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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and David Kirkpatrick (Into the Hands of the Soldiers, New York Times)

Historian Samuel Moyn says the conventional wisdom about globalization and poverty reduction is too kind to neoliberalism.

Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy discuss the latest controversy in the world of Young Adult literature.

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis compare Bernie Sanders’s appeal to Donald Trump’s appeal in the 2016 GOP primary.

Joshua Cohen speaks with Brink Lindsey, co-author of the new report “The Center Can Hold.”

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss whether blackface should be forbidden.

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss the potential effects of Trump’s national emergency order.

Journalist Max Blumenthal, reporting from Caracas, explains why Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro refused to accept a US aid shipment.

Glenn Loury speaks with Kelly Suzanne Saulsberry of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations.

Philosophers Daniel Kaufman and Crispin Sartwell discuss the “true” meaning of truth according to different branches of philosophy.

How important is moral consistency in foreign policy? Robert Wright and Heather Hurlburt consider.

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