E153. Ben Shapiro Believes Passionate Political Debate Is a Good Thing

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Ben Shapiro is back and he and Bridget cover a range of topics including his move out of California to Florida, what the breaking point was that made his family leave the state, the massive divide right now between the red states and the blue states, how to restore the credibility and moral authority of public health officials, the long-term effects of masks on children, why risk is unavoidable, and why we're all susceptible to being mini petty tyrants. They also discuss how corporate heads are not true believers when it comes to the woke agenda - they're just afraid, the activists who want to tell you what to do in the most private spheres of your life, making decisions with your feet, and why you should try to treat people who are on the other side with a baseline level of respect, but politicians don't count. Be sure to check out Ben's latest book, The Authoritarian Moment.

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0:00.0	This is Watkins, welcome with Bridget Pettasy, I'm Bridget Pettasy, and you are welcome.
0:18.0	You know the drill. Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends, send smoke signals, whatever.
0:24.0	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:27.0	Next week on the podcast I'm excited to have Ben Shapiro back on, Ben Shapiro for those of you who live under a rock and don't know.
0:35.0	Is the founding editor in chief and editor emeritus of the Daily Wire and the host of the Ben Shapiro show, the top conservative podcast in the nation.
0:44.0	A three time New York Times bestselling author Shapiro is a graduate of Harvard Law School and an Orthodox Jew.
0:51.0	He is widely considered one of the most influential conservative voices in America.
0:56.0	And we sat down to talk about his new book, The Authoritarian Moment, as well as our love of California.
1:04.0	Hi Ben.
1:05.0	Hey, how's it going?
1:06.0	Good, how are you?
1:07.0	Oh, my kids are exhausting me.
1:09.0	You're out of calmy fornya. How does it feel?
1:13.0	It is definitely a good thing.
1:15.0	So your stress level drops about 25% the minute you leave the borders of California.
1:20.0	I was wondering about this.
1:21.0	It's totally true.
1:23.0	I mean, like, first of all, in California, there's just this weird feeling, especially with the masking right now, there's this weird feeling like everybody's just on your ass all the time.
1:34.0	Yeah.
1:35.0	Like we visited Sacramento and you walk around to establishments and people, like if you're not wearing the mask, people are giving you the glares and the dirty looks.
1:43.0	And that's kind of writ large what politics is like in California, like among your social group, you're tolerated.
1:49.0	But then if you're out in public at a party, it's like, oh, I got to be careful what I say.
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