Jews Don't Count, with David Baddiel and Armando Iannucci

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🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In this week's episode comedian and writer David Baddiel discusses his new book, Jews Don’t Count. He argues that the progressive movement which often prides itself on principles of equality, justice and protecting minorities overlooks these things when it comes to the Jews. He spoke to screenwriter and director Armando Iannucci about how and why Jews don't count. To find out more about the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/jews-dont-count-david-baddiel/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an intelligent squared event
0:04.8	I'm doing with the classicist author and broadcaster Mary Beard. Together we'll be discussing
0:10.1	politics and power from the Caesars to Sunack, who gets to Winpar, who is excluded. Does power
0:16.6	always corrupt or other examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity while an authority?
0:22.2	And how does the nature of power vary across different times and cultures? These are just some
0:26.8	of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to answer. In person tickets are now sold out,
0:31.6	but you can still watch online on the 13th of November at 7pm BST. Put your questions
0:36.9	to us live as we discuss power and politics down the ages. Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor,
0:42.9	welcome to this week's episode of Intelligent Squared. Today we have David Bedil, the writer and
0:48.6	comedian and author of the new book, Jews Don't Count, and in conversation with Armando Unucci,
0:54.8	they discuss why in an era of heightened awareness about protecting minorities, Jews are often
1:00.4	left out of the conversation or seen as not deserving or needing protection. It's a really
1:05.7	fascinating conversation, and if you do enjoy, you can find a link for David's book in the podcast
1:10.5	description. But before we go to this week's episode, I wanted to let you know about a new podcast
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1:48.4	Now let's go to the episode. It's a privilege to be asked along here to
1:53.9	comedy writers discussing anti-Semitism. What can possibly go wrong? So,
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