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Politics & Society

Government, geopolitics, economics, culture and current affairs.

  1. Cover of Lost ConnectionsGuest's
    Lost ConnectionsJohann Hari21 episodes · 4 guests
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  2. Cover of SapiensGuest's
    SapiensYuval Noah Harari6 episodes · 2 guests
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  3. Cover of The Status GameGuest's
    The Status GameWill Storr4 episodes · 2 guests
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  4. Cover of Bowling Alone
    Bowling AloneRobert D. Putnam3 episodes · 2 guests
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  5. Cover of The Coming WaveGuest's
    The Coming WaveMustafa Suleyman3 episodes · 1 guest
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  6. Cover of Of Boys and MenGuest's
    Of Boys and MenRichard V. Reeves3 episodes · 2 guests
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  7. Cover of Lean In
    Lean InSheryl Sandberg2 episodes · 2 guests
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  8. Economic Possibilities for Our GrandchildrenJohn Maynard Keynes2 episodes · 2 guests
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  9. Cover of The God Delusion
    The God DelusionRichard Dawkins2 episodes · 2 guests
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  10. Cover of Silent Spring
    Silent SpringRachel Carson2 episodes · 2 guests
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  11. Cover of 1984
    1984XAVIER COSTE2 episodes · 2 guests
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  12. Cover of An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
    An Immigrant's Love Letter to the WestKonstantin Kisin & Peter Lloyd2 episodes · 1 guest
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  13. Cover of Catch-22
    Catch-22Joseph Heller2 episodes · 2 guests
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  14. Cover of Virtually Normal
    Virtually NormalAndrew Sullivan2 episodes · 1 guest
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  15. Cover of Nuclear WarGuest's
    Nuclear WarAnnie Jacobsen4 episodes · 2 guests
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  16. Cover of OutliersGuest's
    OutliersMalcolm Gladwell2 episodes · 1 guest
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  17. Cover of Skin in the Game
    Skin in the GameNassim Nicholas Taleb1 episode · 1 guest
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  18. Cover of Three Felonies a Day
    Three Felonies a DayHarvey A. Silverglate1 episode · 1 guest
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  19. Cover of The Alignment Problem
    The Alignment ProblemBrian Christian1 episode · 1 guest
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  20. Cover of Team of Rivals
    Team of RivalsDoris Kearns Goodwin1 episode · 1 guest
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  21. Cover of The Creature from Jekyll Island
    The Creature from Jekyll IslandG. Edward Griffin1 episode · 1 guest
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  22. Cover of The Real Anthony Fauci
    The Real Anthony FauciRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 episode · 1 guest
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  23. Cover of The Wuhan Cover-Up
    The Wuhan Cover-UpRobert F. Kennedy Jr.1 episode · 1 guest
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  24. Cover of The Fall of Public Man
    The Fall of Public ManRichard Sennett1 episode · 1 guest
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  25. Cover of Long Walk to Freedom
    Long Walk to FreedomNelson Mandela1 episode · 1 guest
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  26. Cover of The Moneyless Man
    The Moneyless ManMark Boyle1 episode · 1 guest
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  27. Cover of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
    If Anyone Builds It, Everyone DiesEliezer Yudkowsky1 episode
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  28. Cover of The Second Machine Age
    The Second Machine AgeErik Brynjolfsson1 episode
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  29. Cover of The Prince
    The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli1 episode · 1 guest
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  30. Cover of The Limits to Growth
    The Limits to GrowthDonella H. Meadows1 episode
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  31. Cover of Ai 2027
    Ai 2027Daniel Kokotajlo, Scott Alexander, Thomas Larsen, Eli Lifland & Romeo Dean1 episode · 1 guest
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  32. Cover of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
    The General Theory of Employment, Interest and MoneyJohn Maynard Keynes1 episode · 1 guest
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  33. Corporate Bullsh*tNick Hanauer, Joan Walsh & Donald Cohen1 episode
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  34. Cover of Progress and Poverty
    Progress and PovertyHenry George1 episode
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  35. Cover of The Distribution of Wealth
    The Distribution of WealthJohn Bates Clark1 episode
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  36. Cover of The End of History and the Last Man
