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Damir and Shadi revisit the justification for the Iraq War in an era when democracy is being tested.
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The philosopher Samuel Kimbriel joins us to discuss the nature of the mind (and the end of the world).
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Osita Nwanevu joins us to discuss Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump and the state of the Republican Party.
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Luke Burgis on why what we want is dependent on the whims of others.
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Damon Linker argues that our democracy is in worse shape than Shadi thinks.
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Talking religion, politics, and ethnic democracies with Robert Nicholson.
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Neither the elites nor "the people” seem to hold coherent beliefs.
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Elon Musk is taking over Twitter. What will this mean for the website, and public discourse more broadly?
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Richard Reeves shows just how badly men are struggling in the West. What is to be done?
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Britain is in a tough spot. Does having a monarch help or hurt?
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Shadi and Damir debate Russian brinkmanship, Iranian protests, and whether dictatorships are getting better and crushing dissent.
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Do dogs have souls? Should creationists teach in science departments? And how important was the queen?
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The Crowd records a crossover podcast with our friends at the Ploughcast—on postliberalism, Christianity, and the common good.
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Liberalism faces challenges from the right and the left. To have a future, it must overcome both.
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The controversial Yale philosopher offers an alternative view of our dangerous moment.
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What does the raid on Trump's residence say about the state of our democracy?
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Walter Russell Mead joins us to discuss why America supports Israel—and what that tells us about ourselves.
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Is Europe really more advanced than America? Or is that just what some people want to believe?
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How much power do we have to change political systems? And what roles do ideas play in this process?
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Will the new politics of abortion lead to any kind of settlement? Or will tensions only intensify? Jane Coaston and Michael Wear join us to discuss.
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Is America's dysfunction actually key to what makes it great—or at least what makes it "better" than Norway or Denmark?
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Jamie Kirchick on the untold story of gays in the nation's capital, from the darkness of the Cold War to today's triumphs.
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In Part 2 of our conversation with Jamie Kirchick, we debate the nature of progress and whether queer ideology is homophobic.
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In Part 2 of our conversation with Haroon Moghul, we debate the politicization of Islam.
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In part 2 of our conversation with Oliver Traldi, a debate on the role of elites in society and the traits required for effective leadership.
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Despite the rise of the New Right, the answer is still unclear. For now.
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Are dreams of a socialist America—and a demilitarized U.S. foreign policy—worth imagining?
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Abortion is about abortion. It is also about elites and institutions—and whether neutrality is possible.
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In Part 2 of our conversation with Elizabeth Zerofsky, we debate Merkel's legacy. And it's a bit damning.
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Is America "better"? It depends on your perspective.
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In the age of incels and hookup culture gone awry, it may be time for a sex reset.
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Justice, theodicy, and the moral paradoxes of wars of conquest.
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Just when we look weakest, our strengths emerge.
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What caused the Ukraine War—and what to do about it now.
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In a special bonus episode, Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid debate U.S. intervention in Ukraine.
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Is it human nature to prioritize people who look like you? Or is it just bigotry plain and simple? (Episode 89: Part II)
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How Putin will try to keep us at bay.
(Episode 88: Part II)
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How should we think about the finitude of life?
(Episode 86: Bonus)
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How revolutionary is the woke revolution?
(Episode 85: Part II)
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In Part 2 of their conversation, the co-founders of Wisdom of Crowds debate the roots of America's failures abroad.
(Episode 84: Part II)
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Part 2 of our conversation with Aaron Sibarium: legal pushback to race-based rationing, leftism vs. wokeism, and a debate about progress.
(Episode 83: Part II)
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On Russia, aggression, climate change, having COVID, and the counterfactual legacy of John McCain.
(Episode 82: Part II)
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Wrapping up 2021 with a special hour-long bonus edition of the pod. (Bonus Episode)
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In part 2 of our conversation with Greg Lukianoff, we debate whether the future of free speech is hopeful or hopeless.
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In part 2 of our conversation with Sam Adler-Bell, we debate the role of ideas in American politics.
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Part 2 of our conversation with Elbridge Colby.
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As the world changes before us, our politics are on autopilot.
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How much does America's example matter for human rights?
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What our collapse in Afghanistan says about how we try to change a fallen world.
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America has leverage—but will using it be enough?
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The second half of our conversation with the National Review senior writer.
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Or how foreign policy, immigration, and critical race theory intersect.
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Or, why doesn't Europe have its own Silicon Valley?
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Do Donald Trump's core supporters and progressive activists have more in common than they think?
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The second half of our wide-ranging conversation with the columnist and author.
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The second half of our conversation with the journalist and author.
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Or how certain constraints can feel liberating.
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The second half of our conversation with Mustafa Akyol.
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The second half of our conversation with the firebrand journalist.
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Damir and Shadi talk to the newest face in the Crowd, associate editor Matt Winesett.
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Sometimes there is no obvious political motive.
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Call it the unofficial slogan of American exceptionalism.
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People are losing their heads as the revolution marches on. Should we care?
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Should we watch what we say at times like these?
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Or, how Peter Pomerantsev once warned Damir about solipsism.
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(This bonus episode was recorded before we knew Biden had, in fact, won.)
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Are tyrants incompetent? And is therapy worth it?
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How liberal critics reveal their own political blindspots.
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Are Shadi and Damir just deluded Trump apologists?
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Is it all just different forms of entertainment?
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On the record, against the excesses of wokeness.
