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May 2024
53m 46s

#367 — Campus Protests, Antisemitism, an...

SAM HARRIS
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Sam Harris discusses the recent protests on college campuses, why focusing narrowly on the problem of "antisemitism" will be counterproductive, widespread confusion about the threat of Islamic extremism, and the necessary defense of Western values.

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