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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Nick is an entrepreneur and journalist. He was the founder of Gawker Media, the publisher of Gizmodo, and the editor of Valleywag. He began his career as a journalist with the Financial Times — as a derivatives and tech correspond

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Mike White is a writer, director, and actor. Among his many films, he wrote and starred in Chuck & Buck and wrote the screenplay for School of Rock. In television, he co-created and starred in Enlightened, and he’s the brilliant a

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Michael Lewis is the best nonfiction writer in America — and an old friend. He’s the bestselling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Flash Boys. He was on the Dishcast four years ago to discuss The Premonition:

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Ross is a writer and a dear old colleague, back when we were both bloggers at The Atlantic. Since then he’s been a columnist at the New York Times — and, in my mind, he’s the best columnist in the country. The author of many books