Robert Wright speaks with psychologist Paul Bloom about a new study on empathy and political polarization.
David Ottlinger speaks with philosopher J.P. Messina about the distorting effects of social censorship.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis analyze the senator from New Jersey’s inability to stick to his core brand.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus rate the candidates.
Glenn Loury talks to economist Laurence Kotlikoff, co-author of the new paper “Making Carbon Taxation a Generational Win Win.”
Robert Wright speaks with Michael Powell, author of the new book Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation, about the syncretism of traditional and Christian religion among the Navajo.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Daniel Kaufman analyze the meme that young people are using to dismiss their elders.
Glenn Loury and Steven Teles critique the idea that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have embraced.
Robert Wright speaks with Jack Goldsmith, author of the new book In Hoffa’s Shadow, about Robert F. Kennedy’s vendetta against the mafia-connected labor leader.
Daniel Kaufman and Meghan Daum, author of the new book The Problem with Everything, discuss the ways that online pornography has changed Millennials’ attitudes toward sex.