"What Hitchens Would Make of the Left" with Matt Johnson

Despite his reputation as a defector to neoconservatism, Christopher Hitchens was more faithfully committed to liberal principles than many on the left today: Free expression, internationalism, individual rights and universalism as opposed to identity politics. That’s the argument Matt Johnson makes in his book, How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed hit the Substack page at: https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode .