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The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan

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Unafraid conversations about anything

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Episodes

Dana Beyer On Her Trans Victories, The Science Of Sex, And The Tensions Within "LGBTQ"

Dana is a retired surgeon, a mother, a trans rights advocate, and the former executive director (and current board member) of Gender Rights Maryland. She’s also been on the boards of two Jewish LGBT organizations, A Wider Bridge and Keshet, and has blogged extensively for HuffPo . We’ve been friends for a long time, and I thought it could only help the debate a little to have a spirited but also humane debate about trans issues — as they have been, and as they are now, in a “critical theory” wor...

Nov 27, 20201 hr 54 min

Matt Yglesias On The Patriotism Of Immigrants, Pro-Trump Minorities, Why Progressives Should Celebrate Progress

Matt Yglesias, contrarian progressive, joins the Dishcast to discuss the fallout of the 2020 election and his new book, “ One Billion Americans ,” a patriotic case for making America greater by inviting more immigrants. In the episode we talk about the 2020 election, wokeness and media, the cancel culture on the right, the progressives who find patriotism hokey, the black voters who support Biden more than white liberals do, Matt’s dissent over my use of “Christianists,” the importance of real d...

Nov 20, 2020

Brian Muraresku On Psychedelics And Bringing Enchantment Back To Christianity

Brian Muraresku is the author of the new book The Immortality Key , currently the #10 audiobook on the NYT Best Seller list and the #9 hardcover on Amazon’s non-fiction list . A collection of reviews can be found on Brian’s website . My own review is here . The Immortality Key , his first book, examines the pivotal role that psychedelics may have played in the origins of Western civilization, first among the ancient Greeks and then early Christians. This is not some kooky-ass book from some hipp...

Nov 13, 2020

Coleman Hughes On The Big Blow To Identity Politics This Election

Coleman Hughes is a brilliant young writer at Quillette on issues related to race, a contributing editor at City Journal , and the host of the podcast Conversations with Coleman . He famously faced off against Ta-Nehisi Coates at a congressional hearing on reparations. In this episode, I begin by wondering what I got wrong about Trump and how the electorate actually views him. We discuss what kind of authoritarian he actually turned out to be, how woke overreach cost the Democrats big this year,...

Nov 06, 20201 hr 42 min

Sam Harris On Trump's Incurable Character, Biden's Flaws and Virtues, The Toll Of Wokeness, And How A Landslide Could Heal Us

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up App. He’s also an old friend, jousting partner, meditation role model, and all round wonderful man. In thinking who might be an ideal first guest for the first Dishcast, and on the eve of an election, Sam came up immediately. Exactly four years ago, in an episode of his podcast titled “ The Lesser Evil ”, we had a rambling discussion that went viral, whe...

Oct 30, 20201 hr 45 min
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