    The End of History and the Last ManFrancis Fukuyama1 episode · 1 guest
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  37. Foundations of Geopolitics : The Geopolitical Future of RussiaAlexander Dugin1 episode · 1 guest
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  38. Cover of The Republic: The Complete and Unabridged Jowett Translation
    The Republic: The Complete and Unabridged Jowett TranslationPlato1 episode · 1 guest
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  39. Cover of Destined for War
    Destined for WarGraham Allison1 episode · 1 guest
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  40. Cover of The Theory of Moral Sentiments
    The Theory of Moral SentimentsAdam Smith1 episode
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  41. Cover of The Wealth of Nations
    The Wealth of NationsAdam Smith1 episode · 1 guest
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  42. Cover of Obedience to Authority
    Obedience to AuthorityStanley Milgram1 episode · 1 guest
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  43. Cover of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
    A History of the English-Speaking PeoplesWinston S. Churchill1 episode · 1 guest
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  44. Cover of Amusing Ourselves to Death
    Amusing Ourselves to DeathNeil Postman1 episode · 1 guest
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  45. Cover of The Lord of the Rings
    The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien1 episode · 1 guest
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  46. Cover of The Left Hand of Darkness
    The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin1 episode
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  47. Cover of Feminism Against Progress
    Feminism Against ProgressMary Harrington1 episode
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  48. Cover of The Care Dilemma
    The Care DilemmaDavid Goodhart1 episode
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  49. Cover of The Two Income Trap
    The Two Income TrapElizabeth Warren1 episode
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  50. Cover of The Wisdom of Crowds:Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations
    The Wisdom of Crowds:Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and NationsJames Surowiecki1 episode · 1 guest
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  51. Cover of Why Trust Science?
    Why Trust Science?Naomi Oreskes1 episode · 1 guest
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  52. Cover of A Tale of Two Cities
    A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens1 episode
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  53. Cover of The Hadza
    The HadzaFrank Marlowe1 episode · 1 guest
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  54. Cover of Wayward Puritans
    Wayward PuritansKai T. Erikson1 episode · 1 guest
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  55. Cover of The Age of A.I.
    The Age of A.I.Henry Kissinger1 episode · 1 guest
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  56. Cover of The Button
    The ButtonWilliam J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina1 episode · 1 guest
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  57. Cover of The Myth of Male Power
    The Myth of Male PowerWarren Farrell1 episode · 1 guest
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  58. Cover of Rules for Radicals
    Rules for RadicalsSaul David Alinsky1 episode · 1 guest
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  59. Cover of Ordinary Men
    Ordinary MenChristopher R. Browning1 episode · 1 guest
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  60. Cover of Inverse Cowgirl
    Inverse CowgirlAlicia Roth Weigel1 episode · 1 guest
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  61. Cover of To Kill a Mockingbird
    To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee1 episode · 1 guest
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  62. Cover of The Conscience of a Conservative
    The Conscience of a ConservativeBarry M. Goldwater1 episode · 1 guest
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  63. Cover of How to Be Black
    How to Be BlackBaratunde Thurston1 episode · 1 guest
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  64. Cover of The Death and Life of Great American Cities
    The Death and Life of Great American CitiesJane Jacobs1 episode · 1 guest
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  65. Cover of Chasing the ScreamGuest's
    Chasing the ScreamJohann Hari3 episodes · 1 guest
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  66. Cover of How Countries Go BrokeGuest's
    How Countries Go BrokeRay Dalio2 episodes
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  67. Cover of AliveGuest's
    AliveMo Gawdat2 episodes · 1 guest
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  68. Cover of Bombing to WinGuest's
    Bombing to WinRobert Anthony Pape2 episodes · 1 guest
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  69. Cover of The Case Against the Sexual RevolutionGuest's
    The Case Against the Sexual RevolutionLouise M. Perry2 episodes · 1 guest
