Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Piers Morgan vs Bassem Youssef (LAST BREAKDOWN OF 2023)
Deep State Kuba joins Ben Burgis for the final Thursday Night Debate Breakdown before regularly scheduled programming goes on hiatus for a few weeks. This week it's going to be Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef's long in-studio sitdown with Piers Morgan.
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Season 5 Finale: Zizek Interview + Ben's Debate w/Kissinger Defender on News Nation
Ben Burgis and Slavoj Zizek sat down for an hour and thirty-six minute conversation about everything from free will and determinism to one-state vs. two-state solutions in Israel/Palestine to quantum physics to the triumph of a libertarian nutjob in Argentina and what kinds of social freedom are worth wanting. It's a *really* good conversation. (The time difference between Los Angeles and Ljubljana is pretty extreme so it had to be a prerecord.) Before we play the interview, Ben and the GTAA crew are going to be watching his full appearance on News Nation last Thursday, where host Dan Abrams moderated a debate between Ben and a writer from the American Conservative on the legacy of Henry Kissinger. Honestly, guys, this one's a banger. Still planning out the postgame for patrons, but we'll make sure to line up something good for the last postgame of the season.
(Note that there's still going to be one last regularly scheduled debate breakdown this coming Thursday and one last regularly scheduled philosophy stream this coming Sunday. After that, regularly scheduled episodes and streams are on hiatus until January but we'll for sure have clips to get you by plus probably a couple of bits of prerecorded fresh content and maybe even a debate. We'll see.)
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Krystal vs. Saagar on Henry Kissinger (ft. David Griscom)
David Griscom joins Ben Burgis to continue GTAA's weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Beakdowns by watching a short, brand-new one from this morning--the debate between Breaking Points hosts Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on the legacy of Henry Kissinger.
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Season 5 Episode 43: Israelism
The director of the documentary "Israelism," Eric Axelman, comes back to talk about the film itself and the recent rash of attempts to censor showings of it with GTAA host Ben Burgis. Ben reviewed the movie for Jacobin earlier this year:
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/israelism-documentary-pro-apartheid-indoctrination-israeli-occupation-palestine
In the postgame for patrons, This is Revolution host Jason Myles comes by to hang out and chat about rock music, authenticity, left politics, and his new pamphlet "I Was a Teenage Anarchist":
https://everyday-analysis.sellfy.store/p/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-by-jason-myles-print-and-digital-issue-pre-order/
In between Ben and the GTAA crew will be talking about Norman Finkelstein's recent run-ins with Piers Morgan and Douglas Murrray, watching some Prager U madness, and maaaaybe chatting a little with RM Brown.
Should be a fun one!
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Season 5 Episode 42: Samuel Moyn & Matt McManus on Cold War Liberalism
Samuel Moyn joins us to talk about his fascinating new book "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times." In it he argues that liberalism today is shaped by the shift made by many liberal intellectuals who turned their backs on the radical aspirations of earlier liberalisms during the Cold War.
One of our favorite recurrent guests, Matt McManus, just reviewed Moyn's book for Liberal Currents. Both of them have a lot to say about liberalism, socialism, and how we think about rights and human liberation, and it should be a fascinating conversation.
Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew will talk about Ben's Jacobin article today about the "human shields" defense of Israel bombing civilians in Gaza, and Ben and the GTAA crew will watch a debate between Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti about whether what Israel is doing rises to the level of "ethnic cleansing." (She says yes, he says no.) In the postgame for patrons, we can relax with some Ben Shapiro nonsense.
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https://www.liberalcurrents.com/samuel-moyn-on-the-abandonment-of-revolutionary-liberalism/
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Ben Shapiro at the Cambridge Union
Ben Shapiro just debated...well, the only people he ever seems to want to debate these days--college students. But this time at a fancy setting!
Ben Burgis and Victor Bruzzone break it down.
