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Oct 30, 2023 —
Glenn Loury & John Mearsheimer
The Glenn Show
- Why John thinks Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was rational
- How small states deal with world powers
- If Russia’s action were rational, were the US’s?
- John: The Ukraine invasion violates international law, but Russia has reason to see it as just
- The risk of escalation
- Zelensky’s expert manipulation of the West
- Is it a coincidence that so many recent presidential scandals involve Ukraine?
- Can tolerant liberals tolerate illiberal societies?
- American Russophobia didn’t cause the war, but it’s not helping
- John: If Putin is overthrown, his replacement will probably be even more brutal
- The foreign policy establishment’s grip on both Democrats and Republicans
Oct 27, 2023 —
Robert Wright & Leonid Ragozin
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- Why Leonid considers his nationality “journalist”
- How the West alienated Russia
- Are Russia’s pro-Ukraine “liberals” actually far right?
- How Putin is responding to Israel’s war on Hamas
- Are western experts more clear-minded about Israel-Hamas than Russia-Ukraine?
- Is Ukraine at risk of losing significant amounts of territory?
- Heading to Overtime
Oct 27, 2023 —
Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- How much of an election denier is Mike Johnson?
- Why did the GOP moderates accept Johnson?
- Did Democrats do themselves good by trading McCarthy for Johnson?
- Matt learns to love John Fetterman
- The absence of a Republican primary, and its impact
- Who will drop out before Iowa?
- Will Dean Phillips matter?
Oct 24, 2023 —
Robert Wright & Eli Lake
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- Why hasn’t the ground invasion happened yet?
- Do conditions in Gaza make terrorism more likely?
- Palestinian violence compared to Israeli violence
- Did Israel really offer the Palestinians a state two decades ago?
- Does Hamas have much support in the West?
- What should be done about Hamas?
- Israel’s blockade of Gaza and strategy of massive retaliation
- Indignities suffered by Palestinians in the West Bank
- Should West Bank Palestinians focus on demanding the vote?
- Eli’s growing interest in the deep state
Oct 20, 2023 —
Robert Wright & Meghan Daum
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Oct 16, 2023 —
Robert Wright & Sarah Leah Whitson
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- Israel’s military plans for northern Gaza
- How does international law apply to Israel and Hamas?
- The first casualty of war is truth
- Do Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute ethnic cleansing?
- The evolving definition of genocide
- How the US and Israel helped Hamas seize power
- America’s ill-fated push for Arab-Israeli normalization
- The hazards of overreacting to Hamas’s attack
- How western media has covered the conflict so far
Oct 13, 2023 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- Paul’s humble new ventures with Substack and Nonzero
- Israel-Palestine, exploitative media, and the pitfalls of empathy
- Paul’s plaudits for Mickey and the Parrot Room
- Elon Musk and Derek Parfit: compare and contrast
- Is there a method to Musk’s mad genius?
- The radical rationalism that forged SBF
- How real is implicit bias?
- How real is SBF?
- Heading to Overtime
Oct 13, 2023 —
A Debate on Affirmative Action, Live at Holy Cross (Glenn Loury, Randall Kennedy, and Renu Mukherjee)
The Glenn Show
- Introduction by Greg Burnep
- What does affirmative action mean in 2023?
- Randy’s distinction between “disadvantage” and “discrimination”
- Diversity’s double-talk
- Did the Supreme Court say discrimination is allowed at military academies?
- Glenn: Affirmative action distracts us from bigger problems
- Affirmative action is an elite problem
- Affirmative action as an insurance policy
- The stigmatization of affirmative action beneficiaries
- Glenn: Affirmative action has been a net positive, but it’s time to stop
- Q&A: Does historical injustice alone justify affirmative action?
- Q&A: Can and should colleges use loopholes to get around Students for Fair Admissions?
- Q&A: Does the “need” for affirmative action say something race or education?
- Q&A: What is the impact of SFFA beyond the university?
- Q&A: What about class-based affirmative action?
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