Give Them An Argument

By Ben Burgis

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 fo

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The podcast currently has 274 episodes available.

Give Them An Argument episodes:

March 29, 2024 Season 6 Episode 11: Nathan Robinson on His Debate w/Destiny
David Griscom joins us at the top of the show, then Current Affairs editor Nathan J. Robinson chats with Ben about his Israel/Palestine debate with liberal politics streamer Steven Bonnell aka "Destiny." Jason Myles hangs out in the postgame for patrons.

Follow Nathan on Twitter: @NathanJRobinson

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

patreon.com/benburgis

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1h 37min
March 26, 2024 Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Norman Finkelstein vs. Rabbi Shmuley
Matthew Whalan once again joins Ben Burgis for a Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This week they're watching (actual!) friend of the show Norm Finkelstein taking on Rabbi Shmuley on Israel/Palestine on Piers Morgan's show.

Read Matthew's Substack:

https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @VernonWhalan

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

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2h 24min
March 22, 2024 Season 6 Episode 10: Debunking Thomas Sowell
Matt McManus joins us to discuss his Jacobin article "Thomas Sowell Is a Cynical Man":

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/sowell-cynical-social-domination-conservatism

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Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattPolProf

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

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2h 15min
March 15, 2024 Season 6 Episode 9: Israel/Palestine Debate w/Brianna Wu
Rebellion PAC Executive Director Brianna Wu joins Ben Burgis for a conversation to explore their disagreements on Israel/Palestine as well as on the Biden administration's response to the horrors happening there. Before that, we're joined for the opening segment by the one and only RM Brown. (We'll start with Jordan Peterson-on-Elmo for that.) Last but definitely not least, Rayyvana joins us for the postgame for patrons.

Read Ben's most recent Jacobin articles on Israel Palestine:

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/rights-ancestors-land-israel-palestine

&

https://jacobin.com/2024/02/new-york-times-anti-palestinian-bias

Follow Brianna on Twitter: @BriannaWu

Follow RM on Twitter: @xrmbrownx2

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

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Read the weekly philosophy Substack:

benburgis.substack.com

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2h 3min
March 11, 2024 Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Piers Morgan vs. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
Gordon Katic joins Ben Burgis to watch Piers Morgan's recent faceoff with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett over the war in Gaza.

Follow Gordon on Twitter: @gordonkatic

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

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1h 30min
March 08, 2024 Season 6 Episode 8: Ben Shapiro's Foreign Policy/Ben Burgis on News Nation
On a recent episode of his show, professional advocate for the 1% Ben Shapiro lays out his "foreign policy worldview" so we're bringing on one of our favorite foreign policy analysts, Mean Djene Bajalan, onto the show to break it down. Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew watch Ben's recent appearance on News Nation in which Ben and host Dan Abrams argue about whether the Supreme Court is "legitimate." Last but not least, in the postgame for patrons, we get through a few more credits of our education at Prager U.

Follow Djene on Twitter: @djenebajalan

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

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1h 57min
March 05, 2024 Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: Ben Shapiro vs. Alex O'Connor
Victor and Ethan join Ben Burgis once again for a Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This week they're watching Ben Shapiro's debate with "Cosmic Skeptic" Alex O'Connor about religion and society.

Check out Victor and Ethan's podcast (with Matt McManus and Gordon Katic) "Academic Edgelords"):

https://academicedgelords.com/

Follow Ethan on Twitter: @anontwtuser11

Follow Victor on Twitter: @victorbruzzone

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

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1h 57min
March 03, 2024 Season 6 Episode 7: The Dystopias of Yesterday (Talking Science Fiction w/RJ Eskow)
Zero Hour host RJ Eskow joins Ben Burgis to talk about RJ's Current Affairs essay "The Dystopias of Yesterday":

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2024/02/the-dystopias-of-yesterday

Before that, Ben and the GTAA crew watch some of a bizarre-even-by-the-standards-of-Alex-Jones conversation about hive minds and "the AI agenda" between evil clown Alex Jones, enemy-of-lizard-people David Icke, and a voice that may or may not be Elon Musk. Last but not least, Ethan from the Confronting Capital channel and Victor Bruzzone join us in the postgame for patrons to watch some Ben Shapiro inanity. This is a fun one.

Follow RJ on Twitter: @rjeskow

Follow Ethan on Twitter: @anontwtuser11

Follow Victor on Twitter: @victorbruzzone

Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis

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Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

patreon.com/benburgis

Read the weekly philosophy Substack:

benburgis.substack.com

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1h 51min
February 27, 2024 Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: RFK, Jr. vs. Dave Smith
Matthew Whalan joins Ben Burgis for another Thursday Night Debate Breakdown. This time, they're watching a brand-new one--Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (who's somehow both an ardent apologist for Israeli war crimes and an occasional just-asking-questions advocate of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories) debating libertarian podcaster Dave Smith on Kennedy's position on Israel/Palestine.

Read Matthew's Substack:

https://matthewvernonwhalan.substack.com

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @VernonWhalan

Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis

Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show

Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

patreon.com/benburgis

Read the weekly philosophy Substack:

benburgis.substack.com

Visit benburgis.com
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2h 8min
February 25, 2024 Thursday Night Debate Breakdown: William F. Buckley vs. John Kenneth Galbraith
Current Affairs magazine's "House Economist" Robert Larson joins Ben Burgis to continue the weekly series of Thursday Night Debate Breakdowns by watching left-liberal economist John Kenneth Galbraith's 1981 appearance on William F. Buckley's Firing Line. (There might also be a surprise bonus mini-breakdown at the beginning of the show.)

Read Rob at Current Affairs:

https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/rob-larson

Follow Rob on Twitter: @IronicProfessor

Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis

Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show

Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:

patreon.com/benburgis

Read the weekly philosophy Substack:

benburgis.substack.com

Visit benburgis.com
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1h 58min

FAQs about Give Them An Argument:

How many episodes does Give Them An Argument have?

The podcast currently has 274 episodes available.

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