Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with John McWhorter, author of the new book Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the possibility that Covid vaccines will become a permanent part of life.
Glenn Loury and Richard Epstein discuss critical race theory and the legal history of racial redress in the US.
Following the revelation that Putin owns a float tank, Nikita Petrov and John Horgan speculate that he may be the Übermensch.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis push back on bipartisan infrastructure deal pessimism.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with DougJ, who runs the parody Twitter account New York Times Pitchbot, about a lazy trope of reporting on Middle America.
Robert Wright and Eli Lake debate whether autocracies violate international rules and norms more than democracies.
International relations scholars John Ikenberry and Patrick Porter debate whether America is an empire.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate US foreign policy.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the rhetoric and politics of the critical race theory debate.