#281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents

Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray about his new book, “The
War on the West.” They discuss the problem of hyper partisanship
on the Left and Right, the primacy of culture, Hunter Biden’s
laptop, the de-platforming of Trump and Alex Jones, the new
religion of anti-racism, the problem of inequality, the 1619
Project, history of slavery, moral panics, the strange case of
Michel Foucault, and other topics.


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