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Humanity Matters

An opening provocation

Sep 11 • Samuel Kimbriel

Persona Launch Party: In Defense of Human Nature with Francis Fukuyama

drinking at the end of history

Sep 4 • Samuel Kimbriel, Damir Marusic, and Shadi Hamid

Is the Left's Moment Really Real This Time?

Sam Adler-Bell on patriotism, the payoff of radicalism, and why his caution keeps being proven wrong.

Aug 3 • Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid

1:12:27

Where's Your Red Line?

Shadi thinks the DSA has a winning formula for politics. Damir wants to know what happens when the constraints are gone.

Jul 10 • Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid

52:25

Anthropic's Jack Clark: AI or Democracy

Can the technology rushing toward us can coexist with self-government — or quietly replace it?

Jun 22 • Samuel Kimbriel

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The Temptation of Peter Thiel

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The Death of the Chatbot

Say goodbye to your little friend.

Jun 17 • Damir Marusic

Speaking the Unspeakable

Join us on May 29 for an intimate evening salon to talk about forbidden things. In partnership with Interintellect.

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AI and the Good Society

May 12

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What If We Fired All the Politicians?

Hélène Landemore and Osita Nwanevu on lotteries, legitimacy, and the rights of the shy.

May 11 • Samuel Kimbriel and Osita Nwanevu

1:11:08

Church and Empire

Trump, the Pope, and the war nobody bothered to justify.

May 1 • Damir Marusic, Santiago Ramos, and Christine Emba

Politics Without Politicians

Live Podcast Recording—May 7; Bistro Cacao, Washington, DC

Apr 27

1:06:56

Did We Get Hungary Wrong?

Julian Waller on Orbán's fall, Magyar's rise, and a decade of bad shorthand.

Apr 19 • Damir Marusic, Shadi Hamid, and Julian G. Waller

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Anti-Politics and the Counter-Revolution

Giovanni Orsina on whether Europe can survive the populist moment.

Apr 14 • Damir Marusic and Samuel Kimbriel

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Peter Beinart on Why the "Right to Exist" is the Wrong Question

The harder question is what should actually replace it.

Apr 1 • Damir Marusic, Shadi Hamid, and Peter Beinart

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