Friendlyjordies Podcast

Guest: Peter Slezak

Peter Slezak was a professor of philosophy at the University of New South Wales and a public commentator on science, philosophy, religion and politics.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:32 – Studying at Columbia during the Vietnam War

00:05:15 – Labor on Palestine

00:05:36 – International Law Toothless?

00:07:30 - Anti-Semitism and Israel

00:10:46 - Jewish Upbringing

00:15:20 – Israel Palestine Conflict

00:23:30 - Far Right Anti-Semitism

00:33:05 - Solution to the conflict (One State V Two State)

00:38:15 – Ham**s views

00:40:22 – Friendship with Chomsky

00:45:14 - Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness

00:52:29 - Religiosity, Sam Harris, and Atheism

00:55:47 - Is Islamophobia Justified?

00:58:20 - Mislav's Views challenged

01:05:02 – Mislav's Kendrick Lamar Conundrum