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Give Them An Argument episodes

July 14 The Myth of Red Texas (ft. David Griscom)
David Griscom joins us to talk about his excellent new book "The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South." Also, happy birthday to our Texan graphic designer J. Andrew World!

Order the book:

https://redemmas.org/titles/47536-the-myth-of-red-texas-cowboys-populism-and-class-war-in-the-radical-south/

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1 hr 24 min
July 10 Debate Breakdown: Batya Ungar-Sargon vs. Brad Lander (ft. Cynthia Cook)
Pro-Trump pundit Batya Ungar-Sargon sat down with left-wing Congressional candidate Brad Lander to berate him about Israel and other subjects. Ben Burgis and Cynthia Cook give it a watch.

Read Ben's article "DSA’s Critics Are Missing the Point About the Working Class" in Jacobin:

https://jacobin.com/2026/07/class-politics-dsa-media-criticism

Read the Michael Lange breakdown of the exit polling data Cynthia mentioned ("When Narratives Meet Facts"):

https://www.michaellange.nyc/p/when-narratives-meet-facts

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2 hr 6 min
July 02 Matt McManus and Ben Burgis Have a New Book on G.A. Cohen, Out Today!
Ben Burgis chats with Matt McManus about Matt's Jacobin article "Gad Saad Is Very Mad That His Books Are Bad and Sad."

Read the article:

https://jacobin.com/2026/05/saad-empa...

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2 hr 17 min
June 25 Gad Saad Is Very Mad That His Books Are Bad and Sad (ft. Matt McManus)
Ben Burgis chats with Matt McManus about Matt's Jacobin article "Gad Saad Is Very Mad That His Books Are Bad and Sad."

Read the article:

https://jacobin.com/2026/05/saad-empathy-conservatism-book-review

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1 hr 14 min
June 22 Debate Breakdown: Medhi Hasan vs. PBD
Victor Bruzzone joins Ben Burgis to break down Medhi Hasan's recent conversation with Patrick Bet-David about Israel, free speech, imperial expansionism, and more.

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2 hr 14 min
June 18 Well, That Went Well: Talking Iran with Mean Djene Bajalan
When Trump announced the war at the end of February, he said the goal was to bring "freedom" the people of Iran. Over and over again in the weeks of fighting, he said he'd settle for nothing less than "unconditional surrender." At one point, he said that if Iran didn't bend the knee he would "destroy" their "civilization."

So...what happened? And what's going to happen now?

Djene Bajalan joins us to break it all down.

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1 hr 4 min
June 11 Dialogue on Left and Right Populism w/Sohrab Ahmari (YouTube Version)
Last month in New York City, Ben Burgis and Sohrab Ahmari sat down for an in-person dialogue on left- and right- "populism." Here it is!

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2 hr 14 min
June 08 Hegelian Marxism vs. Analytical Marxism (ft. Matt McManus + Michael Lazarus)
Ben Burgis is joined by Michael Lazarus (author of "Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx") and Matt McManus (who needs no introduction to GTAA fans) for a fun three-way exchange on "analytical Marxism" (the tradition Ben works in), Michael's more Hegel-inflected version of Marxism, and Matt's sympathies with both sides.

Order Michael's book:

https://www.sup.org/books/politics/absolute-ethical-life

Follow Michael on Twitter: @Mblaz39

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1 hr 24 min
June 07 Debate on Socialism with Jillian Michaels
Last week Ben Burgis and Jillian Michaels hashed out their disagreements on socialism in an in-person debate in Michaels's studio in LA. Here it is!

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2 hr 34 min
April 14 Western Marxism Through the Looking Glass (ft. Matt McManus)
Matt McManus discusses his review of Gabriel Rockhill's Temu-Stalinist conspiracy theory of "western Marxism."

Read Matt's review of Rockhill's "Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?" in Damage magazine:

https://www.damagemag.com/p/western-marxism-through-the-looking

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1 hr 17 min

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Give Them An Argument is a YouTube show and podcast dedicated to building a smarter, funnier and more strategic Left. New episodes are live on YouTube on Monday nights with an exclusive postgame…