Ep 53 Part 1: Arguing, with Ben Burgis - a podcast by Giving the Mic to the Wrong Person

Ben Burgis(Rutgers prof, Zero Books author, Ben Shapiro debunker/mocker) joins us(Candy, Jacob, and Jeremy) to talk about his new book from Zero Books, _Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left_. Why do you actually need an argument versus just wanting to snark and dunk on or morally shame somebody? Listen and find out!

Check out Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep-53-part-2-arguing-with-ben-burgis

Also covered: hockey as the One True Sport, Aaron Sorkin and why stirring speeches can't do much, university faculty organizing, and even a bit about the Xfiles.
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Also, the only episode we've ever recorded to feature the phrase "universal basic bitcoin."
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Check out Ben's book here: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/give-them-an-argument

Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis
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Ben's is on the Michael Brooks Show every Tuesday for a weekly Debunk! https://michaelbrooksshow.libsyn.com/
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This is the first part of a two-parter. The whole conversation is available now at our Patreon at

http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic

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