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The Argument

The Argument

Has affirmative action gone too far? Should we abolish internet anonymity? Is liberal hypocrisy worth defending?

Welcome to The Argument, a weekly podcast from Jerusalem Demsas and Matthew Yglesias, where two friends argue about politics, policy, and whatever else is on their minds.

This is a debate show for people who want the nitty-gritty without the typical screaming matches or softball interviews. Each week, one host argues a distinctive point of view — armed with facts and research, not just pundit bluster — and then Matthew and Jerusalem hash it out.

New episodes post every Thursday.

You can find The Argument on Substack, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episodes

53 episodes

  1. Hannah Arendt hates you 1:34:54
  2. The fight over permitting reform, explained 1:31:34
  3. Canceling (and un-canceling) historic heroes 1:20:07
  4. Trump, Xi, and the race for superintelligence 1:25:52
  5. What the hell is going on in Europe? 1:01:35
  6. How worried should we be about AI? 1:13:34
  7. Are we on the road to serfdom? 1:35:23
  8. How 9/11 changed American politics forever 1:37:53
  9. Nate Silver on why the center-left is losing 1:26:29
  10. Derek Thompson on the antisocial century 1:16:07
  11. Are elites just whoever you don’t like? 1:14:15
  12. What's wrong with Bowling Alone? 1:23:07
  13. #MeToo didn’t go far enough 1:17:48
  14. You don't actually want to buy a house 57:13
  15. Why AI might not replace us after all 1:05:07
  16. What AOC and Bernie Sanders get wrong about the oligarchy 1:09:32
  17. Was Jane Jacobs the first NIMBY? 1:26:05
  18. Is assimilation racist? 1:12:19
  19. The Biden legacy: A ranking of failures 1:18:53
  20. Andrew Tate, Dan Bilzerian, and the death of romance 1:04:05
  21. How environmentalists lost the plot 1:12:33
  22. Do we need to build God to cure cancer? 58:24
  23. Why is crime falling everywhere? 53:59
  24. Why Democrats and Republicans want you to pay $50,000 for a car 57:34
  25. Did Joe Biden really kill Spirit Airlines? 1:08:42
  26. Boy moms and Nazi POWs: how "The Feminine Mystique" changed feminism 1:05:18
  27. Should we end asylum? 1:12:39
  28. Can America still be a force for good? 1:02:51
  29. Destroy the internet to save it? 56:54
  30. Should Race Matter in College Admissions? 1:09:44
  31. Matthew Yglesias vs. Jerusalem Demsas: The Trailer 1:11
  32. Stop Letting Instagram Explain Your Love Life -- The Science of Attraction 1:00:03
  33. The Scientific Method Comes for Criminal Justice 1:09:55
  34. Ross Douthat on the End of Conservatism 1:07:04
  35. Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Republicans Win? 1:06:16
  36. Are Children People? 1:13:59
  37. Why NIMBYs Oppose Housing (with Chris Elmendorf) 1:07:40
  38. Matthew Yglesias on What Went Wrong with Modern Liberalism? 1:23:02
  39. We're Getting Frog-Boiled by AI (with Kelsey Piper) 1:08:12
  40. Best Of: Liberalism Under Pressure w/ Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, & Derek Thompson 1:34:51
  41. How Liberal Elite Failure Fueled Far-Right Populism 1:18:07
  42. America’s Reading Crisis: What Mississippi Got Right 1:22:21
  43. Why We Feel Screwed: Immigration, Growth, and the Zero-Sum Mindset 51:17
  44. Is Inequality the Problem? 56:30
  45. The Climate Movement’s Biggest Miscalculation (with Robinson Meyer) 1:17:10
  46. How Silicon Valley Became MAGA-Curious 1:10:22
  47. Arguing the Politics of Climate with Bill McKibben 1:17:07
  48. Why Free Speech Is Losing on the Left and the Right 1:15:06
  49. Trump's Tariffs, Explained 1:35:57
  50. The Battle to Rewrite COVID-19 1:29:18