Shadi Hamid joins us this week to discuss to discuss the tension between liberalism and democracy. Recommendations:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Islamic-Exceptionalism-Struggle-Islam-Reshaping/dp/1250135133">Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World by Shadi Hamid</a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/12/05/ross-douthat-what-medically/">Ross Douthat: What medically assisted suicide has done to Canada</a><a href="https://substack.com/profile/3785359-shadi-hamid">Shadi Hamid on Substack</a><a href="https://comment.org/shows/zealots-at-the-gate/">Zelots at the Gate Podcast</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Caliphate-Man-Popular-Sovereignty-Islamic/dp/0674987837">The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought by Andrew March</a>

Euthanasia with Alexander Raikin

Charles Fain Lehman &amp; Aaron Sibarium are two friends and reporters who spend a lot of time wondering: are our institutions failing? This podcast is their effort to have these discussions in public, with some of the smartest people they know.Using their experience as DC-based journalists, this podcast discusses how our problems come down to how our institutions—our colleges, our businesses, our government, our media—function, or don’t.