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EP 139. IS THE USA UNDEMOCRATIC?1:21:51

2M ago1:21:51

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Every chamber of the US Government is held by the party with fewer votes: the GOP. Now, Wisconsin Republicans are stripping further powers from the incoming Democratic governor. Is that "democracy"? Wisconsin Professor Harvey Kaye says "NYET!" But he knows how Democrats can wrestle power back. Put on your Che Guevara T-shirt and enjoy this enli ...…

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EP 138. IS CAMPUS RAPE WIDESPREAD?1:19:19

2M ago1:19:19

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Bettina Arndt is lighting up university campuses by giving speeches analyzing the data about campus rape. She says she's empowering young women to be bold and unafraid. Her critics say she dangerously downplays the risk posed by men. Arndt is a celebrity sex adviser who has written for the biggest newspapers, hosted a radio show, and even inter ...…

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EP 137. WE'RE BACK! with SARAH HAIDER 1:13:31

3M ago1:13:31

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#WeThePeople LIVE returns after a hiatus with a favorite guest. Sarah Haider is the co-founder of Ex-Muslims of North America. She promotes religious dissent, women’s rights, liberalism and atheism, and she works to create local support communities for people who've left Islam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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EP 136. SERENA WILLIAMS RUINED TWITTER44:36

5M ago44:36

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James Valentine is one of Australia's most culturally insightful broadcasters. But he's confused. What happened with Serena Williams at the US Open? Is it real news? Or a racialized, genderized Twitter brouhaha? How can you tell? To answer the deepest, and also shallowest, questions about social media -- and find out why you're paying too much ...…

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EP 135. IS ISRAEL RACIST?1:40:16

5M ago1:40:16

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Chloé Valdary is an unlikely champion of Israel. A young black writer from New Orleans, she's been published in the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and the New York Times, and is a fiercely independent thinker who defies identitarian group-think. Josh expected to chat about race and identity. But the two started disagreeing about Israel... an ...…

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EP 134. DR KARL - LIVE!1:20:14

6M ago1:20:14

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Australia's greatest science communicator, Dr Karl, takes your questions LIVE at Giant Dwarf Theatre -- and answers Josh's musings about gravity, mouth bacteria, and whether potatoes are the worst vegetable in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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EP 133. "GODLESS SPELLCHECKER"1:18:17

6M ago1:18:17

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Stephen Knight, aka "The Godless Spellchecker", is a British atheist podcaster who counts Ricky Gervais and Richard Dawkins among his fans. His podcast and YouTube show is among the most popular skeptic programs in the UK. Stephen and Josh discuss Islam, the burqa, white hypocrisy, child rape gangs, being locked up for contempt of court, vegeta ...…

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EP 132. SARAH JEONG & REVERSE RACISM1:18:59

6M ago1:18:59

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Can an Asian American be "racist" against whites? Much of the American Left has been arguing an emphatic "No" ever since the New York Times appointed Sarah Jeong to its editorial board, despite her Twitter history of anti-white prejudice. Should she have been hired? Should she be fired? What should prejudice and human rights mean in the 21st ce ...…

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EP 131. TREVOR NOAH & RACE1:03:55

7M ago1:03:55

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The French soccer team that won the World Cup was pretty black. Too black, apparently, for racists, white supremacists and... Daily Show host Trevor Noah? A brouhaha between Trevor Noah and the French Government gives us an insight into the vast difference between how French and American liberals think about race and identity. In France, identi ...…

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EP 130. SCREW THE THAI CAVE BOYS56:09

7M ago56:09

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Rachel Corbett is the Director of Podcasts for Mamamia and a panelist on the TV show The Project. In a refreshing absence of political news, she explains to Josh why he should care about the saga of the 11 boys who were trapped in a Thai cave for 17 days. (He finds such stories self-indulgent because he is a heartless monster.) AND is social me ...…

