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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Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash on Europe’s Political Fragmentation · 3 episodes

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

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Aaron Sibarium
Aaron Sibarium on Identity Politics under Joe Biden and Donald Trump · Mar 2025

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Alex Byrne
Alex Byrne on the Trouble with Gender · Mar 2024

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Quentin Skinner
Quentin Skinner on Liberty · Oct 2025

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Samuel Goldman
Are We Too Divided to Be Patriotic? · 2 episodes

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Tara Isabella Burton
Tara Isabella Burton on the Myth of Self-Creation · Dec 2023

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Daniel Ziblatt
Daniel Ziblatt · Apr 2020

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Doug Vakoch
The Promise and Perils of Contacting Extraterrestrials · Aug 2024

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Elaine Kamarck
Elaine Kamarck and William Galston on How the Democrats Can Win · May 2025

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Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson on Why Gen Z Isn’t Actually Doomed · Jun 2026

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Steven Levitsky
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt on the Tyranny of the Minority · Sep 2023

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William Deresiewicz
William Deresiewicz on the “Excellent Sheep” of the American Elite · May 2023

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Dean Spears
Dean Spears & Michael Geruso on Why We Need More People · Jul 2025

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Douglas Alexander
The Weaponization of Nostalgia · Feb 2021

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Moises Naim
Moisés Naím on The Revenge of Power · Feb 2022

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Cecilia Muñoz
Cecilia Muñoz · May 2018

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Leana Wen
Lessons From A Pandemic · Apr 2021

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Nathan Law

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Vladimir Kara-Murza
Vladimir Kara-Murza · May 2018

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Irshad Manji
Irshad Manji on Understanding Each Other in Turbulent Times · 2 episodes

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Miles Taylor
Miles Taylor on Resisting Donald Trump · Aug 2025

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Thomas Rid
Thomas Rid · Jun 2020

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Wolfgang Münchau
Wolfgang Münchau on German decline · Feb 2025

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Tom Ginsburg
Tom Ginsburg on Whether America Should Adopt a New Constitution · Sep 2025

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Steve Stewart-Williams
Steve Stewart-Williams on Sex Differences and Human Nature · 2 episodes

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Joseph Heath
Joseph Heath on the Death of Marxism · Nov 2025

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James Traub
James Traub on Why American Classrooms Are Failing Democracy · May 2026

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Joshua Coleman
Why More and More Children are Cutting Off Their Parents · Oct 2022

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Zion Lights
How (Not) to Change Minds · Oct 2020

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Musa al-Gharbi
Musa Al-Gharbi on Why We Have Never Been Woke (Rerun) · 2 episodes

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Sheri Berman
Sheri Berman Redux · 2 episodes

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Matthew d’Ancona
Matthew d’Ancona · Sep 2017

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

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Adolph Reed Jr
Adolph Reed, Jr. on Race and Class in America · May 2022

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Albert Wu
Albert Wu on Taiwan’s Past, Present and Future · Jan 2024

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Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez · May 2019

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Alexandre Lefebvre
Liberalism as a Way of Life · Sep 2024

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Ami Ayalon
Israel’s Democratic Crisis · May 2023

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Amichai Magen
Terror and Tragedy in the Middle East · Oct 2023

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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