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A Gentlemen’s Disagreement — 221 episodes
Episode 219 - Never forget
Episode 218 - Are we living in a post-reputation world?
Episode 217 - An economic storm appears to be brewing
Episode 216 - Imagining a democracy with no parties with Metin Pekin
Episode 215 - Nobody is talking about The Odyssey with Eliana Dockterman
Episode 214 - A summer of corruption & communism
Episode 213 - A roundup of the SCOTUS '25-'26 term with Nicholas Stephanopoulos
Episode 212 - Fairness & power in sport & politics
Episode 211 - Celebrating the United States at 250 with Robert Allison
Episode 210 - Reforming the welfare system with Commissioner Clarence Carter
Episode 209 - How the FIFA World Cup reflects the economy with Nia Law & Emily DiVito
Episode 208 - Massie's misfortune & a loss for the liberty movement with Dan Fishman
Episode 207 - Military reflections on Memorial Day with William Thompson
Episode 206 - From pipe dream to possibility: the national popular vote takes a quiet leap forward with Jason Willick
Episode 205 - It's a crazy time to be alive
Episode 204 - Global warming & energy prices & microplastics, oh my! with Shannon Osaka
Episode 203 - Navigating the AI revolution: an approach to the uncertainty with Dave Friedman
Episode 202 - Why aren't more conservatives against this war?
Episode 201 - Conflicted: working through the complex realities of the U.S. strikes on Iran
Episode 200 - On the ground in Minneapolis with congressional candidate Dalia al-Aqidi
Episode 199 - A draft of the most significant years in U.S. history
Episode 198 - The cost of congestion (pricing) with Abdallah Fayyad
Episode 197 - The case for a new (and recurring) constitutional convention with Tom Teicher
Episode 196 - A New Gilded Age with Edward O'Donnell
Episode 195 - Government's role in regulating social media & AI with John Wihbey
Episode 194 - Are we sure we're the good guys?
Episode 193 - The many facets of affordability with WaPo's Julie Weil
Episode 192 - The top stories of 2025
Episode 191 - Venezuela: the latest chapter in American interventionism?
Episode 190 - Thanksgiving thoughts: reflections on friendship and the importance of conversation
Episode 189 - The return to a Christian nation with Jackson Lahmeyer
Episode 188 - Mamdani mania, Dem dubs, and a deep dive into Boston politics with Larry DiCara
Episode 187 - From molehills to mountains: the rise of Christian nationalism with Matthew Boedy
Episode 186 - The tragedy & horror of Palestine & Israel two years in
Episode 185 - From makers to takers: neofeudalism and the new class struggle with Jodi Dean
Episode 184 - We have to do better: Kirk, Kimmel, and the future
Episode 183 - Back to school choice with Shaka Mitchell
Episode 182 - How tariffs are affecting the global economy and geopolitics with Lydia DePillis
Episode 181 - Six in Sixty: creeping authoritarianism
Episode 180 - A SCOTUS '24-'25 term review with Professor Jack Beermann
Episode 179 - Not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead with Ansley Skipper
Episode 178 - Birthrates are falling and the sky might be too with Marc Novicoff
Episode 177 - Democracy takes work: media literacy with Nolan Higdon
Episode 176 - Six months in, promises made, promises broken?
Episode 175 - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: the OBBB
Episode 174 - Creating an independent (voter) identity with Lura Forcum
Episode 173 - Totally obliterated: Iran's nuclear program and any semblance of international law
Episode 172 - What to make of the Trump-Musk fallout and more
Episode 171 - The news is making me depressed: tell me it ain't that bad
Episode 170 - The price of tariffs with Dr. Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan
Episode 169 - The intersection of AI & climate change with Dr. Joseph B. Keller
Episode 168 - The first 100 days with Matthew Knych
Episode 167 - The life, legacy, and politics of Pope Francis with Father Oliver Rafferty
Episode 166 - The making of "The Apprentice" with Benjamin Kramer & Gustavo Nascimento
Episode 165 - Stopping the stadium steal with Emily DiVito & Elizabeth Pancotti
Episode 164 - AOC, Schumer, and the Democratic split screen
Episode 163 - Stock down: Tesla; The First Amendment
Episode 162 - 46 days of 45 & 47
Episode 161 - Global & domestic decolonization with Sam Klug
Episode 160 - A draft of the most influential works of U.S. literature
Episode 159 - Cabinets & chaos: making sense of the madness with David A. Graham
Episode 158 - Nuclear is the only option with Suriya Jayanti
Episode 157 - Coronation Day, or A Resurrection Complete
Episode 156 - Biden's legacy with Charles Sykes
Episode 155 - On antitrust & competition with Bob Levy
Episode 154 - The top stories of 2024
Episode 153 - Self-defense at home and abroad
Episode 152 - Six in Sixty: Murder, Pardon, Crypto; Syria, South Korea, France
Episode 151 - Was Trump right? Am I tired of winning?