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EP 129. KYLE KULINSKY51:24

7M ago51:24

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Kyle Kulinski is progressive talk show host whose YouTube show, Secular Talk, has more than half a million subscribers and almost half a billion video views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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EP 128. IS "CIVILITY" BULLSHIT?1:16:23

7M ago1:16:23

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How should we react to a government we despise? Is it moral for a restaurant to boot out a Trump administration official? Is it hypocritical for Republicans to call for "civility"? Is it fruitful for the Left to stage acts of civil defiance? How much should you seek to "understand" your political foes, and how much is that a naïve instinct that ...…

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EP 127. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE OF BIRD FLU54:00

9M ago54:00

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You probably eat chicken, right? You might even be eating some right now. But how did they go from scrawny fowl, scratching around in the wild, to the industrial commodity that they are now? Maryn McKenna is an American author and journalist whose work has been featured in the New York Times magazine, the Atlantic, NPR, Scientific American, The ...…

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EP 126. CALL ME BY YOUR MEME52:24

9M ago52:24

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What's better than a Royal Wedding, you ask? How about an all-new LIVE episode taped during the Royal Wedding with three of Australia’s most famous, thoughtful and funny media personalities. Live from Sydney, it's a show about viral meme-tornadoes (here's looking at you Laurel & Yanny), gender quotas, FOMO, and the American Boy Scouts. Osher Gu ...…

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EP 125. LALO DAGACH1:07:01

9M ago1:07:01

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Are Muslims Arabs? Is criticism of Islam a form of racism? And what is the deal with the meteoric rise of Jordan Peterson and "the Intellectual Dark Web"? As a non-Muslim, the Arab commentator Lalo Dagach is a champion of minority rights in the Arab world. And a Hispanic living in South America, he complicates our stereotypes about Latinos, Ara ...…

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EP 124. NUCLEAR PHYSICS + COMEDY44:50

10M ago44:50

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How many parallel universes do we live in? What exactly are subatomic particles? And why have we been colliding them beneath the border of Switzerland and France? Kevin Peter Hickerson is a nuclear physicist and the host of the comedy podcast 'Surely You're Joking', where science and comedy collide. He joins Josh to explain nuclear physics and ...…

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EP 123. JOHANN HARI51:34

10M ago51:34

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Why is this modern life so anxious? Why are we popping so much Prozac and Xanax? British journalist Johann Hari has a bombshell of a theory. You've seen him on Real Time with Bill Maher. His TED talk has been viewed nearly 10 million times. His previous book shattered myths about the war on drugs, and his new book does the same for mental healt ...…

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EP 122. MICHAEL IAN BLACK1:05:01

10M ago1:05:01

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Michael Ian Black is famous for The State and Wet Hot American Summer. He is very funny. He is very thoughtful. He dislikes guns. He likes moose. What does that make him? Exactly: A perfect guest for this very show. Feed your gray cells and tickle your ribs, human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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EP 121. WAR!!!!! LIVE FROM SYDNEY59:32

10M ago59:32

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WAR!!!! No, not just airstrikes on Syria, but a live show plumbing military history, the guts of sacrifice, and why millennials are rolling the dice with civilization. It's an all-net LIVE episode with the comic's comic James Smith (as seen on Conan O'Brien), award-winning actor Rob Carlton, and military writer, columnist, journalist, broadcast ...…

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EP 120. WHAT IS RACE?1:05:05

10M ago1:05:05

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Josh takes a moment to talk about this thing we call race. Is it real? Or is it a social construct? Or is it both? And can you really tell if someone is Irish just by looking at them? Greg Smithsimon is a Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College at the City University of New York, and the CUNY Graduate Center. His latest book is 'Cause ... An ...…

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EP 119. WILL JOHN BOLTON DESTROY THE WORLD?54:37

11M ago54:37

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A sea change is sweeping the White House. A new Secretary of State. A new CIA chief. And a new National Security Advisor, John Bolton. Will he destroy the world? "Yeah, probably." That's the hunch of the decidedly un-hysterical, deeply informed Anthony L. Fisher. Anthony is an independent, libertarian-minded columnist and contributing writer fo ...…

