Can Trump become Mr. Popularity?

Robert Wright and Mark Schmitt on the economic policies that could give the president-elect a boost.

The DMZ

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The tweet that cowed Congress?

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis on what Trump’s rebuke to Republicans says about his power over the party.

The Glenn Show

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Should Obama have rejected Black Lives Matter?

Glenn Loury argues that the president missed a historic opportunity to improve race relations.

MeaningofLife.tv

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Averting the apocalypse

Robert Wright and Michael Shermer brainstorm about anti-tribalism efforts. Plus: Could evolution have a purpose?

MeaningofLife.tv

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A non-partisan language

Scholar and artist Nick Sousanis explains how communicating in images helps him overcome tribal psychology. Plus: The case for visual literacy.

The Wright Show

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Pick your apocalypse

Robert Wright and Jim Lobe share their fears about the (many) ways Trump could spark a disastrous conflict.

MeaningofLife.tv

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Elicit the best

In this Sixty-Second Sermon Anne Klaeysen explains how the Society for Ethical Culture’s supreme moral principle goes beyond the Golden Rule.

MeaningofLife.tv

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How will the next generation’s lives differ most from our own?

Ninth in a series of video mashups in which some people you know, and some people you don’t know, are put on the spot.

MeaningofLife.tv

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The ecosystem of the self

Psychologist David Barash, author of Buddhist Biology, on how the Buddhist teaching of “not-self” resonates with a scientific understanding of the world.

MeaningofLife.tv

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Small acts for big peace

John Paul Lederach, author of The Moral Imagination, argues that finding an end to national conflict starts on the individual level. Plus: Imagine all the people.

Foreign Entanglements

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Pardon me, your bias is showing

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Daniel Drezner consider how political preferences sway media coverage and media consumption. Plus: Elites under siege.

The Glenn Show

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In politics you can’t fake it ’til you make it

Glenn Loury and Joshua Cohen on the mismatch between Obama’s personality and the demands of the presidency. Plus: Opposing Trump.