The Harper’s cancel-culture letter

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the fallout from Harper’s Magazine’s open letter against cancel culture.

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John McWhorter (Columbia University, Lexicon Valley, The Atlantic) and Richard Thompson Ford (Stanford Law School, Racial Culture, The Race Card)

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the fallout from Harper’s Magazine’s open letter against cancel culture.

Glenn Loury speaks with John Wood of Braver Angels, which seeks to combat political polarization.

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis debate.

Robert Wright speaks with Rutger Bregman, author of the new book Humankind: A Hopeful History.

Robert Gressis speaks with Douglas Edwards, author of the new book Philosophy Smackdown, about the different layers of reality in professional wrestling.

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter consider Woodrow Wilson, Robert E. Lee, and John C. Calhoun.

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus speculate on what could happen after Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest.

Nikita Petrov explains the strange phenomenon to John Horgan.

Bill Scher critiques the current conservation about Wilson and race.

Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy speak with Leigh Stein, author of the new satirical novel Self Care, about anti-racism as self-improvement.

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