#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War

Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The
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the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:07)
- Kanye 'Ye' West (14:47) - Hitler and the nature of evil (22:53) -
Political attacks on the left and the right (28:37) - Quebec mosque
shooting (38:33) - Elon Musk buying Twitter (51:36) - Trump and
Biden (56:09) - Hunter Biden's laptop (1:07:42) - Candace Owens
(1:11:22) - War in Ukraine (1:21:31) - Rhetoric vs truth (1:26:26)
- Infamous BBC interview (1:29:42) - Day in the life (1:44:37) -
Abortion (1:57:32) - Climate change (2:04:55) - God and faith
(2:16:05) - Tribalism (2:20:41) - Advice for young people (2:24:26)
- Andrew Breitbart (2:26:56) - Self-doubt (2:28:58) - Love