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Ep. 60: When Hitchens Broke With the Left

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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Hitchens's Disdain for Religious People

I don't think that Hitchens could envision or allow for the fact that there are plenty of people who consider themselves religious and got a lot out of being in a religion. And he debated those people too, and I just met some of them recently,. A rabbi who debated him, and we spent the better part of a dinner, training stories about Christopher - how much he missed it. He never once had a conversation with him about religion. Not a single time. Well, Dylan was his favorite. There was so much. Yeah, I mean, yes, I think it was boots of Spanish leather. Was his favorite, yes.

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