

Ben Burgis, "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters" (Zero Books, 2022)
Feb 7, 2023
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Power of Magic in Public Atheism
02:38 • 2min
Christopher Hitchens: A History and Political Orientation
04:51 • 2min
The Life and Times of Christopher Hitchens
06:36 • 2min
The Rise and Fall of Christopher Hitchens
08:45 • 4min
Hitchens' Mother Teresa
12:23 • 4min
The Gruesome Views of Mother Teresa
16:16 • 4min
Hitchens and the Clinton Administration
20:25 • 3min
Hillary Clinton's Rhetoric in the Clinton Book
23:27 • 6min
The Disappointing Truth About Clinton's Welfare Reform
29:17 • 4min
Bill Clinton's Outrage at the Death Penalty
32:59 • 4min
Henry Kissinger: A Critical Look at Kissinger
37:20 • 5min
The Secret Bob of Cambodia
42:08 • 3min
The History of Henry Kissinger
44:49 • 3min
The Rise and Fall of Kissinger
47:28 • 2min
The Anti-Religious Views of Hitchens
49:27 • 3min
The Rise and Fall of Christopher Hitchens
52:14 • 3min
The Importance of Hitchens' Foreign Policy Positions
54:54 • 2min
The End of History
56:41 • 2min
The Importance of Socialism in the 1990s
59:03 • 2min
The Post-Cold War Disorientation of the United States
01:01:08 • 6min