20 January 2021
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Jan 15, 2021 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
The Wright Show
- How late is too late to abandon Trump?
- Reconstructing the runup to Trump’s impeachable anti-Pence tweet
- Why an impeachment trial could be a mistake
- How do you actually get rid of Trump once he leaves office?
- Steve Bannon’s insidious adaptation to his YouTube deplatforming
- The future of Josh Hawley
- Mickey horrified by vaccine regime
- A sneak peek into the Parrot Room
Jan 15, 2021 —
Glenn Loury & Daniel Bessner
The Glenn Show
- The three books that pushed Glenn away from the right
- A crisis of identity: who is Glenn Loury and what is his project?
- Glenn’s left-leaning moderatism and work in the 90s
- The link between Glenn’s economic work and his social theory
- The evolution of Glenn’s perspective on Obama
- The Iraq War, the 2008 crash, and how “the elites failed us”
- The current and future state of the American university
Jan 14, 2021 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
Matt and Bill discuss the political reverberations of impeachment, the long-term health of the Republican Party, and whether we need a new domestic terrorism law.
Jan 12, 2021 —
Robert Wright & Conor Friedersdorf
The Wright Show
- Will impeachment and deplatforming backfire as weapons against Trump?
- Meta-deplatforming: the big-tech attack on Parler
- Bob: Twitter’s explanation for deplatforming Trump is pathetic
- Big tech’s overwhelming ability to regulate speech online
- Whataboutism and the Capitol Hill rioters
- Two competing justifications for impeachment
- Trump’s disloyalty to his followers
- The pandemic’s role in destabilizing American politics
Jan 10, 2021 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & William R. Black
Culturally Determined
- Reflections on a bizarre week in America
- Protest, riot, insurrection, coup—or something stupider?
- The postmodern politics of symbols and cosplay
- Aryeh: Blaming this on “white supremacy” is both inaccurate and bad politics
- The link between anti-Semitism and Flat Earthers
- Impeachment? Resignation and pardon? A return to normalcy?
- Bill worries about historiography in the digital realm after Trump’s Twitter banning
- What will Trump’s post-presidency look like?
Jan 8, 2021 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
The Wright Show
- How culpable is Trump for the violent protests at the Capitol?
- Trump’s brazen incitement of rioters against Pence
- The mystery of the missing Capitol Hill cops
- Biden’s centrist new cabinet picks
- America’s political polarization continues apace
- The growing influence and uncertain fate of Steve Bannon
- Fumbling toward mass vaccination
- A Parrot Room preview
Jan 7, 2021 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
Matt and Bill discuss how the insurrection is dividing the Republican Party and impacting 2024. Plus, how Trump lost Georgia, and what a 50-50 Senate means for Biden.
Jan 5, 2021 —
Robert Wright & Jamie Metzl
The Wright Show
- Jamie’s book, Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
- Why Jamie thinks young adults should freeze their sperm or eggs now
- The state of genetic engineering today
- The specter of eugenics
- Will gene-splicing create a new kind of inequality?
- How to avoid a eugenics arms race among nations
- Jamie predicts what kinds of gene editing will be possible in 10 years
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