17 January 2021
Wrang-wranging the rioters
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus try to untangle what went on inside the Capitol on January 6.
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In this video:
- How late is too late to abandon Trump?
- Reconstructing the runup to Trump’s impeachable anti-Pence tweet
- Why an impeachment trial could be a mistake
- How do you actually get rid of Trump once he leaves office?
- Steve Bannon’s insidious adaptation to his YouTube deplatforming
- The future of Josh Hawley
- Mickey horrified by vaccine regime
- A sneak peek into the Parrot Room
Arranged marriages for Millennials
Justin Murphy describes his new company that arranges marriages for Millennials and Zoomers.
How close are we to China-level censorship?
Robert Wright and Conor Friedersdorf discuss the unprecedented power that tech companies have over speech in the US.
“We’re storming the Capitol, it’s a revolution!”
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and historian Bill Black discuss the possible mindsets of the MAGA insurrectionists.
Trump’s assault on Mike Pence
Robert Wright argues that Trump purposefully encouraged rioters in the Capitol to direct their ire toward his own vice president.
Quantum spookiness explained!
Science writer George Musser explains one of physics’ strangest concepts to John Horgan.
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How young is too young for movement conservatism?
Daniel Kaufman and Kevin Currie-Knight air their worries about the young intellectual Coleman Hughes’ career path.
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The case against “backlash”
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks about “hydraulic politics” with Tommy Craggs, author of the recent essay “What’s the Matter With Cultural Politics?”
A January surprise for Biden?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss whether Mike Pence could throw the election to Trump when Congress counts the electoral votes.
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How Obama enabled Trump
Glenn Loury and Daniel Bessner discuss how Obama’s missteps helped pave the way for Trump.
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A MAGA scorned
Matt Lewis and Bill Scher discuss whether the Republican Party is better off banning Donald Trump from running for president again.
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How did conservatives go from Burke to Alinsky?
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis explore how the right wing turned insurrectionist.
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Avoiding a eugenics arms race
Robert Wright and Jamie Metzl, author of Hacking Darwin, discuss the challenges that genetic engineering poses for the international community.
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“I wasn’t anybody’s pet”
Glenn Loury talks about the pride he took in being a uniquely situated Black public intellectual in the 80s.
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Were we better off with a less democratic media?
