Ideas

Welcome to the Postmodern Presidency

Before there was Trump, there was French theory.

Jun 3 • Damon Linker

The very worst case climate change scenario is officially dead. You shouldn’t let that reassure you.

May 14 • Quico Toro

How to Save the Planet Without Screwing Over Poor People

Apr 23 • Quico Toro

Evolution Explains the Human Condition

It took a contradictory man to unearth the contradictory forces that shape our behavior.

Apr 14 • Steven Pinker

Kathleen Stock on the Case Against Assisted Death

Yascha Mounk and Kathleen Stock discuss whether liberal arguments for medically assisted suicide fail to hold up under scrutiny.

Apr 7 • Yascha Mounk

1:06:39

The Case for Going to the Moon

Why wonder and ambition are important.

Apr 1 • Luke Hallam

David Autor on the Scars That Money Can’t Heal

Yascha Mounk and David Autor explore why you can’t compensate workers for lost dignity with a check—and what that means for future economic shocks.

Mar 28 • Yascha Mounk

1:03:12

Growth Is All You Need

How development economics forgot the most important thing.

Mar 25 • Quico Toro

Episode 183: Steve Israel on the Einstein Conspiracy

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Mar 22 • Richard Aldous

29:45

A Very Brief Interview with Klaus Schwab

The founder of the World Economic Forum asked me for a blurb. I offered him an interview. 20 minutes in, he cut it short.

Mar 10 • Yascha Mounk

21:47

Episode 182: Christopher Clark on A Scandal in Königsberg

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Mar 8 • Richard Aldous

26:42

What “Western Civilization” Really Means

It has less to do with faith—and more to do with the Enlightenment—than Marco Rubio thinks.

Mar 3 • Francis Fukuyama

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