Good on Paper

    Have you ever heard a commonly held belief or a fast-developing worldview and asked: Is that idea right? Or just good on paper? Each week, host Jerusalem Demsas and a guest take a closer look at the facts and research that challenge the popular narratives of the day, to better understand why we believe what we believe.

  • RFK Jr.'s 'Seeds of Truth'

  • Best of: Are Young Men Really Becoming More Sexist?

  • Do Voters Reward Good Policy?

  • How to Solve a Housing Crisis

  • The Evidence on Policing and Crime

  • Is Ambivalence Killing Parenthood?

  • The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

  • An Election Post-Mortem With Tim Miller

  • The Truth About Immigration and Wages

  • Can Corporate Greed Really Explain Inflation?

  • Why Do Black People Vote for Democrats?

  • The Quiet Trump-Harris Trade Agreement

  • What Really Fueled the ‘East Asian Miracle’?

  • Would You Give Up Your Kidney for $50,000?

  • Why Does Crime Go Up When School Starts?

  • How (Not) to Change Someone's Mind

  • The Wandering Officer

  • Who's Responsible for the Housing Crisis?

  • How Slaves Used the Law

  • Is Wokeness Dead?

  • Running-Mate Myths with Matt Yglesias

  • What Do We Really Know About the Maternal-Mortality Crisis?

  • Why Is Texas Beating California on Wind and Solar?

  • Can Religion Make You Happier?

  • A Remarkable School-Choice Experiment

  • Are We Talking About Therapy Too Much?

  • The Coming Labor Shortage Is Not Good News

  • Are Young Men Becoming More Sexist?

  • Who Really Protests, and Why?

  • The Truth About Immigration and Public Opinion

  • The Great Remote-Work Experiment

  • Introducing: Good on Paper

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