21 February 2020
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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Matthew Lee (Inner City Press, Predatory Bender)
- Why Obama and Rouhani aren’t shaking hands just yet . 01:02
- The Syria debate that wasn’t . 03:58
- Did Samantha Power and John Kerry diss Iran? . 13:34
- Ban Ki-moon, America’s best friend . 25:10
- How the UN lets France do whatever it wants in Africa . 28:16
- Sri Lankan massacres and Congolese rapes . 33:14
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Recorded:Sep 24
Posted:Sep 25, 2013
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Worldwise | Sep 25, 2013 | Robert Wright & Matthew Lee
The Glenn Show
Relations before transactions
Glenn Loury and Rajiv Sethi discuss a framework that Loury developed to understand the effects of racial discrimination.
MeaningofLife.tv
Sympathy for Sandler
Daniel Kaufman and Milton Lawson discuss the immoral main character of Uncut Gems, played by Adam Sandler. (Contains spoilers.)
Play this clip on MeaningofLife.tvThe Wright Show
The truth about foreign policy “realism”
Robert Wright speaks with Andrew Bacevich, president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and author of The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory.
Culturally Determined
“Conspiracies are logistically impossible”
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with filmmaker Kirby Ferguson, who just completed his documentary This Is Not a Conspiracy Theory.
The DMZ
Is a contested convention looming?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss whether moderate Democrats will unite to deny Bernie Sanders the nomination.
MeaningofLife.tv
What explains the taboo against the academic study of UFOs?
Robert Wright speaks with political scientist Alexander Wendt, who recently delivered a TEDx talk titled “Wanted: A Science of UFOs.”
Play this clip on MeaningofLife.tvThe Glenn Show
Will Latinos become white?
And will blacks be left behind again? Glenn Loury speaks with Ernesto Cortés, Jr. and Peter Skerry.
MeaningofLife.tv
Revisiting Plato’s Ring of Gyges
Philosophers Daniel Kaufman and Spencer Case use the myth of a ring that grants invisibility to debate moral realism.
Play this clip on MeaningofLife.tvThe DMZ
How vulnerable are Democrats to Republican mischief?
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