16 June 2019
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Envisioning a post-Trump foreign policy
Heather Hurlburt and Dan Drezner discuss what the next Democratic president would do if Trump loses in 2020.
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In this video:
- Who tried to kill Big Papi?
- Who attacked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman?
- Is Shinzo Abe Trump’s friend or supplicant?
- Gauging the odds of war with Iran
- Heather: Trump’s actions mean the US can never rejoin the nuclear deal
- The ever-growing costs of maintaining American hegemony
- Trump as God’s gift to neoliberalism
- Dan has some kind words for Elizabeth Warren
“This is my home”
Chris Arnade, author of the new book Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America, discusses why many Americans don’t move away from where they grew up to seek better opportunities.
Abuse in the yoga community
Josh Summers speaks with Matthew Remski, author of the new book Practice and All Is Coming, about the prevalence of sexual assault in highly devoted yoga communities.
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The downside of civic engagement
Oliver Burkeman, author of the recent Guardian essay “How the news took over reality,” says viewing the world through a political lens may ultimately be bad for democracy.
Families divided by politics
Glenn Loury and Darrell West, author of the new book Divided Politics, Divided Nation, discuss how highly polarized politics affects their personal lives.
Who’s really winning the culture war?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss.
Should Facebook ban fake news?
David Kaye, author of the new book Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet, considers the recent controversy over a manipulated video of Nancy Pelosi.
Mindfulness as a weapon against Trumpian tribalism
In a lecture at Union Theological Seminary, Robert Wright outlines an alternative form of resistance.
Is philosophy “okay”?
Daniel Kaufman and Robert Gressis discuss the state of the discipline and the role of altruism in the lives of philosophy professors.
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Into the Amash pit
Matt Lewis explains why he would readily vote for libertarian GOP congressman Justin Amash, who is weighing a presidential run.
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Is political reform in China dead?
Robert Wright speaks to Gabriel Wildau, former Shanghai bureau chief for the Financial Times, about dashed hopes for democratic reform 30 years after Tiananmen Square.
Feminine Chaos
Moby’s May-December fantasy
Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy discuss the politics of romantic relationships with significant age gaps.
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How recovered memory therapy led to the Satanic panic
Sarah Marshall describes the strange origins of the Satanic ritual abuse panic that swept the US during the 1980s.
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Big crowds and yard signs