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  70. Cover of AdriftGuest's
    AdriftScott Galloway2 episodes
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  71. Cover of Hillbilly ElegyGuest's
    Hillbilly ElegyJ. D. Vance1 episode
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  72. Cover of Autocracy, Inc.Guest's
    Autocracy, Inc.Anne Applebaum1 episode
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  73. Cover of GulagGuest's
    GulagAnne Applebaum1 episode · 1 guest
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  74. Cover of Iron CurtainGuest's
    Iron CurtainAnne Applebaum1 episode · 1 guest
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  75. Cover of Red FamineGuest's
    Red FamineAnne Applebaum1 episode · 1 guest
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  76. Cover of Twilight of DemocracyGuest's
    Twilight of DemocracyAnne Applebaum1 episode · 1 guest
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  77. Cover of Notes on Being a ManGuest's
    Notes on Being a ManScott Galloway1 episode
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  78. Cover of Post CoronaGuest's
    Post CoronaScott Galloway1 episode
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  79. Cover of The Power of CrisisGuest's
    The Power of CrisisIan Bremmer1 episode
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  80. Cover of Dying to WinGuest's
    Dying to WinRobert Anthony Pape1 episode
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  81. Cover of Surveillance and Surveillance DetectionGuest's
    Surveillance and Surveillance DetectionJohn Kiriakou1 episode
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  82. Cover of Braving the WildernessGuest's
    Braving the WildernessBrené Brown1 episode
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  83. Cover of CitizenvilleGuest's
    CitizenvilleGavin Newsom1 episode
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  84. Cover of Young Man in a HurryGuest's
    Young Man in a HurryGavin Newsom1 episode
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  85. Cover of Six Conversations We're Scared to HaveGuest's
    Six Conversations We're Scared to HaveDeborah Frances-White1 episode · 1 guest
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  86. Cover of The Guilty FeministGuest's
    The Guilty FeministDeborah Frances-White1 episode · 1 guest
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  87. Cover of The Audacity of HopeGuest's
    The Audacity of HopeBarack Obama1 episode
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  88. Cover of The New Digital AgeGuest's
    The New Digital AgeEric Schmidt1 episode · 1 guest
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  89. Cover of ImminentGuest's
    ImminentLuis Elizondo1 episode
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  90. Cover of Born a CrimeGuest's
    Born a CrimeTrevor Noah1 episode · 1 guest
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  91. Cover of UnleashedGuest's
    UnleashedBoris Johnson1 episode
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  92. Cover of The Parasitic MindGuest's
    The Parasitic MindGad Saad1 episode · 1 guest
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  93. Cover of NexusGuest's
    NexusYuval Noah Harari1 episode
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  94. Cover of Mafia DemocracyGuest's
    Mafia DemocracyMichael Franzese1 episode
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  95. Cover of The Hacking of the American MindGuest's
    The Hacking of the American MindRobert H. Lustig1 episode
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  96. Cover of Area 51Guest's
    Area 51Annie Jacobsen1 episode · 1 guest
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  97. Cover of Surprise, Kill, VanishGuest's
    Surprise, Kill, VanishAnnie Jacobsen1 episode · 1 guest
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  98. Cover of The Pentagon's BrainGuest's
    The Pentagon's BrainAnnie Jacobsen1 episode · 1 guest
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  99. Cover of Food FixGuest's
    Food FixMark Hyman1 episode · 1 guest
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  100. Cover of 21 Lessons for the 21St CenturyGuest's
    21 Lessons for the 21St CenturyYuval Noah Harari1 episode
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    EmergencyNeil Strauss1 episode
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    Soul BoomRainn Wilson1 episode
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  103. Cover of The End of FaithGuest's
    The End of FaithSam Harris1 episode · 1 guest
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  104. Cover of Starry MessengerGuest's
    Starry MessengerNeil deGrasse Tyson1 episode
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  105. Cover of AdriftGuest's
    AdriftScott Galloway1 episode
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  106. Cover of Pay UpGuest's
    Pay UpReshma Saujani1 episode
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  107. Cover of Wake UpGuest's
    Wake UpPiers Morgan1 episode · 1 guest
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  108. Cover of Free Agent NationGuest's
    Free Agent NationDaniel H. Pink1 episode
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