Debating DeSantis

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the Florida governor’s framing of the Ukraine War as a “territorial dispute”.

Ron DeSantis’s Ukraine Bet

On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the SVB bank crisis—is “wokeness” to blame? Plus: Should DeSantis copy Trump’s “America First” approach to Ukraine? And will we miss Mitch McConnell when he’s gone?

Can science benefit from more diversity?

Reckoning with the atomic bomb

Robert Wright and Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of The Man from the Future, discuss how John von Neumann handled the ethical questions arising from his work on the Manhattan project.

Biden insults Xi Jinping, Xi rebukes America

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss escalating US-China tensions.

The Scott Adams controversy

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams’s remarks about black people.

Fiery But Mostly Peaceful

On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis ask: What happened to Tucker Carlson? Plus: Scott Adams’ explanation/excuse; Is Trump back on top in the GOP primary?; Could Fox News lose Trumpists?; And did Biden do the right thing on the DC crime bill?

Psychoanalyzing ChatGPT

Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom—author of the new book Psych—discuss current artificial intelligence programs and how they compare to the human mind.

All sticks, no carrots

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the Biden administration’s approach to foreign policy.

Ending 300,000 years of human stagnation

Glenn Loury and economist Oded Galor discuss humanity’s ancient cycle of economic stagnation and how we escaped it.