19 April 2024
Share this video: |
|
 |
|
Or choose a specific part to share: |
|
Start at:   |
|
|
|
|
Embed this video, or the specific part you've chosen, on your site:
Bill Scher (Washington Monthly) and Matt K. Lewis (The Daily Beast, MattLewis.org)
On The DMZ, Bill and Matt debate what the embassy attacks in Egypt and Libya tell us about Obama’s policies in the Arab world. Has the Arab Spring been a positive or a negative development? Bill suggests neither Obama nor Romney wants to engage in a general debate about foreign policy. They disagree over whether it makes sense to compare Obama to Jimmy Carter. Matt argues that despite Obama’s post-convention bounce, the election will still come down to the wire. Plus: Are Obama and Romney introverts?
Play entire video
Bill Scher
Matt K. Lewis
Trailer for “Innocence of Muslims,” the film that has inflamed public opinion in the Middle East
Matt’s piece on Jeanne Kirkpatrick and Edmund Burke
Kirkpatrick’s 1979 Commentary article on dictators
Bill’s book “Wait! Don’t Move to Canada!”
Mitt Romney’s book “No Apology”
Video of Romney’s controversial remarks on the embassy attacks
Nate Silver’s latest post on Obama’s post-convention bounce
Matt’s latest piece, “The 2012 campaign: A tale of two introverts?”
Interview in which John Heilemann claims Obama doesn’t like people
Michael Lewis disagrees with Heilemann
Susan Cain’s book “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking”
The DMZ | Sep 14, 2012 | Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
Just ONE MAGA Juror is All TRUMP Needs
Can Trump get one secret partisan on the hush money trial jury to thwart a guilty verdict? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
How Iran’s Attack Benefits Israel
Iran’s strike on Israel was an “own goal,” Middle East expert Joshua Landis tells Robert Wright.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Thinking Back on Kahneman, Fast and Slow
Robert Wright and Paul Bloom discuss the late Nobel laureate’s life and legacy.
The DMZ
Can Abortion Sink Trump?
Can Donald Trump move to the center on the issue of abortion? Or will Joe Biden’s ads effectively tie him to the overturning of Roe v. Wade? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Israel out of control
Robert Wright and American Prestige hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss attacks on aid workers and Iran’s embassy.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
AI, Rationalism, and the “Great Filter”
Robert Wright and economist and futurist Robin Hanson discuss Robin’s solution to the Fermi Paradox and how AI fits into it. Plus: where rationalist culture gets “cultish”, seeing AI as offspring, and more.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Things to know about the noosphere
Robert Wright and Sister Ilia Delio—theologian, author, and expert on Jesuit priest and scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin—discuss what Teilhard described as the “thinking envelope of the Earth.”
The DMZ
RFK Jr.’s Bad VEEP Pick
Is RFK Jr’s VP pick an affront to democracy? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Meditation Tips for Beginners (and Non-Beginners)
Neuroscientist Kathryn Devaney of the Berkeley Alembic and Robert Wright discuss meditative best practices, how meditation aids cognitive empathy, whether mindfulness can save us from AI doom, and more.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
What Does Putin Want?
View these comments on a non-video page
View these comments on a non-video page