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No question that Sam would be included in the Autism Spectrum.

Anyone who escaped from the Soviet Union to the West in the late 1980s or early 1990s knew that Fukuyama was a fraud. The lack of understanding by the West was astounding.

In reference to the discussion of Truth and Facts: Trump ran a campaign of Reality to Fantasy and Fantasy to Desire: His campaign ran the typical fear mongering commercials about Kamala Harris, but he also disseminated commercials with aspirational videos and music--no voice over to contextualize anything. These videos are very simple: i.e., an African American dad running on a beach with his kids on a nice day, and a white man and woman looking at a traditional Victorian style house. These videos exploit the working families of all races' anger, which he stoked as well, of the high grocery prices, rent, and other daily costs--a reality of struggles. By not putting forth any details of policies, and instead that he would just fix everything, he baited his base into a fantasy functioning as a respite from reality. The process terminates at voting their desire. This process operates in his rallies and speeches as well, but with vulgarity and religiosity. Lacan would be horrified. Post-election comments from some progressives, such as Jonathan Capehart, have already made the mistake of implying that Kamala lost due to racism, sexism, and homophobia, but I think going on that line of analysis will lead to further decline of the Democrats' relevance. MAGA working families do not perceive themselves as racists or sexists, though they may be openly anti-trans, even while they cheer and join Trump in the derogatory comments. To call them racists, etc., etc., etc. would be a grave mistake. Everyone realizes that the top concern of most voters is the economy, which to working families was about the prices of goods, and the democrats stating that the economy is strong probably only angered the working families even more. Bernie Sanders explained this recently regarding why Kamala lost, and Scaramucci provided possible reasoning for the working families voting against the idea of DEI--particularly trans-rights.

Brilliant!

Outstanding interview. Thank you.

This video should be followed up. What a disgrace of a human being.

Wow, the question linking the rise of antisemitism with a lack of understanding of the Holocaust and this having a bearing on the lack of sympathy people have for Israel's attacks on Gaza is both stunning and breathtaking. It's not as if the Palestinians were roving around Eastern Europe in the '40s participating in genocide. The war on Palestine has zero to do with the Holocaust other than its use as a justification for stifling legitimate criticism of the Israeli Government's policies and actions. Having been wronged once in the past, no matter how savagely, is no excuse for bad behaviour today. Just as criticism of the Israeli Govt's action in Gaza and elsewhere is not to be confused with antisemitism. That such a morally and historically confused question could have been put to Tim Snyder is, as I said, breathtaking.

What a marvelous person and advocate Kim Leadbeater is, clearly intelligent and a good human being. If only more politicians where like her. Rory, you can be a very frustrating at times and you often look for very rare and imaginary issues where there is no good evidence to suggest them in the first place. If you are evidence based then please be evidence based and accept things on the balance of probability. To do otherwise is what leads to poor policy.

the state INTRUDES, whether it is pro or against. and she talks about "monitoring" as if it is problem- and coercion-free. whenever human beings are involved in any such MONITORING process, there is always a certain margin of error, and no consensus can mitigate that. again, the point is how a state-legislated law TAKES OVER, consciously or not, a person's life. Rory raises huge issues against it, but she seems utterly naive about "monitoring", putting even more burdens on an overburdened heath and legal and all sorts of bureaucracy, creating potential court cases, etc., etc., etc.

Kim L. is an exceptional guest. Eloquent, direct and clear, quick of mind, thoughtful, compassionate. First class interview.

The jealous guys.😂

Thank you George Mitchell you did soo much for what you did for Ireland. I’d could listen to you all night. Your optimism is infectious. 💚

I never vote Labour but have hope with Lisa Nancy and Wes Streeting in the Cabinet

Interesting ideas on why some are against gov't fairnes. Just listened to a podcast where some Libertarian farmer came up with excuse after excuse on why we don't need regulaton but more important why not let local people decide if fracking is pollution. My thought was that billionaires the Thiel Musk and Trump just want the mob to enforce their greed.

Is Welby really a Christian? Why would any serious Bible-believing Christian remain in the compromised and increasingly heretical CofE? All evangelicals should leave the CofE immediately. SDG

Uplifting

47:22 "I don't think he's gonna win" ...😐

I always wondered why both Rory and Alistair recognize that the EU is completely undemocratic but are ok with it. Then I realized both of them were like colonial governors in Iraq and/or Syria so they are comfortable with the fact that people of their class will be in charge in the EU ..

