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Oct 30, 2021 — Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
Bill: Glenn Youngkin is running a more moderate campaign that many think
The transgender issue in the Virginia governor’s race
Matt: If Trump does a rally in Virginia, it could screw Youngkin
Biden and Pelosi pressure progressive Dems over infrastructure
Biden’s high stakes game
Oct 29, 2021 — Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Could a McAuliffe loss bring about a Dem meltdown?
Mickey: Most Americans don’t care about Build Back Better social spending
Bob: There’s a breakdown of trust within the Democratic Party
More possible evidence in favor of the lab leak hypothesis
Should Biden withdraw from Syria and Iraq?
Bob: Most people in the Blob are sincere in their beliefs
Could Tucker run for president to the right of Trump?
Mark Zuckerberg, mayor of the metaverse
Bob: God bless Louis Dekmar
Parrot Room preview: The special guest’s identity revealed, Huma Abedin’s claim that a senator made a pass at her, RIP Mort Sahl, Mickey’s friend gives up their electric car, and how Bob got mauled by Frazier
Oct 29, 2021 — Thoughts on the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America (Glenn Loury)
The Glenn Show
A quick announcement
“Structural racism is an empty category”
The bias narrative vs. the development narrative
Race as a social phenomenon
Racism is not the cause of behavioral problems in black communities
“White people cannot give black people equality”
Q&A: How has economic thinking about racism and the market changed?
Q&A: What strategies will help people engage in modes of development?
Q&A: What are the prospects for improvements?
Q&A: How has the language of racial discrimination changed?
Q&A: Is intersectionality a factor in racial inequality?
Q&A: Do Glenn’s claims reinforce white prejudice against blacks?
Oct 27, 2021 — Robert Wright & Thomas Wright
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
How Tom and Bob wound up talking about the Blob
Why Tom wants to retire the term “the Blob”
Is the “Restrainers vs. the Blob” framing useful?
Chomsky’s misunderstood view on how money corrupts discourse
Tom questions the value of understanding Vladimir Putin’s perspective
Does the Blob undermine America’s national interest?
Engaging a diverse, evolving Blob
Oct 22, 2021 — Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Mickey: Sinema’s tax plan is screwing up the infrastructure bill
Bob: It’s a political mistake to cut free community college
Did Biden accidentally commit to defending Taiwan against attack?
Why you shouldn’t worry about China’s new missile
JD Vance’s weird tweet about Alec Baldwin
Can Trump be convinced not to run in 2024?
Bob: Steve Bannon is still an extremely dangerous person
US Covid numbers remain inscrutable
Parrot Room preview: What Dave Chappelle said about Mike Pence, Merrick Garland’s conflict of interest, how to bribe Trump into staying out of the race, death threats in politics, more car advice, Bob takes another crack at besting Mickey’s joke, meditation retreats, Bob defends “the pounce move,” Alec Baldwin, King Juan Carlos’s sex drive, and the French election
Oct 22, 2021 — Glenn Loury & Wai Wah Chin
The Glenn Show
What are NYC exam schools?
The recent attempt to change exam school admissions
Wai Wah: Changes to exam schools will discriminate against Asian students
Wai Wah’s attempts to expand the Gifted and Talented Program
Are exam schools “segregated”?
Eric Adams’s support for increasing the number of exam schools
Wai Wah: Asians are being scapegoated
Oct 21, 2021 — Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
Matt’s recent conversation with Ross Douthat
Can Democrats get BBB done by the end of October?
Are progressives onboard with the bipartisan infrastructure bill?
Matt: The Virginia governor’s race point the way for national Republicans
Oct 19, 2021 — Robert Wright & Steven Pinker
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Steve’s new book,
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Are humans inherently logical?
What is “motivated reasoning”?
How attribution error distorts our public discourse
How Steve deals with criticism of his work
Bob’s defense of whataboutism
Did evolution make us moral—or at least moralistic?
Oct 18, 2021 — Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Dara Horn
Culturally Determined
Dara’s new book,
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Anne Frank, Jewish self-erasure, and the actual lessons of the Holocaust
Unique features of Jewish literature and history
The case for Jewish anger
The myth of Jewish immigrants’ names being changed at Ellis Island
Debating Shylock
The dark truth behind the comic relief of the “last Jew in Afghanistan”
Dara: American society is fine with hating Hasidic Jews
Dara’s path to daily Talmud study
Oct 15, 2021 — Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Trump finally crosses the line for Mickey (again)
Why is Trump threatening to undermine Republicans in the midterms?
Mickey: It’s smart politics to dump the child tax credit
Are some of Dave Chappelle’s jokes antisemitic?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s less-than-flattering appraisal of Colin Kaepernick
Is Steve Bannon going to jail?
Bob: “The jury is out” on the possibility of democracy in China
Parrot Room preview: Supply chains, Michael Wolff’s account of Jeffrey Epstein’s theory of Trump, Walgreens closes stores over crime, Nick Kristof’s possible gubernatorial run, more evidence of Ben Rhodes’s blobishness, David Shor, Terry McAuliffe’s chances in Virginia, a roadblock to Mickey’s coup theory, the new Velvet Underground doc, Steven Pinker and the left, a genitalia joke face-off, Facebook’s thought policing, and help for boomers
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