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The Case for Honesty in Foreign Policy
Hypocrisy is overrated. Let's say less and do more. Here's how.
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Michael D. Purzycki
1
Can the Faithful Do Power Politics?
It only seems like a weird question if you don’t fully appreciate what politics is.
 • 
Damir Marusic
5
How To Regain Your Sense of Wonder
Listen now (64 mins) | Finding meaning through photography, memories, meteor showers, and melancholy.
 • 
Damir Marusic
 and 
Shadi Hamid
1
We Need to Talk About Biden
Two years ago, Wisdom of Crowds was on the case. It was a lonely place to be.
 • 
Derek Hudson
 and 
Shadi Hamid
A Lost Sense of Wonder
They said it was impossible to hear a meteor. But I heard it.
 • 
Damir Marusic
11
The Virtue Politics of Mitt Romney
Are hypocrisy and moral posturing good for American democracy?
 • 
Shadi Hamid
 and 
Damir Marusic
5
An Anthropological Account of European Leisure
On a recent trip to France, I witnessed both the promise and peril of enjoying one's life excessively.
 • 
Shadi Hamid
13
August 2023
Spilling Out Our Lives
The case for having fewer opinions.
 • 
Shadi Hamid
8
Is a Better World Possible Without American Power?
Listen now (92 mins) | Socialist intellectual Daniel Bessner lays out his case for an alternative view of the world America built.
 • 
Damir Marusic
 and 
Shadi Hamid
2
Wisdom of Crowds is On Fire This Summer
From the excesses of expertise and escaping America to the new masculinity and complexities of tolerance, here is our spiciest work yet this season.
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Wisdom of Crowds
The Right-Wing Case for Left-Wing Economics
Listen now (83 mins) | Sohrab Ahmari on how the GOP can (actually) become a working-class party.
 • 
Damir Marusic
 and 
Shadi Hamid
2
My Complicated Relationship with Barack Obama
Rarely has a man promised so much but offered so little. Let's call it what it is—a tragedy.
 • 
Shadi Hamid
21
How a Massacre Changed My Perspective on Politics
Was this evil? Or was it something else?
 • 
Shadi Hamid
5
What's the Meaning of Meaning?
Listen now (80 mins) | To find out, Sam and Shadi take a trip to Iowa.
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Shadi Hamid
 and 
Samuel Kimbriel
6
Electing Officials By Lottery Can Save Democracy
We always say democracy is more than just voting. But it’s time to act like we mean it.
 • 
Sam Mace
6
Politicizing the Law
In certain circumstances, there is no alternative.
 • 
Damir Marusic
4
The Masculine World Is Adrift
Listen now (83 mins) | If men do need to adapt to a changing social and economic order, what exactly does that look like?
 • 
Shadi Hamid
, 
Damir Marusic
, and 
Christine Emba
9
The Ideal Man Exists
But we refuse to admit it.
 • 
Christine Emba
51
Highlight: "Authoritarian regimes don't like philosophy"
This is an unlocked clip from the extended cut of our podcast with David Polansky. To gain access to the extended cut of future podcasts (and more…
 • 
Wisdom of Crowds
1
July 2023
Should Parents Be Allowed to Opt Out of LGBTQ-Themed Lessons?
Tolerating 'intolerance' is not intolerance. But that depends on how you define the word.
 • 
Shadi Hamid
41
An Illiberal Muslim Secedes from America
Listen now (134 mins) | Torn between tradition and modernity, some radicals are opting out.
 • 
Shadi Hamid
, 
Damir Marusic
, and 
Dragoman
20
The End of Representative Democracy
What becomes of a nation when it is untethered from the people?
 • 
Sam Mace
8
Come and See War For What It Is
A brutal Soviet film has some difficult lessons for today.
 • 
Damir Marusic
6
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