#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War

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4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 157 minutes

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Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:07) – Kanye ‘Ye’ West
(14:47) – Hitler and the nature of evil
(22:53) – Political attacks on the left and the right
(28:37) – Quebec mosque shooting
(38:33) – Elon Musk buying Twitter
(51:36) – Trump and Biden
(56:09) – Hunter Biden’s laptop
(1:07:42) – Candace Owens
(1:11:22) – War in Ukraine
(1:21:31) – Rhetoric vs truth
(1:26:26) – Infamous BBC interview
(1:29:42) – Day in the life
(1:44:37) – Abortion
(1:57:32) – Climate change
(2:04:55) – God and faith
(2:16:05) – Tribalism
(2:20:41) – Advice for young people
(2:24:26) – Andrew Breitbart
(2:26:56) – Self-doubt
(2:28:58) – Love

Transcript

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host
0:05.3	of the Ben Shapiro show, co-founder of the Daily Wire, and author of several books, including
0:11.8	the authoritarian moment, the right side of history, and facts don't care about your feelings.
0:18.7	Whatever your political leanings, I humbly ask that you try to put those aside and listen
0:24.4	with an open mind, trying to give the most charitable interpretation of the words we say.
0:30.4	This is true in general for this podcast, whether the guest is Ben Shapiro or Alexandria
0:36.8	Ocasio-Cortez, Donald Trump or Barack Obama.
0:41.7	I will talk to everyone from every side, from the far left to the far right, from presidents
0:48.2	of prisoners, from artists to scientists, from the powerful to the powerless, because we
0:54.2	are all human, all capable of good and evil, all with fascinating stories and ideas to
1:01.8	explore.
1:02.8	I seek only to understand, and in so doing, hopefully, add a bit of love to the world.
1:09.4	Now, a quick few second mention of each sponsor.
1:13.0	Check them out in the description.
1:14.6	It's the best way to support this podcast, we've got ExpressVPN for privacy, policy genius,
1:20.2	for life insurance, better help for therapy, and inside tracker for biological monitoring.
1:26.6	Choose wisely, my friends.
1:28.8	And now onto the full ad reads, as always no ads in the middle.
1:31.6	I try to make this interesting, but if you skip them, please still check out the sponsors
1:36.0	I enjoy their stuff, maybe you will too.
1:40.2	This show is brought to you by a long time beloved sponsor of mine, ExpressVPN.
1:45.8	I've been using them for many, many, many years.
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