0:00 Mickey’s French election update 5:34 What Macron and Biden (should) have learned re: Ukraine 8:32 Bob’s brilliant idea for a Biden ceasefire proposal 11:15 Bob vs. Anne Applebaum on negotiating with Russia 19:09 How prolonging the war could make Putin more dangerous 31:13 Will Elon Musk end Twitter’s reign of blue-check terror? 40:44 Is AOC the 2024 candidate we’ve been waiting for? 43:52 Bob comes to collect on his New Year’s covid prediction 49:34 Disney’s “niche sexuality” promotion and other signs of Dem midterm doom 56:39 Sarah Palin—and her totally human hands—run for congress 59:40 Parrot Room preview: Bob and Mickey agree in disagreeing with a recent Richard Hanania essay, David McCormick campaign update, Jan. 6 seven hour gap discussion part two, are electric cars really the future?, the Tiger Woods comeback, mystery Ukrainian soldier rabbit hole, William Burns memoir, exercising cognitive empathy for Trump, Bob’s underappreciated Will Smith take, and does Ray Dalio pass Mickey’s BS test? Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Mickey Kaus (kausfiles, The End of Equality). Recorded April 8, 2022. Comments on BhTV: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/63953 Twitter: / bloggingheads Facebook: / bloggingheads Podcasts: https://bloggingheads.tv/subscribe