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Bloggingheads.tv videos — October 2022
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Oct 28, 2022 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- Mickey takes a bite out of midterm “overism”
- How revolutionary will Musk’s Twitter reign be?
- Who quashed the Progressive Caucus’s Ukraine letter?
- What’s holding up diplomacy in Ukraine?
- Is Blob opinion on the war starting to split?
- The cost of US hypocrisy
- The media’s weird coverage of the “dirty bomb” story
- Parrot room preview: implausible dirty bomb scenarios; UK PM’s dramatic early moves; a few words about the late Lucianne Goldberg; an (iffy) argument against lefty state legislature alarmism; Mickey’s labor-relations observations; Xi Jinping and the Hu Jintao removal; illustrating the dangers of war-time overreaction by way of Russian relocation coverage; Joe’s McCarthyism; Russians adopting Ukrainian children; what’s in it for Putin-humiliation-pushers?
Oct 28, 2022 —
Glenn Loury & Rafael Mangual
The Glenn Show
- How Rafael came to the Manhattan Institute
- Rafael’s new book, Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
- Is prison the right response to violent crime?
- Why Rafael believes in three-strikes-type sentencing guidelines
- Incarceration may lower crime, but is it just?
- Rafael: Defunding the police is an indefensible idea
- Should we worry about racial disparities in the non-deadly use of force by police?
- Why Rafael’s father didn’t want him to become a cop
Oct 25, 2022 —
Robert Wright & Douglas Ligor
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- How worried should we be about the “Kessler Syndrome”?
- The nightmare scenario for anti-satellite weapons anarchy
- How an attack in space could trigger WWIII
- International law is way behind the curve in outer space
- Why isn’t the grave threat of space anarchy getting attention?
- How the new Cold War makes conflict in space more likely
Oct 21, 2022 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- Elon Musk’s esoteric insult of former Russian president Medvedev
- Russia’s “General Armageddon” gears up for retreat
- Is the GOP becoming the anti-war party?
- Mickey’s many midterms nightmares
- With Britain’s Tories in shambles, will Boris rise again?
- Bob: US policy helped create the latest “axis of evil”
- Parrot Room preview: Did Bob mischaracterize Mearsheimer?; Kanye West and Elon Musk take over social media; Jon Meacham’s fears for US democracy; what lies beneath LA’s racism row
Oct 21, 2022 —
Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
The Glenn Show
- Is racist heckling at sporting events a real problem?
- John: “If you can’t be made fun of, you’re not part of the group”
- The LA City Council racism scandal
- Why is there no Latino Michael Brown?
- Exalting (and exaggerating) the victim role
- Glenn’s daughter’s upcoming appearance on The Glenn Show
- Elite discrimination against Asians
Oct 18, 2022 —
Robert Wright & Seth Harp
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- What Seth learned from being in Ukraine that you won’t learn from western media
- Was the ouster of Ukraine’s president in 2014 a revolution or a coup?
- Could the White House have averted the invasion – and could it end the war now?
- The degree of on-the-ground American involvement in Ukraine and Syria
- Why Seth warns of frozen conflict when others predict Ukrainian victory
- The extent of pro-Russian sentiment in eastern Ukraine
- Seth: War always means atrocity, so we should avoid wars
- Is wartime reporting less objective now than usual?
Oct 16, 2022 —
Robert Wright & Jessica Chen Weiss
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- What does America not understand about China – and vice versa?
- Signs of Chinese discontent with Xi Jinping
- How the focus on “beating China” distracts the US from other priorities
- Is the US making conflict over Taiwan more likely?
- Jessica: The threat to American democracy comes from within, not from China
- The roots of China’s growing assertiveness on the world stage
- What US and Chinese foreign policy (unfortunately) have in common
Oct 14, 2022 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
- Why Mickey thinks Evan McMullin could become king of America
- Herschel Walker’s “three bulls” parable
- Is Fetterman ready for the debate stage?
- Biden’s Saudi ask vs. Trump’s Ukraine ask
- The double-edged sword of Ukrainian military success
- Bob amends last week’s “client state” comments
- Bob: The next few weeks will be critical for Ukraine
- Elon and international affairs (cont’d)
- Inflation, China chip wars, and other harbingers of global instability
- Putin’s psyche and realist views of Russia
- Parrot room preview: Ukraine’s ironic nuclear war incentives; cancellable L.A. city council commentary?; Who’s the bigger liar: Gore or Biden?; Unflattering Nikki Finke obituaries; PayPal’s crazy new misinformation policy; more Musk talk; what’s new in the Metaverse?; Serial subject’s charges dropped; a damning Maggie Haberman clip?; FiveThirtyEight bias and a point about probability
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