WATCH THE FULL CONVERSATION ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNugi2XnhmI
UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS: September 24 — Join us for the first major live recording of Call Me Back, held at the Streicker Center, featuring Amir Tibon. To register, please go to: https://streicker.nyc/events/tibon-senor
SPECIAL SERIES:
As we approach the grim one-year anniversary of 10/07, we are featuring a dedicated series in which we take a longer horizon perspective, asking one guest each week to look back at this past year and the year ahead. If you are listening to this episode on a podcast app, please note that this series was filmed in a studio and is also available in video form on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNugi2XnhmI
For the second installment of this special series, we sat down with Sam Harris – philosopher, neuroscientist, bestselling author and podcaster.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:18 Sam’s experience of October 7th
05:44 Hamas’s use of civilians as human shields
09:07 Should Israel risk Israeli lives?
12:15 Response to sympathy towards Palestinians
19:43: Hamas knew exactly who they were targeting
22:00 Jihadist mentality
32:57 The hostage dilemma
38:29: American Anti-Israel protests
45:13 Antisemitism and anti zionism
01:01:28 Antisemitism on the left
01:04:47 Connection to Jewish identity post-October 7th
Episodes of Sam Harris’s “Making Sense” podcast, as referenced in this conversation:
“Why Don’t I Criticize Israel?”:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-why-dont-i-criticize-israel/id733163012?i=1000316926199
"The Bright Line Between Good and Evil":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFBm8nQ2aBo
To subscribe to Sam Harris’s podcast, Making Sense: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts
To register for Sam Harris’s substack: https://samharris.substack.com/
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