GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics
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GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History, & Geopolitics is a flagship videocast from the Hoover Institution where senior fellows John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and H.R. McMaster cut through the noise, challenge conventional wisdom, and explain what’s driving markets, power, and public policy. Drawing on rigorous economic analysis, deep historical perspective, and national security leadership at the highest levels, these leading thinkers deliver clear, trusted insight into the challenges facing the United States while debating the forces shaping the modern world.
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Locusts and Pirates: What’s Your Favorite Recession? with Tyler Goodspeed | Hoover Institution
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Dire Straits: Condoleezza Rice on The War with Iran | Hoover Institution
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Gulf War III Or Cold War II: Iran Truth And Consequences | Hoover Institution
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Iran, Tariffs, Epstein | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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The Origins of Modern China; Is Trump “Lost”? America, Home of the . . . Squatters? | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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The Right Side of History with Tyler Cowen | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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The World According to Trump | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Coercive Diplomacy: Venezuela, Iran, and . . . Greenland? | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Are We Doing This Again? Andrew Ross Sorkin on “1929” and the GoodFellows on 2025 | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Tiny Cars and 70’s Problems with Ben Sasse | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Viewer Mail: War & Peace, Reading & Writing, Why Babies Are Good, and Thanksgiving Memories | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Cyber Rattling & Socialism: Anne Neuberger on Future Wars, Mayor Mamdani, and a Big Deal at the BBC | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Trick or Treat? A Fight Between Good and Evil with Michael McFaul | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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It’s The Economy, Israel and Tariffs, Stupid | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Who’s Going To Win The Future? Dan Wang on China’s Engineers vs. America’s Lawyers | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Turning Points: Kyiv, Kirk, Kimmel, and the Sundance Kid | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Drones, Dictators & Debt: India Flirts, Ukraine Fights, Trump Takes on The Fed | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The Eternal Optimist: H.R. McMaster on Combat, Faith, and Turning Down the Funk | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Boss Time: Summits, Cold Wars, and Universities, with Condoleezza Rice | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Niall Ferguson, Flying Scotsman | GoodFellows
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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California Dreaming with Rick Caruso | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Gliding Through Life: John Cochrane on the Making of an Economist | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Call Him Daddy: Assessing America’s Strike On Iran | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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“That’s Not Gonna Happen:” Israel Aims to Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Caveman Marxists: Frank Dikötter on Whether China Is a Fiery Dragon or a Paper Tiger | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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May 27, 2025 |
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The Plane Truth: Playing Chicken with China, Trump Goes Gulf-ing, Tensions in South Asia
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May 15, 2025 |
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Peace Through Strength: The Good Fellows on Harvard, Europe, Warfare & Niall Gets Busted
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May 08, 2025 |
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Tangled Up in Blue with Rep. Ro Khanna: Tariffs, Trump, and Progressive Capitalism
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Viewer Mail: The GoodFellows Answer Your Questions
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Mixed Signals and Emerging Technology with Amy Zegart
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Evil Empire 2.0: Tom Cotton on Europe’s Path to Peace and China’s Dangerous Hegemony
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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The Great X Debate, with Matt Continetti: Vance v. Ferguson, Trump Diplomacy, DOGE, and Hackman
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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The Age of Empire Strikes Back: Stephen Kotkin on Trump, Wrestling, and the Use of American Power | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Big Deal: Davos Man Returns; Colombia’s Social Media Smackdown; Is DeepSink AI’s “Sputnik Moment”? | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Vibe Shifts: Enter Trump, Exit Biden, the Politics of Fires, “Silly Walking and Flying Eagles” | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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2024 in Review: Standards and Norms with the WSJ’s Kimberley Strassel | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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The Mailbag Show: The GoodFellows Answer Your Questions
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Focus on the Mission, with Mike Pompeo | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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The Comeback: The NYT’s Bret Stephens and the GoodFellows Recap the ’24 Election | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Butterfly Wings & Hurricanes: The GoodFellows & Andrew Roberts Revisit Historical Counterfactuals | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Hope for Peace, Prepare for War, with Walter Russell Mead | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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OK Boomers: Victor Davis Hanson, Pagers, Zelenskyy, and the Fellows “Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation” | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Cruel Summer: McMaster’s Tour of Duty, the Debate, TSwift, and Yes, Churchill Was a Good Guy | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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So It Goes: Niall Ferguson on Good Books, Bad Screens, a 1968 Redux, and Hobbits | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Gettin’ Grumpy with It: John Cochrane on the Fed, Tariffs, and Why Dogs Rule | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Generally Speaking: McMaster on Trump Foreign Policy and Technology Warfare | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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We Win, They Lose, with Matthew Kroenig | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Unburdened By What Has Been | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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The Senior Moment with Jonah Goldberg | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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A GoodFellows Special: A Guide to Summer | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The Axis of Chaos, with Matt Pottinger | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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May 31, 2024 |
