#472 — Strange Days on the Right

About this episode

Sam Harris speaks with Ben Shapiro about their pre-election debate and the fractures on the right.

Sam Harris speaks with Ben Shapiro about their pre-election debate and the fractures on the right. They discuss Trump's second term surprises, familial corruption, tariff policy, the ideological world of Tucker Carlson, the spread of conspiracism on the right, antisemitism as the ur-conspiracy theory, JD Vance's political calculations, the future of Israel and the Palestinian question, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe .

People in this episode

Host: Sam Harris

Guest: Ben Shapiro

Topics covered

• politics
• right-wing ideology
• Trump's presidency
• conspiracism
• antisemitism
• Israel-Palestine conflict

Keywords

• Ben Shapiro
• Trump
• Tucker Carlson
• conspiracism
• antisemitism
• JD Vance
• Israel
• Palestinian

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Israel, Palestinian, Making Sense

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