Episode 398: WWGD: What Would Genghis Do?

What happens when Jesus Christ and Genghis Khan get dragged into the same geopolitical argument? You get one wild quote from Benjamin Netanyahu—and one even wilder episode of New Persuasive Words. This week, Scott and Bill react to Netanyahu’s eyebrow-raising claim that history suggests goodness doesn’t really have an edge over ruthless power. In other words: nice guys…don’t finish first. Or second. Or maybe even at all. Naturally, the guys introduce a new moral framework for our troubled times: WWGD — What Would Genghis Do? (Spoiler: it’s not “turn the other cheek.”) Along the way, they wrestle with some uncomfortable questions: Is history just a scoreboard for the strong? Does moral goodness actually “win,” or does it just write better memoirs afterward? And are we supposed to take geopolitical advice from a 13th-century warlord now? It’s sharp, a little irreverent, and just self-aware enough to know that comparing Jesus and Genghis Khan might say more about us than about history itself. Come for the hot take. Stay for the existential crisis.