The Good Fight Club: Hounding Political Opponents, Misinformation, and Autism

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

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4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk, Francis Fukuyama, Sabina Ćudić, and Dan Williams discuss Donald Trump’s firing of a federal prosecutor and what this means for democracy in the United States, what the discussions around the assasination of Charlie Kirk tell us about misinformation, and the impact of RFK Jr.’s recent autism announcement. Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University. His latest book is Liberalism and Its Discontents. He is also the author of the “Frankly Fukuyama” column, carried forward from American Purpose, at Persuasion. Sabina Ćudić is a member of the National Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she is the president of the Naša stranka political party club. Ćudić also serves as vice president of the Foreign Relations Committee, and is a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, where she is a vice president of the European Liberals. Daniel Williams is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex. He writes the Conspicuous Cognition newsletter, which brings together philosophical insights and scientific research to examine the forces shaping contemporary society and politics. Note: This episode was recorded on September 23, 2025. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: [email protected] Podcast production by Mickey Freeland and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google X: @Yascha_Mounk & @JoinPersuasion YouTube: Yascha Mounk, Persuasion LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.1	Welcome to the sixth installment of the Good Fight Club for the week of September 22nd, recorded on Tuesday, the 23rd.
1:01.9	I am joined today by two repeat offenders. One is a repeat repeat offender, Frank Fukuyama, one of the regular co-hosts of this panel.
1:10.6	Frank, of course, needs a little introduction, but among other things, he is the editor of American
1:16.8	Purpose, which is part of the persuasion community.
1:19.7	We have Sabina Truditch, a second-time offender, who is a MP in the national parliament of Bosnia.
1:28.9	And we have Dan Williams, a former podcast guest,
1:31.4	but the first time member of a Good Fight Club,
1:34.2	who is a philosopher at the University of Sussex.
1:37.7	Welcome to all of you.
1:40.6	Frank, there are many remarkable things going on
1:43.9	in the United States at the moment, but
1:45.7	perhaps the most remarkable is the extent to which the administration is seemingly trying
1:52.5	to take over the most important and neutral institutions in the country, firing prosecutors
2:00.0	that have displeased the administration either by who they did
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