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"The Good Fight," the podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.Email: [email protected]: @Yascha_MounkWebsite: http://www.persuasion.community

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Episodes (479)

Jared Diamond on Whether Leaders Make History

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Abigail Marsh on Psychopaths (Rerun)

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Aug 29, 20261:15:43pending

The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Building Things

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Aug 22, 202650:38pending

The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: How States Form

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Aug 15, 20261:00:12pending

Adam Bodnar on Why Defeating Populists at the Ballot Box Isn’t Enough

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Aug 11, 20261:22:50pending

The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Human Nature

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Aug 8, 202657:36pending

Daron Acemoglu on Why Liberalism Became a Victim of Its Own Success

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Aug 4, 20261:15:04pending

The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: The End of History and the Last Man

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Aug 1, 202658:43pending

Katja Hoyer on Why We Should Stop Comparing Everything to Weimar

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Jul 29, 20261:16:46pending

The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: His Life and Ideas

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Jul 25, 20261:01:27pending

Claude Steele on the Hidden Stress of Diverse Spaces

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Jul 21, 202649:03pending

The Good Fight Club: Refounding Liberalism, Gen Z’s Political Instincts, and a W...

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Jul 18, 202647:26pending

John Harpham on the Intellectual Origins of American Slavery

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Jul 14, 202658:36pending

Deirdre McCloskey on What Really Caused the Industrial Revolution

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Jul 11, 20261:04:24pending

Arvind Narayanan on Why AI Isn’t All That Revolutionary

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Jul 7, 202658:55pending

Ivan Krastev on Why America Has Lost Faith in Itself

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Jul 4, 202650:56pending

Charles Fain Lehman on Why Cities Got Safer

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Jun 30, 20261:02:34pending

The Good Fight Club: Why the Center Left Is Losing, the Squad vs. the Median Vot...

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Jun 27, 202648:16pending

Mark Leonard on Why Europe is Doomed

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Jun 23, 202642:05pending

A Debate with Curtis Yarvin

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Jun 20, 202645:06pending

Samuel Moyn on Why Old People Are Ruining America

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Jun 16, 20261:01:10pending

David Bau on How—and Whether—Artificial Intelligence Thinks

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Jun 13, 20261:21:20pending

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

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Jun 9, 202647:04pending

Steve Stewart-Williams on Sex Differences and Human Nature

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Jun 6, 202657:14pending

Jeremiah Johnson on Why Gen Z Isn’t Actually Doomed

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Jun 2, 202646:38pending

Kathryn Paige Harden on How Genetics Shapes Human Behavior

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May 30, 20261:01:02pending

H.W. Brands on the Making of George Washington

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May 26, 20261:14:59pending

James Traub on Why American Classrooms Are Failing Democracy

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May 23, 202651:37pending

Marc Lipsitch on Playing Pandemic Roulette in the Lab

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May 19, 20261:08:23pending

The Good Fight Club: The Vibe Shift That Wasn’t, White Identity Politics, and “W...

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May 16, 202648:19pending

Al Roth on Why People Should Be Free to Sell Their Kidneys

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May 12, 202659:58pending

Timothy Garton Ash on Europe’s Political Fragmentation

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May 9, 20261:10:44pending

Laurenz Guenther on the Representation Gap in Politics

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May 5, 202653:30pending

Lant Pritchett on Why Foreign Aid Misses the Point

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May 2, 20261:07:50pending

David Bromwich on Why Americans Have Lost Faith in Universities

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Apr 28, 202658:06pending

Luis Garicano on the Economics of Artificial Intelligence

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Apr 25, 20261:05:56pending

Jacob Mchangama on the Global Free Speech Recession

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Apr 21, 202650:42pending

Michael Shermer on Truth and Conspiracy

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Apr 18, 202654:20pending

Ivan Krastev on Why Even Dictators Can’t Escape Democracy

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Apr 14, 202656:41pending

Andrés Velasco on Oil Shocks and Financial Crises

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Apr 11, 202655:41pending

Ruy Teixeira on What the Liberal Patriot Closure Says About the Center Left

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Apr 7, 202655:21pending

Kathleen Stock on the Case Against Assisted Death

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Apr 7, 202654:40pending

Sebastian Mallaby on AI Safety and the Race for Superintelligence

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Apr 4, 202653:08pending

David Autor on the Scars That Money Can’t Heal

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Mar 31, 202654:48pending

David Goodhart on Why the Educated Elite Lost Touch with Democracy

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Mar 24, 20261:00:35pending

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

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Mar 21, 202644:48failed

Ibram X. Kendi on Great Replacement Theory

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Mar 18, 202658:40completed

Adrian Wooldridge on the Lost Genius of the Political Center

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Mar 14, 202653:34failed

A Very Brief Interview with Klaus Schwab

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Mar 10, 202621:47completed

Dean Ball on Who Should Control AI

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