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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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We will get through this. At some point in the coming months, there will be a therapy or vaccine that allows life to return to something that resembles normal. What will the post-COVID19 world look like? How will this global pandemic change everything from our politics to our culture to international relations? Introducing the Munk Dialogues.

May 28, 2020

David Brooks

Join New York Times columnist, political commentator and bestselling author, David Brooks for a Munk Dialogue on how our politics and society will be different after COVID19. This live video dialogue and audience interactive Q&A will happen on Thursday, May 28 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern. See below for details.

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May 21, 2020

Scott Gottlieb

Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb joined us on May 21 for a Munk Dialogue on the future of pandemics, public health, and their effects on the economy. Click the "play" button to the left to watch the conversation.

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May 13, 2020

Kara Swisher

Veteran technology journalist and New York Times contributing opinion writer Kara Swisher joined us on May 13 for a Munk Dialogue on the future of Big Tech and Silicon Valley after COVID19. Click the "play" button to the left to watch the conversation.

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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

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

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

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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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.

EPISODE #26

Kara Swisher

May 19, 2020

Guests: Kara Swisher

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Niall Ferguson

May 12, 2020

Guests: Niall Ferguson

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Samantha Power

May 4, 2020

Guests: Samantha Power

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Mohamed El-Erian

April 26, 2020

Guests: Mohamed El-Erian

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