5 July 2022
Incentivizing outrage
Robert Wright, Mickey Kaus, and David Corn discuss reasons that inflammatory rhetoric has become central to political discourse.
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In this video:
- Thinking back fondly on the time Dick Cheney shot a guy
- David: Online journalism leveled the media playing field
- Is Russiagate an example of Democratic demagoguery?
- Mickey’s little-known past as a squire to DC’s elite
- The rewards of outrageousness
- What does it take to get drummed out of public life in 2022?
- David: It’s sad that so many Americans accept Trump’s prolific lying
- Does backlash against perceived media bias explain Trump’s support?
- The undiminished shock value of January 6
- Is there any Democratic alternative to Biden and Harris in 2024?
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Reaching out to “the enemy”
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Who loses in the gun fight?
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Virtue signaling as foreign policy
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Should America raise the age to own a firearm?
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss proposed changes to American gun laws in the wake of the most recent spate of mass shootings.
“We kill people for policies that do no f***ing good”
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus weigh the merits of the US’s use of sanctions.
The unified field theory of non-whiteness
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the possible fragmentation of a political coalition of “people of color” in the US.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
What’s conservative about the conservative justices?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate whether the Supreme Court’s majority is guided by conservative philosophy or just a conservative policy agenda.
The Glenn Show
Reckoning with the Ukraine War
Glenn Loury and Nikita Petrov discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and the problem of responsibility under the conditions of political repression.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
The “Putin’s talking points” smear
Robert Wright and Matt Duss, foreign policy advisor to Bernie Sanders, discuss the debate-terminating accusation.
The Glenn Show
How diverse should viewpoint diversity be?
Glenn Loury and Jonathan Haidt discuss the point where maintaining viewpoint diversity meets the necessity of advocating for specific policy positions.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Propaganda: explanation or excuse?
Robert Wright and Russian artist and writer Nikita Petrov discuss the Russian people’s responsibility to resist disinformation.
The DMZ
Deflating the inflation issue
