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Renowned thinkers reflect on how the world will change after COVID19 by answering your questions.

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Live, one-hour video Dialogue featuring 1-on-1 conversations where Munk Chair Rudyard Griffiths puts audience questions to an expert guest.

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The COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase this autumn. Are governments up to the challenge of a second wave of infections? How is the all-important economic recovery likely to play out? And, what are risks – domestic and global – of a high stakes U.S. election? The Munk Dialogues are a weekly interactive video conversation about the big issues and events transforming our lives.

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February 4, 2021

Yuval Harari &
Masha Gessen

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Internationally bestselling authors Yuval Harari (Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century) and Masha Gessen (The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin and Surviving Autocracy) joined us on February 4 for a members-only Munk Dialogue. This event is free for Munk Members.

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The Munk Debates Podcast

We are the world’s first podcast dedicated to convening one-on-one debates between today’s biggest thinkers and sharpest minds.

SEASON TWO - EPISODE #14

GameStop

February 24, 2021

Guests: Tom Sosnoff, Danny Moses

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Bari Weiss Dialogue

February 17, 2021

Guests: Bari Weiss

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Zero Covid

February 11, 2021

Guests: Stephen Duckett
Simon Thornley

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The Rise of Thinking Machines

February 3, 2021

Guests: Stuart Russell
Melanie Mitchell

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Our Mission is to help the world rediscover the art of civil and substantive debate by convening the sharpest minds and brightest thinkers to weigh in on the big issues of the day.

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December 4, 2019

Capitalism

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Be it resolved, the capitalist system is broken. It's time to try something different...

Pro: Katrina vanden Heuvel
Yanis Varoufakis

Con: Arthur Brooks
David Brooks

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May 9, 2019

China

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Be it resolved, China is a threat to the liberal international order...

Pro: H.R. McMaster
Michael Pillsbury

Con: Kishore Mahbubani
Huiyao Wang

Result: Con wins by a narrow margin of 2%

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Nov 2, 2018

The Rise of Populism

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Be it resolved, the future of western politics is populist not liberal...

Pro: Stephen K. Bannon

Con: David Frum

Result: No side wins

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