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Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

February 18, 2021 - Rush

Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Salem Podcast Network

Politics, News, News Commentary, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Talk radio has been critical to the modern conservative movement. No one was more critical to talk radio than Rush. He dominated the genre for decades. His death is a great loss… Dennis talks to Joshua Mitchell, professor of political theory at Georgetown University. His new book is American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time.

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0:00.0

We get it. You're busy. You don't have time to waste on the mainstream media.

0:04.0

That's why Salem News Channel is here. We have hosts worth watching,

0:08.0

actually discussing the topics that matter. Andrew Wilcoe, the next to Susa,

0:12.2

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0:17.9

We're not like the other guys. We are Salem News Channel. Watch any time on any screen for free

0:23.8

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0:36.0

Hi everybody, I'm Dennis Prager and I am sad to announce that Rush Limbaugh died today

0:43.2

for last night. I don't know the exact moment.

0:45.5

And he, whether you hated him or loved him, you cannot deny the enormous role that he played

0:59.6

in more than any other single person shaping talk radio into the most powerful conservative

1:07.2

voice in this country. There are great websites. Fox News has played a big role, obviously.

1:16.4

But in terms of numbers and sheer time, talk radio is the gigantic juggernaut of conservative thought.

1:31.0

It's regularly mocked by the New York Times as buffoons, basically buffoons broadcasting.

1:42.5

I would put virtually any of my colleagues up in a debate against five New York Times columnists.

1:51.2

And at five to one, they would not have an advantage.

1:54.8

My colleagues are extremely bright, extremely deep, extremely articulate, extremely knowledgeable.

2:13.3

I mean, just in my Salem world, just as an example, I mean,

2:19.2

he would as a professor of law at law school, right? And Sebastian Garcos and the government

2:28.8

is a refugee from Hungary and his command of international affairs is enormous.

2:37.7

Well, I am who you know I am. I'm pretty knowledgeable. I have a pretty good grasp of the world.

2:55.1

And did my graduate work at Columbia. I left to write a book, came the best-selling

3:02.4

introduction to Judaism in the English language written ten books from Bible commentary to

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