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The Counterfactual Show: Reimagining History, with Stephen Kotkin | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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May 16, 2024 |
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TikTok’s Ticking Clock: National Security Vs. Free Speech; Dr. Evil And James Bond | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, Amy Zegart, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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May 03, 2024 |
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America’s Immigration Puzzle, Iran Strikes (Out) – And 60 Is The New 40 | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, Reihan Salam, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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NYT’s Bret Stephens on Israel, 4 Years of GoodFellows, and An Invite to JK Rowling | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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China v. Ukraine with Elbridge Colby; TikTok's Clock; Election Meddling Is Cool Now? | GoodFellows: Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Victor Davis Hanson On The State of the Union . . . and a Biden-Trump Rematch | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Israel’s Options, Plus Navalny’s Legacy and Ranking the US Presidents, with Dan Senor | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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End Games: America Strikes Back, Congress Strikes Out On Immigration | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Davos, World War III, Essential Books, and No Swearing | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Empire or Republic?: The Choice in ’24 | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Ivy-League Anti-Semitism with Bari Weiss, Regarding Henry, and Santa Hats | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Known Unknowns, the Rolling Stones, and Karl Rove | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Life During Wartime: Israel’s Resolve; Can Ukraine Still Win? | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, H.R. McMaster, Russ Roberts, and Bill Whalen
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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A Bronx Tale: Ian Rowe on the Fight for Charter Schools | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, Bill Whalen, and Ian Rowe | Hoover Institution
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Understanding the New World (Dis)Order, with Stephen Kotkin | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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The War in Israel and the War at Home | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Supreme Court, United Nations—What Next for Free Speech, the Free World? | GoodFellows: John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, Eugene Volokh, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Doomsayers, a Doomed China, and . . . President McMaster? | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Tainted “Meat and Potatoes”— Andrew McCarthy on Political Trials, Public Tribulations | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, Andrew McCarthy, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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AI And A-Bombs: Is Everything A-Okay? | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, Fei-Fei Li, H.R. McMaster, Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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The Recession That Didn’t Bark | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Mutiny Interrupted: Prigozhin Stands Down | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, Bill Whalen, and Dmitri Alperovitch| Hoover Institution
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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There’s Nothing Stopping You Now: Coleman Hughes on Race and Poverty in America | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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May 17, 2023 |
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Charles In Charge: God Save the King with Douglas Murray | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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May 03, 2023 |
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Rage Against The Machine: The Good Fellows Discuss AI | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Viewer Mail, Part II: Empires, War Crimes, and Bad Facial Hair | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Viewer Mail, Part 1: Banks, Tanks, Prizes, And A Singing Serpent | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Three Good Fellows and Not Enough Babies: A Conversation with Demographer Nicolas Eberstadt | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Weathering the Storms: Bjorn Lomborg on Climate Change, Global Priorities | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Super Bowl, Shmooper Bowl with Victor Davis Hanson | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Tanks for the Memories | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Sticks, Carrots...Baby Carrots: Rep. Mike Gallagher on the China Threat | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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The Year In Review, The Year Ahead: Ukraine’s Dominance, AI’s Emergence, “NapolElon’s” Waterloo? | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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The BYO Show: China’s Totalitarian Gridlock, A Woke “Mind Virus,” And Futbal Vs. Football | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Kale and Arugula? Kim Strassel on a New Congress, Old Challenges | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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“Deep Thoughts”: Tyler Cowen on AI and the Future of Work | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson | Hoover Institution
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Pesci-ent Knowledge: Stephen Kotkin on Xi’s China, Putin’s Russia | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Unsolicited Advice For The Next Congress | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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The “BYO” Show: China, Iran, and Truss (but Vilify) | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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“The Architect’s” Digest: Karl Rove On The 2022 Election And America’s Political Landscape | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Upheaval and Change in Russia, Iran, and Italy | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Viewer Mail – Russia, Ukraine...And Noted Liberal George Washington | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Live from Kyiv: The War, the Queen, and Europe’s Winter(s) of Discontent | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Ameri-Can or Can’t?: China’s Looming Demographic and Economic Collapse
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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The Situation Zoom: Pelosi Visits Taiwan
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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The Fellows of Summer
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Ukraine, China, And Gun Violence, With Condoleezza Rice
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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War, Peace, and Politics with Victor Davis Hanson
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May 24, 2022 |
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“Ukraine Is Going To End Up Winning”
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May 04, 2022 |