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12 April 2026

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Jun 17, 2021 — &
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Book critic Christian Lorentzen discusses his recent essay using literary analysis to understand the Trump and Biden eras.

Jun 15, 2021 — &
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Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov discuss how Alexey Navalny’s return to Russia and the Belarusian political crisis led to Russia’s most recent crackdown on political freedoms.

Jun 14, 2021 — &
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Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with Rabbi Ari Hart about Jewish religious instruction in America.

Jun 11, 2021 — &
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In a conversation with Mickey Kaus, Robert Wright argues that humans are in trouble if aliens don’t show up sooner or later.

Jun 11, 2021 — &
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Glenn Loury, Cornel West, and Teodros Kiros discuss the global cultural impact of Black Americans and the problems of internalized despair that they still confront.

Jun 9, 2021 — &
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Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss why Vice President Kamala Harris seems to attract an outsized amount of attention and criticism.

Jun 8, 2021 — &
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Robert Wright and anthropologist Agustín Fuentes, author of a controversial article on The Descent of Man, try to unpack Darwin’s attitudes on race and genocide.

Jun 7, 2021 — &
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John Horgan and science writer Philip Ball discuss the roles of consciousness and calculation in quantum mechanics.

Jun 4, 2021 — &
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In a conversation with Robert Wright, Mickey Kaus makes the case for an anti-woke Tea Party.

Jun 3, 2021 — &
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Matt Lewis and Bill Scher explore the meaning behind Trump’s blog bust.

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