The Negative Mystical Experience

Seattle-based artist David Poleski describes how a sudden feeling of “being stabbed in the psyche” set him off on a spiritual quest and led to a brush with Sai Baba, India’s “miracle man.”

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Kat Rosenfield (Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone, Vulture) and Katie Herzog (The Stranger, katieherzog.org)

Seattle-based artist David Poleski describes how a sudden feeling of “being stabbed in the psyche” set him off on a spiritual quest and led to a brush with Sai Baba, India’s “miracle man.”

Robert Wright speaks with Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of Jacobin and author of the new book The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality.

Philosophers Daniel Kaufman and David Ottlinger consider.

Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy critique a viral video that says the phrase “you guys” is sexist and exclusionary.

Robert Wright speaks with Eric Kaufmann, author of the new book Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities, about what kind of national identity Americans should embrace.

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss Trump’s changing positions on the Iran nuclear deal from the 2016 campaign to the present.

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter cast a critical eye on the popular New York Times Magazine project that reconsiders the history of American slavery.

Robert Wright speaks with psychologist Nina Strohminger about her research on the essential components of the self.

Daniel Bessner and Eli Lake debate whether the NYT columnist was treated unfairly during the Twitter brouhaha.

Loury, in a conversation with Robert Wright, discusses the issues that pushed him back toward conservatism in recent years.

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