20 January 2022
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The DMZ
How real is Don’t Look Up?
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis debate whether Adam McKay’s film accurately depicts our current media and political environment.
The Wright Show
A very high bang-per-buck arms industry executive
Robert Wright and Richard Hanania, author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy, discuss a man who helped start both the Iraq War and the expansion of NATO.
The Wright Show
Exporting authoritarianism
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate whether China’s authoritarianism and surveillance technology will pose a threat to the world.
The Glenn Show
Revisiting the Lani Guinier controversy
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss Lani Guinier’s contributions to our ideas about voting rights, her nomination to a position in the Clinton administration, and Clinton’s subsequent withdrawal of that nomination.
The Wright Show
Leveling the playing field
Robert Wright and anthropologist Agustín Fuentes discuss the issues that arise when trans women compete in women’s sports.
Culturally Determined
The strange history of the Transformers
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Milton Lawson discuss the unusual origins of the ’80s action figures.
The Wright Show
“Insurrection” or “meth behavior”?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the legal and political consequences of January 6 a year later.
The Glenn Show
Restoring vulnerable communities from within
Glenn Loury and Robert Woodson discuss some of the ways that Woodson Center-supported programs are helping communities in need.
The Wright Show
The End
The biologist Edward O. Wilson, who passed away over the holidays, spoke with Robert Wright two decades ago about facing death without hope of an afterlife.
Culturally Determined
Getting canceled as a savvy career move
