Best David Pizarro Podcasts (2024)

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Season 6 Episode 14: Alexander Herbert on Lenin/Ben on WABC/Watching Tucker in the Postgame 2:10:10

1h ago2:10:10

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Alexander Herbert, a historian of the Soviet Union, joins us to chat about his Substack essay "Do We Really Need Lenin Today?" Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew listen to some of Ben's recent appearance on the WABC show "The Other Side of Midnight" where he answers some questions from host Frank Marano about objections to his views on Gaza.…

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Episode 282: Fearful Symmetry (Borges' "Death and the Compass") 1:25:12

10d ago1:25:12

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A Rabbi is found dead in a hotel room, stabbed in the chest. The room is filled with Kabbalah texts and a single page in an typewriter that reads “The first letter of the name has been written.” The celebrated detective and “reasoning machine” Erik Lönnrot suspects a rabbinical explanation but is he seeing patterns that may not be there? David and …

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Season 6 Episode 12: Jay Ponti on QAnon, Trump, and "Neo-Fascism" 1:53:19

14d ago1:53:19

1:53:19

Jay Ponti, the author of "Be The Revolution: How Occupy Wall Street and the Bernie Sanders Movement Reshaped American Politics" joins Ben Burgis to talk about the chapter on QAnon, Trump, and "neo-fascism"--including some surprising personal connections. Before that, Ben and the crew will be joined joined by the great RM Brown to watch, among other…

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Sam Seder vs. Majority Report Caller On Social Security 1:27:55

17d ago1:27:55

1:27:55

Ben Burgis and J. Andrew World continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching Sam Seder debate a Majority Report caller who called him a "f---ing idiot" on Twitter for his position on Social Security. Follow Andy on Twitter: @rightaboutnow2 Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become a GTA…

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Q & A Stream / Exciting 4/1 Announcement / Shapiro vs. Owens 1:47:30

21d ago1:47:30

1:47:30

No full episode this week, but Ben and the crew do an exciting announcement, check in on Ben Shapiro vs. Candace Owens, and take viewer Q & A. Smith College petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/smith-college-community-in-support-of-college-hall-protestors Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become a GTAA Pa…

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Season 6 Episode 11: Nathan Robinson on His Debate w/Destiny 1:36:49

28d ago1:36:49

1:36:49

David Griscom joins us at the top of the show, then Current Affairs editor Nathan J. Robinson chats with Ben about his Israel/Palestine debate with liberal politics streamer Steven Bonnell aka "Destiny." Jason Myles hangs out in the postgame for patrons. Follow Nathan on Twitter: @NathanJRobinson Follow Jason on Twitter: @J_Myles_TiR Follow Ben on …

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Episode 281: Choose Your Fighter 1:22:42

1M ago1:22:42

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We dig into the biggest rivalry in Tamler’s profession, analytic vs. continental philosophy. Are analytic philosophers truly the rigorous, precise, clear thinkers they take themselves to be? And is continental philosophy really just a bunch pretentious charlatans spouting French and German gibberish and writing obscure prose to mask the incoherence…

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Norman Finkelstein vs. Rabbi Shmuley 2:24:00

1M ago2:24:00

2:24:00

Matthew Whalan once again joins Ben Burgis for a Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This week they're watching (actual!) friend of the show Norm Finkelstein taking on Rabbi Shmuley on Israel/Palestine on Piers Morgan's show. Read Matthew's Substack: https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com Follow Matthew on Twitter: @VernonWhalan Follow Ben on Twitte…

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Season 6 Episode 10: Debunking Thomas Sowell 2:14:26

1M ago2:14:26

2:14:26

Matt McManus joins us to discuss his Jacobin article "Thomas Sowell Is a Cynical Man": https://jacobin.com/2024/03/sowell-cynical-social-domination-conservatism Support the Smith College library union: https://www.sclwu.org/ Support the Long Beach post union: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/urge-long-beach-post-management-to-recognize-the-long-…

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Season 6 Episode 9: Israel/Palestine Debate w/Brianna Wu 2:02:35

1M ago2:02:35

2:02:35

Rebellion PAC Executive Director Brianna Wu joins Ben Burgis for a conversation to explore their disagreements on Israel/Palestine as well as on the Biden administration's response to the horrors happening there. Before that, we're joined for the opening segment by the one and only RM Brown. (We'll start with Jordan Peterson-on-Elmo for that.) Last…

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Episode 280: Mad Masque (with Phil Ford and J.F. Martel) 1:39:37

1M ago1:39:37

1:39:37

Phil Ford and J.F. Martel from the great "Weird Studies" podcast join us for a whirling discussion of Edgar Allan Poe’s mesmerizing tale of decadence and disease “The Masque of the Red Death." We also talk about weird fiction more generally, why it’s so suited to the short story genre, how it creates a mood that drips and bursts from the seam of th…

