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The world is a garbage fire, so join your two favorite cockroaches: best friends and comedians Syd Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis (Syd & Olivia) as they write unhinged children’s stories, irritate their guests, and try to figure out how to stay alive in the chaos tornado that is the current world. Welcome to Syd and Olivia Talk Sh*t! Now What? is a ⁠⁠pierced media production YouTube Instagram TikTok
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Give Them An Argument is a YouTube show and podcast dedicated to building a smarter, funnier and more strategic Left. New episodes are live on YouTube on Monday nights with an exclusive postgame for GTAA patrons after the main show. (To become a patron, go to patreon.com/benburgis and sign up for the monthly cost of a milkshake at a 50s nostalgia diner in 1994.) Past guests have included Slavoj Žižek, Richard Wolff, David Pizarro, Gregory Sadler, Glenn Greenwald, Krystal Ball, Bhaskar Sunkar ...
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Last week Ben Burgis had a debate on Israel/Palestine with YouTube personality Steven Bonnell ("Destiny"). It went...oddly. In this episode we break it all down. Watch the debate at MDD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdMRphk7ij4 Follow Destiny on Twitter: @TheOmniLiberal Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become …
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Anders Lee and Freddy G. come on to chat with Ben Burgis about their new-ish podcast The Vanquished, where they profile losing presidential candidates over the decades. We'll dig into a handful of their favorites. Before that, Ben and the crew talk about his upcoming Israel/Palestine debate with YouTube personality Steven Bonnell ("Destiny"). Last …
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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we discuss the some of the latest music released as well as the 15 year old who made a diss track to his grandmother. We also get into the recent Broke A** N*gga conversation, as well as the recent updated rules on the military draft. All that and more on “Yup, Another Podcast”, a podcast about absolutely no…
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The Nation's Jeet Heer joins Ben Burgis to discuss his article "Friends and Enemies: Marty Peretz and the Travails of American Liberalism." You might not know who Marty Peretz is but you've unfortunately seen his handiwork--Anthony Blinken, for example, is a Peretz protege. So is Jim Cramer. The man's got a lot to answer for, and Jeet gets into all…
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Daniel Tutt joins us again for a deep dive on Mark Fisher's classic essay "Exiting the Vampire's Castle" (heavily featured in Ben Burgis's book "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left"). Before that, Ben and the crew talk about NYU's bizarre reeducation program for student Palestine protesters. In the postgam…
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This time we bring on the big guns--political science professor Matt McManus and Varn Vlog host C. Derrick Varn--to help Ben Burgis watch Tucker Carlson's interview with Russian fascist intellectual Aleksandr Dugin. This interview is basically GTAA catnip. Before that, we introduce new GTAA intern Aidan, talking about the protests at UCLA, and we d…
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David Griscom and Matthew Whalan join Ben Burgis to listen to Ben's debate on the Munk Debates podcast with neoconservative commentator Jamie Kirchick on, "Be it resolved, the campus protesters are on the right side of history." Before that, Ben and the crew talk about Biden's reception by anti-war students at Morehouse (where Ben used to teach) an…
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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, CHAN IS BACK!! & we collaborated with Late Night With Ler and Lionel & Girl We Need to Talk Podcast. We get into conversation surrounding the Kevin Spacey documentary as well as the Tyrese avoiding being served, people with missing limbs, how far someone has traveled for some. All that and more on “Yup, Anot…
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Jordan Chariton comes on GTAA for the first time to chat about his new documentary "Flint Fatigue." Before that, RM Brown comes by to watch some Bill Maher and Morning Joe. Last but not least, we watch Ben's keynote speech at last week's convention of the Green Party of New Jersey. (No postgame this week, sorry!) Watch the documentary: https://www.…
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Ben Burgis is freshly back from New Jersey where among other things he did a Palestine teach-in at the Princeton encampment. He also recently sat down for a friendly debate with goodhearted but right-leaning philosophy podcaster Spencer Case. We watch most of that and then bring on Rutgers professor and New Jersey Uncommitted organizer Elektra Kost…
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Two of our favorite Daniels--Bessner and Steinmetz-Jenkins--join Ben Burgis to talk about the Daniels' Jacobin article "Liberals’ Heated Fascism Rhetoric Sidesteps Self-Reflection" and the broader debate on the relationship between Trumpism and Fascism. Read the article: https://jacobin.com/2024/04/liberals-fascism-rhetoric-democrats-election Follo…
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[Scheduling: Sorry to be releasing these slightly out of order--things got messed up with traveling and etc. but Ep. 15 should be coming out in a couple days, then Ep. 16 on Saturday and we'll be caught up!] Friend of the show Jordan Peterson recently referred to Luke Savage as an "idiot socialist." This week we talk to Luke himself (as well as act…
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ONE NIGHT ONLY: ⁠https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-comedy-room-live-at-the-cigar-code-richie-fontane-tickets-870214855057?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios⁠ THIS WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE HEART PART 6 RELEASED On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we are still wondering where chan is but lets be real we know we are talking about the b…
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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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ONE NIGHT ONLY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-comedy-room-live-at-the-cigar-code-richie-fontane-tickets-870214855057?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we are still wondering where chan is but we speak about the most recent Disses coming from Drake, Chris Brown & Quavo, and now Ye (Kanye West…
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Casa Duran: https://partiful.com/e/akLQj4IIFjBlDLpIwvE3 On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we are joined by the comedian Connor King (@ConnorKingMe) and we have no clue where chan is, but we get into conversations about the time Brandon Met SZA (15:00), along with talking about people being Functioning drug addict (18:30). We also get into st…
