Yascha Mounk and Yuval Levin discuss why neither Democrats nor Republicans have built a durable post-Cold War coalition—and how American politics could be transformed in 2028.
Thanks for this. Yuval Levin is one of the smartest political thinkers we have today, and I look forward to reading his new book. One thing I do see missing from his suggestions for future, coalition-building leaders is any reference to foreign policy. It's true that voters generally care more about domestic issues. But one of the things we need from our national politicians, and especially the president, is a reminder of why national security concerns are really, really important (as they so clearly are right now).
Very interesting as usual. Yascha: do us a favor and talk to your audio engineer about levels. I had to turn UP the volume every time you spoke and turn DOWN the volume every time Levin spoke. Also, you have a tendency to trail off into nearly inaudible at the ends of phrases. Try to speak at a constant, projected volume please. I don’t want to miss a word! But your engineer should be able to help…Thanks!
Good interview as usual, Yascha. I was disappointed, however, that you let Mr. Levin dodge your question about giving politicians a pass to evade a question about hot button issues.
I probably agree with Mr. Levin on more issues than I disagree with him, and I am not a single-issue voter, but I DO want to know the position of a candidate on the issues that are important to me -- gay rights, abortion, foreign policy, immigration, taxing and spending in particular -- and even if the office that a person is immediately seeking does not have authority over one or more of those issues, it may still have influence; for me, evasion is as disqualifying as outright lying.
Overall I really enjoyed the podcast and Levin is a great thinker and speaker. Directly speaking to the US primary problem was sound but doesn’t currently seem solvable. I get what he is saying about not having to pander to the more extreme minded parts of the party they will vote for you on election day but I’m not convinced that this will get you through as the candidate.
One thing I think was missing in the conversation and just watched Kotkin speaking and had the same thought, why aren’t people asking more about all the gerrymandering, politicization of courts, and voter suppression? Isn’t this part of making political parties less effective. The vote is basically being subsidized and skewing the results and therefore the party’s understanding of itself and the need to change. I would have liked Mounk to press Levin on this, not in term of blame or fixing it, but that it is making for it harder to get the results that drive better representation of voters.
Thanks for this. Yuval Levin is one of the smartest political thinkers we have today, and I look forward to reading his new book. One thing I do see missing from his suggestions for future, coalition-building leaders is any reference to foreign policy. It's true that voters generally care more about domestic issues. But one of the things we need from our national politicians, and especially the president, is a reminder of why national security concerns are really, really important (as they so clearly are right now).
Very interesting as usual. Yascha: do us a favor and talk to your audio engineer about levels. I had to turn UP the volume every time you spoke and turn DOWN the volume every time Levin spoke. Also, you have a tendency to trail off into nearly inaudible at the ends of phrases. Try to speak at a constant, projected volume please. I don’t want to miss a word! But your engineer should be able to help…Thanks!
Good interview as usual, Yascha. I was disappointed, however, that you let Mr. Levin dodge your question about giving politicians a pass to evade a question about hot button issues.
I probably agree with Mr. Levin on more issues than I disagree with him, and I am not a single-issue voter, but I DO want to know the position of a candidate on the issues that are important to me -- gay rights, abortion, foreign policy, immigration, taxing and spending in particular -- and even if the office that a person is immediately seeking does not have authority over one or more of those issues, it may still have influence; for me, evasion is as disqualifying as outright lying.
Overall I really enjoyed the podcast and Levin is a great thinker and speaker. Directly speaking to the US primary problem was sound but doesn’t currently seem solvable. I get what he is saying about not having to pander to the more extreme minded parts of the party they will vote for you on election day but I’m not convinced that this will get you through as the candidate.
One thing I think was missing in the conversation and just watched Kotkin speaking and had the same thought, why aren’t people asking more about all the gerrymandering, politicization of courts, and voter suppression? Isn’t this part of making political parties less effective. The vote is basically being subsidized and skewing the results and therefore the party’s understanding of itself and the need to change. I would have liked Mounk to press Levin on this, not in term of blame or fixing it, but that it is making for it harder to get the results that drive better representation of voters.