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"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: http://www.persuasion.community

The Good Fight Yascha Mounk

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    • 4.8 • 768 Ratings

"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: http://www.persuasion.community

    Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness

    Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness

    Yascha Mounk and Coleman Hughes discuss the difference between race blindness and racism blindness.

    Coleman Hughes is a writer and the host of Conversations with Coleman. His new book is The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America.

    In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Coleman Hughes discuss why race is a poor proxy for setting public policy; why being colorblind doesn’t mean disregarding one’s own cultural affinities; and how we can continue to make progress against racial discrimination without making the concept of race ever more central to our culture and politics.

    This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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    • 1 hr 26 min
    Ed Luce on America in 2024

    Ed Luce on America in 2024

    Yascha Mounk and Ed Luce discuss the sense of impending disaster in American politics.

    Ed Luce is the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times. He is also a member of the Persuasion board of advisors.

    In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ed Luce discuss what worries Americans most about the state of the country heading into the next election; the presumptive re-match between Biden and Trump; and why a second Trump term could be more dangerous than the first.

    This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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    • 1 hr
    Alex Byrne on the Trouble with Gender

    Alex Byrne on the Trouble with Gender

    Yascha Mounk and Alex Byrne discuss how to understand the differences between sex and gender—and why it matters.

    Alex Byrne is a philosopher and a professor at MIT in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. He is the author, most recently, of Trouble With Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions.

    In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Alex Byrne discuss the evolution of the concept of gender and whether it’s useful for understanding social reality; why pediatric gender medicine struggles with questions about how to properly care for young patients; and how we can move towards a society in which transgender people can live with greater dignity.

    This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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    • 1 hr 16 min
    Larry Summers on What Went Wrong on Campus

    Larry Summers on What Went Wrong on Campus

    Yascha Mounk and Larry Summers also discuss the promise and perils of artificial intelligence.

    Larry Summers is an economist, the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School, and a member of the board of directors of OpenAI. Summers is the former President of Harvard University, the former Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton, and was a director of the National Economic Council under Barack Obama. 

    In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Larry Summers discuss how universities can re-commit to pursuing truth and protecting academic freedom; how current economic indicators contrast with how many people actually experience the economy; and how Biden can improve his odds for re-election.

    This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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    • 1 hr 12 min
    Francisco Toro on Guatemala’s Political Revolution

    Francisco Toro on Guatemala’s Political Revolution

    Yascha Mounk and Francisco Toro discuss the surprise election of Bernardo Arévalo and the broader state of Latin American politics.

    Francisco Toro is a Venezuelan journalist and the founder of Caracas Chronicles. He is also a contributing editor at Persuasion and the author of the Substack newsletter The Two Worlds of Climate.

    In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Francisco Toro discuss the chances Guatemala's reformist president will set the country on a better path; whether El Salvador’s “millennial dictator” Nayib Bukele is a regional outlier or a sign of things to come; and why former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s coup attempt failed.

    This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

    Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.
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    • 1 hr
    Ricardo Hausmann on How Economies Grow

    Ricardo Hausmann on How Economies Grow

    Yascha Mounk and Ricardo Hausmann discuss development economics and how globalization has changed the nature of knowledge.

    Ricardo Hausmann is an economist and the founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School. Hausmann has also served as Minister of Planning of Venezuela (1992-1993) and on the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela.

    In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ricardo Hausmann discuss the effect of globalization on social stratification; how “brain drains” and immigration can have counterintuitive effects on growth; and why we may often overrate the economic effects of corruption.

    This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

    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: podcast@persuasion.community 
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    Podcast production by Jack Shields, and Brendan Ruberry

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    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
768 Ratings

768 Ratings

akw92626 ,

Fantastic Show

A podcast for the old left. I do hope it does not get cancelled and Mounk is able to continue with having important conversations.

chrisgravy ,

A consistently excellent podcast -

intelligent, substantive long form discussions where differences of opinion are handled respectfully & with nuance

Academom ,

Thank you!

Love the thoughtful conversations. I’m so glad to have found this pod.

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