Trump’s Acceptance, Biden’s Defiance (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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🗓️ 20 July 2024
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
0:28 Mickey makes his (iconic) return to Nonzero! 4:39 Did Trump blow his RNC acceptance speech? 10:18 The escalating Democratic civil war over Biden 16:46 Trump vs Biden (vs Josh Shapiro) on national unity 29:01 Drafting the ideal Dem electoral strategy 44:23 J.D. Vance: paradox or phony? 1:01:03 Is Trump the lesser evil on foreign policy? 1:15:17 Has Mickey felt the “vibe shift”? 1:24:39 The Parrot Room’s reputation precedes it
Mickey's Substack: https://kaus.substack.com/
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Mickey Kaus (kausfiles, The End of Equality). Recorded July 19, 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero podcast. You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast. |
| 0:29.5 | Hi, Mickey. |
| 0:31.1 | Hey, Bob. |
| 0:32.2 | Hey, you're back and you're wearing a non-zero hat, Mickey. |
| 0:35.2 | I know. |
| 0:35.6 | Do I know how to suck up or what? |
| 0:55.6 | You're doing a good job. I'm feeling good about this. I have trouble explaining this hat to people. Seems pretty clear to me. How would you explain it? A guy at the gym says, hey, that's a cool hat. What does it mean? What do I say? You said you should subscribe to Bob Wright's non-zero newsletter? |
| 1:01.7 | No, I said a friend of mine wrote a book and he turned around and was not interested. |
| 1:05.5 | Well, you should get a new, what was this guy? |
| 1:07.0 | Whatever he was, you should get a new one. |
| 1:14.7 | He was the guy at the front desk at my gym. And he said, I said, well, can I check in? He said, oh, you don't have to check in. You're iconic. I don't think you want to, |
| 1:19.3 | I don't think I want to be iconic at my gym, you know? What, wait, what did he mean? He's aware |
| 1:24.7 | of your illustrious journalist? I think I meant I mean I'm the old, I? I think I meant I'm the old guy who barely works out. |
| 1:31.1 | Oh. |
| 1:31.7 | That's why I'm iconic. |
| 1:33.5 | You're an icon for old men everywhere. |
| 1:35.4 | Well, good. |
| 1:35.6 | Anyway. |
| 1:37.1 | So, Mickey, you're back. |
| 1:39.1 | I mean, wait, I think we need to dwell on your very presence because people have been clamoring for this. |
| 1:43.5 | Here you are. And I think they're curious. on your very presence because people have been clamoring for this. Here you are. |
| 1:44.8 | And I think they're curious. |
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