I'm sorry. This guy's mother's primary work is "transferring" money from rich white people to poor black people? So, she specifically targets white people, takes money from them somehow and then gives it exclusively to black people? Wow. And he said it with pride.

The KGB with Putin as its head produced massive amounts of propaganda proclaiming the evils of Zionism and that Zionism is racism. The KGB distributed this propaganda throughout the Global South and the Western left. It succeeded beyond their expectations.

Despite Israel’s military strength, Israelis feel vulnerable. They see Hamas and Hezbollah as as organizations that are dedicated to the destruction of Israel and the genocide of Jews. Why is it everyone has to bring up other ethnic or religious groups. They can’t just talk about Jews.

Neocons and Neo Nazis are the same people. F her

Jewish history doesn’t fit into anyone’s pet theory, right or left.

I live in the philippines….I’ll never get back to England and quite miss test match cricket commentary but this pairing of Alistair and Rory is a pretty good substitute.

Trump's OMB appointee wants to get rid of the EPA because it imposes too many "defenses." His audience laughed and applauded, apparently not giving a damn about protecting clean water and air.

What a woman!

What an excellent discussion. Appropriate language, open approach, frank, and controlled particularly impressive given the highly emotive topics covered. Thanks to all involved for demonstrating how discourse should happen.

She is certainly a very impressive MP. I enjoyed this interview. We have this policy or something very similar implemented in Victoria, Australia. In Australia it is essentially a states issue.

[45:23] The moment where Rory goes "It's all about timing... timing..." and then just ONE more time than what's really necessary "... timing, yeah" without Lewis picking up on that Rory is being patrionizing... is precisely irony. 👏😄

Legislators have convinced themselves they need to be involved in managing every aspect of our lives. This leads to their interposing their sticky fingers in matters (e.g., abortion) best dealt with as health matters by health professionals rather than laws i.e., rules of general application, made by people rarely selected for their understanding of medical matters. If I have a sore toe, I don't rock up to my local member's office for a remedy. You are not omnipotent and infallible, Rory. Leave it to those involved.

Great interview

Comments on Chance are SO true. It gets left out of people's narratives almost universally. I even made an album entitled 'The Secret Life Of Chance' for this poor, unrecognised feature of life

I would have loved another hour on the last couple of minutes of this interview.

Complexity creates opportunities for conspiracies and gives rise to conspiracy theories ….. 😮😂

Keep making such inspiring, deep and thoughtful interviews as this one to Professor Timothy. You enrich my view of the world. Definitely loving the Leading podcast as my top 1 from the whole The Rest of series.

Trump will hand Ukraine to Putin.

It happened in the UK under a Blair government. It was so obvious and overt in London. Everyone turned and looked the other way due to the huge amounts of money. Unbelievable upon reflection.

My hat is off to Senator Mitchell!

I am a non-believer yet I will defend the good people who are. Archbishop Welby is a good man and he deserves the respect that he has. The Iraq invasion by the evangelical Bush and Blair has created the chaos that is now threatening the whole world.

“People underestimate the role of chance and luck in life”. So true.

Yes, life is mostly luck.

What a lovely man is George. If only .......

One of the many Problems with dirty Russian Money is that technically every rich Russian is at least guilty of Tax Evasion (thanks to absurd soviet Tax Laws). So how do you deal with Law Abiding Partners if there are none?

Liberals have to figure out how they lost the war in Ukraine. Well done.

What a remarkable discussion. If only there could be more people in politics with Kim's knowledge, commitment, sharpness of mind and ability to articulate the issues.

Absolutely fascinating. Brilliant stuff.

I was a nurse for nearly 50years. Believe me people should have the right to choose to die when life becomes unbearable. I’ve seen many people die awful deaths. Thankfully I live in Victoria, Australia and can access this if I ever need it.

Your names always block the name of the guest when you show up on a mobile app. Note, the guest is more important than you.

Kim is wrong - people can do what they want now

we need to call international law what it is Treaties constructed and signed by Clement Atlee and Tony Blair