This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com My old and dear friend Johann has written four bestsellers: Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression, Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention (di

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com (It’s the July 4th holiday. The full Dish — including my weekly column and the window contest — will return next Friday. Happy Independence Day!) Walter is the Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values at Tulane. He’

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Batya is a journalist and author. She’s a columnist for The Free Press, a co-host of The Group Chat on 2Way, and the author of two books: Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy, and Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Chris is a TV broadcaster and author. During his political career, he was a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter and the chief of staff for House Speaker Tip O’Neill. In journalism, Chris was a columnist with the San Francisco Examiner a

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Claire Lehmann is a journalist and publisher. In 2015, after leaving academia, she founded the online magazine Quillette, where she is still editor-in-chief. She’s also a newspaper columnist for The Australian. For two clips of ou

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Francis is a physician and geneticist whose work has led to the discovery of the cause of cystic fibrosis, among other diseases. In 1993 he was appointed director of the Human Genome Project, which successfully sequenced all three