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 2021, Noam Chomsky and Yascha Mounk discuss the theory of universal grammar, w ... Show More
Jan 27
Atul Gawande on Medicine and Mortality
Yascha Mounk and Atul Gawande discuss how a simple system can improve patient outcomes. Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Atul Gawande discuss how simple checklists can boost survival rates in ... Show More
1h 13m
May 2025
[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
Aug 2025
Is The Racial Reckoning Over? John McWhorter on language, art, and defunding the grammar police
<p>This is the full version of the Aug 4 episode, now available to all subscribers. </p> <div><br /> <div>Author, New York Times columnist, and superstar linguist John McWhorter returns to the pod to catch us up on what's been on his mind now that the Woke Emergency is over . . . ... Show More
1h 11m
Apr 2024
NEW SERIES: Naomi Discusses the “Ideological Shackles of Zionism” on 'Unshocked'
In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo called ‘Unshocked,’ Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis and Mehdi opens up to Naomi about why h ... Show More
42m 8s
Jan 2025
"Both the US and Israel are delusional" w/ Jeffrey Sachs
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">The brothers welcome the world-renowned economics professor and bestselling author, and Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs of Columbia University. They discuss the nature of U.S. global hegemony, idealism vs. realism, the possibility of de-dollarization, BRICS, ... Show More
1h 12m
Aug 2024
Racism Rears its Ugly Head ... Again
Just as soon as Kamala Harris' presidential campaign began nearly four weeks ago, so too did the ugly, age-old racist attacks, with Donald Trump questioning his rival's race in a sit-down interview with Black journalists. Bianna speaks with Randall Kennedy, a law professor at Har ... Show More
59m 7s