We speak about what the ruling class of Britain looks like today and how it has changed in the last 50 years. We also speak about what the Tory party represents, the global elite and the status that comes with membership in it, immigration to the UK and what, if anything can be done about it, right-wing politics and the class divide and much more.
Matt Goodwin is a Professor of Politics at Rutherford College, University of Kent, and the author of many fine books including his latest, “Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics”. You can find his latest work on his excellent Substack. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzTw7XIuIk
I speak to Peter about our unprecedented information infrastructure and how it has captured the public discourse, and how we relate to others and ourselves. We also speak about Web 3, limbic capitalism, being powerless without common myths, and much more.
Peter Wang is CEO and Co-founder of Anaconda, a software developer and former physicist, and an advocate for data literacy and the wider Python-based data science community.
Peter's recommended subversive is Creon Levit
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6HkkXl-Mlw
Turboamerica - Never more united, never more powerful than it is today.
AIDS - https://niccolo.substack.com/p/the-early-days-of-hivaids-introduction
Anatoly Karlin’s “Wokeness is the tribute that meritocracy pays to human dignity” as a replacement for noblesse oblige.
What we can learn from the Ukraine war about current empire(s).
“Fighting for a better past” in the Balkans.
Why does Boris Berezovsky deserve infamy?
Tucker/Putin Interview - a landmark event or non-event?
Outlook for Ukraine and maybe, more interestingly, Poland, as US interest in the war wanes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xhm8Kot_fw
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I chat to Jack about finding love in troubled times, marriage, having children, his adventures in polyamory, finding religion, his past as a libertarian, and opportunities for exit.
His recommended subversive is Jordan Hall.
Jack is a writer, podcaster, and host of the Jack Murphy Live show, founder of the Liminal Order, and author of “Democrat to Deplorable.”
You can find his work via his Twitter @jackmurphylive
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okV9aPgoqcI
I speak to Walter about what makes one a dissident at the moment and what the nature of a coalition can be that unites a Romanian mom with a Hollywood chad-type, the necessity of free speech and freedom for the creative, what the true believer archetype looks like from the top and how many of them there are, what power looks like up close and much more.
Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is the author of eight books, including Up in the Air and Thumbsucker, which were turned into major movies. He has written for Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, GQ, New York, and Esquire.
His chosen (anti-) subversive is H. G. Wells and his book "The Outline of History".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3AWtUgKrqk
We speak about:
The three pillars of modern anti-white civil rights laws: affirmative action, disparate impact, and the erosion of freedom of association.
Criminality and different treatment under the law - the Central Park Five case.
Hollywood and Madison Avenue.
White flight and gentrification.
Jeremy Carl is a senior fellow at Claremont Institute; he also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior under President Trump and is a former research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLO-FQYFR0
The lovely Louise is back on the show to speak about motherhood, "Cultural Deathgrip Syndrome," sexual disenchantment, sex education based on consent, the idea that sex is a skill, abortion, the inherent inequality of sex, the rough sex defense, and much, much more.
Louise Perry is a writer, campaigner, a columnist at the New Statesman, and the author of the new book The Case Against The Sexual Revolution, A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBJMEJVYiM
I speak to Michael about how trans went from a niche sexual fetish to the next rights revolution, about the common misunderstandings in the field, the differences between male and female sexual orientation, compassion for sexual minorities, and the thorny conversations around pedophilia.
Michael Bailey is a psychologist, behavioral geneticist, a professor at Northwestern University and the author of "The man who would be queen." You can find him on Twitter at @profjmb
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maHCyPxEHoo
I speak with Jon about one of the most important yet subtle phenomena happening right now: the absolute warping of our culture and politics to fit the incentive structure of internet platforms.
We speak about the mechanics and flow of information on the internet, rumors, fake news, mob violence, short video as the ultimate format, mimetic desire, the move from surfing the web to feed-based viewing, how Jon Stewart led to Tucker Carlson, and much more.
Jon Askonas is an assistant professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America and a non-resident senior fellow at the Lincoln Network. His series in the New Atlantis is well worth your attention.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnowvqKLvSo
I speak to Simon about how the United Kingdom changed since he was growing up, what prompted him to speak about the changes he was witnessing, Immigration, Rotherham, Colonialism and slavery (of all colors), Polish concentration camps, black history month, homeschooling and much more.
Simon Webb is a historian, journalist, and author of both fiction and non-fiction. He’s penned over forty westerns and over twenty non-fiction books, specializing in the area of social history and journalist. He is also the host of the popular History Debunked youtube channel, where he covers spicy topics on the continuous woke rewriting of history both modern and ancient.
I recommend you check out Simon's channel here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCREM9VRZnIJHTw-oqfwgNUQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgAJHb2tX0Y