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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Amna Khalid
Amna Khalid and Jeff Snyder on Fighting Illiberalism, Right and Left · Jun 2023

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Anastasia Berg
What Are Children For? · Jan 2025

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Andrei Sannikov
How to Fight for Democracy · Oct 2020

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Andrés Velasco
Andrés Velasco on Oil Shocks and Financial Crises · Apr 2026

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Bart Somers
Bart Somers on Sustaining Diverse Cities in Tough Circumstances · Jan 2023

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Bethany Allen
The Good Fight Club: Why Japan’s “Weirdo” Victory Matters, the Rise of Chinese Soft Power, and the End of Asian Stability · 2 episodes

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Bill Easterly
When Foreign Aid Fails · Apr 2021

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Caroline Fourest
Is French Secularism the Reason for Those Terrorist Attacks? (No.) · Nov 2020

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Chang Che

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Charles Kenny
Charles Kenny on the Material Progress of the Developing World · Jan 2023

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Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor on Identity and Modernity · Oct 2024

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Chayenne Polimédio
Chayenne Polimédio · Feb 2019

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Claire Ainsley

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Constanze Stelzenmüller
Constanze Stelzenmüller · Mar 2020

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Dan Baer
Dan Baer · Jul 2019

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Dan Kelemen
Dan Kelemen · Oct 2019

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Dan Williams
Dan Williams on Why AI (Probably) Won’t Kill Us · 2 episodes

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David Bromwich
David Bromwich on Why Americans Have Lost Faith in Universities · Apr 2026

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David Enoch
David Enoch on Certainty and Compromise · Aug 2025

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

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Emily Yoffe
Intent Matters · Mar 2021

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Eric Zwick

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Frances E. Lee
Frances Lee & Stephen Macedo on Why Institutions Failed During COVID · May 2025

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Francisco Toro
Francisco Toro on Guatemala’s Political Revolution · Feb 2024

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Frank Dobbin
Why Do Diversity Programs Fail · Aug 2020

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Gašper Beguš
Gašper Beguš on Why Language Doesn’t Make Humans Special · Jan 2026

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Gerald Knaus
How (Not) to Save Refugees · Feb 2022

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Hans Kundnani
A World Without a Leader · Apr 2017

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Heidi Tworek
Heidi Tworek · Apr 2019

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Jacob Savage
Jacob Savage on the Costs of the Great Awokening · Feb 2026

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

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James C. Scott
James C. Scott on The Perils of State Power · Aug 2024

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James Loxton
James Loxton on Democracies and Dictators · Nov 2025

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James Robinson
Newly-Minted Nobel Prize Winner James Robinson on How Societies Thrive · 2 episodes

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Janice Stein
Janice Stein on When Being Rational Is Irrational · Feb 2026

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Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas on How to Deal With Your Nation’s Past · Jan 2022

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Jeff Jarvis
Jeff Jarvis · Jul 2018

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Jeff Snyder

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Jennifer Rubin
Jennifer Rubin · Feb 2018

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

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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