265 Episodes

  1. Season 3 Episode 29: The Return of Slavoj Zizek

    Published: 1/30/2022

  2. Season 3 Episode 27: Scott Horton Debated Bill Kristol on America's Forever Wars

    Published: 1/16/2022

  3. Season 3 Episode 25: The Hitchens Brothers

    Published: 1/7/2022

  4. Season 3 Episode 23: Emma Vigeland vs. the Right (ft. Paul Prescod and Emma Vigeland)

    Published: 12/21/2021

  5. Season 3 Episode 20: A Very Bad Wizard Gives An Argument (ft. David Pizarro)

    Published: 12/7/2021

  6. GTAA Season 3 Episode 19: James Lindsay is a McCarthyite Lunatic

    Published: 11/30/2021

  7. Slavoj Zizek on Communism (& Kant Was Not a Critical Race Theorist)

    Published: 11/16/2021

  8. Season 3 Episode 15 - Ana Kasparian vs. Ben Shapiro

    Published: 11/9/2021

  9. Season 3 Episode 13: G.A. Cohen vs. Jason Brennan (and Ben is Co-Teaching a Marx Class with Thaddeus Russell)

    Published: 11/7/2021

  10. Season 3 Episode 11: The Full Charlie Kirk Debate w/Postgame Commentary

    Published: 10/27/2021

  11. Season 3 Episode 9 - How to Be An Anti-Capitalist in the 2020s (ft. Meagan Day)

    Published: 10/19/2021

  12. Season 3 Episode 7 - David Griscom and Matt Lech on Cryptocurrency

    Published: 10/14/2021

  13. Season 3 Episode 6: Post-Kirk Debate Thoughts & Lillian Cicerchia on Marx's Theory of History

    Published: 10/6/2021

  14. Season 3 Episode 4: Vivek Chibber vs. the Forces of Reaction

    Published: 9/28/2021

  15. Season 3 Episode 2 Preview - Joshua Blanchard on Bad Epistemic Company

    Published: 9/20/2021

  16. Thursday Night Debate Breakdown #1 ft. Jake Appet: Hasan Piker vs. Charlie Kirk

    Published: 9/17/2021

  17. Season 3 Episode 1: The Gang Goes to Prager University (ft. David Griscom and Jennifer Burgis)

    Published: 9/15/2021

  18. Season 2 Finale - Nando Vila and Jason Myles Talk About Charlie Kirk (Plus Some Philosophy)

    Published: 8/26/2021

  19. Season 2 Episode 27: American Prestige w/Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

    Published: 8/17/2021

  20. Season 2 Episode 25: Philosophers Talk About Class Struggle ft. Lillian Cicerchia

    Published: 8/10/2021

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Give Them An Argument is a YouTube show and podcast dedicated to building a smarter, funnier and more strategic Left. New episodes are live on YouTube on Monday nights with an exclusive postgame for GTAA patrons after the main show. (To become a patron, go to patreon.com/benburgis and sign up for the monthly cost of a milkshake at a 50s nostalgia diner in 1994.) Past guests have included Slavoj Žižek, Richard Wolff, David Pizarro, Gregory Sadler, Glenn Greenwald, Krystal Ball, Bhaskar Sunkara, Sam Seder, Ana Kasparian, Emma Vigeland, Matt Christman, and Amber Frost. The show has also featured debates between host Ben Burgis and opponents ranging from Walter Block to Charlie Kirk.Ben is a philosophy professor, Jacobin columnist, and frequent debater. He did a regular "Debunk" segment on the Michael Brooks Show until 2020. He's appeared on the Debate Night with Charlie Kirk, System Update with Glenn Greenwald, Rising, Krystal, Kyle & Friends, the Majority Report w/Sam Seder & the Joe Rogan Experience.benburgis.compatreon.com/benburgis