Season 4 Episode 9: Ben Shapiro vs History + William Paris on Utopianism (+ Police Abolition Debate)

Buy tickets now to the VERY FIRST GTAA LIVE SHOW (co-sponsored by This is Revolution and Left Reckoning) at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angels on October 23rd, featuring Ana Kasparian, Nando Vila, Ben Burgis, Jason Myles, Kuba Wrzesniewski, David Griscom, Matt Lech, Daniel Bessner, C. Derrick Varn, and more:https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005D19D53D5C6C*******************************************************Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew review Ben Shapiro's video "Marxism Can't Work in America" and correct Shapiro's understanding of American history, Marxism, and socialism, and...well...everything? After that, we play a recent friendly debate Ben (Burgis) had with a third Ben, Ben Spielberg, on how the Left approaches criminal justice reform. The main event is William Paris, the only member of the What's Left of Philosophy? podcast never to have appeared on GTAA, who joins us to talk about utopianism. After a quick philosophy segment w/Dr. Jenn, continuing our fallacy series, it's off to the postgame for GTAA patrons w/Dr. Kuba from This is Revolution. Really good stuff all around.Read William in Psyche:https://psyche.co/ideas/utopian-thinking-prompts-us-to-get-real-about-societys-needsFollow him on Twitter: @whitherutopiaFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisVisit benburgis.com