Episode 150 - A Court unlike any other with Kevin J. McMahon
Episode 149 - Making the case for a national popular vote with Patrick Rosenstiel
Episode 148 - Reactions to the 2024 election results with Ray Mooney
Episode 147 - It's the economy, stupid with TIME's Alana Semuels
Episode 146 - A psychiatrist's take on psychedelics with Dr. John Fromson
Episode 145 - Breaking down the Massachusetts ballot questions
Episode 144 - Analyzing the 2024 elections with Steve Kornacki
Episode 143 - A conversation with the Libertarian Presidential Ticket: Chase Oliver & Mike ter Maat
Episode 142 - The wild west: the landscape of college athletics with Austin Jackson
Episode 141 - Reactions to the second first presidential debate
Episode 140 - Discontent with democracy with Dr. Rachel Navarre
Episode 139 - The reinvention of Kamala Harris with Jacquetta Van Zandt
Episode 138 - 1968 & 2024: parallel politics and protests at the DNC with Nick Proctor
Episode 137 - What is Harris's platform?
Episode 136 - The Olympic spirit v. the political spirit
Episode 135 - What. A. Week.
Episode 134 - A SCOTUS '23-'24 term review with Professor Renee Landers
Episode 133 - Debate reaction & election issues 2024: foreign policy
Episode 132 - Juneteenth reflections: lessons and legends from the Negro Leagues
Episode 131 - The power of people in the age of AI with Dr. Po-Shen Loh
Episode 130 - Haiti: the conversation no one is having, with Brian Concannon
Episode 129 - The U.S.-China relationship & rivalry with Dr. Michael Beckley
Episode 128 - Election Issues 2024: Crime & Guns
Episode 127 - A conversation on the state of journalism with TIME editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs
Episode 126 - Debating the campus protests
Episode 125 - Election Issues 2024: Taxing & Spending
Episode 124 - Mental health & the epidemic of loneliness with Dr. Eugene Beresin
Episode 123 - The importance of ballot access & RFK Jr. with Larry Sharpe
Episode 122 - Election Issues 2024: Abortion
Episode 121 - Six in Sixty: SCOTUS, Super, Senate, SOTU, Gaza, Caitlin Clark
Episode 120 - Embrace debate: should we continue to send aid to Ukraine?
Episode 119 - A draft of the most significant speeches in U.S. history
Episode 118 - Election issues 2024: Immigration
Episode 117 - A conversation on climate with Dr. Yi Ming
Episode 116 - A conservation success story: the return of the great white shark to the Atlantic with Dr. Greg Skomal
Episode 115 - Six in Sixty: MLK, Yemen, Iowa, Primaries, Harvard, Patriots
Episode 114 - Does the 14th Amendment bar President Trump from office?
Episode 113 - The top stories of 2023
Episode 112 - In Memoriam: Henry Kissinger & Sandra Day O’Connor
Episode 111 - Pulling back the curtain on polling with David Paleologos
Episode 110 - Six in Sixty: Republican field, Mike Johnson, George Santos, SCOTUS ethics, debt, & Israel-Palestine
Episode 109 - Parallel Troubles: Ireland & the Middle East with Professor Larry Donnelly
Episode 108 - A tale of two cities: a conversation with former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin
Episode 107 - Running for local office with Framingham City Council candidate Brandon Ward
Episode 106 - A ’23-’24 SCOTUS term overview with Professor Renee Landers
Episode 105 - The tragedy & horror of Israel & Palestine
Episode 104 - On Capitalism
Episode 103 - The immigration crisis with Carine Hajjar
Episode 102 - Six in Sixty: UAW strike, impeachment, abortion, North Korea, Iran, Morocco & Libya
Episode 101 - Equal justice under the law
Episode 100 - Reactions to the first Republican debate
Episode 99 - Parental rights, safe schools, & more hot button issues in education with Kiera Butler
Episode 98 - A legal analysis of SCOTUS’s ’22-’23 term with Professor Barry McDonald
Episode 97 - Debating term & age limits
Episode 96 - Six in Sixty: NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Greece, & Sudan
Episode 95 - Reflections on the Supreme Court’s ’22-’23 Term
Episode 94 - Opportunity & Agency: a conversation with St. Louis Treasurer Adam Layne
Episode 93 - The things we thought we knew: Juneteenth, reparations, & the idea of a meritocracy
Episode 92 - LIV-PGA merger, debt ceiling crisis averted, & more
Episode 91 - Academic freedom in higher education with Dr. Bertha Madras
Episode 90 - Social media & mental health with Wendy-Myrbell Napoleon
Episode 89 - A draft of Republican presidential candidates
Episode 88 - Six in Sixty: Fox, SCOTUS, Debt Ceiling, First Republic, Biden, & Guns
Episode 87 - Fiscal conservatism and the current Republican Party with Jennifer Nassour
Episode 86 - A pulse check on democracy: India, Israel, Tennessee, and Wisconsin
Episode 85 - Beyond a reasonable doubt?
