Give Them An Argument

Ben interviews Aaron Rabinowitz, a philosophy professor and the host of the Embrace the Void podcast, about moral realism, free will, and several other subjects. This is a free public preview of a patron-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and every other Thursday patron episode become a Give Them An Argument patron at patreon.com/benburgis.

Sam Harris, it turns out, is wrong about just about everything. Kurdish Studies professor Djene Bajalan is here to talk about everything Harris gets wrong about Islam and the Middle East. Philosophy professors Mark Warren and Ryan Lake are here to talk about everything Harris gets wrong about subjects like moral realism and free will. We'll also get into some of Harris' extra bonus wrongness about subjects like whether Charles Murray is a "scientist" following the data on race and IQ wherever it leads. The point is that Sam Harris is wrong about an impressive variety of subjects and we're going to go deep. We've planned this episode for a very long time and we thought it would be a good one to go out on at the end of Give Them An Argument Season One. After that, we'll be on vacation (other than a few livestreams and maybe a patron bonus ep or two) for about two weeks. Give Them An Argument Season Two starts on April 26th.Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis​​. Patrons get a bonus episode every Thursday, access to the Discord server, a “Sopranos” Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosney Lambre, a monthly Discord Movie Night, and "Discord Office Hours" (regularly scheduled group voice chats).Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis​​Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA​​Visit benburgis.com

Musician and "This is Revolution" host Jason Myles joins Ben to talk about subjects ranging from Metallica and Black Sabbath to whether grunge is really a distinct genre to what police abolitionism really means in a society with massive economic inequality. To get the full episode and every other Thursday patron-exclusive episode, support give them on argument on Patreon: patreon.com/benburgis

Nando Vila comes on to talk about Brazil, Bolivia, and class politics here at home. But first, Zero Hour host R.J. Eskow chats with Ben about one of their favorite philosophers, G.A. Cohen, and Cohen's little book Why Not Socialism:https://redemmas.org/titles/9752-why-...​Cole James Cash fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ekpkyb-hel...​Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis​​​. Patrons get a bonus episode every Thursday, access to the Discord server, a “Sopranos” Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosney Lambre, a monthly Discord Movie Night, and "Discord Office Hours" (regularly scheduled group voice chats).Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis​​​Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA​​​Visit benburgis.comSHOW LESS

Djene Bajalan and Pascal Robert join Ben to break down this atrocious National Review article:https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/03/an-american-defense-of-britains-constitutional-monarchy/To get the full episode and every other Thursday patron-exclusive episode, become a GTAA patron at patreon.com/benburgis. As well as extra episodes every week, patrons get access to the GTAA Discord server, monthly "Discord Office hours" group voice chats, monthly Discord Movie Nights, and early access to the Monthly Sopranos Bonus Episodes with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosney Lambre.

Physician, activist, and Michigan-based Berniecrat politician Abdul El-Sayed and his co-author Micah Johnson discuss their new book "Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide." You can buy it here:https://redemmas.org/titles/35220-med...​Writer Natalie Shure talks about her recent piece in the Nation and the broader fight for Medicare for All:https://www.thenation.com/article/soc...​Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want!Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis​​​​​​​. Patrons get a Thursday bonus episode every week, access to the Discord server, a Sopranos Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosney Lambre, and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats.Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis​​​​​​​Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA...​​Visit benburgis.com

Russell Sbriglia, Matt McManus, and Ryan Lake join Ben to continue their deep dive into the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. To get the full episode and every other Thursday patron-exclusive episode, become a GTAA patron at patreon.com/benburgis. As well as extra episodes every week, patrons get access to the GTAA Discord server, monthly "Discord Office hours" group voice chats, monthly Discord Movie Nights, and early access to the Monthly Sopranos Bonus Episodes with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosney Lambre.

Nomiki Konst, host of The Nomiki Show and contributor for The Majority Report, comes on GTAA to break down some of the complexities of Puerto Rico's statehood and independence movements, talk about the terrible anti-Italian discrimination currently being experienced by New York's completely powerless second-generation Governor, and talk up the PRO Act. There's a preview for the Beginners Guide to Kant Pt. 2 episode dropping for patrons on Thursday. Teachers union activists Kenzo Shibata and Paul Prescod talk about the struggles currently going on over reopening and COVID safety and the history of the Chicago Teachers Union. Ben and Forrest go deeper into the PRO Act and Jacobin YouTube producer Cale Brooks makes a surprise last minute appearance to dig into the difference between a labor rights approach and a labor freedom approach. This episode is just a buffet of awesomeness.Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want!Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis​​​​​​. Patrons get a Thursday bonus episode every week, access to the Discord server, a Sopranos Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosney Lambre, and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats.Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis​​​​​​Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA​​​​​Visit benburgis.com

Liza Featherstone chats with Ben about her in-depth profile of Natalie Wynn ("ContraPoints") in The Nation, "Natalie Wynn Wants to Redistribute the Goddamn Champagne":https://www.thenation.com/article/society/natalie-wynn-contrapoints/To get the full episode and every other Thursday episode, become a patron of Give Them An Argument: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get a bonus episode every Thursday, access to the Discord server, a “Sopranos” Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosney Lambre, a monthly Discord Movie Night, and "Discord Office Hours" (regularly scheduled group voice chats).Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgisLike, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAAVisit benburgis.com

Ben and Forrest watch Kyrsten Sinema do the thumbs-down on a living wage like Emperor Commodus doing the thumbs-down to sentence a gladiator to death in the arena and then discuss the recent firestorm over Glenn Greenwald's comments on "socialism" and left/right convergence. Thaddeus Russell comes back on the show to talk about postmodernism, politics, and other things. There's a preview of the patron-exclusive episode coming on Thursday where Liza Featherstone talks ContraPoints. A good time is had by all.Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want!Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis​​​​​. Patrons get a Thursday bonus episode every week, access to the Discord server, a Sopranos Recap Bonus Episode every month with Mike Recine, Nando Vila, and Wosney Lambre, and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats.Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis​​​​​Like, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAA​​​​Visit benburgis.com