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Dec 15, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Richard Hanania
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- How political scientists think about civil war
- Richard: claims that we’re on the brink of civil war have a “pro-wrestling quality”
- Two theories of civil war: grievance vs. opportunity
- Should we worry about escalating civil conflict that falls short of civil war?
- Information ecosystems and civil conflict
- Richard’s critique of the “great powers” paradigm in international relations
Dec 11, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- A grand unified theory of Biden’s cabinet: cognitive decline
- Judging the Texas lawsuit on its merits
- Is Trump’s post-election campaign poisoning America?
- The state of Congress after Trump
- Bob and Mickey reach consensus: Hunter Biden seems pretty shady
- Who gets the vaccine first and which one will they get?
- Some problematic Biden cabinet picks
Dec 10, 2020 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
What makes a Hanukkah song? Has the Right become crazier than the Left? And has Biden lost control of the Cabinet selection process?
Dec 8, 2020 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Kelly Conaboy
Culturally Determined
- Kelly’s new book about her dog, The Particulars of Peter
- Everything you always wanted to know about Peter the dog
- Kelly: Dogs should be able to talk for 25 minutes a day
- The profound mysteries of the dog-human relationship
- “Doggo,” “dog mom,” and the cultural shift around pets
- Would you let your pet become a social media star?
- Dogs and the specter of death
Dec 4, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- The latest election conspiracy theory: suitcases full of ballots in Atlanta
- Georgia sparks a Trumpworld civil war
- Mickey’s Jared-centric conspiracy theory about Trump’s post-presidency
- What if election fraud is actually discovered?
- Mickey’s Bibi-centric conspiracy theory for why Trump sucks up to Putin
- What’s the deal with Neera Tanden?
- Bob critiques Biden’s underwhelming cabinet picks
- Mickey’s Israel-centric conspiracy theory for Bill Kristol’s leftward shift
- Do you want to be at the front of the Covid vaccination line?
Dec 4, 2020 —
Glenn Loury & James Heckman
The Glenn Show
- The political landscape in Chicago in 2020
- How do you improve a human being?
- What “The Bell Curve” missed about human development
- How teaching and empowering parents positively impacts children
- The taboo of family-focused anti-poverty efforts
- What is the source of implicit bias?
- James: Politicians on both sides cultivate and exploit racial turmoil
Dec 3, 2020 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
Will Trump-loving Georgians boycott the special elections? Did GOP presidential hopefuls learn from 2016 how not to take out Trump? Did Biden make a mistake nominating Neera Tanden? How did Teddy Roosevelt shake up the corrupt New York police department? Plus: Bill launches a new history podcast, “When America Worked.”
Dec 2, 2020 —
Kat Rosenfield & Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Feminine Chaos
- BREAKING: Feminine Chaos is going independent and audio-only
- “White women voting for Trump,” the topic that will not die
- Phoebe: This rhetoric denies women’s complexity
- Kat: If white women voted as a bloc, there would never be another Democratic president
- Did Trump win the Karen vote?
- Coming full circle on White Fragility
Dec 1, 2020 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Ryan Cooper
Culturally Determined
- Reviewing Obama’s new memoir, A Promised Land
- Ryan excoriates Obama’s response to the financial crisis
- Should Obama have gone much harder on the banks?
- Aryeh: Obama is an institutionalist to his core
- Was Obama just the wrong man for the job?
- Why the GOP gets away with radicalism but Democrats don’t
- Is Biden’s cabinet a team of nobodies?
- The mysterious nomination of Neera Tanden to OMB
- Aryeh: Maybe it’s time to trust Biden’s political instincts
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