The Crisis of Truth in American Politics
Topics include: ICE, Renee Good’s murder, conspiracy thinking, the role of the media, identity politics, Trumpism, antisemitism, Iran and Islamism, and assessing basic facts.
Timestamps
00:00 – In This Episode
00:42 – What’s your reaction to the ICE shooting of Renee Good and its aftermath?
04:16 – What are your thoughts on the public and the media’s reactions?
10:05 – How does framing immigration enforcement as a “war” shape public reaction?
12:55- What do you make of the spread of conspiracy thinking?
18:46 – Ad Break
12:05 – What are your thoughts on the protests in Iran, and the response from the West?
26:26 – Is moral outrage in Western media shaped by the identity of the oppressor?
31:41 – Do you feel like your identity gets in the way of your messaging?
34:26 – How should the threat of radical Islam be addressed?
38:39 – What specific policies would you suggest?
44:50 – Ad Break
47:10 – Do you have any insight around raising teenagers?
50:03 – How do your wife and daughters see you differently from your public image?
