Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss whether the presumptive nominee’s cult of personality can compensate for a weak campaign infrastructure. Plus: Trump versus Bernie.
John Horgan and George Johnson question whether critical analysis can be simulated.
Psychiatrist Bernard Beitman, author of the new book Connecting With Coincidence, discusses the states of mind that make unlikely events seem meaningful.
Political scientist Lauren Dickey discusses how Taiwan’s new president disrupted the status quo. Plus: China’s suspect counterterrorist policy.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis on why a debate would prove risky for the presumptive GOP nominee.
Journalist Kevin Roose explains how Trump’s wealth has done more than fund his campaign.
Dacher Keltner, author of The Power Paradox, lists some bad things privileged people tend to do.
Political scientist Lauren Dickey questions the motivation behind the nation’s counterterrorist policy.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis debate whether the intellectual branch of the GOP ever had a chance against Trump’s rhetoric. Plus: Is Sanders Nader 2.0?
In the first of five lectures outlining a new spiritual worldview that’s compatible with science, Robert Wright critiques the “New Atheists.”