What are you listening to - Podcast Edition?
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wrote on 2 Mar 2025, 18:29 last edited by
Fair enough but they are the argument of a partisan, not an historian. He should be fully capable of discussing current events in their own terms.
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wrote on 2 Mar 2025, 19:25 last edited by jon-nyc 3 Feb 2025, 19:29
He’s usually quite a bit better than he was on this podcast. My guess is he got a little spooked when JD Vance sniped at him for complaining about Trump’s appeasement, and he wants to make sure he stays in good graces with Musk and the administration’s defenders. Knowing full well about Musk and Sam’s falling out probably factored in also. Basically he knows where his bread is buttered.
As a contrast, listen to him on Bari Weiss’s year end podcast where he was asked to make predictions for the new year. That was his old self.
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wrote on 2 Mar 2025, 19:35 last edited by
I'm not clear when that podcast was released, but he had no issue pushing back against Vance (who I agreed with in the exchange) at the time.
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wrote on 2 Mar 2025, 19:42 last edited by jon-nyc 3 Feb 2025, 19:43
Pushed back but also was very much making the point ‘hey I’m one of you not a ‘globalist’
This podcast came out after the Vance incident as he mentions the exchange with Sam.
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Pushed back but also was very much making the point ‘hey I’m one of you not a ‘globalist’
This podcast came out after the Vance incident as he mentions the exchange with Sam.
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Highly recommend Lex’s podcast with Modi. My politics typically don’t align with Modi, but you can’t deny the depth of thoughtfulness and optimism (not for all).
Such a contrast to our politics of scarcity and economic fear.
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Has he watched Slumdog Millionaire? I feel like it might change his perspective on India.
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Spend 90 minutes with American geopolitical operative, and Trump's close friend, Steve Witkoff. Witness the rabid lunatic fringe that is Trump's inner circle, forging the history we are all living through.
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Spend 90 minutes with American geopolitical operative, and Trump's close friend, Steve Witkoff. Witness the rabid lunatic fringe that is Trump's inner circle, forging the history we are all living through.
Link to videowrote 14 days ago last edited by RenaudaSpend 90 minutes with American geopolitical operative, and Trump's close friend, Steve Witkoff. Witness the rabid lunatic fringe that is Trump's inner circle, forging the history we are all living through.
That FuCa Witkoff link should be in Jon’s National Humiliation thread. Pass the barf bag.
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I thought it was a good interview with a decent person, though I only listened to the first 30 minutes.
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Good conversation on Bari Weiss's Honestly today, with Jay Bhattacharya, new head of the NIH. The previous one, under Biden, called him fringe and dangerous, but it's difficult to believe that to be the actual case. He just disagreed with the mainstream at the peak of the panicked reaction to COVID, and paid the reputational price. He seems like the best-case scenario for a scientist you'd hope would be part of RFK Jr's administration.
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There are independent thinkers, and there are contrarians. The latter consider themselves the former but it’s really just another style of groupthink.
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There are independent thinkers, and there are contrarians. The latter consider themselves the former but it’s really just another style of groupthink.
wrote 4 days ago last edited by@jon-nyc said in What are you listening to - Podcast Edition?:
There are independent thinkers, and there are contrarians. The latter consider themselves the former but it’s really just another style of groupthink.
I'm sure you'd allow that Bari is in the former camp, and I'm sure you won't listen to this interview to hear how strongly she disagrees with your characterization of Jay. And I'm sure you don't actually know anything about Jay, including that the former NIH head who called him fringe and dangerous, eventually apologized.