Philosophers Debate the War in Iran

About this episode

Ben Burgis hosts a debate on the war in Iran featuring philosopher Spencer Case.

A day late because Ben had to write a Jacobin article about all this instead of doing the episode (sorry about that!) but there's a lot to cover. Last Friday he recorded a debate on the war in Iran (hosted by philosopher Spencer Case). In this episode, we play the debate and chat a little bit about the truly bizarre developments since it was recorded. Ben argues that it's good to be clear on what TACO Tuesday was, because that strengthens the anti-war case going forward. Watch the debate on ...

People in this episode

Host: Ben Burgis

Guest: Spencer Case

Topics covered

• war in Iran
• philosophy
• debate
• anti-war movement
• politics

Keywords

• war in Iran
• debate
• philosophy
• anti-war
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jacobin

Places: Iran

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