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Apr 10, 2020 —
Glenn Loury & Wilfred Reilly
- Wilfred’s new book, Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About
- The view of corona from Western Kentucky
- Wilfred: A universal shutdown doesn’t make sense…
- …instead we need random serological testing
- Is the pandemic revealing a structural weakness of democracy?
- Examining the racial disparity in infection rates
- Glenn: Experts should be “on tap, not on top”
Apr 6, 2020 —
Glenn Loury & Danielle Allen
- Applying just war theory to the pandemic
- Danielle’s three options: “freeze,” “surrender,” and “mobilize and transition”
- There’s never been a vaccine for a coronavirus
- How Danielle’s COVID-19 response working group came together
- Mixing free-market and command-economy strategies
- Trump’s “request for proposals”
Apr 4, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
- Mickey and Bob’s big announcement
- When Mickey met Steve Bannon
- Was there any hope of keeping COVID-19 out of the US?
- Is phase two of the war against COVID a creepy surveillance state?
- Mickey and Bob argue about the supposed coronavirus cover-up in China
- Bob is shocked that Pa Kushner could buy Jared’s way into Harvard for only $2.5 million
- Mickey: What good has staying friends with China done us?
- Bob: Is it my imagination or is journalism worse than it used to be?
Apr 2, 2020 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
- Bill ranks the best and worst governors during coronavirus
- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the value of government experience
- The governors who have responded most poorly to the crisis
- Matt sees the roots of a post-Trump populist conservatism
- Competence. What a concept.
- The many ways the crisis helps Biden
Apr 1, 2020 —
Bill Scher & Micah Uetricht
- Bill vs. Micah on democratic socialism and the coronavirus
- Would the US be handling the pandemic better with single-payer?
- The role of radicals in a crisis moment
- Bernie vs. Warren and the limits of technocratic politics
- Why has Biden surged ahead of Bernie?
- Bill’s thoughts on Medicare for All
- Micah’s new book, Bigger Than Bernie
Mar 30, 2020 —
Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
- John reports on sheltering in place in NYC
- Race and the coronavirus
- Is calling the disease the “China virus” xenophobic?
- John wants President Cuomo
- Glenn: “You go to the crisis with the president you’ve got, not the president that you wish you had”
- John maligns and Glenn defends the president
- Do you feel safe?
Mar 28, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
- Bob: Trump is 100% public relations and 0% problem solving
- The time Bob embarrassed Mickey in front of Anthony Fauci
- Right-wing media and coronavirus policymaking
- Bob fails to get Mickey to bemoan the lack of a clear national plan
- Is Andrew Cuomo getting too hokey?
- Is COVID-19 telling us to strengthen national borders?
- Mickey fears merit-based ventilator triaging
Mar 26, 2020 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
- Updates from DMZ quarantine life
- The $2 trillion emergency relief package
- Does anyone care about debt and deficits any more?
- Is Biden making himself irrelevant?
- Matt: We just can’t trust what Trump says
- Trump’s strategy: stay at the center of attention
- Bill: This crisis is not a reason to embrace democratic socialism
- How Trump is like Homer Simpson
Mar 25, 2020 —
Glenn Loury & Harold Pollack
- Personal finance during a public health emergency
- Harold: No one totally understands the US economy
- Social isolation and emotional support
- Thought experiment: 600K deaths vs. a massive recession
- Looking back at the HIV epidemic
- Does it make sense to compare our situation with South Korea’s?
- Will the virus kill identity politics?
- Harold is very pleased that Dems went with the moderate
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