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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Every guest on The Good Fight

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

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Rachel Kleinfeld
Rachel Kleinfeld on the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump and the Rise of Political Violence in America · 3 episodes

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Kara Swisher
Is Social Media to Blame For It All? · Jan 2021

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Shalom Auslander
Shalom Auslander on Self-Loathing and How to Overcome It · Jul 2024

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Anand Giridharadas
Anand Giridharadas, Part 2 · 2 episodes

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Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi on Great Replacement Theory · Mar 2026

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

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Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang on Why Democrats Are in Crisis · Nov 2021

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Lenore Skenazy
Lenore Skenazy on Rejecting Helicopter Parenting · Jun 2025

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Atul Gawande
Atul Gawande on Medicine and Mortality · Jan 2026

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Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee on Why Racial Progress is Not Zero-Sum · Oct 2022

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Alex Tabarrok
How to Boost Innovation · Aug 2021

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Dan Wang
Dan Wang on China and the United States · Nov 2025

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Daniel Diermeier
Daniel Diermeier on Why Universities Are Their Own Worst Enemies · Feb 2026

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David Autor
David Autor on the Scars That Money Can’t Heal · Mar 2026

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David Frum
David Frum · Aug 2019

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David Leonhardt
David Leonhardt on Why the Left isn’t Reaching the Working Class · Jun 2025

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David Wallace-Wells
David Wallace-Wells on Climate Change · May 2022

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Emily Oster
Emily Oster on What’s Gone Wrong with Modern Parenting · Apr 2025

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Lawrence Wright
Why Is America Still Friends with Saudi Arabia? · Oct 2020

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Peter Hessler
Peter Hessler on China · Jun 2025

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Rebecca Allensworth
Rebecca Haw Allensworth on How Professional Licenses are Rigging the Game for Insiders · Jun 2026

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Richard Thaler
Richard Thaler on Why People are Much More Irrational than Economists Believe · Dec 2025

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Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson on Why Iran’s Real Revolution Might Be Coming · Jan 2026

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Wesley Yang
What is the "Successor Ideology"? · Nov 2020

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Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum on Autocracy, Inc. · 3 episodes

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Bret Stephens
Bret Stephens on Why the Democrats Are Despairing · Oct 2025

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Caitlin Flanagan
Caitlin Flanagan on Free Speech and America’s Future · Oct 2021

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Cass Sunstein
Cass Sunstein on Defending Liberalism · 2 episodes

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Christine Rosen
Christine Rosen on the Harms of the Digital Age · Aug 2025

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow · Feb 2019

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Damon Linker
Damon Linker on Why Trump 2.0 Is More Destructive Than Anyone Expected · 3 episodes

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Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu on Why Liberalism Became a Victim of Its Own Success · 2 episodes

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David French
David French on The Mess We’re In · 3 episodes

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David Miliband
David Miliband on the Coronavirus · 2 episodes

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Francis Fukuyama
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Building Things · 22 episodes

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Garry Kasparov
The Good Fight Club: Gaza Ceasefire, U.S. Government Shutdown, and America’s Slouch Towards Autocracy · 2 episodes

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Gary Marcus
Will Humanity Survive AI? · May 2023

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George Packer
George Packer on Liberal Values in Authoritarian Times · 5 episodes

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Graeme Wood
Graeme Wood on January 6th, Saudi Arabia, and Interviewing Extremists · Jul 2022

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Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer on the Geopolitical Recession · 2 episodes

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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

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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