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EP 118. #METOO & CONSENT38:54

11M ago38:54

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How can young people navigate the fraught waters of sex, consent and workplace courtships, now that Harvey Weinstein’s willy has ruined everything? Heidi Matthews is a Canadian law professor and a self-described socialist feminist sex radical. She has a few problems with the #MeToo movement—and isn’t shy to tell Josh why. You can find her on tw ...…

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EP 117. WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?1:18:16

11M ago1:18:16

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In a world fractured by fundamentalism, Josh steps back to ask some bigger questions. How did Christianity come to rule the world? How does Islam hold sway over so many people? And what really went down in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago? Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou is a professor in the Theology & Religion Department of Exeter University in t ...…

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EP 116. MONEY! FREE MONEY FOR ALL!1:08:28

12M ago1:08:28

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Why is politics so partisan? Why is policy so dull? Why is the Left so bereft? And why isn't the government dropping cash out of helicopters? One man who thinks it should is the rockstar writer Rutger Bregman, a baby-faced Dutchman who's become the global champion of a Universal Basic Income (that is: the government giving you free money). Rutg ...…

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EP. 115 WENDY HARMER & RACHEL CORBETT1:04:02

12M ago1:04:02

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Has #MeToo gone too far? Are we encouraging young women to be victims? In front of a live audience, two of Australia’s most successful women from different generations discuss sexual harassment. Political sex scandals. A red-faced Deputy Prime Minister. An orange president. Guns. Rachel Corbett is a co-host of the news comedy show The Project, ...…

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EP 114. GUNS IN AMERICA59:00

12M ago59:00

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Every time there's a mass shooting in America, Josh considers recording this monologue and then shies away. But in the wake of the second-deadliest shooting at a public school in US history, Josh ditches our regular episode to bring you his unique perspective as a foreigner living in America -- without Piers Morgan's pompous dickheadery. Non-Am ...…

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EP 113. ARTIFICIAL MEAT1:01:21

1y ago1:01:21

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By the time you’re old, the idea of eating a burger that was sliced off the body of a dead cow may seem as antiquated as using a whale’s fat to light your home. That’s the hope of Paul Shapiro, whose new bestselling book, Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, is a wild dive into the scientific and ...…

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EP 112. DR KARL KRUSZELNICKI50:54

1y ago50:54

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Why is there so much confusion about climate science? “Dr Karl” is the most popular face of science in Australia. He’s technically a Fellow at the Sydney University School of Physics, but every Aussie knows him from TV. He has a weekly radio segment on Triple J, and on the BBC in the UK where he answers listeners’ science questions. He’s had an ...…

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EP 111. AUSTRALIA DAY: LIVE FROM SYDNEY!1:05:15

1y ago1:05:15

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Happy Australia Day, America. We discuss why Australia's national day is so controversial (hint: lots of Aboriginal people got killed), what makes Aussies weird, what perplexes us about Americans, why some countries truly are shitholes, and why babies should never be allowed at the tennis. Join a blockbuster panel of comics and journalists: Jam ...…

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EP 110. RICHARD DAWKINS1:04:16

1y ago1:04:16

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Two days after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, Josh sat down with one of the world's greatest scientists and rationalists, Richard Dawkins, at a live event at Philadelphia's Penn Museum. Since it's the one-year anniversary of Trump's presidency this week, we're releasing the exclusive audio of "An Evening With Ri ...…

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EP. 109 WHO RUINED 2017?1:08:09

1y ago1:08:09

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Welcome back, humans! After a holiday hiatus, Josh wants some meaty New Year’s insights. What did we do wrong in 2017? How might we do 2018 better? The man to ask is Tim Dean, Moral Philosopher. He and Josh wrestle with identity politics, Islamism, Leftism, racism, tribalism, Trump, and why we should love Hitler. It’s an all-new #WeThePeople LI ...…

