Sitemap - 2022 - Persuasion
Shadi Hamid on the Tensions Between Liberalism and Democracy
The Intolerable Risks of Frozen Conflicts
Vetocracy and Climate Adaptation
Episode 88: Megan Walsh on China’s Lively Literary Scene
Episode 88: Megan Walsh on China’s Lively Literary Scene
Episode 88: Megan Walsh on China’s Lively Literary Scene
January 11, 2023: The Corrupting of Philanthropy with Craig Kennedy
The Revolt Against Iran's Theocratic Regime
Trump Stops Working for the Working Class
The Supreme Court Needs a Code of Conduct
January 6, 2023: Iran, Sanctions, and Political Change with Stuart Levey
December 19: Former Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko on Reconstructing Ukraine
Americans Don’t Want Election Deniers
December 15, 2022: Nima Rashedan on "Fissures in the Iranian Regime."
Episode 87: Jacob Soll on the Ever-Changing Free Market
Episode 87: Jacob Soll on the Ever-Changing Free Market
Episode 87: Jacob Soll on the Ever-Changing Free Market
The "Twitter Files" Show It’s Time to Reimagine Free Speech Online
Ben Rhodes on Where American Foreign Policy Went Wrong
The Irony at the End of History
The Curriculum Wars Are Based On An Illusion
Episode 86: John A. Farrell on Ted Kennedy’s Epic, Turbulent Life
Episode 86: John A. Farrell on Ted Kennedy’s Epic, Turbulent Life
Episode 86: John A. Farrell on Ted Kennedy’s Epic, Turbulent Life
VIDEO: Francis Fukuyama Introduces the Deep State Series
James Kirchick on America’s Enormous Progress on Gay Rights
The Respect for Marriage Act Is Historic
An Empty Treasury and a War To Fight
How Liberals Lost Their Way on Affirmative Action
Danielle Allen on the Enduring Relevance of the Constitution
Good Riddance to Crypto, or How Everything is Related to Everything Else
What Mexico Gets Right About Race
Renée DiResta on How (Not) to Fix Social Media
Episode 85: Gautam Mukunda on Choosing a Presidential Candidate
Episode 85: Gautam Mukunda on Choosing a Presidential Candidate
Episode 85: Gautam Mukunda on Choosing a Presidential Candidate
Four Scenarios for the 2024 Republican Primaries
Why Trust In Journalism Has Collapsed
The Monarchy Strengthens British Democracy
Ed Luce on America’s Future After the Midterms
Episode 84: Rita Katz on Internet-Age Terrorism
Episode 84: Rita Katz on Internet-Age Terrorism
Episode 84: Rita Katz on Internet-Age Terrorism
Why The Red Wave Didn’t Happen
Frederick Douglass' Perfect Pitch
The Slavic Battle of the Books
When Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Legend
A Dispatch from the Exhausted Majority
Why Bolsonaro Is Going Quietly
Russ Muirhead on the Enduring Appeal of Conspiracy Theory
When Assisted Suicide Goes Too Far
My Family and Molotov-Ribbentrop
The Powers of the Modern Administrative Government
Episode 83: Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges on Xi Jinping’s Hidden Story
Episode 83: Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges on Xi Jinping’s Hidden Story
Episode 83: Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges on Xi Jinping’s Hidden Story
The Good Listener: A Halloween Trick
Sam Harris on Whether Religion Really Does Make Everything Worse
Avoiding an Authoritarian Future
Will the Best of All Possible Worlds Continue?
Valuing the Deep State Part VI: Schedule F
December 1, 2022: Hedwig Richter and Michael Kimmage discuss "Democracy—A German Affair?"
