In a live recording from the Comedy Cellar, Glenn Loury, Roland Fryer, Coleman Hughes, and comics Andrew Schulz, Judy Gold, Rick Crom, Shane Gillis, and T.J. discuss how to manage audiences who may take offense to a comedian’s jokes.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the new right-wing trend of accusing political opponents of aiding and sympathizing with pedophiles.
Joe Cirincione of the Quincy Institute and Robert Wright consider the scenarios in which Russia might use nuclear weapons.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus consider ways to open up the race for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.
Glenn Loury and Sam Harris discuss the contradictions of affirmative action and its potential to undermine the achievements it seeks to create.
In conversation with Robert Wright, Russian artist and writer Nikita Petrov presents his hopes (and fears) for the long-term future of Russia.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate the propriety of Clarence Thomas’s wife’s back-channel communications with the White House after the 2020 election.
Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, and journalist Matt Taibbi discuss how Russiagate and other media narratives affect how news gets reported and consumed.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the confirmation hearings of Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh and ask whether contentiousness is the new normal.
Kishore Mahbubani, author of Has China Won?, discusses the implications of the Russian invasion for China’s future.