Platform for constructive, long-form debates/podcasts

I see a lot of commentary about our conversation with Dave Smith. Many people loved an honest exchange of contrary opinions. Some are upset Dave came on our show and "won't watch it". Some are upset we had him on our show "won't watch it". I saw one post saying Dave embarrassed himself and then also saying we were wrong to "platform him". (To be clear: I am not even claiming this is an accurate description or dunking on Dave here) How can we possibly argue that the answer to bad ideas is good ideas while at the same time being upset when bad ideas are platformed and thoroughly challenged? I disagree with Dave about many things but he conducted himself like a complete gentleman. I don't mean he shook my hand and was polite. I mean he argued the points, didn't play dirty and acted in good faith every minute of a 3-hour interview. This is the entire point of our show and has always been: to have conversations other people won't have that actually improve our collective understanding of the world. Even if you hate the political tribe you think I am in, you can't deny that a lot of people agree with my views about things. But the same is true of Dave. We talk a lot about how the internet ruined conversations. Well, what we did with Dave is to nudge the dial in the opposite direction. When people stop arguing about things that matter, they fight over them instead. Let's be honest: that's the path the West is on. We are polarised, divided and angry. And unless we can see each other as human again, none of these debates are going to matter because we'll all kill each other. We must get off that path and we must do it now. That is our north star at Triggernometry and that's why we will keep having the conversations no one else wants to have. Thank you for all your support along the way.