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Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring)

Christopher Hitchens

"Art of Mentoring" seriesIn the book that he was born to write, provocateur and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men, and dissidents. Who better to speak to that person who finds him or herself in a contrar...

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The book was brought up by guest Cole Sprouse, who recalled reading it during his teenage years when he was an atheist and used its arguments to spar with Christian classmates at Disney. He noted that it fit his interest in Dawkins and debate culture, describing it as part of his angsty teen phase. The mention was descriptive rather than an endorsement, conveying a casual nod to its influence.

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Cole mentioned reading Hitchens's book during his angsty teen years, aligning with his atheism at the time and his interest in engaging in debates with peers.

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I was atheist at the time and I was doing all my my Dawkins and Hitchens and all the kids were Christian so I was really getting off to the debates and that's a fucking annoying kid.

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Cole mentioned reading Hitchens' book during his angsty teen phase and using it in debates with his Christian peers at Disney.

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I was atheist at the time and I was doing all my my Dawkins and Hitchens

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Codie said it was one of her favorite books, noting its contrarian ideas and that she named her company after it.

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Hey, Cody, I read that your favorite book is called Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens.

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Codie said it was one of her favorite books, noting its contrarian ideas and that she named her company after it.

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Hey, Cody, I read that your favorite book is called Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens.

Yeah, it's definitely up there.

And I named my company actually after that book, Contrarian Thinking, because he had a line that said something to the effect of every chance we can, you should have a little debate.

And so he taught me a lot about that in the book.

And they're these short, very brief letters to a young person on how to think and how to push back and how to ask questions.

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