10 April 2021
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The Chauvin trial’s false choice
Robert Wright argues that even if George Floyd was overdosing, Derek Chauvin is accountable for his death.
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In this video:
- The softer side of infrastructure
- The pitfalls of overracializing policy
- Bob gets pedantic with the New York Times
- Bob: Even if George Floyd was overdosing, Derek Chauvin is accountable for his death
- Is there something to Matt Gaetz’s claim that he is the victim of extortion?
- Bring on the vaccine passports
- Mickey reconciles himself to reconciliation
- Parrot Room preview: Mickey cancels himself, new Tiger Woods driving data, and just how big of an asshole was Bob during Slate’s Slow Burn taping?
The replication crisis in experimental psychology
Robert Wright talks with Jesse Singal, author of the new book The Quick Fix, about why so many highly touted findings from psychology haven’t panned out.
Why is Saudi Arabia so afraid of Iran?
In a conversation with Connor Echols, scholar Madawi al-Rasheed argues that the Saudi monarchy uses its rivalry with Iran to justify repression at home and antagonism abroad.
The political risks of racial equity legislation
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss how race-based public policy could backfire against Democrats.
Is “election integrity” code for “disenfranchisement”?
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter debate whether new election regulations are aimed at suppressing the Black vote.
Can there be a Trumpism without Trump?
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with Matthew Sitman, cohost of the podcast Know Your Enemy.
Beating a dead horse
Connor Echols and Jessica J. Lee discuss why crippling sanctions haven’t brought North Korea to the table.
Reconciling liberty and equality
Glenn Loury and Josh Cohen discuss the philosopher John Rawls’s vision of liberalism.
Will this time be different?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis explore what’s different, and what’s not different, in the gun control debate after the recent mass shootings.
The DMZ
Is Manchin for real?
Is Sen. Joe Manchin’s latest call for bipartisanship a roadblock to an infrastructure bill, or is it more political kabuki? Bill Scher and Matthew Cooper discuss.
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Reframing the DMT experience
Nikita Petrov describes his conflicted relationship with “DMT entities” and how encountering them changed his thoughts on Scientology.
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“Everything is Jim Crow”
Matt Lewis takes issue with Democrats’ invocation of Jim Crow’s legacy in the current voting rights debate.
The Wright Show
To catch a hacker
Robert Wright asks cyber security expert Tim Stevens how confident we can be that Russia was behind the Solar Winds hack.
The Wright Show
Vaccines want to be free
Robert Wright argues that U.S. lawmakers’ mindless defense of intellectual property rights makes it harder to defeat the pandemic.
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