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24 April 2026

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Sep 14, 2017 — &
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Culturally Determined

YouTuber ContraPoints explains how the far right came to dominate political discussion on YouTube.

Sep 13, 2017 — &
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Bill Scher argues that Bernie Sanders’ new “Medicare-for-All” bill can’t circumvent a treacherous legislative battle on popularity alone.

Sep 12, 2017 — &
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Jazz pianist Aaron Goldberg on the importance of human connection in both music performance and the industry itself.

Sep 11, 2017 — &
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Glenn Loury and Penn Law professor Amy Wax weigh two opposing approaches in current education policy.

Sep 10, 2017 — &
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Culturally Determined

Historian William R. Black explains how Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest came to replace Robert E. Lee as an icon of white dominance in the Neo-Confederate movement. Plus: Alternate histories of the South.

Sep 9, 2017 — &
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Penn Law professor Amy Wax identifies the bourgeois habits and virtues extolled in her controversial recent op-ed. Plus: Are upper-middle class values “superior”?

Sep 9, 2017 — &
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Bill Scher explains why Democrats can’t seem to harness populist energy on the left or right. Plus: Trump’s last refuge.

Sep 8, 2017 — &
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Josh Summers asks Stephen Asma, author of the new book The Evolution of Imagination, why he thinks dreams are like “proto-consciousness.”

Sep 8, 2017 — &
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Culturally Determined

Aryeh Cohen-Wade and film editor Michael Sweeney speculate on possible conclusions to the series. Plus: Spoiler alert!

Sep 6, 2017 — &
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Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss why Democrats are unwilling to compromise on Trump’s proposed U.S.–Mexico border wall.

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