November 4, 2022: Bill Kristol discusses "The Midterms and the Shape of the New"
Lis Smith on What Democrats Do Wrong
Episode 82: Cody Keenan on the Ten Days that Defined Obama's Presidency
Episode 82: Cody Keenan on the Ten Days that Defined Obama's Presidency
Episode 82: Cody Keenan on the Ten Days that Defined Obama's Presidency
The Internet’s Ultimate Censors
Talking About John Fetterman’s Stroke Is Not Ableism
Valuing the Deep State Part V: Controlling the Administrative State
Shashank Joshi on How the War in Ukraine Will End
The Road To Hell: Berlin, 1933
The Soul of Black Classical Music
Jonathan Zimmerman on America's Public Schools and Parents' Rights
Episode 81: Giles Tremlett on Spain's Complicated Past
Episode 81: Giles Tremlett on Spain's Complicated Past
Episode 81: Giles Tremlett on Spain's Complicated Past
Why More and More Children are Cutting Off Their Parents
Winston Churchill, Forgotten Progressive?
Adults Today Care Too Much What Young People Think
Exploiting Migrants: A Game Anyone Can Play
Valuing the Deep State Part IV: Why Delegation is Necessary
Heather McGhee on Why Racial Progress is Not Zero-Sum
Congress Is Finally Moving to Fortify American Democracy
Press Freedom for Freedom's Adversaries?
Episode 80: Walter Russell Mead on the American-Israeli Relationship
Episode 80: Walter Russell Mead on the American-Israeli Relationship
Episode 80: Walter Russell Mead on the American-Israeli Relationship
Valuing the Deep State Part III: A State of Courts and Parties
Against the Will of the People
Richard Reeves on Why Men are Struggling
The Danger of Politicizing Science
Give Ordinary People a Say On Abortion (and Other Contentious Issues)
Robert Kagan on America’s Future, Foreign Policy Realism, and the War in Ukraine
Britain Needs A Real Constitution
Episode 79: Eleanor Herman and the Demonization of Women in Power
Episode 79: Eleanor Herman and the Demonization of Women in Power
Episode 79: Eleanor Herman and the Demonization of Women in Power
The Problem with “Decolonizing” Global Health
The Paradox of Mikhail Gorbachev
Valuing the Deep State Part II: The Origin of States
What Is National Conservatism?
Episode 78: Francesca Tripodi on Right-Wing Narratives and their Internet Success
Episode 78: Francesca Tripodi on Right-Wing Narratives and their Internet Success
Episode 78: Francesca Tripodi on Right-Wing Narratives and their Internet Success
Chloé Valdary on How to be a (True) Antiracist
How Social Media Destroys the Things That Matter Most
Who Belongs in the Club of Democracies?
Drawing the Line on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Valuing the Deep State, Part I
How Not To Write A Constitution
Should Donald Trump Be Prosecuted?
The Case Against Prosecuting Donald Trump
The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump
America's Pro-Authoritarian Theorists
Episode 77: Michael Mandelbaum on American Foreign Policy
Episode 77: Michael Mandelbaum on American Foreign Policy
Episode 77: Michael Mandelbaum on American Foreign Policy
Nailing Neoliberalism to the Wall
The Great American Movie: The Godfather at Fifty
The Unseen Side of "Cancel Culture"
Coleman Hughes on How America Racializes its Citizens
Democrats Are Finally Coming To Their Senses
The F.D.A.’s Misguided War on Vaping
Now is Not The Time to Let Putin Save Face
America Should Allow Death Row Organ Donation
When the West Defanged Ukraine
Episode 76: Mary Ziegler on the Anti-Abortion Movement
Episode 76: Mary Ziegler on the Anti-Abortion Movement
Episode 76: Mary Ziegler on the Anti-Abortion Movement
What an Overly Pessimistic View of America Gets Wrong
September 28, 2022: John Avlon discusses his new book, "Lincoln and the Fight for Peace"
August 26, 2022: Vittorio Hösle discusses "Why Russia Is More Dangerous than China at Present"
Ukraine’s Resistance and Russia’s Future
How the United States Can Keep Iran from Getting the Bomb
Fighting AIDS in Africa Does Help Democracy
The Forgotten Philosopher Who Can Fix Our Economy
Corey Brettschneider on Free Speech
Episode 75: Jonathan Pelson on China's Dangerous Domination of 5G
Episode 75: Jonathan Pelson on China's dangerous domination of 5G
Episode 75: Jonathan Pelson on China's dangerous domination of 5G
The GOP's Embrace of Economic Nationalism
The Racial Binary Is Inadequate
July 18, 2022: Kenneth R. Weinstein on "Political Report from Tokyo"
There Won’t Be a “Civil War”...
