Beyond Talking Points

It has been quite a while since we discussed Coronavirus policy, and we had been meaning to do a second episode about it at some point. We touch such issues as the stimulus checks, government overreach, and being "blue-pilled". There's a lot of back and forth on this one, and we encourage people to look into the statistics related to COVID-19 and form their own opinions.

On the forty-eighth episode of Beyond Talking Points, Matt and Matt are joined by Keegan to discuss their views on whether or not the state is justified. This is a broad topic, and we touch on many different aspects of it, including how contracts are upheld, whether democracy justifies the state, and the nature of how businesses and corporations behave.

In this episode, Matt and Matt talk about gender and biological sex. This is one of the times we tackle a "culture war" issue, but we end up having a fairly substantitive back and forth that is worthy of consideration. In the end, we don't make a ton of progress, but there is a lot of nuance to unpack.

In the forty-sixth episode of Beyond Talking Points, the Matts discuss their opinions on whether or not censorship is a problem nowadays, the role of government in social media policy, and whether political correctness will have long-term effect on politics, culture, and society.

For the first time, Matt and Matt are joined by a guest! Keegan joins us to discuss a debate between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault. We cover several topics ranging from their view on human nature to their comments on politics.

In this episode, we have a discussion about what "political ideology" is and it's limitations. We discuss if it's possible for an ideology to actually be descriptive of the world, if it can avoid internal contradictions, and if it is necessary for an ideology to become all encompassing. We do get hung up on praxeology a bit, but eventually agree to disagree for the time being. We also talk about when an ideology contradicts itself in the context of policy and conflicting constituencies.

In this episode, Matt and Matt react to a Soho Forum debate between Walter Block and Kerry Baldwin. The debate, in simplified terms, is about a woman's right to "evict" a fetus during different points in a pregnancy. We react to some of the ideas presented and give our general takes on eviction theory and abortion.

In this one, Matt and Matt discuss the "insurrection" on January 6th at Capitol Hill. We have very different thoughts. We go through the narrative and break down our reactions.

In this one, we discuss the events around world war 2 and debate if the prevailing narrative - that US involvement in World War 2 was justified - is correct. We go through some forecasting on what could have happened if the US did not intervene and look at some of the narratives for why the US did intervene.

In this episode, we discuss a Noam Chomsky lecture about Madisonian Democracy. We discuss positive rights, property rights, and democracy. It's a fun one with a lot of the discussion you'd expect from us!