Overton Windows: Israel/Palestine

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

0:33 What is this new Overton Windows series about? 10:05 Tamler’s connections to Israel and Bob’s experiences there 19:22 What does Zionism mean in practice? 27:35 The shifting Overton window around Israel/Palestine 45:35 The heavy-handed response to the BDS movement 57:13 What the Israel/Palestine discourse says about Overton windows 1:02:09 So where should the boundaries be set?

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Tamler Sommers (Very Bad Wizards, University of Houston, Why Honor Matters). Recorded June 21, 2023.

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	You know, I'm goingler Summers, and I'm here with a huge podcast mini-series, The Overton Window.
0:01.0	I'm Tamler Summers, and I'm here with a hero of mine, but one of the reasons I got into philosophy in the first place, Robert Wright.
0:39.0	Oh, so not to you to say that.
0:47.5	Well, I'm flattered, honored, and humbled.
0:49.6	But I think we should begin this with a dispute.
0:52.2	Now, you said the name of the series is the Overton. But I think we should begin this with a dispute.
0:54.1	Now, you said the name of the series is the Overton Window.
0:56.2	I thought we were going to call it Overton Windows.
0:58.1	We are.
0:59.0	Yes, that was my mistake.
1:00.6	So I won the first round.
1:02.0	This is good.
1:02.9	I like the way this is heading.
1:05.2	Crossfire kind of style.
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:07.5	So that's the first episode, folks.
1:09.7	Thanks for tuning in.
1:11.1	Overton Windows.
1:12.3	That's way better also.
1:13.6	So you may be hearing this on the non-zero podcast feed.
1:16.8	You may be hearing it on Tamler's very bad wizards feed.
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