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Season 5 Episode 41: Ana Kasparian Talks Gaza, Genocide & Her PBD Debate
One of our favorite guests, Ana Kasparian, returns for a conversation about the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Gaza and a variety of related issues. She and ben Burgis will watch some of a recent debate she did on the subject with the hosts of the PBD podcast. Before that, Ben and the GTAA crew will talk about Rashida Tlaib's censure, "from the river to the sea," and why labor victories should give us hope in a grim time. In the postgame for patrons, they'll watch a video on why "anti-capitalism is stupid" and get into Ben's recent sparring on social media with theoretical physicist and YouTuber Sabine Hossenfelder.
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Norman Finkelstein vs. Eli Lake
Current Affairs magazine's House Economist Rob Larson and journalist Matthew Vernon Whalan join Ben Burgis to continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching a brand-new one for once--Norman Finkelstein's debate on Gaza with Eli Lake.
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https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/rob-larson
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: William F. Buckley/Ed Koch/Stephen Bright/Etc. on the Death Penalty
Matthew Whalan and Ben Burgis continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching a debate on "Resolved: That the Death Penalty Is a Good Thing" from a 1994 episode of William F. Buckley's Firing Line. These names didn't all fit in the title but the guests are Ed Koch, Walter Berns, Susan Boleyn, Ira Glasser, Leon Botstein, Stephen B. Bright, Bryan Stevenson.
Matthew has written some relevant essays on His Substack:
https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com/p/the-jimmy-davis-jr-story-death-row
https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com/p/ending-peoples-lives-putting-people
https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com/p/institutional-racism-and-classism
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GTAA Halloween Special: Binging on the "Purge" Movies w/Kt Baldassaro
Ben Burgis and actor and filmmaker Kt Baldassaro--most relevantly for tonight, she appeared as the "flag-faced killer" in "The Purge: Election Year"--watched every single one of the "Purge" movies so they can talk to you about this goofy and wonderful set of horror movies about class warfare in a dystopia that's both absurd and way too imaginable.
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Season 5 Episode 39: Andy's Dumpster-Dive on Rumble
While Ben is away, Jake and Andy take over the show to watch some of the videos Andy found that we never shared with you. Andy has invited Rayyvana, the Young Turks contributor and co-host of Taking The L, and Kristina, host of Cosmepolitics and co-host of Movie Night Extravaganza to join him in watching some of the strangest videos Andy has found on Rumble.
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Sam Harris vs. Chris Hedges
C. Derrick Varn, Jordan Dubin and Deep State Kuba once again join Ben Burgis to continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching Sam Harris's 2011 debate with Chris Hedges on politics and religion.
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Season 5 Episode 38: Debate w/Siaka Massaqupi, Live In Studio + Matt Lech in the Postgame
On the main show, GTAA host Ben Burgis will debate Los Angeles GOP Vice Chair + Prager U and Babylon Bee contributor Siaka Massaquoi. (Note: This was originally scheduled elsewhere but we ended up having to move it to just do it tonight int he studio, which is bad news for LA viewers who wanted to see it in person--sorry about that!--but good news for viewers everywhere else who now get to watch it live?) Before that, Ben and the GTAA crew will talk a bit about Ben's article reporting Joe Biden's "kill all the Canadians if there's terrorism from Canada" hypothetical (from his 1982 conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin) for the first time in the English-language press. Left Reckoning host Matt Lech hangs out in the postgame for GTAA patrons.
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Norm Finkelstein Debates Israel/Palestine at the Cambridge Union
Victor Bruzzone and Ethan from the Confronting Capital channel once again join Ben Burgis for a Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This week they're taking a look at a Cambridge Union debate from 8 years ago where Norman Finkelstein, Palestinian author and academic Ghada Karmi, and freelance journalist Ben White debated Board of Deputies of British Jews President Vivian Wineman, Yachad director Hannah Weisfeld, and Deputy Director & Head of Policy and Research at the Henry Jackson Society Davis Lewin on the motion "This House Believes Israel is a Rogue State."
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Getting Ready for the Siaka Massaquoi Debate (Solo Stream)
This Sunday (October 22nd) at 6:30 PM Ben Burgis is going to be debating LA Republican Party Vice Chair and Prager U + Babylon Bee contributor Siaka Massaquoi at the Moroccan Lounge in Los Angeles so tonight Ben's going to be watching some of Siaka's videos and interviews on YouTube to get ready.