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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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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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Casa Duran: https://partiful.com/e/akLQj4IIFjBlDLpIwvE3 On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, Chan comes back from her hiatus and some topics we discuss are Chance The Rapper and his wife getting a divorce (14:00), and a YouTuber who did meth for 30 days to prove addiction isn’t real (41:30). We also talk about new music releases, the recent ear…
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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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Casa Duran: https://partiful.com/e/akLQj4IIFjBlDLpIwvE3On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, We get to Diddy’s LA and Miami homes raided for sex trafficking ring (18:04), & The new pause being “No Diddy” (27:37), as well as Nickelodeon Documentary “Quiet On Set” (30:24), then we spoke about Jerrod Carmichael having feelings for Tyler the creator…
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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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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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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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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, Chan is on week 3 of Chan’s World and we get into Ye’s(FKA Kanye West) Chief of staff firing YesJulz, along with Ye telling big boy that he asked Safaree to sleep with Nicki Minaj. Then we get into Kai Cenat getting yelled at by Ye and Kai Accidentally giving someone 8 Million Dollars. As well as Ocho Cinco …
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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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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, Esh from “Esh Your Heart Out” and Ler from “Late Night With Ler and Lionel” join us as guests. We have a whole lot of sex talk, people’s biggest misconceptions of us, and how Dave Chappelle ruined Dylan’s career. Other topics discussed are a pastor reciting Glorilla’s 2morrow lyrics, the masculine women’s li…
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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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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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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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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, Chan takes over as the host in honor of Women’s History Month and we discuss ways to bag women, the CDC allowing people to go to work with Covid and Meek Mill defending his gay allegations. We also talk about the Pod Nation event, Glorilla’s leak and dance battling. All that and more on “Yup, Another Podcast…
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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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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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POD NATION : ⁠https://worldcafelive.com/event/the-ll-network-presents-pod-nation/ On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we are joined by Alister from the Phuck With Philly Podcast. We discuss our favorite karaoke songs, and find out if your Khalif’s homie he’s gonna say you’re BI as well as give our take on this ressatessa who TF did I marry sit…
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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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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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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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POD NATION : ⁠https://worldcafelive.com/event/the-ll-network-presents-pod-nation/ On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we talk about Tyrese urge to become a Latino as well as Bow Wow’s past lean addiction. We also get into ushers Super Bowl performance along with Donald trump dropping a sneaker line. We also tell you why you should never check …
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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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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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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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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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POD NATION : https://worldcafelive.com/event/the-ll-network-presents-pod-nation/ On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we talk about the current rap beef between Megan Thee Stallion v Nicki Minaj and Latto v Ice Spice, 3 things you would grab if your house caught on fire, and would you be a stripper for 5k. Other things we discuss are Eminem and…
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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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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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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we have 1/2 of Heauxsome Black Girl podcast join us. Some topics covered are double penetration, rappers/singers that might have good pussy, if Drake is hip hop and worst songs to ruin a party. Other things we discuss are a guy who gives sex worker reviews Keith Lee style, songs on your sex playlist and we p…
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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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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we talk about rappers that should be in the top 5, outrageous athlete names, and Stephen A Smith message to Jason Whitlock. Other topics covered are men getting their nipples licked/sucked, best biopics and we talk about the latest episode of Raising Kanan. All that and more on “Yup, Another Podcast”, a podc…
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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we celebrate our 5 year anniversary, the new year as well as Stunt’s birthday. We talk about Katt Williams shaking the table on Club Shay Shay, a woman whose driveway got stolen and if people should taste their own cum. Other topics covered are a man in Las Vegas who attacked a judge during his sentencing, L…
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On this episode of Yup, Another Podcast, we get together for the final podcast of the year and talk about the John Majors case and leaving vanilla women alone, Pink Friday 2 release, and Felicity Huffman sending strays to the black community. The conversation continues with a story about a mom who gave head so her daughter could hang with A Boogie,…
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