Episode 74: Ezrachi and Stucke on Big Tech’s threat to innovation
Episode 74: Ezrachi and Stucke on Big Tech’s threat to innovation
Episode 74: Ezrachi and Stucke on Big Tech’s threat to innovation
July 14, 2022: Sofi Oksanen and Francine Stock on “Art and Occupation”
Dear Democrats, Stop Boosting Trumpist Candidates!
Misinformation Is Here To Stay (And That’s OK)
July 11, 2022: William Kristol and Eric Edelman discuss “Breaking the Black Sea Blockade”
Episode 73: James Kirchick on the Hidden History of Gay Washington
Episode 73: James Kirchick on the hidden history of gay Washington
Episode 73: James Kirchick on the hidden history of gay Washington
Who Will Certify the Certifiers?
The Constitutional Failsafe against Judicial Overreach
Khizr Khan: Why I Love America
Graeme Wood on January 6th, Saudi Arabia, and Interviewing Extremists
America Is Headed For Disaster
Episode 72: Thomas S. Kidd on Thomas Jefferson
Episode 72: Thomas S. Kidd on Thomas Jefferson
Episode 72: Thomas S. Kidd on Thomas Jefferson
A Personal Plea to Help Hong Kong
Democracy’s Challenges and How to Meet Them
The Moderate Majority on Abortion
How We Got Bipartisan Gun Reform
Do the Politics of Class and Race Stand in Tension?
Episode 71: Aaron Friedberg on Getting China Wrong
Episode 71: Aaron Friedberg on Getting China Wrong
Episode 71: Aaron Friedberg on Getting China Wrong
Fight AIDS in Africa, Not Democracy
June 22, 2022: Eliot Cohen on "Seeing the Russian Military Clearly"
Introducing Conversation Clubs
Ian Bremmer on the Geopolitical Recession
What History Teaches Us About January 6th
Episode 70: Lev Menand on the Federal Reserve
Episode 70: Lev Menand on the Federal Reserve
Episode 70: Lev Menand on the Federal Reserve
June 15, 2022: Tom Tugendhat discusses "The UK, Russia, and Ukraine"
Episode 69: Frederic C. Hof on Obama and Syria
Episode 69: Frederic C. Hof on Obama and Syria
Episode 69: Frederic C. Hof on Obama and Syria
What Went Wrong in Afghanistan
Brexit: Good or Bad for Britain?
Why Democrats Are Recalling Their Own
Banning Hate Speech Won’t End Extremist Violence
🎧 Are America's Institutions Broken?
From Dictatorship to Gamesmanship in China
Episode 68: Nelly Lahoud on the Bin Laden Papers
Episode 68: Nelly Lahoud on the bin Laden papers
Episode 68: Nelly Lahoud on the bin Laden papers
June 2, 2022: Michael Mandelbaum discusses his new book, "The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy"
Decisive Battles, Past and Present
Lessons for the Left from the United Kingdom
🎧 Robert P. George on Free Speech, Philosophical Liberalism, and Conservatism After Trump
May 26, 2022: "Playing Brahms for Ukraine." A pre-concert talk with Robert Shafer
What's Next for Poland's Ukrainians
The Dangerous Movement to Stop Treating the Mentally Ill
America’s Abortion Debate Is Broken
The Vital Center, Then and Now
🎧 Adolph Reed, Jr. on Race and Class in America
What Would Richard Pipes Say Today?
Episode 67: Jimmy Soni on PayPal's Entrepreneurs
Episode 67: Jimmy Soni on PayPal's entrepreneurs
Episode 67: Jimmy Soni on PayPal's entrepreneurs
When Words Lose Their Meanings
May 17, 2022: Francis Fukuyama discusses his new book, "Liberalism and Its Discontents"
Hazony’s Un-American Conservatism
Episode 66: Zubok on the USSR's collapse
Episode 66: Zubok on the USSR's collapse
Episode 66: Zubok on the USSR's collapse
🎧 Thomas Piketty on Why the World Keeps Getting More Equal
Three Dubious Claims About Social Media
May 12, 2022: Peter Wehner on “Channeling Popular Passions.” Co-sponsored by Braver Angels.
