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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Should We Praise Rich Leftists?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.65.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Today's entry in listener-questions week features James B. Meigs, who helps us consider the case of Sam Bankman-Fried, charged with all sorts of crimes in relation to the cryptocurrency exchange he started and claimed was only running in order to be an "effective altruist." And is The Dark Knight the most neoconservative movie ever made? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, for the best, it's like the worst, some preachin' pain, some die of thirst.

0:14.6

The way of knowing which way it's going, oh for the best, it's the worst.

0:23.1

Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast.

0:25.5

Today is Wednesday, June 28th, 2023.

0:28.7

I'm John Pudhortz, the editor of commentary magazine with me as always executive editor,

0:33.7

A. Greedmult, hi Abe.

0:35.2

Hi John.

0:36.2

Media commentary columnist, an American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Christine

0:40.1

Rosen, hi Christine.

0:41.6

Hi John.

0:42.6

And joining us today in Matt Contnetti's stead, our tech commentary columnist and a fellow

0:47.6

at the Manhattan Institute, James B. Megz.

0:49.8

Hi John.

0:50.8

Hi John.

0:51.9

So we are continuing with our week of podcast listener questions.

0:58.4

We're taping this as I keep saying a week early so that if news developments happen that

1:04.3

are related to the subjects that we are talking about, you are going to have to give us

1:07.8

a pass because we're not going to be able to update or replace what we're doing in any

1:13.2

way.

1:14.2

And I'm going to take the first question, assuming that there will not be a huge difference

1:18.6

about this week from next, but a very interesting question and a larger question from a second

1:26.9

podcast listener.

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