Dave Smith
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Podcast Appearances
Yes, and it is something... It's a comment on our time and on our society that the guy who... Essentially, if you actually consume any of Daryl's work, as I have consumed a lot of it, basically... Daryl's whole kind of, his template, the way he operates is he's, there's basically only like a couple rules. And like, number one is he has to read everything that's available on the subject.
Yes, and it is something... It's a comment on our time and on our society that the guy who... Essentially, if you actually consume any of Daryl's work, as I have consumed a lot of it, basically... Daryl's whole kind of, his template, the way he operates is he's, there's basically only like a couple rules. And like, number one is he has to read everything that's available on the subject.
So he reads everything. The guy's a machine. His depth of knowledge is like second to none. He just knows everything. And then number two is whenever you talk about history, basically his rule is that you have to understand that everyone involved is a human being. every one of them was a three-year-old at one point.
So he reads everything. The guy's a machine. His depth of knowledge is like second to none. He just knows everything. And then number two is whenever you talk about history, basically his rule is that you have to understand that everyone involved is a human being. every one of them was a three-year-old at one point.
So he reads everything. The guy's a machine. His depth of knowledge is like second to none. He just knows everything. And then number two is whenever you talk about history, basically his rule is that you have to understand that everyone involved is a human being. every one of them was a three-year-old at one point.
So like totally innocent, like good little boy, like my three-year-old that I have at home. And that they grew up in real circumstances and real things happened to them.
So like totally innocent, like good little boy, like my three-year-old that I have at home. And that they grew up in real circumstances and real things happened to them.
So like totally innocent, like good little boy, like my three-year-old that I have at home. And that they grew up in real circumstances and real things happened to them.
And if you're going to do history, you have to constantly be doing your absolute best to put yourself in this person's shoes and then put yourself in this person's shoes and then put yourself on this side of the conflict and then put yourself on this side of the conflict. That's basically it. It's pure empathy. And actually-
And if you're going to do history, you have to constantly be doing your absolute best to put yourself in this person's shoes and then put yourself in this person's shoes and then put yourself on this side of the conflict and then put yourself on this side of the conflict. That's basically it. It's pure empathy. And actually-
And if you're going to do history, you have to constantly be doing your absolute best to put yourself in this person's shoes and then put yourself in this person's shoes and then put yourself on this side of the conflict and then put yourself on this side of the conflict. That's basically it. It's pure empathy. And actually-
as I've mentioned to you personally, and I've told Daryl this personally, he is probably the best shot people have at de-radicalizing people in the worst form of being radicalized.
as I've mentioned to you personally, and I've told Daryl this personally, he is probably the best shot people have at de-radicalizing people in the worst form of being radicalized.
as I've mentioned to you personally, and I've told Daryl this personally, he is probably the best shot people have at de-radicalizing people in the worst form of being radicalized.
He's the guy, listen, for me personally, and I thought I was pretty well read on the history of Israel-Palestine, and he has this incredibly long series, like a 30-hour series, called Fear and Loathing in the New Jerusalem. And
He's the guy, listen, for me personally, and I thought I was pretty well read on the history of Israel-Palestine, and he has this incredibly long series, like a 30-hour series, called Fear and Loathing in the New Jerusalem. And
He's the guy, listen, for me personally, and I thought I was pretty well read on the history of Israel-Palestine, and he has this incredibly long series, like a 30-hour series, called Fear and Loathing in the New Jerusalem. And
The thing is, I knew most of what I knew, not all of it, but most of what I had read about with the Israeli-Palestine conflict, like most people, starts in 1947, 1948, and then goes up to today. His series is about, it's like from the 1890s until 1947. So he's talking about the creation of the state from Zionism being created to the state being created. From Herzl to Ben-Gurion.
The thing is, I knew most of what I knew, not all of it, but most of what I had read about with the Israeli-Palestine conflict, like most people, starts in 1947, 1948, and then goes up to today. His series is about, it's like from the 1890s until 1947. So he's talking about the creation of the state from Zionism being created to the state being created. From Herzl to Ben-Gurion.
The thing is, I knew most of what I knew, not all of it, but most of what I had read about with the Israeli-Palestine conflict, like most people, starts in 1947, 1948, and then goes up to today. His series is about, it's like from the 1890s until 1947. So he's talking about the creation of the state from Zionism being created to the state being created. From Herzl to Ben-Gurion.