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- #128: Russia Is Part of the West (1/19/2022)
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- #118: The Voter is Always Right: The Meaning of Democracy (11/7/2021)
- #94: What Is Political Extremism Today? (5/13/2021)
- #80: There Is No Alternative to Dialog and Debate (2/23/2021)
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- #58: Question Everything; But Also Yourself (10/21/2020)
- #43: “Worst Persons” in the World: Hate Is the New Normal (8/18/2020)
- #40: Enabling Free Speech, or, the Problem of the Public Sphere (7/10/2020)
- #39: Free Speech is Absolute (7/9/2020)
- #21: Media: Don’t Tell People What To Think (5/9/2020)
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