
"The Good Fight," the podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.Email: goodfightpod@gmail.comTwitter: @Yascha_MounkWebsite: www.persuasion.community
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 439 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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Yascha Mounk and Adrian Wooldridge explore how liberalism reinvented itself through past crises—and what that means for its survival today.
Adrian Wooldridge is the global business columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. He is the author or co-author of 12... more
Yascha Mounk and Klaus Schwab discuss truth, trust, and accountability—until he abruptly ended the interview.
In January, I received an email from Klaus Schwab about a new book he had just published, called Restoring Truth and Trust. It was, he told... more
Yascha Mounk and Dean Ball examine how the fight over autonomous weapons and mass surveillance reveals the impossible choices facing American AI policy.
Dean W. Ball served as Senior Policy Advisor at the White House Office of Science and Technology... more
Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University. His latest book is Liberalism and Its Discontents. He is also the author of the “Frankly Fukuyama” column, carried forward from American Purpose, at Persuasion.
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Rapidly becoming one of my favorite podcasts. He brings on very thoughtful guests and is, himself, conscientious and an adroit host.
You are a well informed fellow and you interview interesting people. But you have a terrible habit of interrupting your guests, to give a long winded opinion of your own, when we really wanted to hear what the guest was going to say. You would improve your podcast a hundred fold by quitting the verbose interruptions. Otherwise you could quit having guests and just do opinion pieces.
This episode was by far the best explanation of the link between immigration and the rise of the far right I have heard across my rather excessive political podcast listening. The example of Denmark as a country that has managed to see off the right, by in part neutralising the immigration issue. Many thanks Yascha
This particular podcast was somewhat irritating. Mitchell was no more convincing in the podcast than his book was.
Yascha tried to gently and patiently push back on Mitchell’s dismissive attitude towards the determinist camp, but with little effect.
Mitchell again lays out (well), how determinism exists and functions in simple systems… it that at some point magic happens, and the “I” becomes responsible.
Complexity is an insufficient argument for free will. As with his book, Mitchell actual... more
I get it. I know why black republicans are super popular on the right. But Coleman Hughes has such thin ideas. I swear I was able to finish half of his sentences, because no matter the question he responds the same. How can you claim to be a critique of some of the most thoughtful, researched, intelligent, and insightful white, black, Indian, and Jewish race scholars in this country when you yourself constantly claim not having any answers or personal theories of your own.
I honestly can’t beli... more
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Exploring the intersection of current political challenges and intellectual discourse, content focuses on the rising threats posed by authoritarian populism. Through in-depth conversations with a diverse array of experts, themes frequently involve political systems, the complexity of democratic institutions, public trust, and social justice issues. Notable episodes cover the implications of diversity and inclusion movements, critiques of rational choice theory, and the evolving dynamics of international relations, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. The discussions are enriched by guests from fields such as academia, literature, and journalism, providing listeners with multifaceted insights into contemporary socio-political debates.
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