https://youtu.be/igGB9PD2wa4?si=kAZ55v-xyC6RjWjU Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos analyze the recognition by France and the UK of a Palestinian state. Recorded September 24, 2025.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wig7ja6GLlU&t=1s Elan Journo, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tristan De Liège discuss how altruism clouds moral clarity about the Israel-Hamas war. Published on August 21, 2025
https://youtu.be/A28R9JnfNro?si=lJpLKdAnv8TATg7R Elan Journo, Mike Mazza, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Robertas Bakula discuss The Technological Republic, the recent New York Times bestseller by Alexander C. Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, and Nicholas W. Zamiska. Published June 5, 2025.
https://youtu.be/h1tIDRzi9Ho?si=KCzl6iC8MZdS8QZw Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate analyze the shift in American policy toward Ukraine/Russia, its moral significance, and its consequences. Recorded March 5, 2025.
https://youtu.be/gFXDYaKnCVw?si=LCfshYibFya5PmJL Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, has instructed the paper’s opinion pages to defend “two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” prompting the editor’s exit and a major backlash. Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo analyze the meaning of this shift, amid the controversy over the ties of Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk … Continue reading Will Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post defend “free markets”?
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King Jr. stood before a crowd of nearly a quarter-million people. The moment is iconic. His words — which may already be echoing in your mind — captured something vitally important: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live … Continue reading Why ‘Colorblindness’ on Race Matters More than Ever
https://youtu.be/a-SwX91pj2Q?si=1AXRsqnbN8_ZhMAk Elan Journo and Ben Bayer analyze the philosophic significance of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and Trump's proposed redevelopment of Gaza. Recorded Feb. 12, 2025.
https://youtu.be/fEOGBX9R05w?si=X2xmi0nnVAphvlXg Elan Journo and Ben Bayer talk about the ethics of pardoning those involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. Recorded Jan. 22, 2025.
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