Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the shortcomings of modern sociology in addressing black educational underperformance.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade talks about Jordan Peterson’s beliefs with Meghan Daum, who recently wrote about the Intellectual Dark Web in a piece titled “Nuance: A Love Story.”
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John Horgan and neuroscientist Christof Koch debate whether science will ever arrive at a single theory of consciousness.
Heather Hurlburt and Dan Drezner discuss, including possible conspiracy theories.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss the factors at play in Mitch McConnell’s potential decision to end the filibuster and cut short a government shutdown.
Robert Wright and psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman discuss facets of Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs that don’t make it into Intro Psych textbooks.
Kat Rosenfield asks Elizabeth Nolan Brown about her reporting on the classified ads website that was taken down by the government earlier this year.
Glenn Loury and Heather Mac Donald, author of the new book The Diversity Delusion, discuss why some students are rejecting the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment.