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Ben is joined by Daniel Bessner and Djene Bajalan to break down the Azerbaijan/Armenia conflict. Djene's article in Jacobin:

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/azerbaijan-armenia-conflict-nationalism-colonialism

Samuel Moyn chats with Ben about why the judicial powers of the Supreme Court are an obstacle to social progress. We don't need to pack the Court. We need to find ways to disempower it.

Meagan Day comes on to discuss what we know so far about the election results and what a Biden Presidency and a Republican Senate could mean for the socialist left.

Ben is joined by Nando Vila, Wosney "Big Wos" Lambre, and Mike Recine for the first in a monthly series of Sopranos Recap bonus episodes.

Professor Djene Bajalan (https://twitter.com/djenebajalan) joins Ben this week for a Patron-only episode that seeks to give a basic lay-of-the-land regarding Kurdish nationalism and the resultant liberation struggle. This is a free public preview. For the full episode and every other patron-only episode go to patreon.com/benburgis.

Dasha Nekrasova of the Red Scare podcast joins Ben Burgis to discuss Red Scare’s permanent ban from Twitter at the same time that Trump was banned. Later in the conversation they talk about Red Scare's politics and sense of humor, the prospects for a successful socialist project in the United States, and a lot more. This is a free public preview.

Every month Nando Vila, Wosney Lambre, and Mike Recine have been joining Ben to discuss an episode of the Sopranos. This time they're discussing Season 1, Episode 3 ("Denial, Anger, Acceptance"). This is a free public preview of a patron-exclusive episode. To get the full episode and every other Thursday patron episode, support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis...

Amber A'Lee Frost from Chapo Trap House and Jacobin Contributing Editor Daniel Bessner chat with Ben about their co-written Jacobin article "How the QAnon Cult Stormed the Capitol." (https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/q-anon-cult-capitol-hill-riot-trump) This is a free public preview. To get the full episode, support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis.

Zero Books editor Doug Lain joins Ben to talk about tech censorship, free speech, the media's stance during the Trump years, and more. For the full episode and every other Thursday episode for patrons, support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis​. Patrons also get access to the Discord and regularly scheduled "Discord Office Hours" group voice chats.

Writer and cohost of Dissent Magazine’s Know Your Enemy podcast Sam Adler Bell joins Ben Burgis for this week’s Patron-only episode. Sam and Ben discuss a piece that Sam wrote for The Drift, “Doctor Do-Little​ | The Case Against Anthony Fauci“ (https://www.thedriftmag.com/the-case-...​). Sam explains the arguments for and against severe criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role in the government’s Covid-19 response. Find Sam Online:https://twitter.com/SamAdlerBell​https://twitter...