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Former Princeton professor Shilo Brooks would start class by telling his students they were boring: “Y’all are boring as hell . . .and the only way you become interesting is to have ideas that are not your own boring, ignorant ideas. What that means is that you need to... show more

Honestly with Bari Weiss

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Honestly with Bari Weiss11 months ago

Don’t be boring—read more. Shilo Brooks just launched Old School, a podcast with The Free Press where some of our smartest minds walk you through the wisdom of their favorite books. Listen on Apple Podcasts: Listen on Spotify:

Athenian Stranger11 months ago

It needs to be emphasized that Shilo has written what’s easily among the best commentaries on Nietzsche that’s ever been written in English. Specifically, his commentary on Nietzsche’s second book —Untimely Meditations— is invaluable.

Snarky Iowa Economist11 months ago

"If you are a person of substance, you need to meet your critics." -Shilo Brooks. Great quote. Great episode.

Terrae Ignis 🇺🇸11 months ago

Blunt words in an institution where professors were told not to grade students work with red pens to avoid emotional harm.

JWF11 months ago

@IzaBooboo It's so much easier to be an antisemite vomiting up stale talking points than to actually read and think.

AAE11 months ago

If he were to throw, say, a marker at any student who repeated woke talking points, it could be real fun.

Vincent Viitala11 months ago

Read 2k books, but still I have like 1k left. It never stops... However, 3k books is most of the things in life...

Robin Debreuil11 months ago

I’m all for reading, but that will just turn ‘boring’ into ‘boring and unoriginal’. To be less boring, you need to do something interesting. There is no other cure.

frank11 months ago

have good ideas is hard

Iknowwhatyouare10 months ago

No blacks allowed

The Scourge Of God10 months ago

Let's us worship thy master Israel... Amen

DB11 months ago

Modern “education” is horrible…students are taught to memorize like circus monkeys and lab rats and taught WHAT to think… Not HOW to think

FAFO11 months ago

He speaks just like Pat McGann. Uncanny

HappyCamper11 months ago

paying subscriber here... where do we access this "televised" interview? via app??

Wrong Way Corrigan11 months ago

Some of us might be guilty of doing too much thinking and not enough doing! Not all of us can earn a living from philosophy and suchlike, @bariweiss

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14,506 views • 2 months ago

“When people were saying in the testimony, that the hope they have is that what happened here 30 something years ago will never happen again. It won’t, not because those who were responsible for that dark past will not try again or are not even trying now again. It will not happen again just because there will be people who will stand up and fight. It’s not because there are fewer people who wish for us to perish or who would have wished for this country to disappear. How can people accept that? What kind of people do not stand up and fight? There is a risk of dying when you stand up and fight but if you don’t, it’s a sure thing: you are going to die. So why don’t I try to stand up and fight with the chance that I might survive and live life as I want it, instead of giving up and you let people treat you as if for you to live, it is a favour that they are going to do for you. Why? But my message goes to other Africans who live like this on a daily basis, who are dehumanized and they accept it and they beg. I can't beg to live. I can't beg anybody. We’ll fight, If I lose, I lose. But there is a chance. There is a chance, a significant chance, that if you stand up and fight, you will live. And you will have lived a dignified life that you deserve, that anybody else deserves." President Kagame | #Kwibuka31

“When people were saying in the testimony, that the hope they have is that what happened here 30 something years ago will never happen again. It won’t, not because those who were responsible for that dark past will not try again or are not even trying now again. It will not happen again just because there will be people who will stand up and fight. It’s not because there are fewer people who wish for us to perish or who would have wished for this country to disappear. How can people accept that? What kind of people do not stand up and fight? There is a risk of dying when you stand up and fight but if you don’t, it’s a sure thing: you are going to die. So why don’t I try to stand up and fight with the chance that I might survive and live life as I want it, instead of giving up and you let people treat you as if for you to live, it is a favour that they are going to do for you. Why? But my message goes to other Africans who live like this on a daily basis, who are dehumanized and they accept it and they beg. I can't beg to live. I can't beg anybody. We’ll fight, If I lose, I lose. But there is a chance. There is a chance, a significant chance, that if you stand up and fight, you will live. And you will have lived a dignified life that you deserve, that anybody else deserves." President Kagame | #Kwibuka31

