Podcast: The Good Fight with Yascha Mounk

David Goodhart on Why the Educated Elite Lost Touch with Democracy

Yascha Mounk and David Goodhart explore how the domination of mobile, university-educated “anywheres” sparked the populist revolt.

Mar 24 • Yascha Mounk

1:14:52

Shashank Joshi on Why the War in the Middle East Won’t End Anytime Soon

Yascha Mounk and Shashank Joshi examine whether the United States and Israel are achieving their strategic objectives in the Middle East.

Mar 21 • Yascha Mounk

49:36

Ibram X. Kendi on Great Replacement Theory

Yascha Mounk and Ibram X. Kendi also discuss anti-racism, equity, and education.

Mar 18 • Yascha Mounk

1:50:29

Adrian Wooldridge on the Lost Genius of the Political Center

Yascha Mounk and Adrian Wooldridge explore how liberalism reinvented itself through past crises—and what that means for its survival today.

Mar 14 • Yascha Mounk

1:13:34

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

Dean Ball on Who Should Control AI

Yascha Mounk and Dean Ball examine how the fight over autonomous weapons and mass surveillance reveals the impossible choices facing American AI policy.

Mar 7 • Yascha Mounk

1:34:56

Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s War With Iran

Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama examine why military strikes rarely achieve their political objectives.

Mar 1 • Yascha Mounk

54:40

Danielle Allen on Why Technocratic Liberalism Failed

Yascha Mounk and Danielle Allen discuss democratic backsliding.

Feb 28 • Yascha Mounk

50:46

Janice Stein on When Being Rational Is Irrational

Yascha Mounk and Janice Stein delve into the paradoxes of decision-making in politics and international relations.

Feb 24 • Yascha Mounk

1:20:05

The Good Fight Club: Why Japan’s “Weirdo” Victory Matters, the Rise of Chinese Soft Power, and the End of Asian Stability

Yascha Mounk, Bethany Allen, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, and Chang Che examine how Asia is preparing for a more dangerous world.

Feb 21 • Yascha Mounk

1:08:00

Jacob Savage on the Costs of the Great Awokening

Yascha Mounk and Jacob Savage discuss how diversity initiatives materially impacted young white men’s professional prospects in media, academia, and…

Feb 17 • Yascha Mounk

58:19

Daniel Diermeier on Why Universities Are Their Own Worst Enemies

Yascha Mounk and Daniel Diermeier examine how elite institutions created the backlash that now threatens their future.

Feb 14 • Yascha Mounk

1:09:10

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