The crew plus Matt Lech watches a clip of Jordan Peterson being interviewed by Andy Ngo, in which he speculates on the psychological motivations of Antifa's violence. This serves as a launching off point into a discussion of both Mr. Peterson's appeal and his odd use of his background as a psychologist.
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Matt Bruenig tells Ben and Producer Jake about his vision of how the ideal socialist society would be constructed.
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Neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin (once better known as "Mencius Moldbug") believes that the ultimate power in society comes from the media and academia, which together he calls "the Cathedral." Ben Burgis argues that this is a huge oversimplification.
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Actor and comedian Ethan Herschenfeld joins Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew to review a clip of right-wing hack Ben Shapiro and Christian apologist William Lane Craig talking about atheism and why a loving God would allow innocent people to suffer. No one is impressed by Shapiro and Craig’s argument.
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Beloved David Feldman Extended Universe character Ethan Herschenfeld and friend of the show Conan Neutron join Ben Burgis & the GTAA crew breaks down theologist William Lane Craig's odd need to provide an intellectual and moral defense of God commanding the Israelites to commit genocide. You see, technically, I mean, can it really be genocide if you warned them first? Let's just say no!
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Ben Shapiro went to Cambridge Union to do his usual favorite thing--debate college kids who've never sparred with a public figure on stage before--but in a fancier setting! Ben Burgis and Victor Bruzzone watch an exchange between Shapiro and a Cambridge student about abortion rights and (our) Ben digs into the flaws he sees in Shapiro's argument.
Read (our) Ben's Jacobin articles on abortion rights:
https://jacobin.com/2020/11/judith-jarvis-thompson-obituary-abortion-essay/
https://jacobin.com/2022/08/kansas-protection-abortion-rights-red-state-supreme-court
https://jacobin.com/2022/05/democratic-party-abortion-roe-filibuster-manchin-sinema
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Matt McManus and Conrad Hamilton, who just co-authored a Jacobin article called "In Defense of Slavoj Žižek" (https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/slavoj-zizek-leftist-philosophy-ideology-postmodernism-neoliberalism), join Ben to continue GTAA's regular Sunday series of debate breakdowns by watching and commenting on Žižek's recent debate with former Conservative member of parliament Daniel Hannan.
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Ana Kasparian joins Ben Burgis this week and offers her take on her debate with Ben Shapiro last month in LA.
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Srefan and Ben discuss Ben's essay, "Arguing with Slavoj Zizek About Free Will and Physics":
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