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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John Carey
Is Democracy More Resilient Than We Think? · Aug 2023

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John Harpham
John Harpham on the Intellectual Origins of American Slavery · Jul 2026

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

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Justin E. H. Smith
Justin E. H. Smith · Sep 2018

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Karen Stenner
Karen Stenner · Mar 2019

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Kelly Born
Kelly Born on All the Ways AI Is Changing Politics · Dec 2025

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Klaus Schwab
A Very Brief Interview with Klaus Schwab · Mar 2026

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Lauren Harper Pope

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Laurenz Guenther
Laurenz Guenther on the Representation Gap in Politics · May 2026

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Luke Tryl
Luke Tryl on Why Britain Is Miserable · Jul 2025

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Martin Sandbu
Martin Sandbu · Jan 2018

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Matt Bennett
Matt Bennett on The Democrats’ Image Problem · Jan 2023

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Matthew Karp
Why Americans Fight Over History · Sep 2021

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Matthias Matthijs
Matthias Matthijs on the Future of Europe · Mar 2023

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Michael Geruso

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Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer on Liberalism and its Critics · Jul 2023

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Minxin Pei
Xi's China · Dec 2020

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Mona Charen
The Good Fight Club: Epstein, Columbia, Ukraine, Fed Independence · Jul 2025

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Murtaza Hussain
Murtaza Hussain on How Immigrant and Minority Voters are Misunderstood · Apr 2023

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Nathalie Tocci

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Nicholas Casey
Nicholas Casey · Sep 2017

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Nora Fisher Onar
Why Erdoğan Won · Jun 2023

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Norbert Röttgen
Norbert Röttgen on Germany · Oct 2024

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Olivier Roy
Olivier Roy on France · Jun 2024

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

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Perry Bacon Jr
Perry Bacon Jr. · Nov 2017

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Peter Wolodarski
Peter Wolodarski · Aug 2018

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Pratap Mehta on the Global Crisis of Legitimacy · 2 episodes

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Quico Toro
Quico Toro on Charlatans · 2 episodes

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Rachel Brown
Rachel Brown · Nov 2019

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Rachel Fraser
You Just Won't Understand! · Sep 2021

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Rachel Janfaza

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Raj Vinnakota
How to Stop Campus From Boiling Over · Sep 2024

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Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha on the Crisis in the World’s Largest Democracy · Jan 2022

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Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten on the State of America’s Public Schools · Sep 2025

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Ron Daniels
Ron Daniels · May 2020

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Russell Muirhead
Russ Muirhead on the Enduring Appeal of Conspiracy Theory · Nov 2022

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Ruud Koopmans
Ruud Koopmans on Immigration and Integration in Europe · Feb 2026

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Ruxandra Teslo
What Elites Really Believe · Oct 2024

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Sabeel Rahman
Sabeel Rahman · Jan 2018

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