The Good Fight
207 episodes — Page 1 of 5
Dan Williams on Why AI (Probably) Won’t Kill Us
Oct 31, 202645 min
Malcolm Gaskill on Why Our Ancestors Weren't as Superstitious as We Think
Oct 24, 202658 min
James Marriott on the End of Reading
Oct 20, 202652 min
Eliot Cohen on Why America Keeps Losing Wars It Should Win
Oct 17, 202648 min
David Deming on the Future of Universities in the Age of AI
Oct 13, 202659 min
Why America’s Real Wealth Isn’t in Silicon Valley
Oct 10, 202650 min
Luis Garicano on Why Europe Fell Behind
Oct 6, 202657 min
Galen Druke on the Midterms
Oct 3, 20261h 13m
Frank Furedi on the Case for Populism
Sep 29, 202656 min
Simon Sebag Montefiore on the Origins of the Modern Middle East
Sep 26, 202648 min
Shashank Joshi on Why Russia Won't Invade NATO—Yet
Sep 23, 202644 min
Jerry Kaplan on Why AI Won’t Kill Us All
Sep 19, 20261h 2m
Jacob Weisberg on the Contagion of Cowardice
Sep 15, 202658 min
Judith Dada on the Rise of the AfD
Sep 12, 20261h 6m
Sarah Longwell on How Democrats Can Defeat Trump
Sep 8, 202645 min
Jared Diamond on Whether Leaders Make History
Sep 5, 202658 min
Abigail Marsh on Psychopaths (Rerun)
Aug 29, 20261h 15m
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Building Things
Aug 22, 202650 min
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: How States Form
Aug 15, 20261h 0m
Adam Bodnar on Why Defeating Populists at the Ballot Box Isn’t Enough
Aug 11, 20261h 22m
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Human Nature
Aug 8, 202657 min
Daron Acemoglu on Why Liberalism Became a Victim of Its Own Success
Aug 4, 20261h 15m
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: The End of History and the Last Man
Aug 1, 202658 min
Katja Hoyer on Why We Should Stop Comparing Everything to Weimar
Jul 29, 20261h 16m
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: His Life and Ideas
Jul 25, 20261h 1m
Claude Steele on the Hidden Stress of Diverse Spaces
Jul 21, 202649 min
The Good Fight Club: Refounding Liberalism, Gen Z’s Political Instincts, and a Watergate Ghost Story
Jul 18, 202647 min
John Harpham on the Intellectual Origins of American Slavery
Jul 14, 202658 min
Deirdre McCloskey on What Really Caused the Industrial Revolution
Jul 11, 20261h 4m
Arvind Narayanan on Why AI Isn’t All That Revolutionary
Jul 7, 202658 min
Ivan Krastev on Why America Has Lost Faith in Itself
Jul 4, 202650 min
Charles Fain Lehman on Why Cities Got Safer
Jun 30, 20261h 2m
The Good Fight Club: Why the Center Left Is Losing, the Squad vs. the Median Voter, and How Patriotism Wins Elections
Jun 27, 202648 min
Mark Leonard on Why Europe is Doomed
Jun 23, 202642 min
A Debate with Curtis Yarvin
Jun 20, 202645 min
Samuel Moyn on Why Old People Are Ruining America
Jun 16, 20261h 1m
David Bau on How—and Whether—Artificial Intelligence Thinks
Jun 13, 20261h 21m
Rebecca Haw Allensworth on How Professional Licenses are Rigging the Game for Insiders
Jun 9, 202647 min
Steve Stewart-Williams on Sex Differences and Human Nature
Jun 6, 202657 min
Jeremiah Johnson on Why Gen Z Isn’t Actually Doomed
Jun 2, 202646 min
Kathryn Paige Harden on How Genetics Shapes Human Behavior
May 30, 20261h 1m
H.W. Brands on the Making of George Washington
May 26, 20261h 14m
James Traub on Why American Classrooms Are Failing Democracy
May 23, 202651 min
Marc Lipsitch on Playing Pandemic Roulette in the Lab
May 19, 20261h 8m
The Good Fight Club: The Vibe Shift That Wasn’t, White Identity Politics, and “When They Go Low, We Go Low&#
May 16, 202648 min
Al Roth on Why People Should Be Free to Sell Their Kidneys
May 12, 202659 min
Timothy Garton Ash on Europe’s Political Fragmentation
May 9, 20261h 10m
Laurenz Guenther on the Representation Gap in Politics
May 5, 202653 min
Lant Pritchett on Why Foreign Aid Misses the Point
May 2, 20261h 7m
David Bromwich on Why Americans Have Lost Faith in Universities
Apr 28, 202658 min