Dan Kaufman speaks with clinical psychologist and MeaningofLife commenter Richard Thompson, a.k.a. miceelf88, on the changing role of empathy in political discourse.
Glenn Loury and Penn Law professor Amy Wax argue whether gendered office politics are relevant to women’s career paths today.
Robert Wright and Michael Brooks discuss whether politically correct politics doomed the Democrats in 2016
Robert Wright discusses the question with IDW member Bret Weinstein.
Economists Glenn Loury and Larry Kotlikoff discuss why we tax corporations instead of those who run them. Plus: Food stamps done right.
YouTube personality ContraPoints explains how her identity has evolved through the process of gender transition.
In the wake of the American embassy’s opening in Jerusalem, Bill Scher and Matt Lewis evaluate evangelical Christians’ relationship with the president.
Stephen Asma and Rami Gabriel reflect on the modern instinct to sort human behavior into “cultural” and “biological” categories.
Journalist Rania Khalek on the weird array of groups armed by the US and its allies.
Philosopher Tamler Sommers, author of the new book Why Honor Matters, makes the case.