Podcast: The Good Fight with Yascha Mounk

Mark Leonard on Whether Europe is Doomed

Yascha Mounk and Mark Leonard discuss how the West can defend itself without America.

Jun 23 • Yascha Mounk

58:07

A Debate with Curtis Yarvin

Curtis Yarvin, Minna Salami, and Yascha Mounk discuss whether we can ever be free in a liberal society in a discussion moderated by Roger Hearing.

Jun 20 • Yascha Mounk

43:48

Samuel Moyn on Why Old People Are Ruining America

Yascha Mounk and Sam Moyn also discuss whether some people deserve to have more votes than others.

Jun 16 • Yascha Mounk

1:24:43

David Bau on How—and Whether—Artificial Intelligence Thinks

Yascha Mounk and David Bau examine the mysterious internal processes that drive AI behavior—and why they may be fundamentally alien.

Jun 13 • Yascha Mounk

1:43:50

Rebecca Haw Allensworth on How Professional Licenses are Rigging the Game for Insiders

Yascha Mounk and Rebecca Haw Allensworth examine how professional licensing has become America’s most important—and most restrictive—regulatory…

Jun 9 • Yascha Mounk

56:23

Steve Stewart-Williams on Sex Differences and Human Nature

Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams examine what science reveals about biological and psychological differences between men and women.

Jun 6 • Yascha Mounk

1:12:32

Jeremiah Johnson on Why Gen Z Isn’t Actually Doomed

Yascha Mounk and Jeremiah Johnson examine the disconnect between economic data and public sentiment about young Americans’ prospects.

Jun 2 • Yascha Mounk

1:03:54

Kathryn Paige Harden on How Genetics Shapes Human Behavior

Yascha Mounk and Paige Harden discuss twin studies, heritability research, and why genetic influence varies across different traits and populations.

May 30 • Yascha Mounk

1:14:54

H.W. Brands on the Making of George Washington

Yascha Mounk and H.W. Brands discuss the first U.S. president's life and legacy.

May 26 • Yascha Mounk

1:20:08

James Traub on Why American Classrooms Are Failing Democracy

Yascha Mounk and James Traub examine how progressive teaching methods are producing citizens who can’t think critically.

May 23 • Yascha Mounk

1:02:02

Marc Lipsitch on Playing Pandemic Roulette in the Lab

Yascha Mounk and Marc Lipsitch also discuss how worried we should be about Hantavirus and Ebola.

May 19 • Yascha Mounk

1:23:28

The Good Fight Club: The Vibe Shift That Wasn’t, White Identity Politics, and “When They Go Low, We Go Low”

Amanda Ripley, Jesse Singal, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Yascha Mounk explore Trump’s failed cultural revolution.

May 16 • Yascha Mounk

1:06:28

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