Making Cense Podcast

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Sam harris: I hadn't spent much time thinking about the british monarchy. But andrew sullivan just wrote a really wonderful short peace mourning the loss of the queen. This gave me, i think, for the first time, an appreciation of the value of a constitutional monarchy. We don't run ads on the podcast, and therefore it's made possible entirely through the support of our subscribers. If you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider a becoming one.

Sam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the state of American politics and civil society. They discuss the hyperpartisanship of the Left and Right, what Trump has done to the Republican party, the breakdown of trust in institutions, the “new catastrophism” enabled by social media, the problem of populism, and other topics.

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