Archive - Persuasion

August 2025

Tyler Cowen on Everything

Yascha Mounk and Tyler Cowen also discuss AI and the state of the world economy.

Aug 30 •

1:23:48

Musa Al-Gharbi on Why We Have Never Been Woke

Yascha Mounk and Musa Al-Gharbi discuss why so many members of elite groups like to pretend they’re oppressed.

Aug 27 •

1:18:14

Jonathan Haidt on Why We Always Think We’re Right

Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Haidt also discuss psychological differences between the left and the right.

Aug 23 •

1:06:28

Arlie Hochschild on Trump Voters, Old and New

Yascha Mounk and Arlie Hochschild discuss why white working class communities voted for Trump.

Aug 20 •

1:06:42

Christopher Rufo vs. The New Yorker

Old tweets, new norms, and the 2014 tipping point.

Aug 18 •

I'm a Space Force Colonel. Trump Fired Me for Being Transgender

Reflections on the deeply un-American trans service ban.

Aug 17 •

The Good Fight Club: Trump's Firings, Reinventing Liberalism, and the Rise of AI

Yascha Mounk, Francis Fukuyama, Steven Pinker, and Sabina Ćudić live at the Liberalism for the 21st Century conference!

Aug 16 •

1:13:44

AI Is Capturing Interiority

In unprecedented ways, chatbots reconfigure our inner lives.

Aug 15 •

This Week At Persuasion

Hang out with Persuasion readers in New York! Plus, Christine Rosen on The Good Fight.

Aug 15 •

Leonora Barclay

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