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Season 5 Episode 37: Nathan Robinson Goes to Prager University + Katie Halper in the Postgame
In the main show, Current Affairs editor Nathan Robinson joins us to talk about his magazine's newly released "A Student's Guide to Resisting PragerU propaganda." Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew talk abotu Ben's debate this coming Sunday with Los Angeles County GOP Vice Chair and PragerU contributor Siaka Massaquoi at the Moroccan Lounge in Los Angeles. (Doors at 6:30 PM, debate at 7.) In the postgame for patrons, we're joined by Katie Halper to talk about Palestine.
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Bernie Sanders vs. Ted Cruz
GTAA host Ben Burgis and Current Affairs magazine house economist Rob Larson continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching Bernie Sanders' 2017 debate with Ted Cruz.
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Season 5 Episode 36: Quick Fixes w/Benjamin Fong + War in Palestine
Hamas and the Israeli state escalated this weekend into all-out war. We're starting with some thoughts on that from Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew, and then going to Ben's conversation with his fellow Ben, Benjamin Fong, about Fong's book "Quix Fixes Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge." In the postgame for patrons, Ryan Zickgraf is going to be talking about the Trump trials, the end of hyperpolitics, Taylor Swift, and more.
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Noam Chomsky vs. Piers Morgan
Matthew Whalan, Producer Jake and Ben Burgis continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching Noam Chomsky's conversation with Piers Morgan. (Note that this is on the shorter side, so probably no postgame tonight.)
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Season 5 Episode 35: Cosmopolitan Socialism (Matt McManus's Tribute to Michael Brook)
Matt McManus's long awaited book "A How To Guide to Cosmopolitan Socialism: A Tribute to Michael Brooks"--with an introduction by GTAA host Ben Burgis--was officially released on October 1st. Matt joins us to talk about the ideas about socialism, internationalism, universal values and cultural peculiarity and more that fill the book, and for Matt and Ben to talk all things Brooks. David Griscom will be hanging out in the postgame for patrons.
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https://redemmas.org/titles/40540-a-how-to-guide-to-cosmopolitan-socialism-a-tribute-to-michael-brooks/
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Briahna Joy Gray vs. Krystal Ball & Kyle Kulinski
Ethan from the Confronting Capital channel and Victor Bruzzone once again join Ben Burgis for GTAA's weekly series of debate breakdowns. This week they're watching the recent debate between Krystal Ball & Kyle Kulinski on one side and Briahna Joy Gray on the other about Biden and third party voting. And yes, we just ran a clip where Matt Christman argued forcefully that this is a silly topic to argue about but we're still curious what all these people had to say, so we're gonna watch it anyway!
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Season 5 Episode 33: Will Menaker & Liza Featherstone
Chapo Trap House host Will Menaker joins Ben Burgis for a conversation about the GOP primary field and Thomas Friedman's latest Thoughts About Ukraine in the New York Times. Before that, Jacobin columnist Liza Featherstone will be talking about her In These Times article "New York Socialists Won Big On Climate. How Did It Happen?" In between, Ben and the crew will watch a bit of Ben's debate on anti-CRT bills with Adam & Sitch, and last but definitely not least, comedian Robert Yasumura will join us in-studio for the postgame.
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https://inthesetimes.com/article/new-york-build-public-renewables-socialists-climate
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Season 5 Episode 32: Sohrab Ahmari on Tyranny Inc. + Cushbomb in the Postgame
Self-described conservative social democrat comes on to talk to Ben Burgis about his new book "Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty--and What to Do About It." Most likely Ben and Sohrab are going to agree about a lot when it comes to what's wrong with our late capitalist hellhole but disagree on both halves of "conservative social democrat"--the "conservative" half and the half about stopping at social democracy instead of aiming at socialism. Matt Christman is going to stop by in-studio for the postgame with patrons.
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Krystal Ball & Kyle Kulinski vs. Sohrab Ahmari on Right-Populism
Matthew Whalan joins Ben Burgis to continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching Sohrab Ahmari's recent appearance on "Krystal, Kyle & Friends" to argue about right-populism--good preparation for Sohrab's own upcoming GTAA appearance this Monday.