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Piers Morgan vs. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett 1:29:19

2M ago1:29:19

1:29:19

Gordon Katic joins Ben Burgis to watch Piers Morgan's recent faceoff with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett over the war in Gaza. Follow Gordon on Twitter: @gordonkatic Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Mon…

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Season 6 Episode 8: Ben Shapiro's Foreign Policy/Ben Burgis on News Nation 1:56:38

2M ago1:56:38

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On a recent episode of his show, professional advocate for the 1% Ben Shapiro lays out his "foreign policy worldview" so we're bringing on one of our favorite foreign policy analysts, Mean Djene Bajalan, onto the show to break it down. Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew watch Ben's recent appearance on News Nation in which Ben and host Dan A…

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Ben Shapiro vs. Alex O'Connor 1:56:02

2M ago1:56:02

1:56:02

Victor and Ethan join Ben Burgis once again for a Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This week they're watching Ben Shapiro's debate with "Cosmic Skeptic" Alex O'Connor about religion and society. Check out Victor and Ethan's podcast (with Matt McManus and Gordon Katic) "Academic Edgelords"): https://academicedgelords.com/ Follow Ethan on Twitter: @a…

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Season 6 Episode 7: The Dystopias of Yesterday (Talking Science Fiction w/RJ Eskow) 1:50:37

2M ago1:50:37

1:50:37

Zero Hour host RJ Eskow joins Ben Burgis to talk about RJ's Current Affairs essay "The Dystopias of Yesterday": https://www.currentaffairs.org/2024/02/the-dystopias-of-yesterday Before that, Ben and the GTAA crew watch some of a bizarre-even-by-the-standards-of-Alex-Jones conversation about hive minds and "the AI agenda" between evil clown Alex Jon…

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: RFK, Jr. vs. Dave Smith 2:07:20

2M ago2:07:20

2:07:20

Matthew Whalan joins Ben Burgis for another Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This time, they're watching a brand-new one--Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (who's somehow both an ardent apologist for Israeli war crimes and an occasional just-asking-questions advocate of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories) debating libertarian podcaster Da…

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Episode 279: The Greenhouses We Burned Along the Way (Lee Chang-dong's "Burning" Pt. 2) 1:09:58

2M ago1:09:58

1:09:58

David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Lee Chang-dong’s "Burning" – we talk about the hunger dance at twilight, Ben’s greenhouse burning habit, Shin Hae-mi’s mysterious disappearance, Lee Jong-su’s clumsy and doomed quest to find out what really happened, and what to make of that final scene. Plus we choose the finalists for our Patreon list…

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: William F. Buckley vs. John Kenneth Galbraith 1:57:58

2M ago1:57:58

1:57:58

Current Affairs magazine's "House Economist" Robert Larson joins Ben Burgis to continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching left-liberal economist John Kenneth Galbraith's 1981 appearance on William F. Buckley's Firing Line. (There might also be a surprise bonus mini-breakdown at the beginning of the show.) Read Rob at…

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Season 6 Episode 6: Tucker Does Moscow (ft. Deep State Kuba) 2:07:37

2M ago2:07:37

2:07:37

Tucker Carlson interviewed Vladimir Putin. Pro-war libs think Carlson should be locked up as a "traitor." Actual Putin apologists--few and far between in the general population, but if you look in the right corners of the internet you can find plenty of them!--ignored a lot of what Russia's ultra-right-wing, militaristic president had to say. Our r…

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Jordan Peterson at Oxford 2:21:39

2M ago2:21:39

2:21:39

Ben Burgis and Deep State Kuba continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdown's by watching Dr. Lobster spar with Oxford students. Follow Kuba on Twitter: @DrKuba2 Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monda…

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Season 6 Episode 5: RM Brown + Breaking Down the Krystal v .Saagar Immigration Debate w/Matt Cameron 1:52:38

2M ago1:52:38

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The great RM Brown stops by at the beginning of the show to join Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew for some Valentine's Day content with Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro. (They're very concerned about sexual boredom!) After that, we're joined by immigration lawyer Matt Cameron to break down a debate between Breaking Points hosts Krystal Ball and Saagar E…

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Episode 278: Schrödinger's Everything (Lee Chang-dong's "Burning" Pt. 1) 1:32:17

2M ago1:32:17

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David and Tamler fall under the spell of Lee Chang-dong’s 2018 masterpiece Burning, a movie where nothing is what it seems, or maybe it is. An alienated young man meets what seems like his dream girl from his small town, but she’s about to leave for Africa. Will he take care of her cat? Is there a cat? When she comes back she’s attached (maybe) to …

