5 February 2023
Reckoning with Russiagate
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss recent developments in the Trump-Russia narrative and its handling in the media.
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In this video:
- Is the 2024 race shaping up to be a political Groundhog Day?
- Ilhan Omar and the Israel criticism tightrope
- Does the left or right look worse on recent Russiagate disclosures?
- A question about the DNC email hack
- Ukraine war update: Is time on Russia’s side?
- Is the Biden admin angling for a peace deal with Putin?
- Parrot Room preview: Evil—the show and the concept; the Tyre Nichols killing; Gaetz’s bad idea; AI inquiries; Mickey’s thrilling new Twitter power; untangling quantum entanglement; what happened to hope in politics?
Do most Russians support the Ukraine war?
Nikita Petrov talks about political repression, public opinion, and Kremlin propaganda in his home country.
Artificial intelligence and conventional wisdom
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the shortcomings of ChatGPT.
Is another Harlem Renaissance possible?
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the achievements of the Harlem Renaissance writers and how they compare to the mindset of contemporary Black Studies programs.
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?
Biden’s chances in 2024
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate the odds of reelection.
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.
Did Bob Gates and Condoleezza Rice miss a chance to prevent the Ukraine war?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the issue.
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.
The Glenn Show
The merits of meritocracy
Glenn Loury and organizer Ernest Cortes debate the relationship between merit and social esteem under conditions of extreme inequality.
The DMZ
Nikki Haley for…Veep?
On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the news that Nikki Haley is running for prez—but is she actually angling for veep? Plus: GOP disjunctions over Ukraine and on the debt limit and will Paul Pelosi conspiracy theorists apologize?
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.
The Glenn Show
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.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Pitfalls of perspective taking
Robert Wright and meditation teacher Josh Summers discuss some of the challenges of employing cognitive empathy in daily life.
The DMZ
Goodbye Norma Desmond
