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WATCH: The Gen-Z Debate with Harry Sisson and Isabel Brown
Why are young people struggling so much with everything from finances to mental health?
The Free Press
46M
Who Needs a Presidential Library?
Free Press editors Nick Clairmont and Mene Ukueberuwa debate whether we really need libraries honoring Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
Nicholas Clairmont and Mene Ukueberuwa
Coleman Hughes and Glenn Greenwald Debate Israel’s Influence in Washington
A conversation about America’s partnership with Israel, who started the war with Iran, and Glenn Greenwald’s relationship with Tucker Carlson.
Coleman Hughes
2HR 3M
DEBATE: Do We Need God?
Religion has faded across the West, but the hunger for meaning hasn’t. Steven Pinker and Ross Douthat debate whether a secular society can sustain…
The Free Press
58M
Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?
We brought together a panel of experts—Jamie Metzl, Allyson Berent, O. Carter Snead, and Lydia Dugdale—to debate the ethics of editing embryos.
Bari Weiss
1HR 22M
Our Next Debate: Would America Be Safer Without the Second Amendment?
Get your tickets now for our next live debate on November 5 in Chicago, featuring Alan Dershowitz, Dana Loesch, and Bari Weiss.
Isaac Grafstein
A Debate with Dave Smith: Israel, Iran, and American Power
The most requested conversation I’ve ever had—and one where we disagree about almost everything.
Coleman Hughes
3HR 30M
WATCH: Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?
Live in Pittsburgh, four thinkers clashed over the ethics of editing embryos.
The Free Press
1HR 32M
WATCH: A Free Press Debate on Artificial Intelligence in San Francisco
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas and AI “godmother” Fei-Fei Li faced off against computer scientist Jaron Lanier and author Nicholas Carr in our latest…
Isaac Grafstein
1HR 18M
Will the Truth Survive Artificial Intelligence? Our Next Live Debate!
Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity and Fei-Fei Li face off against Jaron Lanier and Nicholas Carr on May 15 in San Francisco.
Isaac Grafstein
Fight Club: Does Baseball Suck?
Is the sport still a national treasure, or has it gone the way of rotary phones and dial-up internet? Batter up.
Joe Nocera and Will Rahn
WATCH: Does the West Need a Religious Revival?
Ross Douthat and Ayaan Hirsi Ali face off against Michael Shermer and Adam Carolla in our latest live debate.
Isaac Grafstein
1HR 26M
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