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EP. 108 DAVID PAKMAN1:05:12

1+ y ago1:05:12

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What's wrong with "liberal" podcasters? What's wrong with liberalism? What's wrong with America? David Pakman knows. He's the host of The David Pakman Show, a nationally syndicated progressive talk show, which can be seen on more than 160 television and radio outlets including DirecTV and DISH Network. You've seen David on Fox News, CNN, Nancy ...…

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EP. 107 LIVE IN BROOKLYN: Trump's First Year!1:05:22

1+ y ago1:05:22

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Precisely three years before the Re-Election Of The Greatest President Ever, Josh and his favorite guests convene a blockbuster live show at Union Hall in New York. This may be the biggest, greatest, yugest, most beautiful episode ever. The hilarious Corinne Fisher, the provocative Kmele Foster and the rapscallionish Ben Dreyfuss laugh and argu ...…

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EP. 106 DON'T CALL HIM "BLACK"1:16:33

1+ y ago1:16:33

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Kmele Foster is a firebrand political debater and the host of The Fifth Column podcast. He was recently shouted down by students at a university panel on free speech. Kmele and Josh discuss being black (or not?), the culture wars, opposition to Trump, and the proper scope of conversation. Make debate healthy, humans, and join in. Learn more abo ...…

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EP. 105 BEN SHAPIRO1:43:42

1+ y ago1:43:42

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Ben is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of the "top conservative podcast in the nation", The Ben Shapiro Show. If you watch cable news, you’ve seen him. If you’re on Twitter, you’ve seen him. His books are New York Times bestsellers like “Bullies: How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America” and “Brainwashed: ...…

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EP. 104 SCOTT ADAMS OF “DILBERT”1:48:08

1+ y ago1:48:08

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Scott is among Donald Trump’s most intriguing fans. He’s one of the world’s most successful cartoonists as the creator of “Dilbert”, the comic strip that appears in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries and 25 languages. His blog posts predicting Trump’s triumph went viral last year. And since then, he has become an unlikely defender of the presiden ...…

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EP. 103 LOUIS THEROUX & JON RONSON51:28

1+ y ago51:28

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It’s a special summer spectacular, “The Best of the Brits”, in which Josh brings you highlights from two of his favorite observers of human behavior. Louis Theroux and Jon Ronson are among Britain’s best-loved media personalities: curious documentarians extraordinaire. Heard them they wrangle with Josh (and Artie Lange and the Guys We F**ed gir ...…

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EP. 102 IS "WHITESPLAINING" BULLSHIT?1:40:26

1+ y ago1:40:26

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Do you “mansplain”? Do you “whitesplain”? Josh gets into a robust argument about identity politics, free speech and political correctness with proud left-winger Thomas Smith of the podcast Serious Inquiries Only. What role do straight white males have in this crazy day and age? Must we merely be obedient "allies" to whatever non-white non-men s ...…

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EP. 101 MAJORITY REPORT'S MICHAEL BROOKS1:49:31

1+ y ago1:49:31

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MAJORITY REPORT'S MICHAEL BROOKSLeft-wing conversational bomb-thrower Michael Brooks is launching his own online talk show. But can he save the world? Josh gets heated with him about how to change politics, whether ideas can beat raw power, and why dung beetles walk in a straight line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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EP. 100 HOW TO BE HAPPY1:15:07

1+ y ago1:15:07

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In turbulent times, we can lose sight of the little things—such as, for example, the meaning of life. Oliver Burkeman hasn’t. His weekly column in The Guardian debates insights into social psychology, self-help culture, productivity and the science of happiness. His book, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, is ...…

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EP. 99 BRET WEINSTEIN: FREE SPEECH HERO, OR WHITE-PRIVILEGED DICK?1:40:20

1+ y ago1:40:20

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Professor Bret Weinstein is the man at the center of the Evergreen College crisis. At this moment of national angst about racial equity, free speech and campus protests, Bret’s story has exploded everywhere from the New York Times to Fox News—the tale of the unassuming Biology Professor who stood up to radical left-wing students and found himse ...…

