Is Charlie Kirk MAGA’s George Floyd?

How can we have productive conversations about the most polarizing issues of our time?

Peter Boghossian’s "Street Epistemology" has gained global popularity as a tool for navigating "impossible conversations." In this live session, Boghossian uses the Spectrum Street Epistemology format to facilitate a high-stakes dialogue between guests Thomas Chatterton Williams and Michael Moynihan.

Participants move across a physical mat to represent their level of agreement, testing their reasoning on various controversial topics. While the session begins with a provocative comparison between Charlie Kirk and George Floyd, the exercise expands to cover the weaponization of martyrdom, the ethics of cancellation, and the importance of friendships that challenge our core values.

This session is a masterclass in "epistemological hygiene", the practice of cleaning up how we think and building the best version of an opponent’s argument.