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Feb 28, 2022 — &

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Robert Wright and Steven Ward, author of Status and the Challenge of Rising Powers, discuss the psychology of Vladimir Putin.

Feb 25, 2022 — &

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Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss their readings of the Russian president’s mental health in light of his pre-invasion speech.

Feb 25, 2022 — &

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Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the ways that considerations of identity sometimes trump considerations of scholarly excellence in academia.

Feb 22, 2022 — &

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Russian artist/writer Nikita Petrov and Robert Wright discuss Russian perceptions of NATO expansion.

Feb 18, 2022 — &

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Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss Pence’s recalibration of his tone about January 6.

Feb 18, 2022 — &

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Glenn Loury and political scientist Steven E. Rhoads discuss unemployment benefits, nuclear power, healthcare, and other areas where economists sometimes take unpopular stands.

Feb 15, 2022 — &

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Ben Burgis, author of a new book on Christopher Hitchens, tries to convince Robert Wright of Hitchens’s enduring value as an intellectual.

Feb 11, 2022 — &

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Robert Wright makes the case to Mickey Kaus that giving Putin the space to declare victory in Ukraine without invading isn’t Munich-level appeasement.

Feb 11, 2022 — &

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Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss Spotify’s recent decision to pull episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience that feature Rogan uttering a racial slur.

Feb 10, 2022 — &