Robert Wright on Politics, Tribalism, and Mindfulness: Half Hour of Heterodoxy #28

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Robert Wright is a former senior editor at The New Republic, and he currently hosts The Wright Show. He’s also the author of several bestselling books on evolution and society. His latest book Is Why Buddhism Is True.

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