Dictatorships and Double Standards Redux
Carbon Is Making Us Dependent on Dictators...
🎧 David Wallace-Wells on Climate Change
Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less
Episode 65: Matthew Continetti on American Conservatism
Episode 65: Matthew Continetti on American Conservatism
Episode 65: Matthew Continetti on American Conservatism
We Did Not Ask for "Liberation"
Episode 64: Christine Emba on Sexual Ethics
Episode 64: Christine Emba on sexual ethics
Episode 64: Christine Emba on sexual ethics
June 10, 2022: Ivo Daalder discusses "NATO and Ukraine." Moderated by Carla Anne Robbins.
Some Lessons from the Sorry History of Campus Speech Codes
🎧 Jonathan Haidt on Why Public Discourse Has Become So Stupid
The Bankers Who Changed the World
Gallipoli: History Is Rhyming Again
Against the College Admissions Essay
Episode 63: Garrett Graff's New Watergate History
Episode 63: Garrett Graff's new Watergate history
Episode 63: Garrett Graff's new Watergate history
Yascha Mounk: America Won’t Ever Be Majority Minority
🎧 Yascha Mounk on Making Diverse Democracies Work
Inside the Siege of Ukraine’s Cities
Will the Real MAGA Man Please Stand Up?
Ending Female Genital Mutilation
How the BBC Risks Eroding Its Neutrality
Educators Should Practice Principled Neutrality
Why My NYT Article Inspired So Much Fury
In Praise of “Wonderfully Arrogant” Textbooks
What Finlandization Really Means
Nationalism and the Struggle in Ukraine
🎧 Randall Kennedy on Racism, Critical Race Theory, and the Need for (Chastened) Optimism
Give My Country the Weapons It Needs
Episode 62: Lee Siegel on Why Argument Matters
Episode 62: Lee Siegel on Why Argument Matters
Episode 62: Lee Siegel on Why Argument Matters
The China Challenge: Response and Restatement
The French Presidential Election
Why a Ukrainian Insurgency Would Succeed
China’s Economic Vulnerabilities
Chinese Authoritarianism and the Global Order
An Authoritarian World Order with Chinese Characteristics
🎧 T. M. Scanlon on What We Owe to Each Other
Episode 61: Guriev and Treisman on the Tools of Today's Tyrants
Episode 61: Guriev and Treisman on the tools of today's tyrants
Episode 61: Guriev and Treisman on the tools of today's tyrants
Walking the Transgender Movement Away from the Extremists
What Happens When the Scientists Disagree?
April 4, 2022: Patrick Chamorel on "The French Election"
The Many Faces of Literary Censorship
🎧 Anne Applebaum on How to Fight Back Against Dictators Like Putin
Ukraine: The Return of the Cold War
German Foreign Policy and European Reactions to Ukraine with Johannes Ludewig
Episode 60: Christopher Smith on Ukraine’s Westward Evolution
Episode 60: Christopher Smith on Ukraine’s Westward Evolution
Episode 60: Christopher Smith on Ukraine’s Westward Evolution
Israel's Change Coalition is a Template to Fight Populism
The Slow Death of Gandhi’s India
Dictators Won't Solve Climate Change
Episode 59: Chris Armstrong on Our Vital Oceans
Episode 59: Chris Armstrong on our vital oceans
Episode 59: Chris Armstrong on our vital oceans
A Connected World Is Tearing Us Apart
March 18, 2022: Azar Nafisi discusses her new book, "Read Dangerously"
International Organizations are Failing Ethiopia
The Real Threat to American Democracy
March 14, 2022: Hal Brands on "The Twilight Struggle"
Episode 58: Sebastian Mallaby on the Venture Capitalists
Episode 58: Sebastian Mallaby on the venture capitalists
Episode 58: Sebastian Mallaby on the venture capitalists
March 11, 2022: John Rodden on "What Would Orwell Say Today?"
