After an examination of why Ed Markey is absolutely right to talk about "what your country can do for you," Ben is joined by Nathan J. Robinson to talk about an article they co-wrote about Glenn Beck for the new issue of Current Affairs, Yaron Brook debates Ben about the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and David Griscom comes back to drink tequila and talk about the politics of country music.

Ben is joined by Djene Bajalan from Missouri State University, Eric Levitz from New York Magazine, Matt Christman from Chapo Trap House, and Meagan Day from Jacobin. David Griscom does the first installment in his new weekly "Outlaws & Revolutionaries" segment to talk about country music and left politics. Oh, and Yoram Hazony is wrong about Marxism and the Enlightenment!

Articles mentioned in the episode:

The Challenge of Marxism by Yoram Hazony (Quillette)
The American AKP by Djene Bajalan and Michael Brooks (Jacobin)
'Working Class' Conservatism Doesn't Work Without Unions by Eric Levitz (New York Magazine)

Ben is joined by Michael Powell from the New York Times, David Griscom from The Michael Brooks Show, Dave Smith from Part of the Problem, and Ana Kasparian from The Young Turks and Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila.

Articles mentioned in the episode:

A Black Marxist Scholar Wanted to Talk About Race. It Ignited a Fury. (Michael Powell)

How to Debate Libertarians on Taxes and Destroy Them (Ben Burgis)

Without the Ability to Democratically Plan Our Society, We Don't Have True Freedom (Michal Rozwoski)

The Left Needs to Stop Falling for Absurd Sex Panics (Liza Featherstone)

Ben is joined by TMBS Super-Producer Matt Lech to talk about Bret Weinstein and the hypocrisy of the IDW, historian Harvey J. Kaye to talk about radical history, Jacobin founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara to talk about social democracy and the possibilities for a realistic alternative to capitalism, and Jacobin columnist Liza Featherstone to talk about DSA's recent electoral victories in New York.