The timebomb the founding fathers left us

The timebomb the founding fathers left us

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The post-sex generation

Sean talks with writer Christine Emba about the strange and increasingly anti-social world young people are inheriting online. They discuss the rise of “looksmaxxing,” the manosphere, Gen Z’s retreat from dating and sex, and how the internet has transformed what might have been n ...  Afficher plus

Talk to strangers

Sean talks with University of Chicago psychologist Nicholas Epley about the strange gap between our need to be social and how social we choose to be. They explore why we underestimate how good conversations will feel, why awkwardness looms so large in our minds, and how small act ...  Afficher plus

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Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

For Democrats, President Trump’s victories have revealed the antidemocratic flaws at the core of our government. But could it be an opening for a constitutional revolution as the party searches for its next leader?

This week, Ross explores what that revolution would enta ...

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We the People: Succession of Power
Throughline

The 25th amendment. A few years before JFK was shot, an idealistic young lawyer set out on a mission to convince people something essential was missing from the Constitution: clear instructions for what should happen if a U.S. president was no longer able to serve. On this episod ...  Afficher plus

Alexander Guerrero, "Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections" (Oxford UP, 2024)
New Books in Philosophy

Elections loom large in our everyday understanding of democracy. Yet we also acknowledge that our familiar electoral apparatus is questionable from a democratic point of view. Very few citizens have access to the kinds of resources that could enable them to stand for election; co ...  Afficher plus

Great Books: Melissa Schwartzberg on Rousseau's "The Social Contract"
New Books in Politics and Polemics

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." The opening sentence of 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Roussau's The Social Contract poses a central question for all of us. Why do we live under conditions of inequality, violence, dependency and general unhappiness (jus ...  Afficher plus