Ep. 295: Conservative Author Bethany Mandel Freezes on Air & Can’t Define “Woke”

The Liz Wheeler Show

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Did you see the viral video of conservative author Bethany Mandel freezing up on air when asked to define the word "woke?" It’s every commentators worst nightmare, and never a good look for anyone. But today, Liz breaks down how this non-ideal scenario could have a very positive outcome if conservatives take advantage of it and hold the Left accountable for its wokeness. This is The Liz Wheeler Show. -- See why tens of thousands of business owners trust Patriot Software. Try the accounting and payroll software for FREE for 60 days using promo code LIZ: https://patriotsoftware.com. -- Get 10% off at 4Patriots when you use the promo code LIZ: https://4Patriots.com. -- Cozy Earth provides the softest, most luxurious sheets on the planet. Save 35% on Cozy Earth bamboo bedding at https://cozyearth.com/liz35. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.8	Hi guys, welcome back to the Liz Wheeler Show. It's every broadcaster and commentators
0:44.6	worse nightmare. Freezing up on air, having a complete brain smoke down, not being able
0:49.4	to answer the question. And then as if that's not bad enough, this is like the premise of
0:54.2	stage fright, right? As if that's not bad enough, having that clip go viral. This exact
0:58.8	scenario happened to conservative author Bethany Mandel. She's the author of the new book
1:03.6	Stolen Youth and she was on the show Rising, which is put on by the Hill and was asked
1:09.0	what the definition of woke is. Now this is a very pertinent question because this is
1:14.2	the full title of her book. Let me bring it up. It is Stolen Youth, how radicals are
1:17.9	erasing innocence and indoctrinating a generation. The argument she makes in this book is that
1:22.7	wokeness is coming for your children. So asking the definition of what is the definition
1:28.5	of woke is a very pertinent question. But Bethany Mandel froze up on air. She could not reply,
1:33.7	could not respond to this question. And as of the last time I checked the video, the almost
1:38.3	one minute video of her freezing up has gotten almost 10 million views on Twitter alone.
1:43.7	Take a look.
1:44.7	And for Americans, consider themselves very liberal and probably fewer of them consider
1:49.3	themselves to be woke. And so, you know, when we talk about you,
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