You can support this podcast and get early releases and bonus content at https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive Or check out my writing and the early releases on Substack at https://alexkaschuta.substack.com/ I chat to anonymous poster (by night) and Wall Street analyst (by day), Apex, about the values and assumptions that are at the base of our current order. In this short clip, Apex and I chat about: - Uncle Ted and over-socialization - Legitimacy conferred by "experts" - The fallibility of scientists - Narrative propagation on the internet - The centralization of the media The rest of our conversation can be seen at at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=308gf0p2e0M You can find Apex's latest work on his prolific Substack: apexsnotes.substack.com and on Twitter @apex_simmaps ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF8Q-GQ7DWA

I speak to illustrator Owen Cyclops @owenbroadcast about the meaning of creating "right-wing art", leaving the framing of the left and building our own perspective on reality, his evolution from psychedelic hermit to Christian family man, conspiracy theories, psychedelics as a portal to enlightenment or a trap, worldviews and cosmologies as a necessary frame, forbidden literature, rediscovering western mysticism, Mormonism as a religion of the family, growing a family, being a father and much more. We also discuss Owen's new collection of comics, Channel One, a beautiful book that I very much recommend. His recommended subversive thinker is Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon church. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-24vD1a7Y

This is a clip from our conversation. The full episode and the complete archive of Subversive episodes, including exclusive episodes and my writing, are available on Substack. You can also subscribe to the podcast sans writing on Patreon for a bit less. This is how the show is financed and grows, so I appreciate every contribution! Please subscribe at: https://www.alexkaschuta.com/ https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive Our conversation explores the topic of housing and its influence on people's lives, the supply and demand dynamics of the housing market, the problem of expanding housing supply and preserving cultural values, the impact of immigration on housing demand, the effect of open borders on non-college educated workers, negativity bias in the news, the role of the internet in shaping cultural conversations, the impact of screens and technology on children and more. Bryan Caplan is an economist and author. A professor of economics at George Mason University, a research fellow at the Mercatus Center, and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He publishes his own blog on Substack, which I highly recommend, Bet on It. Chapters 00:00 The Exorbitant Cost of Housing 02:01 Government Regulation and Housing Prices 04:14 Expanding Housing Supply and Cultural Values 06:39 Deregulation and Open Borders 10:55 The Internet and the Negativity Bias 45:05 Nature vs. Nurture and Parenting 48:26 The Impact of Screens and Technology on Children 54:39 Choosing Coping Strategies and Individual Responsibility 01:06:09 Underrated Thinkers ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B72iAe6MCBc

You can support this podcast and get early releases at https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive Or check out my writing on Substack at https://alexkaschuta.substack.com​ I speak to Prof. Ed Dutton, aka the Jolly Heretic about how genetics can impact the social fabric, coordination, culture, and of course, politics. We speak about his new thesis on how feminism's interplay with genetics has shredded the fundamental building blocks of western societies. We also speak about the differences between liberals and conservatives, the great testosterone collapse, adaptation to rape and rape fantasies, witches, incels, app dating, elite overproduction, ethnocentrism in Eastern Europe, the collapse of IQ, and life in London. You can watch Ed's content on his excellent channel, The Jolly Heretic on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMRs0Ml8RF0cWVAOeQeBxTw and Odysee: https://odysee.com/@JollyHeretic:d ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlieqVxG6ps