Today we get to all live tuition free inside the head of one of the most prominent intellectuals on the left, Ben Burgis. Ben is a Jacobin columnist, an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, and the host of the YouTube show and podcast Give Them An Argument. He’s also the author of several books including Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns, and Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why it Matters. Ben joins Max in a wide ranging discussion from the presidential election and the fracture among liberals and leftists to socialist tendencies and worker cooperatives.

Resources

Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis

Jacobin: Ben Burgis

Ben Burgis on Twitter

Ben Burgis Online

Ben Burgis on Substack

Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters

Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left

Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson

Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left

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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."

Today we get to all live tuition free inside the head of one of the most prominent intellectuals on the left, Ben Burgis. Ben is a Jacobin columnist, an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, and the host of the YouTube show and podcast Give Them An Argument. He’s also the author of several books including Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns, and Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why it Matters. Ben joins Max in a wide ranging discussion from the presidential election and the fracture among liberals and leftists to socialist tendencies and worker cooperatives.
Resources
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCByZMNYpHFEetI0s3deYH2g">Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis</a>
Jacobin: <a href="https://jacobin.com/author/ben-burgis">Ben Burgis</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/BenBurgis">Ben Burgis on Twitter</a>
<a href="https://benburgis.com/">Ben Burgis Online</a>
<a href="https://benburgis.substack.com/">Ben Burgis on Substack</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781789047455">Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781789045475">Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781789045536">Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781789042108">Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left</a>
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If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@UNFTR">www.youtube.com/@UNFTR</a>
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Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (<a href="https://www.mannyfacesmedia.com">mannyfacesmedia.com</a>). Original music is by Tom McGovern (<a href="http://www.tommcgovern.com/">tommcgovern.com</a>) and Hold Fast (<a href="https://holdfastband.com/">holdfastband.com</a>). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99.
Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 
Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 
As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 
Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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