- Health Care
- History
- Economics
- Politics, Institutions, and Public Opinion
- Science & Technology
- Middle East
- Security & Defense
- Answering Challenges to Advanced Economies
- Determining America's Role in the World
- Understanding the Effects of Technology on Economics and Governance
Jay Bhattacharya returns to GoodFellows—now as NIH director and acting CDC director—for a candid conversation on what COVID got wrong, why science needs a replication revolution, and how to restore public trust. Jay takes on the legacy of lockdowns, school closures, Fauci, gain-of-function research, China, AI-enabled biosecurity risks, vaccine questions, and the fight to make scientific dissent possible again.
Then: Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, AI guardrails, democratic socialism, and what Homer can still teach us about war.
Recorded on August 4, 2026.
ABOUT GOODFELLOWS
GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History, and Geopolitics is a flagship videocast from the Hoover Institution. Senior fellows John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and H.R. McMaster cut through the noise, challenge conventional wisdom, and explain what’s driving markets, power, and public policy. Drawing on rigorous economic analysis, deep historical perspective, and national security leadership at the highest levels, these leading thinkers deliver clear, trusted insight into the challenges facing the United States while debating the forces shaping the modern world.