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Glenn Greenwald & Alex Jones vs. Destiny & The Krassensteins Pt. 2 1:58:36

2M ago1:58:36

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Victor Bruzzone and Ethan from the Confronting Capital channel come back to watch the second half of this trainwreck of a debate. Check out Victor and Ethan's podcast (with Matt McManus and Gordon Katic) "Academic Edgelords"): https://academicedgelords.com/ Follow Ethan on Twitter: @anontwtuser11 Follow Victor on Twitter: @victorbruzzone Follow Ben…

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Season 6 Episode 4: Is the Left Too Soft on Nietzsche? (ft. Daniel Tutt & Matt McManus) 2:22:26

3M ago2:22:26

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Matt McManus and Daniel Tutt join Ben Burgis to talk about Daniel's new book "How to Read Like a Parasite: How the Left Got High on Nietzsche." Before that, This is Revolution host Jason Myles joins Ben and the GTAA crew to talk about Jason's new article "Same As It Ever Was: The Ilusion of Political Discourse in American Media" and talk about the …

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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Glenn Greenwald & Alex Jones vs. Destiny & The Krassensteins Pt. 1 2:11:31

3M ago2:11:31

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Victor Bruzzone and Ethan from the Confronting Capital channel are BACK for another Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This week they have the privilege of watching the folks from this video's title debating the meaning of the January 6th riot. Check out Victor and Ethan's podcast (with Matt McManus and Gordon Katic) "Academic Edgelords"): https://ac…

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Season 6 Episode 3: Debunking Bedbug Bret Stephens 2:09:27

3M ago2:09:27

2:09:27

Current Affairs editor Nathan J. Robinson joins us to break down New York Times columnist Bret "Bedbug" Stephens's article "The Genocide Charge Against Israel Is a Moral Obscenity": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/opinion/israel-hamas-war-genocide.html Before that, Ben and the GTAA crew watch Ben's appearance on Novara Media to talk about the Ne…

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Episode 277: The Merits of Buggery (Nagel's "Sexual Perversion") 1:35:32

3M ago1:35:32

1:35:32

David and Tamler play the old hits – Thomas Nagel and sex robots. In the main segment we talk about Nagel’s essay “Sexual Perversion”, a surprising essay on many fronts (Sartre, erotic fiction, conceptual analysis, much more). What’s the nature of sexual desires? Can we say that some sexual interactions are perversions? Which ones? Can we have a pe…

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Season 6 Episode 2: Owning the Libs (ft. Luke Savage) 2:14:03

3M ago2:14:03

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Jacobin columnist Luke Savage joins us to talk about Luke's article "Modern Liberalism Has Become a Defense of Hierarchy and Deference to Elites" and the incoherent 34-point lib manifesto in the New York Times Luke was responding to--Cass Sunstein's "Why I Am a Liberal." Before that, host Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew talk Trump, immigration, Biden …

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Season 6 Episode 1: Debating a Pro-DeSantis Dem/Ben Fong on the History of the CIO (Podcast Version) 2:01:53

3M ago2:01:53

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We're baaaaack! In the first GTAA episode of 2024, host Ben Burgis debates op-ed columnist Will Cooper, a liberal Democrat who nevertheless thinks that Ron DeSantis is more "competent" than Biden or Trump. Ben wrote a Jacobin article a while back responding to Will and arguing that this zany take is an extreme symptom of a much larger problem with …

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Episode 276: Attention Please 1:27:24

3M ago1:27:24

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David and Tamler are back for the new year and one of our resolutions was to do more episodes on William James. Today we talk about his account of ‘Attention’ from his 1890 volume The Principles of Psychology – another remarkably prescient chapter that still feels more than relevant today. What is attention and how does it function in the mind? Wha…

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Episode 275: The Ineffable Center (Borges' "The Aleph") 1:34:16

4M ago1:34:16

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An episode interesting from every point of view, we train our eyes on Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Aleph.” The first segment wins the kudos of the learned, the academician, the Hellenist, as we talk about the favorite things we saw this year. The second segment — baroque? decadent? the purified and fanatical cult of form? — dives into the philosophy, co…

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Episode 274: Can I Get a Kidney Voucher? (with Vlad Chituc) 1:35:02

5M ago1:35:02

1:35:02

RETURNING guest Vlad Chituc joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about donating his kidney to a stranger, the effective altruism movement, and his sexuality. Was EA’s turn to ‘long-termist’ goals like preventing evil AI inevitable? Have they strayed too far from their Peter Singer/Jeremy Bentham inspired roots? And why won’t David and Tamler dona…

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