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Episode 85: Gautam Mukunda on Choosing a Presidential Candidate
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Episode 85: Gautam Mukunda on Choosing a Presidential Candidate

What’s the best way to determine whether a presidential candidate is truly up to the task? Former Harvard Business School professor Gautam Mukunda joins Richard Aldous to discuss his new book, Picking Presidents: How to Make the Most Consequential Decision in the World. Mukunda outlines his non-partisan set of criteria for how we can evaluate if a presidential candidate would be an effective leader and why some of the worst—and best—leaders are of the “unfiltered” variety.

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Persuasion
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Biweekly conversations between Richard Aldous, Bard College professor and distinguished historian, and authors on their newest books.