How We Continue (with Noam Chomsky)

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

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🗓️ 12 December 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

As we near the end of 2021, we turn to Noam Chomsky. The renowned linguist, historian, and social critic helps us unpack President Biden’s response to the Omicron variant (2:17), our distorted view of personal freedom (6:43), what the new infrastructure bill actually means for communities of color (14:32), the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict (18:01), the state of the GOP (21:23), how Critical Race Theory is a “cover-term” for Christian nationalists (24:28), and what we can actually learn from the 1930s America (28:34).

Before we go, he reflects on recently turning 93 (29:55), the night he played in a band (32:23), and how the “bicycle theory” is, perhaps, our only hope in the years ahead (33:31).

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0:00.0	Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm Sam Forgoso. Welcome to the show. Oh, Today I'm joined by linguist, historian and renowned professor Noam Chomsky.
0:52.0	Chomsky is considered the founder of modern linguistics and one of the most cited
0:56.9	scholars in contemporary society.
0:59.8	He's authored dozens of books on subjects including syntactic structure, the mass media
1:05.2	propaganda machine, the power of activism, American foreign policy, and the
1:10.9	perils of neoliberalism.
1:13.0	Chomsky is currently the Loria Professor of Linguistics
1:17.0	at the University of Arizona.
1:19.0	He's also, as of this week, 93 years old.
1:23.9	You wouldn't know it from this conversation, which covers so much ground so quickly, I did all
1:29.8	I could just to keep up.
1:32.4	In doing so, we discuss President Biden's response to the
1:35.6	omicron variant, our distorted definition of personal freedom, what the new
1:40.6	infrastructure bill actually means for communities of color,
1:44.1	the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, the state of the GOP,
1:47.4	how critical race theory is being used as a cover term for Christian nationalists,
1:52.4	and what we can actually learn from 1930s America.
1:56.7	For those keeping score, this is Chomsky's third appearance on Talk Easy.
2:01.8	As always, I'm grateful for his time, his insight, and above all his
2:07.2	unending curiosity, even at age 93. I hope you enjoy.
2:13.0	Noam Chomsky, Chomsky. Thank you for being here.
2:25.0	Glad to be with you.
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