The essay ran in The Dispatch. Then a few hundred readers wrote back, and a few of them changed my mind.
There is such a thing as Trump Derangement Syndrome. It just isn't what most people mean when they say it. This one goes behind the essay: the passages that got cut, the third man who never made it into the print version, and the comment section that turn ... Show More
Yesterday
Democratic and Republican Minnesota Lawmakers on Coming Together after Political Violence || Terms of Service with Future Caucus
Terms of Service with Future Caucus Two Minnesota lawmakers, one Democrat and one Republican, on what public service costs and what it took to keep going after tragedy. Terms of Service is a new limited series from Future Caucus and TP&R, hosted by Future Caucus CEO Layla Zaidane ... Show More
48m 6s
Jul 28
Enemies, Then Friends || Barbara Bradley Hagerty on Ben Spencer, Justice, and Reconciliation
Barbara Bradley Hagerty has spent a career asking why people do the things they do. The hardest answer she found runs through a wrongful conviction, thirty-four years lost, and a friendship between two men who had every reason to stay enemies. A New York Times bestselling author ... Show More
1h 47m
Jul 21
Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics || "We Weren't Objective. So We Got Trump."
Carl Cannon came up in newsrooms where editors challenged you word by word, and nearly fifty years on he's still keeping score on who gets the quote right. His one rule, for reporting and for arguing in general: describe the other side so faithfully they'd claim it as their own. ... Show More
54m 20s
Nov 2022
WOF 359: Religion, Politics, and Intolerance
<p>Friends, what is the role of religion in civic life? Must we bracket religion from the political sphere? Those are pressing questions as we near the midterm elections. On today's "Word on Fire Show," Brandon Vogt and I discuss the relationship between politics and religion and ... Show More
28m 8s
Jan 2025
Dialogue Is Possible J.D. Vance and Bernie Sanders Supporters Talk
<p>With political polarization at an all-time high, what does it look like for two well-informed people with opposing views to have dialog across different ideas?</p><p><strong>On Today's Show:</strong><br /><strong>Ryan Grim</strong>, co-founder of Drop Site News, co-host of the ... Show More
21m 9s
Aug 2024
#381 — Delusions, Right and Left
<p>Sam Harris speaks with "Destiny" (Steven Bonnell) about politics and public debate. They discuss how he approaches debate, "Trump derangement syndrome," January 6th, why Trump's norm violations don't matter to many people, misadventures on the information landscape, social med ... Show More
46m 47s
Jun 2019
#160 — The Revenge of History
<p>Sam Harris speaks with Michael Weiss and Yascha Mounk about the state of global politics. They discuss the rise of right-wing populism in Europe, the prospect that democracy could fail in the US, Trump's political instincts, the political liability of "wokeness," the Left's fa ... Show More
58m 7s
<p>Eric Metaxas joins Abby Johnson to dive into current events, politics, disagreement and the battle over cultural and social issues, as Metaxas urges Christians to "take a stand" for their faith.</p>
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