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21 December 2025

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May 8, 2013 — Bill Scher & Erin DeLullo
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The DMZ

On a special Mother’s Day edition of The DMZ, Matt’s wife Erin joins the show to discuss liberal vs. conservative parenting. As a working conservative mother, is Erin an outlier? They discuss attachment parenting, support for breast feeding, the scourge of baby-formula marketers, and the life of a Crunchy Con. Erin explains the division of parental labor in the Lewis-DeLullo household, and Bill describes the pleasures of being a father who works from home. Happy Mother’s Day!

May 7, 2013 — Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
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The Glenn Show

On The Glenn Show, the topic is affirmative action. Glenn fears the Supreme Court will issue a broad anti-affirmative action ruling. Does the kind of indirect affirmative action practiced by Texas’s top 10% system do more harm than good? John and Glenn debate whether affirmative action’s time has simply passed. Glenn challenges John on whether hiring preferences for women should be done away with as well. John cites his biracial daughter as someone who should not receive affirmative action. They close by discussing class-based affirmative action and the mismatch hypothesis.

May 4, 2013 — Joshua Knobe & Molly Crockett
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The Mind Report
May 1, 2013 — Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
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The DMZ
On The DMZ: Matt says he could never be a liberal, but Bill refuses to take no for an answer! Can humanity be held to moral standards without religion? Matt explains how having children has changed his politics. Bill thinks that Rand Paul could be the next, and last, Republican nominee. Could Hillary Clinton and Bill Kristol join forces in 2016? And can Paul soften his hard edges?
Apr 30, 2013 — Matthew Duss & Robert Farley
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Foreign Entanglements
On Foreign Entanglements, Matt and Rob discuss the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria. Rob says Assad is probing the “pink line.” Has the Syrian civil war really hurt US interests? What happens if Assad wins? Matt argues that maintaining the taboo against using chemical weapons is worthwhile. They discuss the George W. Bush Rehabilitation Project, and close with the neoconservative reaction to Ron Paul’s new institute.
Apr 29, 2013 — Robert Wright & Paul Sonne
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Worldwise
Apr 27, 2013 — Paul Bloom & Barry Schwartz
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The Mind Report
Apr 26, 2013 — Adam Serwer & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
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Adamize
On Adamize, Adam and Daveed explore whether it’s too early to decisively determine motive in the Boston bombings. They debate whether “religion” can be the motive for violent acts, or whether it’s really “religious identity politics.” Daveed acknowledges that discourse on religion and terrorism is often ugly, but argues that trying too hard to be politically correct stifles real conversation on the subject. They examine the roles of theology vs. structural factors in the behavior of believers. With reference to Malcolm X, Scientology, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, they discuss whether there’s a double standard towards certain religions. Daveed and Adam agree that, for all its mistakes, the media has done a relatively responsible job covering the bombings—whereas much of the commentariat has gone off the rails.
Apr 24, 2013 — Robert Wright & Scott Atran
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Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Apr 23, 2013 — Sarah Posner & Wajahat Ali
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The Posner Show
On The Posner Show, Sarah talks with Wajahat about Islamophobia in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. What does it mean when press accounts describe Tamerlan Tsarnaev as an increasingly “devout” Muslim? Wajahat explains the vast gulf between the perception and the reality of American Muslims. Why are some terrorists described as “lone wolves” but, without organizational links to an international terror organization, the Tsarnaev brothers are described as “self-radicalized” terrorists? Wajahat explains the Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck dynamic to Americans’ reaction to terrorism. Plus: Why aren’t we talking about the Tsarnaevs and gun control? UPDATE: Reaction to the AP’s reporting on Tamerlan’s radicalization and the mysterious “Misha.”

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