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Coleman Hughes vs. Jamelle Bouie on Color-Blindness
Ben Burgis and Victor Bruzzone continue GTAA's weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching a recent debate between podcaster (and former Manhattan Institute fellow) Coleman Hughes and New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie on the topic "Does Color-Blindness Perpetuate Racism?" (Bouie says yes, Hughes says no.)
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Season 5 Episode 31: Creepshow (The Metaphorical One in Milwaukee + the 1982 Movie)
There was a Republican debate! Trump skipped it and sat down with his court jester Tucker Carlson! We're obviously legally obligated to talk about all that and we will talk about it in the first chunk of the show. After that, though, and straight through the postgame for patrons, we're unbuttoning our metaphorical top buttons and doing something very different.
Ben Burgis, Jason Myles, and Jordan Dubin are all going to be in studio together. (Matt Christman was originally scheduled but he had to reschedule for late September.) And they'll be taking a break from politics and talking about exactly the kind movie the three of them would likely spend an evening talking about off-air--OK, maybe that Jason and Ben would be talking about while Jordan sat there and rolled her eyes--the 1982 classic Stephen King/George Romero production "Creepshow." Should be a very good time.
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Mearsheimer vs. Carl Bildt on Russia, China,
Deep State Kuba, Producer Jordan & C. Derrick Varn join Ben Burgis tonight to continue the revived series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching the 2022 Holberg Debate w/John Mearsheimer and Carl Bildt on "Ukraine, Russia, China and the West." If you don't like watching this trio of guests, bad news! They're signed up to do these every fourth Thursday of the month.
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Breaking Down Vivek Ramaswamy on Bill Maher: A Random Tuesday (?!?) Livestream w/Ben & Jake
Ben Burgis and Producer Jake were both eager to watch this particular meeting of the....minds?....so they're watching Vivek Ramaswamy's appearance on Bill Maher's "Club Random" podcast and breaking it down for you. On a Tuesday for some reason!
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Season 5 Episode 30: Debate with Tibor Rutar on Freedom Rankings & Marxism
Tibor Rutar is the author of a book called "Capitalism for Realists: Virtues and Vices of the Modern Economy" in which he argues that the best system is a moderate, social democratic form of capitalism. In making that case, he heavily relies on "economic freedom" rankings. In the book, Rutar criticizes an article Ben Burgis wrote for Jacobin arguing that such rankings are worthless and tell us nothing. Rutar also wrote an article for Areo magazine called "Marxism: The Idea that Refuses to Die":
https://areomagazine.com/2023/06/27/marxism-the-idea-that-refuses-to-die/
....which Ben wrote about in yesterday's Substack essay, "Why I"m Still a Marxist: A Response to Tibor Rutar":
https://benburgis.substack.com/p/tibor-rutars-flawed-critique-of-marx
Today, they talk it all out! Before that, Ben and the crew will play a new Billy Bragg song (responding to "Rich Men North of Richmond"), preview an in-person debate Ben's going to be doing in Los Angeles, and play part of his recent appearance on the Left Reckoning postgame where he talked to Matt Lech and David Griscom about Marxism. In the postgame later tonight for GTAA patrons, they'll watch the second half of Glenn Beck and Michael Knowles's surreal discussion of how to "argue with socialists" (for which no socialists were present).
Check out Tibor's book:
https://www.routledge.com/Capitalism-for-Realists-Virtues-and-Vices-of-the-Modern-Economy/Rutar/p/book/9781032305929
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Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Krystal & Kyle vs. Michael Tracey on the Trump Indictments
Victor Bruzzone from Plastic Pills and Ethan from Confronting Capital once again join Ben Burgis for a Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This time, the debate being broken down is a brand-new one--Michael Tracey's appearance on Krystal, Kyle & Friends, where Tracey argued with Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski about the new Trump indictment.
Check out the new podcast Victor and Ethan are doing with Matt McManus and Gordon Katic--"Academic Edgelords":
https://academicedgelords.com/
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