The Good Fight

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Sciences at Yale University, and the author of Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, about whether human nature predisposes humans to conflict or cooperation--and what all of that has to do with populism.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter:@Yascha_Mounk Podcast production by John T. Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Heidi Tworek, an historian of news and media, about the historic transformation brought about by social media, the long history of disinformation, and how to protect democracy from both.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter:@Yascha_Mounk Podcast production by John T. Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Tony Blair, the former Prime British Prime Minister, about the roots of populism, how to deal with automation, and a progressive economic program for the 21st century.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter: @Yascha_Mounk Podcast production by John T. Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Karen Stenner about voters with an authoritarian personality, and whether they can explain the rise of populists like Donald Trump.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter: @Yascha_Mounk Podcast production by John T. Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Chayenne Polimédio, the Deputy Director of New America's Political Reform program, about the rise of Jair Bolsonaro.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter:@Yascha_MounkPodcast production by John T. Williams.The Great Courses is giving Good Fight listeners a special, limited time offer: Order “History of the Supreme Court” digital video course and get 85% off the regular price! That’s almost $300 in savings and you can start learning today! Don’t wait: go to thegreatcourses.com/goodfight  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Cory Doctorow, science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, about measures we can take to preserve the freedom of the Net - while preserving our own.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter:@Yascha_Mounk Podcast production by John T. Williams.This episode brought to you by The Great Courses. The Great Courses is giving Good Fight listeners a special, limited time offer:  Order “History of the Supreme Court” digital video course and get 85% off the regular price! That’s almost $300 in savings and you can start learning today! Don’t wait: go to thegreatcourses.com/goodfight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to James Bloodworth, author of Hired, about how the impact that Amazon warehouses have had on small British towns, a viable political program for the far left, and the shortcomings of Jeremy Corbyn.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter: @Yascha_MounkPodcast production by John T. WilliamsThis episode brought to you by The Great Courses.The Great Courses is giving Good Fight listeners a special, limited time offer: Order Investigating American Presidents video course taught by Professor Paul Rosenzweig, JD and get 85% off the regular price!That’s a $150 savings! And you can start watching it instantly! Just go to www.thegreatcourses.com/GoodFight for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Coleman Hughes, a young black writer quickly making a big name for himself, about how to fight discrimination against minorities without making group membership more salient than it already is.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter:@Yascha_MounkThis podcast was made in collaboration with New America. Podcast production by John T. Williams.This episode is brought to you by The Great Courses. To get 85% off the regular price of the course Investigating American Presidents, go to thegreatcourses.com/goodfight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Sagarika Ghose, author of Why I Am A Liberal, about the populist threat to liberal democracy in India, the prospects of defeating Narendra Modi, and why liberalism has relevance beyond the West.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter: @Yascha_MounkThis podcast was made in collaboration with New America. Podcast production by John T. Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to John Judis about the case for nationalism, how to deal with immigration, and the right model of integration.Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.orgTwitter:@Yascha_MounkThis podcast was made in collaboration with New America. Podcast production by John T. Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices