Give Them An Argument
Stagione 1
di Ben Burgis
Ben is joined by authors Christopher Patton (Author of "The Iowa City Police Log: Life and Strife in a Midwestern College Town" https://littlevillagemag.com/product/pre-order-iowa-city-police-log-life-and-strife-in-a-midwestern-college-town/), Thomas Frank (Author of "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism" https://redemmas.org/titles/34835-the-people--no--a-brief-history-of-anti-populism), and Fredrik de Boer (author of "The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice" https://redemmas.org/titles/34836-the-cult-of-smart--how-our-broken-education-system-perpetuates-social-injustice) to talk about their books and by David Griscom for another segment of Outlaws & Revolutionaries. Support Give Them An Argument by becoming a patron and you'll get early access to every episode, weekly patron-only essays and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats (patreon.com/benburgis).
After an examination of why Ed Markey is absolutely right to talk about "what your country can do for you," Ben is joined by Nathan J. Robinson to talk about an article they co-wrote about Glenn Beck for the new issue of Current Affairs, Yaron Brook debates Ben about Ayn Rand, and David Griscom comes back to drink tequila and talk about the politics of country music.
Ben is joined by Djene Bajalan from Missouri State University, Eric Levitz from New York Magazine, Matt Christman from Chapo Trap House, and Meagan Day from Jacobin. David Griscom does the first installment in his new weekly "Outlaws & Revolutionaries" segment to talk about country music and left politics. Oh, and Yoram Hazony is wrong about Marxism and the Enlightenment!
Ben is joined by Michael Powell from the New York Times, David Griscom from The Michael Brooks Show, Dave Smith from Part of the Problem, and Ana Kasparian from The Young Turks and Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila.
Ben is joined by TMBS Super-Producer Matt Lech to talk about Bret Weinstein and the hypocrisy of the IDW, historian Harvey J. Kaye to talk about radical history, Jacobin founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara to talk about social democracy and the possibilities for a realistic alternative to capitalism, and Jacobin columnist Liza Featherstone to talk about DSA's recent electoral victories in New York.