Presidency | Rwanda

47,123 views • 1 year ago

Andre Williams says hip-hop culture is pushing young people toward a dangerous path. Andre Williams: "This is a common thing, black kids getting killed by other black people because they glorify this culture of, I have to show off. And who are you showing off for? To people that are going to kill you, to people that are going to take from you." Andre Williams: "You don't need to show off your money. If you got money, you don't need to show it. If you have something, you don't need to show a bunch of people. You either have it or you don't and it's simple as that."

Andre Williams says hip-hop culture is pushing young people toward a dangerous path. Andre Williams: "This is a common thing, black kids getting killed by other black people because they glorify this culture of, I have to show off. And who are you showing off for? To people that are going to kill you, to people that are going to take from you." Andre Williams: "You don't need to show off your money. If you got money, you don't need to show it. If you have something, you don't need to show a bunch of people. You either have it or you don't and it's simple as that."

PBD Podcast

23,802 views • 3 months ago

You are not going to get something for nothing. You have to pay the price that baseball demands and that price is everything. This game is about the courage to act on your own thoughts and become who you want to become

You are not going to get something for nothing. You have to pay the price that baseball demands and that price is everything. This game is about the courage to act on your own thoughts and become who you want to become

Matt Lisle

28,731 views • 5 months ago

⚠️ Why are therapists so upset with creators like me? Because I’m willing to challenge ideas that don’t always fit neatly inside a textbook. You don’t have to agree with me, but you do have the right to think for yourself and question what you hear.

⚠️ Why are therapists so upset with creators like me? Because I’m willing to challenge ideas that don’t always fit neatly inside a textbook. You don’t have to agree with me, but you do have the right to think for yourself and question what you hear.

FlourishWithLaurin

15,869 views • 3 months ago

🚨 JUST IN: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer BLOWS UP on the Senate for STILL not having the SAVE America Act passed CANCEL RECESS AND ENTER A TALKING FILIBUSTER, THUNE 🔥 "Everybody has heard them say we don't have the votes. REALLY!? You don't have the votes for something that's an 80% issue across this country with Republicans, Democrats, and others?!" "People believe it's reasonable that in order to vote in this country, you must first establish that you are a lawful citizen." "That's number one. Number two, when you show up to vote, you make sure that you identify, you can confirm that you are that citizen who is lawfully right to vote by showing a photo ID. That's an 80% issue." "That is something that is Republican Democrat and other, and they tell us they don't have the votes. Here's the other thing that you got to pay attention to. When you say you don't have the votes, tell us what the problem is!" "What exactly do you disagree with when it comes to the American people and they're not telling us that!" "So as a House member, I am extremely frustrated, but it is not me that you should be concerned of it. It's the American people who want this."

🚨 JUST IN: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer BLOWS UP on the Senate for STILL not having the SAVE America Act passed CANCEL RECESS AND ENTER A TALKING FILIBUSTER, THUNE 🔥 "Everybody has heard them say we don't have the votes. REALLY!? You don't have the votes for something that's an 80% issue across this country with Republicans, Democrats, and others?!" "People believe it's reasonable that in order to vote in this country, you must first establish that you are a lawful citizen." "That's number one. Number two, when you show up to vote, you make sure that you identify, you can confirm that you are that citizen who is lawfully right to vote by showing a photo ID. That's an 80% issue." "That is something that is Republican Democrat and other, and they tell us they don't have the votes. Here's the other thing that you got to pay attention to. When you say you don't have the votes, tell us what the problem is!" "What exactly do you disagree with when it comes to the American people and they're not telling us that!" "So as a House member, I am extremely frustrated, but it is not me that you should be concerned of it. It's the American people who want this."

Eric Daugherty

49,631 views • 27 days ago