23 January 2022
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Bargaining with Putin
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss Biden’s handling of negotiations with Russia over the situation in Ukraine.
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In this video:
- Looking for signs of decline in Biden’s press conference
- Is the child tax credit what swing voters want?
- Two possible inflation fixes
- What’s on the table in U.S.-Russia negotiations over Ukraine?
- How well is Biden handling the Ukraine situation?
- Mickey: There’s a chance we’ll avoid a Trump 2024 run
- Bob’s plan to convince Biden not to run
- Meat Loaf would do anything for love (but would he get vaxxed?)
- Bob: I get why white males are under fire
- Parrot Room preview: The secret to Matt Yglesias’s success, the FBI searches Henry Cuellar’s home, Mickey’s beef with the Salvation Army, how the Parrot Room is like the TV show Yellowstone, Bob’s panel appearance with Jerry Brown, Robert Malone, active shooter drills, war in the Pacific, the Los Gatos Party Mom, exploring Bob and Mickey’s positions on China, Bob issues some corrections, Mickey critiques the Atlantic and David Remnick, and the time Katie Couric interviewed Bob
How real is Don’t Look Up?
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis debate whether Adam McKay’s film accurately depicts our current media and political environment.
A very high bang-per-buck arms industry executive
Robert Wright and Richard Hanania, author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy, discuss a man who helped start both the Iraq War and the expansion of NATO.
Exporting authoritarianism
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate whether China’s authoritarianism and surveillance technology will pose a threat to the world.
Revisiting the Lani Guinier controversy
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss Lani Guinier’s contributions to our ideas about voting rights, her nomination to a position in the Clinton administration, and Clinton’s subsequent withdrawal of that nomination.
The strange history of the Transformers
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Milton Lawson discuss the unusual origins of the ’80s action figures.
Restoring vulnerable communities from within
Glenn Loury and Robert Woodson discuss some of the ways that Woodson Center-supported programs are helping communities in need.
Getting canceled as a savvy career move
Aryeh Cohen-Wade talks with Douglas Lain, who was recently ejected from his role running the leftwing publisher Zer0 Books, which published Angela Nagle’s controversial book Kill All Normies in 2017.
Black self-making
In this clip from July 2, 2021, Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the ability of black communities to determine their own paths.
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Black patriotism, then and now
Glenn Loury and journalist Heather Mac Donald discuss Glenn’s speech “The Case for Black Patriotism” and Heather’s recent explorations of African American literature.
Culturally Determined
Debating “Biden-Cheney 2024?”
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Chris Novembrino consider Tom Friedman’s controversial column that argued for a cross-party coalition to oppose Trump.
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Leveling the playing field
Robert Wright and anthropologist Agustín Fuentes discuss the issues that arise when trans women compete in women’s sports.
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“Insurrection” or “meth behavior”?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the legal and political consequences of January 6 a year later.
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The End
The biologist Edward O. Wilson, who passed away over the holidays, spoke with Robert Wright two decades ago about facing death without hope of an afterlife.
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And the winner is … Steve Bannon
