In this podcast, I take issue with Professor Steven Pinker's take on the campus protests now spreading through the student body in the USA as revealed by an interview he did with the Radio 4 Today Programme this morning. I also tease out historical resonances with the student unrest that was, like the current protests, also initiated at Columbia University in 1968 and which subsequently spread across the world and signalled the demise of the Vietnam War. For what it's worth, I offer encouragement and advice to students participating in the protests and sketch the argument for their absolute necessity. [Free. 28 minutes.]
WHAT IS FASCISM? 4 - SATURN EATS HIS SON & THE DEATH INSTINCT
DODGY DAVE? - INTERESTING TIMES 78
RETALIATION - INTERESTING TIMES 77
THE DIN OF RATTLING SABRES - INTERESTING TIMES 76
MUSIC - UP THROUGH THE WOODS
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - INTERESTING TIMES 75
RULES BASED ORDER? - INTERESTING TIMES 74
CHUANG TZU 3 - CRACKING THE SAFE
LOOKING BACK OVER 2023 & FORWARD TO 2024 - INTERESTING TIMES 73
TURKEY, DEVOLUTION, GAZA - INTERESTING TIMES 72
CHUANG TZU 2 - CUTTING UP AN OX
WHAT DOES THE BBC WANT YOU TO THINK TODAY? RAW THOUGHT
CHUANG TZU 1 - ACTION AND NON-ACTION
MUSIC - GRACE OF RAIN
A MAD MONDAY IN UK POLITICS & BEYOND - INTERESTING TIMES 71
A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR OUR FUTURE? - INTERESTING TIMES 70
BALLOTS, BOMBS, BLOWBACK - INTERESTING TIMES 69
CHUANG TZU - AN INTRODUCTION
TORY CONFERENCE 23 - INCOMPETENCE, FRAGMENTATION AND MADNESS - INTERESTING TIMES 69
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