The Ukrainian Thaw | Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus | The Wright Show

Subscribe to The Parrot Room at   / parrotroom   0:00 Hey hey, my my, Neil Young left Spotify 8:44 Carrots and sticks in the Russia-Ukraine crisis 23:01 What are Russia’s actual objectives in Ukraine? 27:05 Bob: “I haven’t heard a single good argument for expanding NATO” 35:44 Why nominating Kamala to the Supreme Court might actually be a good idea 45:08 Are pundits overthinking Biden’s low approval rating? 51:38 Is universal pre-K on the chopping block? 1:00:54 Mickey adopts an unsettling new persona 1:02:36 Parrot Room preview: A Doug Emhoff scandal?, the war in the Pacific, guess the Lou Reed verdict, let’s talk about headlines that start with “Let’s talk about,” Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish, affirmative action goes before the Supreme Court, William F. Buckley, Ilya Shapiro gets canceled, the metaverse and the Matrix, bizarre Black Lives Matter news, money liberalism, and why does Apple delay releasing this podcast? Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Mickey Kaus (kausfiles, The End of Equality). Recorded January 28, 2022. Comments on BhTV: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/63574 Twitter:   / bloggingheads   Facebook:   / bloggingheads   Podcasts: https://bloggingheads.tv/subscribe