Germany: Realpolitik Meets Reality
Kleptocracy and National Security
Episode 57: Dwight Chapin on the Nixon White House
Episode 57: Dwight Chapin on the Nixon White House
Episode 57: Dwight Chapin on the Nixon White House
Bucking the Secularist Storyline
The Spread of Putin’s Repression to Ukraine
The Kleptocratic Sources of Russia's Conduct
The Brave Russians Speaking Out Against the War
South Korea Votes, Beijing Watches
Lessons from Ukraine for Deterrence against China
March 1, 2022: Jared Cohen on "Technology Competition with China." Moderated by Steven Hill.
Episode 56: A. J. Baime on Walter F. White
Episode 56: A. J. Baime on Walter F. White
Episode 56: A. J. Baime on Walter F. White
🎧 George Packer on the War in Ukraine
Ukraine and the No-Fly Zone Temptation
The Contradictions of American History
Ukraine, Looking Backward and Forward
Slavery, Civil War, and the Constitution
The Common Good: A Catholic Case for Liberalism
The Meaning of Presidents’ Day
🎧 Moisés Naím on The Revenge of Power
Episode 55: Iain Dale and Alvin Felzenberg on Our 45 Presidents
Episode 55: Iain Dale and Alvin Felzenberg on our 45 Presidents
Episode 55: Iain Dale and Alvin Felzenberg on our 45 Presidents
Twitter's Flawed Justification for Censorship
February 17, 2022: Film Critic David Thomson on "Disaster Mon Amour." Moderated by Francine Stock
Title IX and the Administrative State
Episode 54: Linda Hirshman on the Abolition Movement
Episode 54: Linda Hirshman on the abolition movement
Episode 54: Linda Hirshman on the abolition movement
The Case for Defending Ukraine
The Case for Restraint on Ukraine
🎧 Jonathan Sumption on the Limits of State Power
The Master of Petersburg and the Martyr of Style
Can Western Europe Help Eastern Europe?
A Noxious Mix: Germany, Gas and Russia
February 7, 2022: Zachary M. Schrag on "Honest History" with Katherine Epstein
The Powerless are Hurt Most by “Cancel Culture”
Dreaming of Democracy in China
Episode 53: Peter Goodman on the Billionaires and Power
Episode 53: Peter Goodman on the billionaires and power
Episode 53: Peter Goodman on the billionaires and power
February 2, 2022: A Conversation on "The Right, Russia, and Ukraine" with David Frum
“Woke” Politics Comes to Latin America
Emotions Run High in the Land of Descartes
Boris Johnson’s Nine Lives Are Up
🎧 Javier Cercas on How to Deal With Your Nation’s Past
Episode 52: Simms and Laderman on Hitler's American Gamble
Episode 52: Simms and Laderman on Hitler's American Gamble
Episode 52: Simms and Laderman on Hitler's American Gamble
Telltale Signs of Democratic Backsliding
America Can't Retreat from the World
No “Minor Incursion,” Mr. President
The Problem With “Systemic Racism”
🎧 Ramachandra Guha on the Crisis in the World’s Largest Democracy
Episode 51: Bruce Ragsdale on Washington and Slavery
Episode 51: Bruce Ragsdale on Washington and slavery
Episode 51: Bruce Ragsdale on Washington and slavery
Filibuster Reform is a Dangerous Necessity
A Compromise Is Possible on CRT in the Schools
🎧 The Conservative Case for Philosophical Liberalism
March 26, 2022: Salon with Tara Isabella Burton on "Faith and Democracy"
Episode 50: Roosevelt Montas on the Great Books' Enduring Value
Episode 50: Roosevelt Montas on the Great Books' enduring value
Episode 50: Roosevelt Montas on the Great Books' enduring value
The Arts and Social Justice: Bedfellows?
Weepings and Gnashings of Teeth
🎧 Fiona Hill on the Working Class, Populism, and Russia
Episode 49: Joseph Horowitz on Black Classical Music
Episode 49: Joseph Horowitz on Black classical music
Episode 49: Joseph Horowitz on Black classical music
The Most Important Elections of 2022
Could You Stand Upright in the Winds That Would Blow?
January 4, 2022: Fareed Zakaria on "The Narrow Path to Liberal Democracy"