Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Daniel Kaufman compare competing conceptions of the caped crusader. Plus: The triumph of geek culture.
John Horgan and George Johnson discuss the modern-day nuclear arms race. Plus: Paradise on Earth?
Yousef Munayyer and Scott McConnell debate. Plus: Ferguson and Palestine.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter deliver a harsh critique of Sharpton in the wake of the murder of two NYPD officers. Plus: The trouble with “disowning your own.”
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Daniel Kaufman discuss how an important moment from the early days of comic books relates to the Sony hack. Plus: In Hollywood, nobody knows anything.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry and Adam Gurri debate what parents should tell their kids about Santa Claus.
Daniel Teehan speaks with formerly imprisoned writer Sarah Shourd about the daily use of solitary confinement in the US. Plus: Staying sane in an Iranian prison.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Lindsay Beyerstein discuss systemic failures. Plus: Did Serial withhold key information for fear of libel?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss the 2016 Republican primary. Plus: Why Elizabeth Warren is the only threat to Hillary Clinton
Heather Hurlburt and Dan Drezner discuss why American isolation of Cuba was never going to get rid of the Castros. Plus: Screen The Interview at the White House?