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Suicide of The West

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This week, it's our good pal Jonah Goldberg for the full hour to talk about his new book, Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy (yes, you MUST buy it!). We delve into the book's argument, the lineage of the title, and what can be done in terms of suicide prevention. It's a fantastic conversation. Also, Rob's in Paris and will there be peace in our time on the Korean Peninsula? Mon dieu!

Music from this week's show: Suicide Is Painless by Ania

Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guest:
JGJonah Goldberg

Discussion (41)

  • Egg Man@EggMan

    This was excellent. I was fearing we’d here the same thing as on the 20 other venues that Jonah has already used to promote his book, but both the interviewers and interviewee are clearly smarter than that.

    Also, nice choice of closing music.

  • Annefy@Annefy

    Egg Man (View Comment):

    This was excellent. I was fearing we’d here the same thing as on the 20 other venues that Jonah has already used to promote his book, but both the interviewers and interviewee are clearly smarter than that.

    Also, nice choice of closing music.

    Huh. I've heard Jonah interviewed a couple of times; there's nothing he's said that has inspired me to read his book. No "ah hah!" moments. Nothing I didn't know or heard before.

    My guess is that the people who should read his book won't.

  • Annefy@Annefy

    Egg Man (View Comment):

    This was excellent. I was fearing we’d here the same thing as on the 20 other venues that Jonah has already used to promote his book, but both the interviewers and interviewee are clearly smarter than that.

    Also, nice choice of closing music.

    The closing music ruined my afternoon.I watched MASH live; my kids watched it on DVD. And they're all grown.

    Surely I'm not this old ???

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