Podcast: The Good Fight with Yascha Mounk

The Good Fight Club: Can Europe Control Its Fate?

Timothy Garton Ash, Sabina Ćudić, and Nathalie Tocci join Yascha Mounk to assess the state of Europe today.

Dec 13 • Yascha Mounk

1:03:36

Jill Lepore on Why We Should Amend the U.S. Constitution

Yascha Mounk and Jill Lepore also discuss why she nearly quit academia.

Dec 9 • Yascha Mounk

1:18:17

Richard Thaler on Why People are Much More Irrational than Economists Believe

Yascha Mounk and Richard Thaler discuss where economics goes wrong.

Dec 6 • Yascha Mounk

1:11:36

Abigail Marsh on Psychopaths

Yascha Mounk and Abigail Marsh discuss how to recognize psychopathy—and what to do when you meet a psychopath.

Dec 2 • Yascha Mounk

1:18:27

Sven Beckert on How Capitalism Made the Modern World

Yascha Mounk and Sven Beckert discuss the history of our economic system.

Nov 29 • Yascha Mounk

1:24:37

Nate Soares on Why AI Could Kill Us All

Yascha Mounk and Nate Soares discuss the risks of artificial intelligence.

Nov 25 • Yascha Mounk

1:44:02

The Good Fight Club: A Warm Welcome for MBS, the Future of MAGA, and Democrat Infighting

Edward Luce, Russell Muirhead, Lauren Harper Pope, and Yascha Mounk on this week’s news.

Nov 22 • Yascha Mounk

58:00

James Loxton on Democracies and Dictators

Yascha Mounk and James Loxton discuss why authoritarian regimes fall.

Nov 18 • Yascha Mounk

1:14:44

William MacAskill on Effective Altruism

Yascha Mounk and William MacAskill also discuss artificial intelligence.

Nov 15 • Yascha Mounk

1:23:14

Shadi Hamid on Why We Need American Power

Yascha Mounk and Shadi Hamid discuss U.S. foreign policy successes and failures.

Nov 11 • Yascha Mounk

1:16:37

George Packer on Liberal Values in Authoritarian Times

Yascha Mounk and George Packer discuss autocracy in literature and real life.

Nov 8 • Yascha Mounk

1:11:54

The Good Fight Club: Mayor Mamdani, the Crackup at Heritage, and the Death of Dick Cheney

Sam Kahn, Mike Pesca, Christine Rosen, and Yascha Mounk take a look at the news this week.

Nov 6 • Yascha Mounk

56:10

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