The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk talks to Anne Applebaum about how authoritarians take power, the threat of social media, and the first six months of Trump's presidency Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk talks to George Packer about social isolation, the sources of political anger, and why none of the dominant narratives of American identity can bind us together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk talks to Mark Blyth about the economic drivers of populism, how to create a more equal society, and the failures of the Eurozone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk talks to Brian Klaas about how to save democratic norms at home and promote democratic rule abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk talks to Catherine Rampell about the economic drivers of populist support, the future of economic growth, and why fears about automation may be exaggerated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk discusses the degree to which democracy in the United States is under threat, the slow erosion of liberal norms, and the future of American identity with Francis Fukuyama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk interviews Evan McMullin, 2016 Presidential Candidate and one of Donald Trump's most vocal conservative critics, about how to oppose the President across party lines; the future of the Republican Party; and the personal costs of political courage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk explains the global costs of the Trump Presidency and talks to Hans Kundnani about the differences between Trump and Brexit, how to preserve the liberal world order, and the dangers of national neoliberalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk explains why social media favors political outsiders over insiders and talks to Lee Drutman about the dangerous racial and cultural divide in American politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yascha Mounk explains why the belief that Democrats are inevitably headed towards a demographic majority is the most dangerous ideas in American politics, and talks to Sheri Berman about the purpose of protests, the future of the Democratic Party, and the enduring promise of social democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the fourth episode of "The Good Fight," Yascha Mounk explains why Democrats can't win in 2020 just by pointing out the failings of Donald Trump and speaks to Sam Goldman, Director of the Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom, about the ways in which liberals are (or are not) blind to conservative insights--and why Trump's opponents should (or should not) embrace nationalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Yascha Mounk argues that the American Republic won't go down without a massive fight, and talks to the Financial Times columnist Ed Luce about how the country can manage its relative decline without losing its democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second episode of "The Good Fight," Yascha Mounk lays out the best-case scenario for the Trump years and speaks to Larry Diamond, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, about the global recession of democracy--and how to build the kind of coalition that can beat back authoritarian populists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this inaugural edition of "The Good Fight," Harvard Lecturer Yascha Mounk explains why we shouldn't underestimate Donald Trump, and talks to Brookings Fellow Vanessa Williamson about the power of everyday democracy. Along the way, you'll learn about the roots of American populism, the nature of the right's nostalgia, and the kinds of policies that might restore the people's trust in their political system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices