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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Harvey Mansfield
The Conservative Case for Philosophical Liberalism · Jan 2022

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

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Jason Furman
Jason Furman on “Liberation Day” · 2 episodes

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Katja Hoyer
Katja Hoyer on Why We Should Stop Comparing Everything to Weimar · 2 episodes

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Kevin Mitchell
Kevin Mitchell on Free Will · May 2025

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Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah on the Right—and Wrong—Way for Universities to Handle Identity · 2 episodes

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Lant Pritchett
Lant Pritchett on Why Foreign Aid Misses the Point · May 2026

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Luis Garicano
Luis Garicano on Why Europe Fell Behind · 2 episodes

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Michael Lind
Michael Lind Makes the Case for Economic Populism · 2 episodes

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Mike Pesca
Mike Pesca on How the Media Got Polarized · Apr 2024

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Monica Guzman
How to Have Difficult Conversations with Mónica Guzmán · Mar 2025

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Oren Cass
Oren Cass on the Case for Tariffs · Feb 2025

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Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Rebecca Goldstein on Why Humans Need to Matter · Jan 2026

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Roosevelt Montás
The Classics are for Everyone · Apr 2022

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Roya Hakakian
The Revolt Against Iran's Theocratic Regime · 2 episodes

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Steven Teles
Steven Teles on Abundance · Jul 2025

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Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty on Why the World Keeps Getting More Equal · May 2022

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Tyler Austin Harper
Tyler Austin Harper on How to Fix American Universities · Jan 2024

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Vanessa Williamson
Bowling for Democracy · Jan 2017

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Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis on What Comes After Capitalism · Jan 2025

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Ben Wittes
Benjamin Wittes · Feb 2018

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Chloe Valdary
Chloé Valdary on How to be a (True) Antiracist · Sep 2022

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David Shor
The Best Way to Lose an Election · Nov 2020

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Frans de Waal
Frans de Waal on Chimpanzee—and Human—Politics · Mar 2023

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Freddie DeBoer
Freddie deBoer on “Peak Woke” · 2 episodes

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Jacob Mchangama
Jacob Mchangama on the Global Free Speech Recession · 2 episodes

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Jake Sullivan
Jake Sullivan on National Security · 2 episodes

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Justin Marozzi
Justin Marozzi on Slavery in the Islamic World · Oct 2025

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Linda Chavez

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Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf on Why Trump’s Economic Revolution Never Happened · 3 episodes

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Michael McFaul
Michael McFaul · Jun 2018

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Philip Pettit
Philip Pettit on What It Means to Be Free · Dec 2023

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Ricardo Hausmann
Ricardo Hausmann on How Economies Grow · Feb 2024

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Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan on America’s Future, Foreign Policy Realism, and the War in Ukraine · Sep 2022

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Sohrab Ahmari
Sohrab Ahmari on Post-Liberalism · Aug 2023

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Teresa Bejan
Teresa Bejan on Virtue · Oct 2024

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Vincent Lloyd
Vincent Lloyd on What Happens When “Antiracism” Goes Wrong · Feb 2023

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E. J. Dionne
E. J. Dionne · 2 episodes

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Eboo Patel
Eboo Patel on Pluralism · 2 episodes

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Elizabeth Bruenig
Elizabeth Bruenig on Religion, Liberalism, and Wokeness · Sep 2021

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Recent episodes

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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