The World is Flat

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Last episode we met two Princeton political scientists who are bad at virology. Today we learn that they are also bad at political science.Where to find us: Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:Lawrence Wright’s “The Plague Ye ... Show More

Two political scientists look back at a deadly pandemic and ask, "could we have done even less?"Where to find us: Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:Lawrence Wright’s “The Plague Year”The 2019 WHO report 30‐day mortality fol ... Show More

The FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, discusses why geopolitics could be the biggest threat to globalisation.  Mentioned in this podcast:Geopolitics is the biggest threat to globalisation The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippin ... Show More

Three decades of globalisation risks are going into reverse, according to company executives and investors as world leaders meet in Davos for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, and Toshiba set a deadline of May 30 for additional bidders in what could be Japan’s ... Show More

Cthunkle hosts this unusual episode. Could this be the end of What If World? Not if the next president and their new cabinet have anything to do with it! Lessons include: Handling disappointment is a really important skill for kids and grown-ups to practice; it’s important to mak ... Show More

Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss Sam Bankman-Fried having his bail revoked and Sam Altman’s plan to scan all of our irises to get us into crypto and supposedly protect us from AI.   Molly White is the creator of Web3 Is Going Just Great and a fellow at the Harvard L ... Show More

The World Trade Organization is facing a credibility crisis during its first meeting since 2017, the increased value of the US dollar is hurting American companies, and Ukraine lays out a weapons shopping list ahead of its meeting with western defence ministers today. Subscribe t ... Show More

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with historian and author Niall Ferguson. They discuss the historical and deeply mythological precedent of world-ending narratives, how the global doomsday ethos abdicates local responsibility while empowering the elite class, the out-of-control g ... Show More

Pour ce dernier épisode de 2020, retour sur les personnages marquants de l'actualité internationale, ceux qui nous ont fait beaucoup parler, dans LMDS et ailleurs. Reverra-t-on Donald Trump après son départ de la Maison-Blanche? Quelle image pour la Chine, épicentre dans l'épidém ... Show More

Wie können wir die Komplexität der Welt besser begreifen? Klimakatastrophen, Verschwörungstheorien, Artensterben und Pandemien - anhand dieser überwältigenden Probleme könnte man schnell den Mut verlieren. Der Physiker und Komplexitätsforscher Dirk Brockmann blickt aus der Vogelp ... Show More

“One of the strangest pejoratives that has come up in this new divisive political era is the idea of calling someone a “globalist.” It’s particularly popular in far right circles. If someone believes in NATO, if someone can see the obvious self-interest that the United States has ... Show More