The Good Fight

"The Good Fight," the podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.Email: goodfightpod@gmail.comTwitter: @Yascha_MounkWebsite: http://www.persuasion.community

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Most frequent guests

Francis Fukuyama 22 episodes
Ivan Krastev 7 episodes
Coleman Hughes 5 episodes
George Packer 5 episodes
Edward Luce 5 episodes
Jonathan Haidt 4 episodes
Sarah Longwell 4 episodes
Amanda Ripley 4 episodes
Ruy Teixeira 4 episodes
Shashank Joshi 4 episodes

Every guest on The Good Fight

378 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Alvin E. Roth
Al Roth on Why People Should Be Free to Sell Their Kidneys · May 2026

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Kathryn Paige Harden
Kathryn Paige Harden on How Genetics Shapes Human Behavior · May 2026

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Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein · 2 episodes

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Arthur Brooks
The Pursuit of Happiness · Jul 2021

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Freya India
Freya India on How to Free the Anxious Generation · Nov 2024

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Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves on the Gender Gap · 2 episodes

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Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna on the Progressive Case for Patriotism and Capitalism · Feb 2023

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C. Thi Nguyen
C. Thi Nguyen on Why Measuring Everything Ruins Everything · Feb 2026

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Lulu Cheng Meservey
Lulu Meservey on How Media Has Changed · Oct 2025

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Joseph Henrich
What You Miss About the World If You Only Study Students at Harvard · Mar 2021

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Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen on AI (Rerun) · 3 episodes

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Tony Blair
Tony Blair · Mar 2019

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Jung Chang
Jung Chang on A Personal History of China · Feb 2026

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Greg Lukianoff
Greg Lukianoff on How to Build a Culture of Free Speech · Aug 2023

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Randall Kennedy
Randall Kennedy on Racism in America · 2 episodes

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Sam Harris
Sam Harris on Whether Religion Really Does Make Everything Worse · Oct 2022

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Tim Urban
Tim Urban on Everything · Nov 2023

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Fiona Hill
Fiona Hill on the Working Class, Populism, and Russia · Jan 2022

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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky on Identity Politics, Free Speech, and China (from 2021) · 2 episodes

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Jonathan Haidt
Why Do We Always Think We're Right? (Rerun) · 4 episodes

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Glenn Loury
Is It Wrong to Believe in Racial Progress? · Jan 2021

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Niall Ferguson
Disaster is Political · Jul 2021

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Peter Singer
Peter Singer on How to Reduce Suffering · Oct 2021

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Mary Harrington
Mary Harrington on Feminism · Dec 2023

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Rob Henderson
Rob Henderson on Foster Care, Social Class and the New American Elite · Jan 2024

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Katie Herzog
Katie Herzog on Drinking Your Way Sober · Sep 2025

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James Bloodworth
James Bloodworth · Jan 2019

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Brad Wilcox
Brad Wilcox on Why You Should Get Married · Jun 2024

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Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart on How Not to Be a Politician · Sep 2023

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Brian Klaas
Brian Klaas · Jun 2017

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David Brooks
David Brooks on… Yascha Mounk · 2 episodes

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Coleman Hughes
Coleman Hughes on the Legacy of Slavery · 5 episodes

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Gregory Clark
The Meaning of the Election · Nov 2020

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Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky on Free Will · Nov 2023

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Helen Lewis
Helen Lewis on The Genius Myth · 2 episodes

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Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker on How Common Knowledge Builds and Weakens Societies · 2 episodes

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John McWhorter
John McWhorter on Pronouns · 2 episodes

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Matthew Yglesias
The Good Fight Club: Why the Center Left Is Losing, the Squad vs. the Median Voter, and How Patriotism Wins Elections · 3 episodes

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Rutger Bregman
Rutger Bregman on How to Live a Moral Life · 2 episodes

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Nicholas Christakis
Nicholas Christakis · Apr 2019

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Recent episodes

501 episodes from the feed, newest first.

Dan Williams on Why AI (Probably) Won’t Kill Us
with Dan Williams

Oct 2026
Malcolm Gaskill on Why Our Ancestors Weren't as Superstitious as We Think
with Malcolm Gaskill

Oct 2026
James Marriott on the End of Reading
with James Marriott

Oct 2026
Eliot Cohen on Why America Keeps Losing Wars It Should Win
with Eliot Cohen

Oct 2026
David Deming on the Future of Universities in the Age of AI
with David Deming

Oct 2026
Why America’s Real Wealth Isn’t in Silicon Valley
with Owen Zidar

Oct 2026
Luis Garicano on Why Europe Fell Behind
with Luis Garicano

Oct 2026
Galen Druke on the Midterms
with Galen Druke

Oct 2026
Frank Furedi on the Case for Populism
with Frank Furedi

Sep 2026
Simon Sebag Montefiore on the Origins of the Modern Middle East
with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Sep 2026
Shashank Joshi on Why Russia Won't Invade NATO—Yet
with Shashank Joshi

Sep 2026
Jerry Kaplan on Why AI Won’t Kill Us All
with Jerry Kaplan

Sep 2026
Jacob Weisberg on the Contagion of Cowardice
with Jacob Weisberg

Sep 2026
Judith Dada on the Rise of the AfD
with Judith Dada

Sep 2026
Sarah Longwell on How Democrats Can Defeat Trump
with Sarah Longwell

Sep 2026
Jared Diamond on Whether Leaders Make History
with Jared Diamond

Sep 2026
Abigail Marsh on Psychopaths (Rerun)
with Abigail Marsh

Aug 2026
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Building Things
with Francis Fukuyama

Aug 2026
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: How States Form
with Francis Fukuyama

Aug 2026
Adam Bodnar on Why Defeating Populists at the Ballot Box Isn’t Enough
with Adam Bodnar

Aug 2026
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Human Nature
with Francis Fukuyama

Aug 2026
Daron Acemoglu on Why Liberalism Became a Victim of Its Own Success
with Daron Acemoglu

Aug 2026
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: The End of History and the Last Man
with Francis Fukuyama

Aug 2026
Katja Hoyer on Why We Should Stop Comparing Everything to Weimar
with Katja Hoyer

Jul 2026
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: His Life and Ideas
with Francis Fukuyama

Jul 2026