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Lester Brown & David Roberts - Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Lester’s new book, “Plan B 4.0”... Rising food prices: coming soon to a supermarket near you!... Can the US mobilize WWII-style against climate change?... Sorry, SuperFreakonomics—geoengineering won’t save us... The case against nuclear ...
17 hours ago

Robert Farley & John Mueller - Nukes? No Big Whoop

John’s new book, “Atomic Obsession”... The incredibly small odds of a nuclear terrorist attack... Why Obama’s arms control efforts may be counterproductive... John: Israel can live with Iran having the bomb... Fears of a crippling ...
1 day ago

Robert Wright & Bruce Feiler - Moses in America

Bruce’s new book, “America’s Prophet”... Who’s more American, Moses or Jesus?... Bob vs. Bruce on Darwin vs. Moses... Superman’s Mosaic roots... The anti-Communism of “The Ten Commandments”... The dark side of America’s ...
2 days ago

Christopher Preble & Peter Beinart - Should We Send More Troops to Afghanistan?

Why Chris is skeptical of an Afghanistan troop surge... Has Al Qaeda merged with the Taliban?... Peter: We’ve never tried nation-building in Afghanistan... Will the public be swayed by the moral argument for staying?... Would leaving Afghanistan ...
3 days ago

John McWhorter & Glenn Loury - He’s Baaack

John on his controversial diavlog with Michael Behe... After one year, how is Obama doing?... Is Obama’s foreign policy naive?... Glenn: The Nobel Committee has devalued the Peace Prize... Glenn criticizes John’s critique of African-American ...
4 days ago

David W. Orr & Jim Manzi - Confronting Climate Collapse

David’s new book, “Down to the Wire”... How bad would climate change be for the US?... The costs of climate change vs. the costs of fighting it... Are the consequences clear enough to demand major changes?... Killer asteroids vs. melting ice ...
5 days ago

John Horgan & George Johnson - Science Saturday: The Greatest Diavlog on Earth

John to viewers: Read any good green books lately?... What’s new in Richard Dawkins’s latest book... Who isn’t confused about what a scientific theory is?... Dawkins’s critique of essentialism about human nature... The improbability of ...
6 days ago

Bill Scher & Conn Carroll - The Week in Blog: Election Fallout

Hoffman lost, so why are conservatives claiming victory?... Sources of the rightroots’ anger at the GOP... Bill: Self-interest compels Blue Dogs to move left... Conn: Limbaugh’s bestiality joke hurt Hoffman... How Twitter beat cable news on ...
6 days ago

Robert Wright & Joel Achenbach - The Circle of Life

Are independents souring on Obama?... Bob uses visual aids to give Democrats hope... Um, about the price tag on that Afghanistan surge…... Joel laments the decline of long-form journalism... The narrative instinct as killer app... Finding solace ...
7 days ago

David Corn & James Pinkerton - Defenestration Edition

Democratic vs. Republican interpretations of Tuesday’s elections... Jim: Why isn’t job creation Obama’s Job #1?... Lessons for GOP from the debacle of NY-23... How far will the purge of GOP moderates go?... Obama will take a Nixonian turn on ...
1 week ago

Emily Bazelon & Hanna Rosin - What If?

Is the Obama White House a frat house?... Questioning the egalitarianism of the Obamas’ marriage... What if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency?... How “Mad Men” brilliantly intertwines the personal and the historical... The Drapers and the ...
1 week ago

Matthew Yglesias & David Weigel - Live From Upstate New York!

How the NY-23 special election became a cause célèbre... Doug Hoffman, the unexamined phenom... Is Lieberman opposing the public option out of pique?... Do the NJ and VA elections have national implications?... Matt: The teapartiers’ agenda is ...
1 week ago

Matthew Lee & Jacqueline Shire - UN Plaza: Extra Crispy Edition

Afghanistan: Taliban attacks UN staff; runoff fraud feared... Af-Pak drones and John Bolton’s surreal UN visit... Jackie: Iran nuke deal is unraveling... UN to investigate rape and murder by the government of Guinea... Goldstone Report: Israel used ...
2 weeks ago

Anne Helen Petersen & Susan Murray - Percontations: Reality and Television

The balloon boy as harbinger of death for reality TV... Our 21st-century cult of the individual... Anticipating TV’s coming innovations... A brief history of audience disillusionment... Tensions in the nature of celebrity... Octomom (and other ...
2 weeks ago

James Hughes & Michael Belfiore - Science Saturday: Deep Inside DARPA

Michael’s new book, “The Department of Mad Scientists”... How to get anywhere on the planet in about four hours... How much good does DARPA do us?... The slightly scary-sounding “Total Information Awareness” project... DARPA’s legendary ...
2 weeks ago

Tim Fernholz & Matt Lewis - The Week in Blog: Public Options

Joe Lieberman opts out of the opt-out public option... Did Dems create the Liebermonster?... Is the public option just kabuki, or will it actually pass?... The importance (or irrelevance) of Olympia Snowe... Tim: Newt Gingrich is correct on NY-23... ...
2 weeks ago

Hanna Rosin & Barbara Ehrenreich - The Perniciousness of Positive Thinking

Barbara’s new book, “Bright-Sided”... Cancer is not a “gift”... America’s history of positive thinking... Positivity and the corporate rebellion against rationality... How the prosperity gospel fueled the housing bubble... The value and ...
2 weeks ago

Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus - High-Concept Costume Edition

Are the New York Yankees un-American?... What brought the public option back?... Bob’s growing doubts about counterinsurgency in Afghanistan... Are American troops making things worse?... Mickey’s conspiracy theory about Fox News... Mickey’s ...
2 weeks ago

Mark Schmitt & Crystal Wright - Jack-in-the-Box Edition

Is Fox News news?... Crystal: Obama’s war on Fox smacks of censorship and dictatorship... Moderate social stance benefits Virginia GOP gov candidate... In New Jersey, will Corzine’s “No Fatties” campaign work?... Does the public want the ...
2 weeks ago