Episode 84 - Reflections on the media, Carter, Trump, and much more with Dan Rea
Episode 83 - 20 year anniversary of Iraq War, Trump arrest, Xi in Russia
Episode 82 - The first domino?
Episode 81 - The Ukraine war at one year with Dan Fishman
Episode 80 - A draft of the most significant dates in U.S. history
Episode 79 - It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s...a balloon?
Episode 78 - A conversation with former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift
Episode 77 - Looking back on January
Episode 76 - The changing of the guard with Jacquetta Van Zandt
Episode 75 - A mile wide and a mile deep: analyzing the economy with Matthew Knych
Episode 74 - The Top Stories of 2022
Episode 73 - Unions & the labor movement with Rand Wilson
Episode 72 - Six in Sixty: Warnock, Sinema, Primaries, Marriage, Griner, Trump
Episode 71 - Protests of and in Qatar, Iran, & China
Episode 70 - The rises of antisemitism & political violence with Jeffrey Robbins
Episode 69 - A Red...Wedding?
Episode 68 - SCOTUS term overview with Professor Barry McDonald
Episode 67 - Midterm trends & more with Joan Vennochi
Episode 66 - Analyzing the Massachusetts Ballot with Samantha Gross
Episode 65 - Previewing the midterms with Steve Kornacki
Episode 64 - The through lines connecting the crises in Puerto Rico, Jackson, and Martha’s Vineyard
Episode 63 - In Memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II & Mikhail Gorbachev
Episode 62 - Your Government Has Forgiven (Some of) You
Episode 61 - A variety pack: al-Zawahiri, Taiwan, Griner, Trump, Dems, Kansas
Episode 60 - Dan Fishman on the liberty movement and third parties in a two-party system
Episode 59 - It’s Getting Hot In Here
Episode 58 - Jamie Kirchick on the Hidden History of D.C., the End of Europe and the News Media
Episode 57 - Egregiously Wrong (pt. 2)
Episode 56 - Egregiously Wrong (pt. 1) with Mikaela Louie & Jessica Vandervort
Episode 55 - On guns (and violence) in the U.S.
Episode 54 - The Rise of Ron with Austin Jackson
Episode 53 - Problems That Persist
Episode 52 - Elon’s Twitter Takeover; Election Season in the U.S. & Europe
Episode 51 - Unionization, Immigration, and Ukraine
Episode 50 - Sports, Money, & Global Politics
Episode 49 - The Ukraine Is Not Weak
Episode 48 - Let’s Go to Mo
Episode 47 - A Draft of the Most Influential Non-presidential 20th Century Americans
Episode 46 - Affirmative Action in the NFL, college admissions, and the Supreme Court
Episode 45 - Talking Mandates with Matthew Knych
Episode 44 - A Year Later
Episode 43 - The Top Stories of 2021
Episode 42 - Aerial Wars, Accountability, & Moral Authority
Episode 41 - Global Rivals 1A & 1B
Episode 40 - American Justice(?)
Episode 39 - Red (the off-year election version)
Episode 38 - A New Day in Boston
Episode 37 - The Forest and the Trees
Episode 36 - Hitting the Ceiling
Episode 35 - Mandates, Mental Health, and Music with Brian Scully
Episode 34 - Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Empires with Captain Colin Murphy
Episode 33 - Ask What Your Government Should Be Doing For You
Episode 32 - Tokyo Risk
Episode 31 - Ranked Choice Voting Faces Its Biggest Test
Episode 30 - The Things We Never Learned
Episode 29 - Filibustering Bipartisanship
Episode 28 - What is Jerusalem worth? Nothing. Everything.
Episode 27 - On the Census 2020, the purging of the GOP, and new guidelines from the CDC
Episode 26 - Policing in the United States with Salome Kassini and Ratko Aleksis
Episode 25 - The Pullout That Was Promised
Episode 24 - The Mayor, the T, and Nicaela Chinnaswamy
Episode 23 - America's Pastime Confronts America's Present
Episode 22 - The Best Laid Plans
Episode 21 - Think Left & Think Right & Think Low & Think High
Episode 20 - Voting Rights & GOP Fights
Episode 19 - The Weather Messed with Texas
Episode 18 -- The Presidential Draft
Episode 18 - The Presidential Draft
Episode 17 - A Week of Gambling
Episode 16 - The Show Goes On
Episode 15 - A New Day
Episode 14 - American Carnage, Four Years Later
Episode 13 - This is America
Episode 12 - Not Going Quietly
Episode 11 - The Biggest Stories of 2020
Episode 10 - Do We Deserve to Kill?
Episode 9 - Getting the Band Back Together
Episode 8 - In the Time of Corona
Episode 7 - The Aftermath
Episode 6 - The Home Stretch
Episode 5 - On the Ballot
Trailer - A Gentlemen's Disagreement
Episode 4 - The "Presidential" "Debate"
Episode 3 - A Higher Court
Episode 2 - Law & Order
Episode 1 - Reasonable People