27 January 2023
Pat Buchanan Retires
On this week's DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the legacy of the newly-retired Pat Buchanan. Plus: Is White Lotus conservative?; The debt limit showdown; and will Haley take on Trump?
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The false promise of net zero emissions
Glenn Loury and physicist Steven Koonin discuss how the push to halt carbon emissions obscures the limits of climate science.
Biden’s Classified Docs Scandal
Mishandled classified documents. Grounded planes. Gas stoves. Have Democrats lost their edge already in 2023? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss in this week’s DMZ.
Pitfalls of perspective taking
Robert Wright and meditation teacher Josh Summers discuss some of the challenges of employing cognitive empathy in daily life.
Did Bob Gates and Condoleezza Rice miss a chance to prevent the Ukraine war?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the issue.
Goodbye Norma Desmond
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss McCarthy’s election to House Speaker. Plus: The debt limit showdown, Dem in-fighting on immigration, and is Trump’s star fading?
Is Musk a “great man” of tech history?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate the value of the Twitter owner’s societal and historical contributions.
Against the victim mentality
Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, and Jazz Leadership Project CEO Greg Thomas debate the through-lines of black tradition and identity.
Is a better Twitter possible?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate the problems with the social media platform—and ways to solve them.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
A false flag in Ukraine?
Political scientist Ivan Katchanovski argues that the 2014 Maidan massacre was perpetrated mainly by snipers from far-right groups in hopes that the government would be blamed.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Biden’s chances in 2024
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate the odds of reelection.
The Glenn Show
The unified field theory of non-whiteness
In this excerpt from their 2022 “best of” episode, Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the possible fragmentation of a political coalition of “people of color” in the US.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Did America’s own illegal interventions make Russia’s invasion more likely?
Robert Wright and Slate columnist Fred Kaplan debate the issue.
The Glenn Show
The Revolt against the elites
Glenn Loury and political philosopher Michael Sandel discuss working-class resentment against elites that gave rise to Trump’s presidency.
The Glenn Show
Passing the Trump test
