Ben and crew (ft. Sohrab Ahmari) destroy Bill's dumb both-sides take about the writers' strike, in which he laments that some writers think they are "owed" a living.
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Ben Burgis and his wife Professor Jennifer Burgis discuss the man the New York Times once called (yes, they really printed this) "the cool kids philosopher." Ben Shapiro so badly wants to go from being seen as a male Ann Coulter with a faster voice to being seen as a serious thinker. But in his book "The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great" Shapiro shows that he badly misunderstands the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Why do conservatives who talk endlessly about the western tradition never seem to know anything about the major figures in western thought?
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Professor Nicholas Kiersey (https://twitter.com/nicholaskiersey) joins Ben Burgis to talk post-election Biden-Harris stans in academia. There are a lot of different things that seem to be at play: racial essentialism, a lack of class consciousness, gender politics, etc. One thing that stands out on social media is a disdain for any criticism of Kamala Harris, which is, of course, not a good thing when it comes to any politician.
Also: Everyone is telling everyone to "stay in their lanes," which is not new, but seems to be accelerating.
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Ben Burgis and his wife Professor Jennifer Burgis break down Ayn Rand's deep confusion about utilitarianism. She knew utilitarians believe in something called "the greatest good for the greatest number" but apparently she didn't know what any of that actually means. There are many good criticisms of utilitarianism. Hers....is not one of them.
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Ben and special guest RM Brown break down a ridiculous clip in which Ben Shapiro alleges that even aliens would instantly oppose gay marriage.
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Writer, author, and podcast host Branko Marcetic joins Ben Burgis to discuss the life and career of politician and activist Mike Gravel. Gravel’s policy positions were widely derided and mocked at the time he put them forth and fought for them, but have been proven to have simply been ahead of their time in terms of the necessary popular support to push politicians to back those same positions.
Read Branko’s recent piece in “Jacobin”:
Mike Gravel Was on the Right Side of History: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/06/mike-gravel-obituary-alaska-senator-1930-2021
This is a preview from Patron-Only Season 2 Episode 18.
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Ben Burgis DARES to have Rania Khalek, Daniel Bessner, and Katie Halper on his show all at once, along with producer Forrest Miller.
The panel discusses Joe Biden’s culpability when it comes to the war in Iraq via watching several clips, followed by some clips of Joe Biden’s later claims of a total lack of culpability for the war, because although there really wasn’t a good reason to destroy Iraq for years and years and years — despite the fact that he told everyone that there definitely was a good reason to destroy Iraq forever and ever at the time and led the charge in Committee to keep this whole war thing going — he just like, did what he thought was best, man. C’mon man. Get over it.
The panel goes on to discuss a variety of big-brain issues such as why Trump does things (how much time do you have) and the differences in a Biden Administration’s foreign policy, especially with regard to China.
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Charles Wofford, who appeared on the show once before to debate Ben Burgis on postmodernism and Marxism, comes back now for a more relaxed appearance to tell us all about the philosophy of Theodore Adorno. Before that, Ben & the GTAA crew talk about the Fetterman/Oz race in Pennsylvania and how Joe Biden apparently got high and forgot about his promise to deschedule cannabis and pardon everyone serving time in federal prisons for non-violent marijuana offense.
Bookending it all at the beginning and end of the show, Ben & the crew mark the two-year anniversary of the premature death of perhaps the most talented political communicator in contemporary American left media--Michael Brooks. Without Michael, this show would never have existed, so we thought we'd share a few clips of him. Whether this is your first time hearing about the guy or you miss him every day, we hope you get something out of it.
Read Ben's articles on Michael in Jacobin:
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https://jacobin.com/2020/08/cosmopolitan-socialism-michael-brooks
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The crew watches Alex Jones takes Sam's mangled eating-babies "thought-experiment" gleefully out of context.
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Ben, Matt McManus, Marion Trejo, and Conrad Hamilton who co-wrote the book "Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Response To Jordan Peterson" watch a series of Jordan Peterson clips and debunk some of Jordan Peterson's claims about hierarchies.
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