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Jun 2019

2h 4m

Noam Chomsky

Lawrence M. Krauss

About this episode

In this episode, Lawrence talks with public intellectual, linguist, and political activist Noam Chomsky. Together, they discuss topics ranging from American exceptionalism and foreign policy, to North Korea and Brazil, as well as free speech and Donald Trump.

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