Is phase two of the war against COVID a creepy surveillance state? Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade asks economist Karl Smith about what happens once the viral outbreak has subsided.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss conservatism post-Trump.
Bill Scher and Micah Uetricht debate Scher’s recent Politico essay, “No, Coronavirus Isn’t Proof We Need Socialism.”
Daniel Kaufman speaks with philosopher Robert B. Talisse, author of the new book Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its Place.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter entertain a hypothetical.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss pandemics and the backlash against globalization.
Robert Wright speaks with Ruth Whippman, author of the book America the Anxious.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider.
Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack engage in a grim thought experiment.