Episode · The Rubin Report · 2018-12-19
Books mentioned on Bishop And A Rabbi Discuss Religion | Rabbi Wolpe & Bishop Barron | SPIRITUALITY | Rubin Report
Rabbi David Wolpe discussed Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Dave Rubin discussed Virtually Normal by Andrew Sullivan.
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“I mean you know he wrote I don't know how many years ago Putnam wrote the book Bowling Alone but I think we're Bowling Alone”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a chilling dystopian masterpiece that envisions a technologically advanced future society sustained by pharmacological distraction, engineered conformity, and the systematic eradication of deep human emotion and critical thought.
Discussed“ya know in brave new world which I have to say I think about all the time as I read about China”
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Virtually Normal
Virtually Normal by Andrew Sullivan is a foundational 1995 text that laid out early conservative and liberal arguments for overhauling the gay rights movement by prioritizing marriage equality and military service.
Discussed“but you're exactly right that it was only in the 1980s that Andrew Sullivan wrote about gay marriage”
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