Speaker 1: Here's what we know about Moham chomps in the nineteen
Speaker 1: forty three. The ninety six year old intellectual and linguist
Speaker 1: has largely remained out of the public eye following a
Speaker 1: stroke he suffered in twenty twenty four. According to his wife,
Speaker 1: he has been recovering, though he has not made any
Speaker 1: public appearances or statements since that health incident. However, his
Speaker 1: intellectual legacy continues to generate significant attention. In October twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five, Nathan Robinson, editor of Current Affairs magazine and
Speaker 1: co author with Chomsky of Craft The Myth of American Idealism,
Speaker 1: How US Foreign Policy Endangers the World, spoke at the
Speaker 1: University of Oregon about Chomsky's life and work. Robinson discussed
Speaker 1: how Chomsky has spent fifty years of public life exposing
Speaker 1: what he calls the mythologies of US benevolence and the
Speaker 1: reality of American violence and aggression around the world. The
Speaker 1: book itself distills Chomsky's decades of analysis into a comprehensive
Speaker 1: examination of the gap between American rhetoric and actual foreign
Speaker 1: policy outcomes. Earlier this year, in September twenty twenty four,
Speaker 1: Chomsky participated in a discussion titled the Collapse of American
Speaker 1: Empire with journalist Matt Kennard for Novara Media. This conversation
Speaker 1: touched on his ongoing concerns about global geopolitical instability and
Speaker 1: the direction of American power. Meanwhile, significant controversy emerged in
Speaker 1: November when US House Republicans released emails revealing previously unknown
Speaker 1: details about Chomsky's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. According to the Guardardian,
Speaker 1: Chomsky described his contact with Epstein as a most valuable
Speaker 1: experience and acknowledged receiving approximately two hundred and seventy thousand
Speaker 1: dollars from an account linked to Epstein during the settlement
Speaker 1: of his first marriage, though he stressed that no money
Speaker 1: came directly from Epstein himself. The emails showed discussions between
Speaker 1: Chomsky and Epstein's spanning years, including conversations about their shared
Speaker 1: intellectual interests and travel plans. Chomsky's recent scheduled appearances include
Speaker 1: an event on December fourth, twenty twenty five, at the
Speaker 1: Geneva Graduate Institute where he will discuss the threat of
Speaker 1: nuclear weapons. Additionally, the University of Arizona, where Chomsky holds
Speaker 1: the position of Laureate professor has scheduled office hours with
Speaker 1: him for interested students. At ninety six years old, Chomsky
Speaker 1: remains a towering figure in political commentary and linguistics, though
Speaker 1: his reduced public presence underscores the effects of his recent
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