Podcast: The Good Fight with Yascha Mounk

Damon Linker on the Spiral of Violence in America

Yascha Mounk and Damon Linker discuss the fallout from the assassination of Charlie Kirk—and what happens next.

Sep 16 •

59:40

David Brooks on… Yascha Mounk

David Brooks interviews Yascha Mounk to mark the paperback edition of "The Identity Trap."

Sep 13 •

1:15:16

The Good Fight Club: Russian Drones in Poland, Low Literacy in Schools, and Can Anyone Rein in Trump?

Yascha Mounk, Ivan Krastev, Amanda Ripley, and Mike Pesca on the big topics this week.

Sep 11 •

1:08:20

Tom Ginsburg on Whether America Should Adopt a New Constitution

Yascha Mounk and Tom Ginsburg discuss the strengths of the U.S. political system.

Sep 9 •

1:02:35

Daron Acemoglu on How States Succeed—And Why Many Don’t

Yascha Mounk and Daron Acemoglu also discuss China.

Sep 6 •

1:21:40

The Good Fight Club: The “Trump Is Dead” Conspiracy, the Big Summit Between Xi, Putin and Modi, and Firings at the CDC

Yascha Mounk, Francis Fukuyama, Mona Charen, and Russell Muirhead tackle this week’s big news.

Sep 4 •

58:43

Cass Sunstein on Defending Liberalism

Yascha Mounk and Cass Sunstein discuss liberalism's critics on the right and left.

Sep 2 •

1:08:21

Tyler Cowen on Everything

Yascha Mounk and Tyler Cowen also discuss AI and the state of the world economy.

Aug 30 •

1:23:48

Musa Al-Gharbi on Why We Have Never Been Woke

Yascha Mounk and Musa Al-Gharbi discuss why so many members of elite groups like to pretend they’re oppressed.

Aug 27 •

1:18:14

Jonathan Haidt on Why We Always Think We’re Right

Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Haidt also discuss psychological differences between the left and the right.

Aug 23 •

1:06:28

Arlie Hochschild on Trump Voters, Old and New

Yascha Mounk and Arlie Hochschild discuss why white working class communities voted for Trump.

Aug 20 •

1:06:42

The Good Fight Club: Trump's Firings, Reinventing Liberalism, and the Rise of AI

Yascha Mounk, Francis Fukuyama, Steven Pinker, and Sabina Ćudić live at the Liberalism for the 21st Century conference!

Aug 16 •

1:13:44

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