#464 – Dave Smith: Israel, Ukraine, Epstein, Mossad, Conspiracies & Antisemitism

Dave Smith is a comedian, libertarian, political commentator, and the host of Part of the Problem podcast.

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(00:10) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections

(09:32) – Libertarianism

(10:47) – Ron Paul

(13:59) – Military–industrial complex

(20:53) – War on Terror

(33:12) – China and Taiwan

(41:00) – Just war theory

(48:09) – Israel and Gaza

(1:05:35) – Douglas Murray

(1:13:29) – Hamas

(1:29:48) – Hitler and Stalin

(1:32:01) – Darryl Cooper

(1:41:13) – Antisemitism

(1:54:46) – World leaders

(2:07:21) – Jeffrey Epstein

(2:15:24) – Sam Harris

(2:28:07) – Ukraine and Russia

(2:47:32) – Joe Rogan

(3:00:01) – Conspiracy theories

(3:17:52) – Hope

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