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The Corbett Report - Feature Interviews

Interview 1626 - James Corbett on China, 3D Chess, Ethics and Elvish

The Corbett Report - Feature Interviews

The Corbett Report

News, Politics

4.8671 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Today James joins Tim Kilkenny and Andrew Hoffman on Revelations Radio News to discuss geopolitics, moral philosophy, decentralization, literary nonsense and many other things. Don't miss this fun and informative conversation.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Revelation's Radio News with Andrew Hoffman and Tim Kilkenny on the Revelations Radio Network. Podcasts into you from the soggy force of Meadowdale, Washington, where I am hoping I have finished digging a trench in my yard for the last time.

0:50.2

I am one of your hosts, and my name is Tim Kilkenny.

0:54.8

And from Cascade Locks, Oregon, where I have almost survived the Iids of March.

0:59.9

I'm Andrew Hoffman.

1:01.8

The aides of March.

1:03.7

And then also, on the call, we actually have a special guest, someone that we have not had on the show for a long time, but has been a special guest,

1:17.6

I think three times or more, all the way back to show number 66 of Revelations Radio News,

1:21.3

and that is the one and only James Corbett of Corbett Report.com.

1:27.4

Hey, Tim Kilkenny. A short time, no speak. I hope you're doing well today. It's good to talk to you again.

1:30.9

And Andrew Hoffman, you old son of a gun, how the hell you're doing?

1:36.5

Or as you say, in your Elvish tongue, Falchego baliath, cleaith, which of course, as you know,

1:40.4

but I'll just say for the benefit of the listeners, means Andrew Hoffman,

1:44.5

you old son of a gun, how the hell are you doing? Breaking out the Elvish in minute one.

1:48.0

Actually, to be honest, that's Irish.

1:50.3

That's the only bit of Gaelic I picked up in my time in Ireland.

1:53.8

Well, you know, I believe Tolkien said that, you know, there was a relationship between the Gaelic and the Elvish tongue there.

2:04.5

I hear it.

2:05.2

My son yesterday started breaking out with just nonsense gibberish.

2:09.0

And so I said, you know, actually, you know, there are people who did that for like a living and actually made an entire story about it.

2:15.7

And I showed him a little clip of Tolkien and speaking Elvis.

2:20.1

And he was like, oh, yeah, I understand it.

2:22.1

I understand parts of it.

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