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EP. 98 “THE RED PILL” AND MEN’S RIGHTS1:01:05

1+ y ago1:01:05

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What is male privilege? What is female empowerment? Is it misogynistic to criticize feminism? Is it wrong to care about “men’s rights”? The argument has erupted again in Australia amid protests over a new American documentary funded by Men's Rights Activists. The filmmaker, an “ex-feminist” woman, had a controversial TV interview with today's g ...…

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EP. 97 L.S.D., NAZIS & NIXON50:48

1+ y ago50:48

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“America’s War on Drugs” is a new History Channel show that uncovers how the C.I.A. and the mafia stoked America’s appetite for illegal drugs. The show’s executive producer, Anthony Lappe, sits down with Josh to blow your mind abut the creation of L.S.D., America’s support for South American Nazi revolutionaries, and the current hypocrisy (and ...…

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EP. 96 THE FUTURE OF ISLAM1:19:15

1+ y ago1:19:15

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Ali Rizvi grew up in Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, and moved to North America when he was 24. He now writes about atheism, secularism and Islam. In the wake of the Manchester concert attack and two London terrorist attacks, Ali and Josh dig into the thorny topic of how to reform Islam without tarnishing Muslims. Can the Koran be taken less ...…

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EP. 95 THE ETHICS OF EATING MEAT47:47

1+ y ago47:47

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Of all the things most of us do every day, one of the most morally significant is eating the flesh of other sentient creatures. Are you conflicted about it? Why? Is it only factory farming which is nasty? Or is it also a problem to eat happy animals? Which ones? Joining Josh to wrestle through the moral mayhem of meat is Paul Shapiro of the Hum ...…

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EP 94. FREE SPEECH: BILL MAHER, KATHY GRIFFIN, CAMPUS PROTESTS *sigh*1:15:28

1+ y ago1:15:28

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It’s been a big few weeks for the forces of anti-free-speech-ism. Bill Maher should be fired for saying the N-word, apparently. Kathy Griffin already has been. A professor at a liberal college woulda been fired if he coulda been, for not seeing “racism” the same way his students do. Josh sits down with comic Mike Coscarelli and libertarian jour ...…

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EP. 93 VERY BAD ETHICS53:58

1+ y ago53:58

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Dig deep into your brain juice, humans, and geek out about morality and the limits of reason. It’s Part Two of Josh’s sit-down with the Very Bad Wizards: philosopher Tamler Sommers and psychologist David Pizarro. Is Reason an effective guide to moral behavior? One of the three humans on this show says yes [hint: his name rhymes with Blosh Blepp ...…

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EP. 92 THE VERY BAD WIZARDS1:23:27

1+ y ago1:23:27

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Behold! The wizards speaketh! Tamler Sommers is a philosopher and David Pizarro is a psychologist who ponder human morality on their podcast, Very Bad Wizards. Josh recently endorsed them on episode 86 of this show, which shot them up the iTunes charts, and now the three are living happily ever after. Josh, Dave and Tamler sit down to get to kn ...…

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EP. 91 AMERICA NEEDS A STORY1:06:41

1+ y ago1:06:41

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Put your history hats on, humans. It’s time for everyone's favorite charismatically-rumpled Professor of Democracy & Justice to make the case for, well… Democracy! And Justice! (It’s right there in his job title.) Everyone wants to feel part of a story that’s bigger than themselves. What's yours? Professor Harvey Kaye wants to grab you by the s ...…

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EP. 90 HE'S NOT GOING TO BE IMPEACHED58:09

1+ y ago58:09

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If Josh had a penny for every time he's seen someone gushing breathlessly about "the i-word" in recent weeks, he'd have multiple pennies. And he'd be rich! But what is impeachment? How does it work? Has President Trump done anything impeachable? And if he has, would impeachment be politically wise? Would it be just? Josh taps the wits of Keith ...…

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