Odd Arne Westad on the Coming Storm
Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST.
May 3
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Richard Aldous
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Lant Pritchett on Why Foreign Aid Misses the Point
Yascha Mounk and Lant Pritchett discuss why development requires building state capability, not just charitable interventions.
May 2
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Yascha Mounk
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Ukraine Is Now An Arms Superpower
The country has made itself too important to abandon.
May 1
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Ines Burrell
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This Week at Persuasion
Intellectual Bootcamp kicks off in 45 minutes!
May 1
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Leonora Barclay
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British Jews Are Tired
Reflections on the UK’s latest antisemitic attack.
May 1
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Matt Marks
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