Frankly Fukuyama

By Francis Fukuyama

Join Francis Fukuyama for conversations with leading policymakers and thinkers as he explores how to revitalize liberal democracy in the United States, while addressing the authoritarian challenges to... more

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February 04, 2026 Stephen E. Hanson and Jeffrey S. Kopstein on America as a Family Business
Francis Fukuyama is joined by Steve Hanson and Jeff Kopstein to discuss why Donald Trump’s regime can be described as “patrimonial,” how this approach leads to high corruption, and why reversing it will pose special challenges.Stephen E. Hanson and Jeffrey . Kopstein are professors of political science at William and Mary College and the University of California, Irvine, respectively.
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36min
January 09, 2026 Damon Linker on Leo Strauss, Glory, and Gender
Damon Linker is a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Pennsylvania and writes the subscription newsletter “Notes from the Middleground” at Substack. He discusses divisions among Straussians, why an internal longing for glory drives so much of the right and why gender remains such a divisive topic.
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48min
December 11, 2025 Alex Stamos on the Real Threat Posed By AI
Alex Stamos was formerly head of security at Facebook/Meta and is a leading expert on computer security. He discusses the threats to computer security posed by the most recent advances in AI, and explains why those are much more dangerous and urgent than the “existential” threats feared by many.
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43min
December 04, 2025 Laura K. Field on the New Right
Francis Fukuyama and Laura K. Field, author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, explore the ideological roots of Trumpism, the role of gender in the New Right, and the complicated legacy of Leo Strauss.
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46min
November 24, 2025 Jim Fishkin on Deliberation and Democracy
Francis Fukuyama interviews Jim Fishkin, author of Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?, about why democracies need deliberation, the role of AI, and how to ensure the deliberative process doesn’t hinder public infrastructure projects.
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33min
November 17, 2025 Why We Need Abundance
Francis Fukuyama is interviewed by Leonora Barclay, Head of Podcasts at Persuasion, about what’s stopping the United States from building infrastructure, how to encourage public participation without holding projects back, and why abundance is the solution to many affordability issues in America today.
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24min
November 10, 2025 Daniela Salazar on State Violence in Ecuador
Francis Fukuyama and Daniela Salazar, a former judge in the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, discuss what Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s recent declaration of a state of emergency in five states means, the increase in state violence and human rights violations, and why a new constitution isn’t the solution.
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23min
November 07, 2025 Superintelligence Isn't Enough
Predictions that AGI or artificial general intelligence will lead to machines that are smarter than human beings abound. But superintelligence is unlikely to lead to the kind of explosive economic growth that some predict, because intelligence is only one of many inputs necessary to sustain economic growth.
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6min
November 05, 2025 Why China and the United States are Different
In the first half of the conversation, Frank Fukuyama interviews Dan Wang on his book breakneck, and how the engineering state led to the disaster of the “one child” policy; in the second part, Dan queries Frank on his view of the Chinese Communist Party, his meeting with anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan, and other topics.
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55min
October 31, 2025 Gabrielius Landsbergis on What Next For Europe
Francis Fukuyama is joined by Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss Ukraine, Russia, and the war’s impact on the rest of Europe.
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29min

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How many episodes does Frankly Fukuyama have?

The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.