{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6204030b1850700013ff991b/63f92d9f6f4cd90011d02209?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Grifters to the Left of Me? Kooks to the Right? with Nick Clairmont","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6204030b1850700013ff991b/1646767913317-3af4eba59fbdf7aed8f26aae988849a6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A kooky tweet from Rebekah Jones, the Florida Covid whistleblower who might not actually be a whistleblower, inspires Aryeh and Nick to debate whether the left has a grifter problem, the morality of Al Sharpton, whether liberals willfully misunderstand the right, Joe Biden's tall tales, and more!</p><p><br></p><p>Recorded February 15, 2023</p><p><br></p><p>LINKS</p><p><br></p><p>Nick's tweet that launched the debate</p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/NickClairmont1/status/1622970758136999936\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://twitter.com/NickClairmont1/status/1622970758136999936</a></p><p><br></p><p>Charles C.W. Cooke on Rebekah Jones</p><p><a href=\"https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Nick's 2017 Atlantic piece on populist trade policy</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/buy-american-trump/523584/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/buy-american-trump/523584/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Glenn Loury and John McWhorter on Al Sharpton</p><p><a href=\"https://bloggingheads.tv/videos/30689?in=07:43\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bloggingheads.tv/videos/30689?in=07:43</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sean Campbell in New York Magazine on Black Lives Matter</p><p><a href=\"https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6-million-dollar-house.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6-million-dollar-house.html</a></p><p><br></p><p>Rick Perlstein's 2012 piece, \"The Long Con\"</p><p><a href=\"https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-long-con\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-long-con</a></p><p><br></p><p>Steve Stewart-Williams on disliking political opponents for views that most don't actually hold</p><p><a href=\"https://mobile.twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1618738446360776705\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://mobile.twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1618738446360776705</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NickClairmont1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@NickClairmont1</a></p><p>Follow <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AryehCW\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@AryehCW</a></p>","author_name":"Aryeh Cohen-Wade"}