Dec 2024
Noam Chomsky on Identity Politics, Free Speech, and China (from 2021)
Noam Chomsky and Yascha Mounk discuss America and the world, past and present.
Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has for many decades been one of the most prominent critics of U.S. foreign policy.
In a conversation from ... Show More
55m 8s
May 21
[BEST OF] The Noam Chomsky Interview: Fragility of US Power w/ Vijay Prashad
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Aug 19, 2022 In this landmark episode, we sit down with the legendary Noam Chomsky and renowned historian Vijay Prashad to discuss their insightful new book, The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power. Exploring the aftermath of ... Show More
1h 57m
Mar 2025
A Conversation with Makram Rabah
A conversation with Makram Rabah, Assistant Professor of History at the American University of Beirut.In this episode, I sit down with historian and AUB professor Makram Rabah to discuss the slow, generational change unfolding in Lebanon. We break down the myths of instant transf ... Show More
24m 27s
Apr 2020
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
A short trailer to introduce a new series of talks by David Runciman. In a series of twelve podcasts, he explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics – from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, from revolution to lock do ... Show More
2m 12s
Jan 2025
A Conversation with Neal Ascherson
Neal Ascherson has worked as a journalist for more than six decades, reporting from Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, its successor states and elsewhere. He has also written more than a hundred pieces for the London Review of Books, from its seventh issue (in February 1980) to it ... Show More
1h 16m
Oct 2023
Sam Harris X Eric Weinstein: Israel-Palestine
Sam and Eric join us to discuss current events and debate the wider issues at play.
Sam Harris is an American neuroscientist, author, and podcast host. A central voice in the New Atheism movement, he is a well-known critic of religious ideology. Eric Weinstein is a mathematical p ... Show More
2h 1m