Trying to make sense of a world that seems to get madder by the day,
Catching up on the stupidity of current commentary & malepolice attitudes, post the Sarah Everard murder.
We catch up with the big stories, including the lab leak cover up & the birth of GB News
A review of the UK election results & why so many on the Left can't fathom why moderm Leftism repels their traditional working class base.
Lokking back over the Covid year & how even the biggest tragedies are instantly politisised.
A reflection on the US 2020 election & whether it's the last we see of Donald Trump. We also wonder if things will tone down when he's gone, or whether the public & media have become addicted to outrage.
We wonder whether the 2nd Covid wave will be as bad as the first & chat about the upcoming US election
Catching up on the last few weeks of anger, tension & lunacy
Even thought working together would bring better results, partisan mudslinging is too hard for some of our species to resist.
Chatting about the return of Punch & Judy mudslinging
We try to make sense of the Coronavirus figures & we ask why is China getting off so lightly.
Catching up on what’s been happening over the last week.
Catching up with some of the daft stories that have made the news over the last couple of months, inc Laurence Fox, the rapper Dave, a bit of Harry, Meghan & generally trying to spot the valid racist stories, from in amongst the synthetic ones.
Big political tectonic plates shifted in last week's election. We try to figure out why & if it's a blip, or the new normal.
We have a giggle over the serial 'Blackface' offender, Justin Trudeau, then attempt to deal with the tricky Trans issue, in a respectful way.
A bit of Brexit, increasing tribalism, deepening division, Right Wing snowflakery, the double standards when the wrong type of journalist gets the granny knocked out of him & whether it's really a human right to expect to go into a Female Waxing business, expecting to get your male genitalia dealt with.
We try to discuss sensitive issues after two recent, terrible events.
We pick five of the silliest/strangest stories that have made headlines over the last few weeks & try to make sense of them. The John McWhorter clip https://youtu.be/OLyVCp0xqpo The John McWhorter article https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/jussie-smollett-story.../583099/ The podcast discussed at the end was called Martyrmade, God's Socialist.
In an ironic week where Gillette took it upon themselves to advise men on what type of men they thought we should be, cheered on by people who thought that any man who thought this condescending, a snowflake. After all, masculinity is a problem, with all the aggression that goes with it. Much better to be calm, caring & non aggressive. A few days later, many of the same people lost their marble's at some kids with MAGA hats, leading them to defend doxing, threats of violence & even fantasising the kids deaths. Collateral Damage in this idiotic culture war. Podcasts discussed were 1:-https://player.fm/series/rebel-wisdom-2403731/warren-farrell-men-and-women-after-metoo 2:- Sam Harris The Information War https://samharris.org/podcast/ The book discussed was The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt. I also got my Dostoevsky's & my Solzhenitsyn's mixed up. Apologies.
How technology & competing media inadvertently creates division.
How technology & competing media inadvertently create division.
We discuss Trump, conspiracy theories & the potential benefits of back door action.
We discuss how identity politics is creating ever bigger divides in society.
Trying to make sense of a world that seems to get madder by the day, whilst reclaiming the Low Information slur. A slur used by people who assume that those who don't subscribe to their political orthodoxy, must be stupid.
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