Archive - Yascha Mounk

Arvind Narayanan on Why AI Isn’t All That Revolutionary

Yascha Mounk and Arvind Narayanan discuss why the real transformation from AI will take decades rather than months—and what that means for how we should…

4 hrs ago • Yascha Mounk

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Ivan Krastev on Why America Has Lost Faith in Itself

Yascha Mounk and Ivan Krastev examine what the country’s founding ideals mean on its 250th anniversary.

Jul 4 • Yascha Mounk

1:07:13

June 2026

Charles Fain Lehman on Why Cities Got Safer

Yascha Mounk and Charles Fain Lehman explore how strategic policing drove the decline in violent crime—and why Baltimore was left behind.

Jun 30 • Yascha Mounk

1:19:04

The Good Fight Club: Why the Center Left Is Losing, the Squad vs. the Median Voter, and How Patriotism Wins Elections

Matthew Yglesias, Claire Ainsley, and Yascha Mounk debate whether progressives have abandoned the working-class voters they once claimed to represent.

Jun 27 • Yascha Mounk

46:28

Mark Leonard on Whether Europe is Doomed

Yascha Mounk and Mark Leonard discuss how the West can defend itself without America.

Jun 23 • Yascha Mounk

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A Debate with Curtis Yarvin

Curtis Yarvin, Minna Salami, and Yascha Mounk discuss whether we can ever be free in a liberal society in a discussion moderated by Roger Hearing.

Jun 20 • Yascha Mounk

43:48

Samuel Moyn on Why Old People Are Ruining America

Yascha Mounk and Sam Moyn also discuss whether some people deserve to have more votes than others.

Jun 16 • Yascha Mounk

1:24:43

David Bau on How—and Whether—Artificial Intelligence Thinks

Yascha Mounk and David Bau examine the mysterious internal processes that drive AI behavior—and why they may be fundamentally alien.

Jun 13 • Yascha Mounk

1:43:50

Rebecca Haw Allensworth on How Professional Licenses are Rigging the Game for Insiders

Yascha Mounk and Rebecca Haw Allensworth examine how professional licensing has become America’s most important—and most restrictive—regulatory…

Jun 9 • Yascha Mounk

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Steve Stewart-Williams on Sex Differences and Human Nature

Yascha Mounk and Steve Stewart-Williams examine what science reveals about biological and psychological differences between men and women.

Jun 6 • Yascha Mounk

1:12:32

Jeremiah Johnson on Why Gen Z Isn’t Actually Doomed

Yascha Mounk and Jeremiah Johnson examine the disconnect between economic data and public sentiment about young Americans’ prospects.

Jun 2 • Yascha Mounk

1:03:54

May 2026

Kathryn Paige Harden on How Genetics Shapes Human Behavior

Yascha Mounk and Paige Harden discuss twin studies, heritability research, and why genetic influence varies across different traits and populations.

May 30 • Yascha Mounk

1:14:54

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