Noam Dworman – Friendship in a Time of War (Bonus Episode)
Episode description
PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349
0:00 Why Noam gave Glenn a bag of books about Israel
5:25 Why Glenn felt burned after The Bell Curve
8:49 Loyalty among friends during the Gaza War
13:15 The blowback from Brown’s ceasefire letter
17:18 Talking about Israel across the ideological spectrum
19:42 Glenn: Loyalty tests are unreasonable
23:16 Trying to understand the human costs of war
26:26 Glenn: There is no decent alternative to a two-state solution
33:32 “Apartheid,” “genocide,” and other potentially unhelpful terms
39:29 Noam: Thank God for President Biden
44:13 Why Noam is worried about American attitudes toward Israel
49:08 Will the Gaza War end up strengthening Hamas?
56:08 The tone-deafness of some supporters of Israel
Recorded January 31, 2023
Links and Readings
Noam’s podcast, Live from the Table
The Glenn Show Live at the Comedy Cellar
Glenn and John Live at the Comedy Cellar
Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein’s book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
Glenn’s conversation with Charles Murray
The Brown University faculty’s ceasefire letter
Glenn’s conversation with Omer Bartov
Glenn’s conversation with Norman Finkelstein
Glenn’s conversation with John Mearsheimer
Glenn’s most recent conversation with Robert Wright
Benny Morris’s book, One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Aaron Maté’s appearance on Noam’s podcast
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