Phone A Friend: Ben Burgis, author, journalist and podcaster.
Unf*cking The Republic
UNFTR Media
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🗓️ 10 February 2024
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Today we get to all live tuition free inside the head of one of the most prominent intellectuals on the left, Ben Burgis. Ben is a Jacobin columnist, an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, and the host of the YouTube show and podcast Give Them An Argument. He’s also the author of several books including Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns, and Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why it Matters. Ben joins Max in a wide ranging discussion from the presidential election and the fracture among liberals and leftists to socialist tendencies and worker cooperatives.
Resources
Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis
Jacobin: Ben Burgis
Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters
Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left
Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson
Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes when we talk, we don't know what the fuck, so we have to call and ask, |
| 0:11.0 | so we have to call and ask a friend. |
| 0:19.0 | I want to know the things you know |
| 0:22.8 | It'll make a better show |
| 0:26.6 | You're the one on whom we all depend Hey everyone. Welcome to UNFTR's phone a friend. Today is a real treat. We all get to live tuition-free inside the head of one of the most prominent intellectuals on the left, Ben Burgess. |
| 0:54.5 | Ben is a Jacobin columnist, an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, |
| 0:59.2 | and the host of the YouTube show and podcast, Give Them an Argument, Personal Favor of |
| 1:04.1 | Mine. He's also the author of several books, including Give Them an Argument, Logic for the Left, |
| 1:09.2 | canceling comedians while the world burns, |
| 1:11.3 | and Christopher Hitchens, what he got right, how he went wrong, and why it matters. |
| 1:16.6 | Now I've long admired Ben's writing and his ability to engage in high-level political discussions |
| 1:21.5 | without devolving into shouting matches. He's a wealth of knowledge, always brings receipts, |
| 1:26.8 | and he maintains an inspiring |
| 1:28.0 | level of optimism and curiosity as one of the most prominent, multidisciplinary scholars in media. |
| 1:34.6 | Today we discuss economic systems, what's happened to the left movement in the United States |
| 1:38.9 | to the extent that there is one, expressions and tendencies of socialist theory throughout history, |
| 1:43.9 | and the deja vu, lesser of two |
| 1:46.4 | evils choice that confronts the electorate. We even get Ben to drop an FMF reference, so you know |
| 1:52.2 | that I can die happy. I hope you enjoy our discussion today, and remember to like and subscribe |
| 1:56.6 | to the channel and comment below if you're watching on YouTube. And if you're listening to |
| 2:00.2 | the pod, remember to leave us a positive review. |
| 2:03.1 | Visit UNFTR.com to learn more about our new membership tiers, |
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