About this episode
NOTE: This episode was recorded last week July 10, before the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. French public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy joins Jamie on today’s episode to discuss the surprise rise of the far-left in the French elections and its implications for Western foreign policy. Plus: why BHL’s glad he’s not American. Agenda: —French antisemitism —How extremism is devouring the center —Why Jews must stay in France —The “made-up” question of migrants —Broken economic schemes —Why America actually won in Afghanistan —“Ukraine and Israel are two front lines of the same war” Show Notes: — Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld’s remarks on voting — Jeffrey Goldberg’s “Is it time for Jews to leave Europe?” — BHL’s “In The Footsteps of Tocqueville” — BHL’s “The Afghan Who Won’t Surrender to the Taliban” — Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls — Douglas Murray — Adam Gopnik The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch , a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch ’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams— click here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices