18 February 2019
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What’s the big emergency?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss the potential effects of Trump's national emergency order.
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In this video:
- A relic from Bill’s childhood, “Free to Be… You and Me”
- Why Matt hates Trump’s emergency declaration
- Is the Green New Deal more than a progressive litmus test?
- Matt: Dems should monitor their populist wave closely
- Which Democratic candidate is the most electable?
- Matt’s top picks for Democratic nominee
- Is it too early to talk running mates?
- White male candidates face a tough crowd
- McConnell’s smart maneuver on the Green New Deal
What is truth, anyway?
Philosophers Daniel Kaufman and Crispin Sartwell discuss the “true” meaning of truth according to different branches of philosophy.
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American hypocrisy
How important is moral consistency in foreign policy? Robert Wright and Heather Hurlburt consider.
Madame Bovary, Gone Girl, and the likeability backlash
Kat Rosenfield and Hillary Kelly discuss the representation of “terrible women” in literature.
How Facebook manipulates us
Douglas Rushkoff, author of the new book Team Human, explains.
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A parable about talent
Juliet Lapidos describes the origins of her new novel, Talent, which uses the biblical Parable of the Talents as a frame for a literary detective story.
The hidden variable beneath America’s political divide
Will Wilkinson discusses the underappreciated importance of population density.
How far left is too left?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis talk about the ideological balancing act that Democratic primary candidates face.
In defense of puns
James Geary, author of the new book Wit’s End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It, argues that puns are a perfect example of human creativity.
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Trump’s Trojan horse
Journalist Max Blumenthal, reporting from Caracas, explains why Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro refused to accept a US aid shipment.
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Can we take race out of the criminal justice equation?
Glenn Loury speaks with Kelly Suzanne Saulsberry of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations.
The DMZ
Who survives a public scandal?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s political fate in an era of rapid online news.
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The power of fictional thinking
Stephen Asma and Rami Gabriel discuss the essential role of narrative in art, literature, and human life.
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Is physical stuff all there is?
Robert Wright and philosopher Gideon Rosen discuss the doctrine of materialism.
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What America owes
