Give Them An Argument
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 for GTAA patrons after the main show. (To become a patron, go to patreon.com/benburgis and sign up for the monthly cost of a milkshake at a 50s nostalgia diner in 1994.) Past guests have included Slavoj Žižek, Richard Wolff, David Pizarro, Gregory Sadler, Glenn Greenwald, Krystal Ball, Bhaskar Sunkara, S...
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Episodes (300)
Western Marxism Through the Looking Glass (ft. Matt McManus)
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Philosophers Debate the War in Iran
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Analytical Marxism and Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century: Revisiting G.A....
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RIP Habermas (ft. Matt McManus)
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Matt McManus Read Nick Land So You Don't Have To
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Of All the Dumb Wars, This One is Somehow the Dumbest
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Talking MAGA’s Intellectuals with Laura Field and Matt McManus
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Curtis Yarvin Stops Being Coy About Fascism
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Why Everyone Should Read Vivek Chibber
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Is "Elite Capture" the Problem with Identity Politics?
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Are Service Workers and Public Sector Employees Part of the Proletariat?
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Ana Kasparian Tries to Teach Bill Maher Basic Things About Palestine
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Fuentes is a Symptom
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The Penguin Edition of Marx's Capital is So Much Better Than the Princeton
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Zohran is Right and the Online Left is Wrong
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Trump: We Lost Vietnam and Iraq Because of Woke
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The Labor Theory of Value and Marx's Theory of Exploitation
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Krystal Ball vs. Saagar Enjeti: Is it “Neo-Confederate” to Refuse to Cooperate w...
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Curtis Yarvin Says We Can't Handle the Truth
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Robert Nozick's Wilt Chamberlain Argument Against Redistribution
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Debunking Pro-Israel Talking Points on Gaza
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Democrats are Screwing Up the Shutdown
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Breaking Down Zohran on The View
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Is Analytic Philosophy a Dead End for the Left?
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Trump Classifies "Anti-Capitalism" as Political Violence Pre-Crime
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Missing the Point About Charlie Kirk
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Richard Wolff and Ben Burgis Address a Socialist Conference in Mexico City
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Season 7 Episode 25: Jake Departure/Season Finale/Fun Shit
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Season 7 Episode 24: Meagan Day vs. the Tradwives
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Season 7 Episode 23: Norm Finkelstein & Matt McManus on John Stuart Mill
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Season 7 Episode 22: Exploitation and Analytical Marxism (ft. Nicholas Vrousalis...
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Season 7 Episode 21: How Capitalism Ends (Bastille Day Special w/Steve Paxton)
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Season 7 Episode 20: We Have Always Had a Union (ft. Shaun Richman)
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Season 7 Episode 19: Flowers for Marx
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Season 7 Episode 18: Michael O'Neill Burns & Matt McManus on Marx & Ideology
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Season 7 Episode 17: Another World is Possible (ft. Natasha Zapata)
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Season 7 Episode 16: Citizen Marx
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Season 7 Episode 15: Nathan Robinson on His Book w/Noam Chomsky (+ Jordan Peters...
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Season 7 Episode 14: Karl Marx in America (ft. Andrew Hartman)
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Season 7 Episode 13: Eric Blanc on the Way Forward for Labor
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Season 7 Episode 12: Congressman Ro Khanna Gives Us An Argument
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Season 7 Episode 11: Talking Hegel w/Borna Radnik & Matt McManus
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Season 7 Episode 10: Matt Bruenig & Luke Savage on "Abundance"
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Season 7 Episode 9: Songs to Revolt To
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Season 7 Episode 8: Debating Socialism w/the Libertarian Institute's Keith Knigh...
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Season 7 Episode 7: Debating Palestine w/Philosopher Spencer Case
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Season 7 Episode 6: Watching Dugin & Glenn Greenwald w/Deep State Kuba
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Season 7 Episode 5: Conversations with Platypi (Ben & Jason at UC-Irvine)
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Season 7 Episode 4: Walter Block Calls for Legalizing Sexual Harassment & Privat...
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Season 7 Episode 3: Vivek Chibber is Done with Your Nonsense
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