Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above.
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Today I talk to Christoph, the erstwhile “Eurasian Sensation.” Long-time readers of this weblog will know that Christoph was an early contributor to this weblog. Over the past few years, he has gained prominence on Twitter as a verbal pugilist of sorts, punching Right and punching Left from the de facto center.
We talk about his own mixed-race identity, and cosmopolitan lifestyle choices and orientation. Both of us also talk about the interesting fact that we are regularly lectured about Islam by non-Muslim progressives.
Was a decent podcast, but I felt it was rather banal. Probably because I generally share Christoph’s ideological inclination (center-left in the Anglo-American context, which makes me “right by default” in a world where the Left is growing increasingly doctrinaire.)
we probably agree too much. should have surya yalamanchili on in the next few weeks. will have more clash since he’s a democrat and a partisan one at that.
A podcast with Aatish taseer would be interesting. His father was the assassinated Governor in Pakistan, and his mother a Modi supporting journalist. A review of his latest book
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/books/review/aatish-taseer-twice-born.html
THE TWICE-BORN
Life and Death on the Ganges
I second that. I’ve been following his writing for years, he’s an incisive thinker with a knack for highly lucid prose. He’s based in New York city these days, would be a welcome addition to the podcast
I knew him from Pakistan but we haven’t been in touch for years. i’ll tweet him now.