Jonny Thakkar
Assistant professor of political science at Swarthmore College and founding editor of The Point magazine, known for essays on politics and culture including 'Beyond Equality.'
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 15min
What Ails the Left?
Jonny Thakkar, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore and founding editor of The Point, challenges the left’s focus on equality as uninspiring. He and the hosts debate whether liberal neutrality empties politics, why longing migrated to the tech right, and how visions of human flourishing, capacities, and concrete public goods might reconnect politics with meaning.
