Today’s disagreement is about criminal justice reform, specifically the state of policing and incarceration in the United States. To explore its contours, we’ve brought on two experts in criminal justice.Rafael A. Mangual works on the Policing

12: Gender-Affirming Care for Children and Adolescents

22 days ago 59m 9s

What you’re about to hear is a powerful and sustained disagreement with the current discourse on youth gender medicine and the more extreme voices who tend to dominate the public conversation. Gender-affirming care, as defined by the World Heal

11: The Math Wars

Jun 4th, 2024 37m 46s

Today's disagreement is about the "math wars."The "math wars” is a debate happening in K-12 education about the best way to teach math. Broadly speaking, there are two camps that have conflicting pedagogical approaches:Explicit instruction focu

10: Banning TikTok

May 28th, 2024 54m 34s

Should the United States ban or force the sale of TikTok? What are the implications for free speech? In mid-April 2024, the United States Congress passed legislation that gave ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, 270 days to sell TikTok or

9: Medical Aid in Dying

May 21st, 2024 59m 49s

Today’s disagreement is on medical aid in dying. In the United States, this term refers to the right for a terminally ill, adult patient to end their own life by taking a medication prescribed by a doctor. Medical aid in dying is currently lega

Bonus Episode - Sleep Training 1-1 with Sarah Moore

May 16th, 2024 36m 31s

This is a special bonus episode of The Disagreement. In our most recent episode, nurse Megan Tucker and parent coach Sarah Moore talked about sleep training: specifically, the “cry-it-out” method (also known as the extinction method). It’s a co

8: Sleep Training – The "Cry-It-Out" Method

May 14th, 2024 53m 19s

The “Cry-It-Out” method is also known as the extinction method. Here’s what it looks like: at bedtime, parents put the baby in the crib drowsy, but still awake. Then they leave the room and get the baby at a set time the next morning. They don’

7: Marijuana Legalization

Apr 30th, 2024 42m 58s

In this episode, The Disagreement asks a wide range of important questions about marijuana legalization.Is marijuana harmful? And if so, what is the nature of the harm?Has the increasing regulation of marijuana over the past few years been posi

6: American Power

Apr 16th, 2024 55m 33s

What role should the United States be playing on the global stage?Shadi Hamid is an American author and political scientist, who is currently a columnist and member of the Editorial Board at The Washington Post. He is also a host on the Wisdom

5: Circumcision

Apr 9th, 2024 52m 11s

Today we have a sharp disagreement about circumcision with two cutting-edge experts in the field.Professor Brian Morris is professor emeritus of molecular medical sciences at the University of Sydney in Australia. Over the last few decades, he

4: Israel and American Jews

Apr 2nd, 2024 58m 53s

Today's disagreement is about the relationship between Israel and American Jews. To have this conversation, we’ve brought together two prominent American Rabbis with two very different perspectives on the current conflict. The GuestsRabbi Stuar

3: Nuclear Energy

Mar 26th, 2024 54m 58s

Today's disagreement is about nuclear energy and how much it should or should not be a part of our energy grid.We’re working through most of the major arguments for and against nuclear power – such as:Pragmatic concerns with nuclear energy: spe

2: ADHD

Mar 19th, 2024 1h

Today’s disagreement is about ADHD and its meteoric rise in the United States.Specifically, what are the causes of ADHD? Is it biological or environmental or both? And given that, what is the right approach to medicating and treating our childr

1: Immigration

Mar 19th, 2024 59m 37s

Today's disagreement is on U .S. immigration. We're going to focus on two things.First, the border: how did we get here and what should we do now? Second, what is the right strategic approach to U.S. immigration?How do we weigh the costs and be