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02:00 Historian J. Otto Pohl joins the show, https://twitter.com/JOttoPohl1 09:00 The world runs on hierarchy, not democracy, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153654 14:00 Elite discourse, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=154774 16:00 Knowledge is a conversation through time by the keepers of knowledge 24:00 Is Iran a rational actor? 32:00 Palestinians destabilized Jordan, Lebanon 37:00 Turkey's attitude to the Iran-Israel conflict 38:15 The quality of life in Iraq now vs when Saddam Hussein reigned 40:00 WEHT to the Kurds? 42:30 Anti-Kurdism - wanting to deny Kurdish national sovereignty 44:30 Secularization trends among European Muslims 46:30 Prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians 54:50 Pohl: Lipstadt and the Denial of Soviet Ethnically Targeted Deportations and Killings, https://jottopohl.substack.com/p/lipstadt-and-the-denial-of-soviet 56:30 Pohl: Radical Right Reaction in Europe and the US in Comparative Perspective, https://jottopohl.substack.com/p/radical-right-reaction-in-europe 1:06:00 Lock up the super predators 1:16:00 Over-Taking Responsibility: What It Is & How It Holds Us Back, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py7t7XIsILA 1:19:30 Jonathan Chait on the House Anti-Semitism Bill: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-house-antisemitism-bill-is-bad-for-the-jews.html 1:23:00 Pro-Israel arguments, https://twitter.com/SiaKordestani 1:39:00 60s Backlash, https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/02/why-campus-chaos-should-give-democrats-ptsd-00155537 1:43:00 Biden’s Patience With Campus Protests Runs Out, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/05/bidens-patience-with-campus-protests-runs-out/678269/ 1:48:00 Joe Biden loses the center, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/biden-is-losing-the-election-in-the-center-not-the-left.html 1:52:00 NYT: Before the Violence, U.C.L.A. Thought a Tolerant Approach Would Work, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/ucla-classes-protests.html 1:55:00 NYT: Trump Embraces Lawlessness, but in the Name of a Higher Law, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/opinion/trump-trial-2024-election.html 1:58:40 LGBTQ+ people in Huntington Beach fearful of what they say is a rise in hostility, https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-05-02/huntington-beach-lgbtq-community-fights-back 2:01:00 America’s Colleges Are Reaping What They Sowed, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/college-activism-hypocrisy/678262/ 2:08:00 Men in caves wait for the apocalypse 2:18:00 Letterman Norm MacDonald's Bob Uecker Story https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/destiny-the-edge-of-unhinged-degeneracy https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13327677/Cambridge-university-race-researcher-equality-lies-dropped-backlash-students.html LGAT, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=51719, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=50378 How yoga can wreck your body, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html The Dark Side of Wellness, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/17/eva-wiseman-conspirituality-the-dark-side-of-wellness-how-it-all-got-so-toxic Chiropractors - new age crack, https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/88-new-age-crack Andrew Huberman's behavior matters, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brief-yes-hubermans-behavior-matters/id1515827446?i=1000650868549 Kundalini Yoga v Orthodox Judaism: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=8427