What the Midterms Mean

Does the vibe shift mean people love Democrats? Or do they only hate Trump and MAGA?

Nov 6 • Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid

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How Ukraine Keeps Fighting

With Bojan Pancevski, author of The Nord Stream Conspiracy.

Nov 5 • Damir Marusic and Bojan Pancevski

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Can AI Save Us From the Writers?

The internet turned intellectual life into reality TV. Now the machines are offering a way out.

Nov 3 • Damir Marusic

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October 2026

Taylor Lorenz is no AI doomer

Apocalyptic cults, falling in love with chatbots and why the internet isn’t ruining our lives.

Oct 30 • Damir Marusic, Shadi Hamid, and Taylor Lorenz

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Move Like Heaven, Hold Like Earth

What China's oldest ideas are teaching its newest machines.

Oct 28 • Wisdom of Crowds and Jen Zhu

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Birth / Death

On first and last things in the AI age.

Oct 23 • Wisdom of Crowds

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The Case for Hell

Why politics is better off if damnation is religion’s job

Oct 20 • Shadi Hamid and Matthew Kaemingk

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PERSONA: Is ‘Super-Intelligence’ Intelligent?

A live event. 10/12. DC.

Oct 8 • Wisdom of Crowds

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September 2026

Can Religion Save Democracy? October 8th

Live Wisdom of Crowds debate and book party in Washington, DC

Sep 29

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Sep 26 • Wisdom of Crowds

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PERSONA: Beyond the AI Backlash

We’re discovering what we stand against. But what do we stand for?

Sep 23 • Wisdom of Crowds

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The Last Gasp of Liberal Faith

Revisiting Barack Obama’s 2006 Speech on religion and politics

Sep 22 • Shadi Hamid

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