BFG Podcast #125: 'Five Nights At Freddy's,' 'Slayers,' and the cowardice of writers and entertainers who refuse to condemn Hamas

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Episode notes
We get political this week on the BFG Podcast. Guest Rebecca Kurson joins host Neal Pollack in condemning Hamas, sure, but also offering a lot of disdain for Western intellectuals and actors who refuse to condemn Hamas. Neal is especially angry at a coalition of writers, his former peers perhaps, like Jonathan Lethem, Michael Chabon, and Ben Lerner, who published an open letter in the Guardian calling for a ceasefire. Lame, and morally weak.Rebecca is quite angry at Tilda Swinton, who is wide-open when it comes to sexual and gender identity, calling for a ceasefire. Does she really think Hamas is her friend? Neal urges her to reconsider her approbation for Sam Heughan from Outlander, who signed an open letter a ... 
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