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I'm trying to discuss hot button topics in a reasonable manner. I'm also trying to figure out first principles and how we come by them and decide which are best. I'm speaking with academics, authors, journalists and activists in hopes of trying to find answers.

Obaid Omer


    • Mar 22, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 176 EPISODES


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    Ep 176 Jamie Q Roberts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 61:21


    I spoke with Jamie Q Roberts, about his book The Intellectual Dark Web: A history (and Possible Future), and way of considering IDW as a protocol for conversation. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach 
 Follow Jamie: @JamieQRoberts You can get Jamie's book here:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-intellectual-dark-web-jamie-q-roberts/1146919149;jsessionid=520D14266D6659D51D9B44C822C25DD3.prodny_store01-atgap07?ean=9781634312707

    Ep 175 Thomas Flanagan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 67:07


    I spoke with Thomas Flanagan of the IRSRG, about the myths behind residential Schools in Canada and the search for the bodies at Kamloops and other schools. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach 
 Follow The IRSRG: @IRSRG_ca

 You can see the work being done at the IRSRG here: https://irsrg.ca/

    Ep 174 Shannon Boschy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 48:13


    I spoke with Shannon Boschy, about running as an Ontario Party candidate in the next provincial election. The apathy that Canadians seem to show about Canadian issues and waking Canadians up from their stupor. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Shannon: @ShannonBDouglas You can find out more about Shannon's campaign here:
https://shannonboschy.com/

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    Ep 173 Lee Jussim

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 62:57


    I spoke with Lee Jussim about a recent study he worked on that looked at DEI trainings. We also talked about the state of psychology and academia. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Lee: @PsychRabble You can read the study on DEI training here: https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/Instructing-Animosity_11.13.24.pdf Subscribe to Lee's Substack here: https://unsafescience.substack.com/

 The videos about the conference on censorship in the sciences can be found here: https://dornsife.usc.edu/cesr/censorship-in-the-sciences-interdisciplinary-perspectives/

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    Ep 172 Terry Glavin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 65:34


    I spoke with Terry Glavin about a recent article he wrote about a sharp rise in antisemitism in Canada and how it can be linked to policies and ideologies pushed by Trudeau's Liberals. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Terry: @TerryGlavin You can read the article Terry wrote here: https://www.thefp.com/p/explosion-of-jew-hate-in-canada-trudeau-israel-palestine?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true Subscribe and support Terry's Substack here: therealstory.substack.com

    Ep 171 Kathy Drake

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 60:04


    I spoke with Kathy Drake about how about her university put her on a watch list and makes her sign in and out with security because of comments she made about trans. We talked about free speech, the cult like aspects of trans ideology, and it's spread in wider society Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Kathy: @nulamoonsnail

    Ep 170 Batya Ungar - Sargon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 32:44


    I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon about her latest book, Second Class, the left's abandonment of the working class and adoption of luxury beliefs. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
Follow Batya: @bungarsargon You can get Batya's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Class-Betrayed-Americas-Working/dp/1641773618/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=OdaTs&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=137-1034230-0579931&pd_rd_wg=cOLFV&pd_rd_r=01a17247-8cf8-420f-9943-dfd3427c226d&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

    Ep 169 Eric Kaufmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 57:39


    I spoke with Eric Kaufmann about his latest book, The Third Awokening. Have we reached peak woke, how far CSJ ideology has spread, and how to pushback. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Eric: @epkaufm You can get Eric's book here: https://a.co/d/eYrFUSg You can check out more of Eric's work here: https://www.sneps.net/

    Ep 168 Helen Pluckrose

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 71:46


    I spoke with Helen Pluckrose about her forthcoming book, The Counterweight Handbook, the differences between CSJ and liberalism, and techniques for pushing back against CSJ ideologies. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach 
Follow Helen: @HPluckrose You can read Helen's writing here: https://helenpluckrose.substack.com/ You can order The Counterweight Handbook here: https://www.amazon.com/Counterweight-Handbook-Principled-Strategies-Justice_at/dp/1634312287/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33VETH9XJF4DW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WgHUxpQxCQVDEiOeWkMT01Vwz0aKOTQfL3kzFPAuS0MiDlT5wGp2pzj4csq2cGyW.6oLuW9lOcrBU3Pa_Dpc85FgNgoNI_uEH09ExP1CMKsU&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+counterweight+handbook&qid=1716031323&sprefix=The+counterweight+%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1
 You can get Cynical Theories here: https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Everybody/dp/B08LDSWJ9V/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BDXTEUKTA5I4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Jr-8Si3y-CoDBap-V0rYHfeBSLHPGE56yChUI-4-1m-8nqsUF0mSril3IjHvERvSVWwkaIGoS2LwFdnPjETnkyjFyvdvAMqtw6Bo8VdUszqmzvYis27h1zzkj1EuEEOlfUK52kOwUhMQnqxuvm9HOAMj8XbNP50O0dP0CAwskKJ4haHghSLdeG8GOtxfyEiN21KizMKSQhbIshJY-etbWjpSJHdMy78C_6jAv611Muc.36KE_enU1XFBXh8SMSW0F8UXdUMK_brvwleq8J9J43c&dib_tag=se&keywords=cynical+theories&qid=1716031167&sprefix=cynica%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1 You can get Social Injustice here: https://www.amazon.com/Social-justice-Important-Wrong-Reader-Friendly/dp/1634312236/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20QNU9IDBW1F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2OUzhqD07lTUUuTUdUFhy19n7ar9-a-J2OD-YBYS4GTGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.tJDlbAw74R0Rj9d8D3k-Q6w1txjrqqXu8Kh70L-tstA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Social+injustice+helen+pluckrose&qid=1716031219&s=audible&sprefix=social+injustice+helen+pluckrose%2Caudible%2C109&sr=1-1

    Ep 167 Stuart Parker

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 74:03


    I spoke with Stuart Parker about being exiled from the left, how the left has adopted extreme ideologies of race and gender, the alliance between the far left and Islam, and his writing and work Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Stuart: @stuartlosaltos You can find his collected essays here: https://amazon.ca/dp/B0CW189T6X?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk… Get more information on his writing here: https://dimensionfold.com/authors/stuart-parker/ Check out his blog: https://stuartparker.ca Subscribe to his Substack: https://stuartparkersblog.substack.com And check out his work with Los Altos and their courses: https://losaltos.ca

    Ep 166 Wilfred Reilly

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 52:48


    I spoke with Wilfred Reilly about his upcoming new book, Lies my Liberal Teacher Told Me. People being made historically illiterate, and how problems in education have downstream effects Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Wilfred: @wil_da_beast630 You can pre-order his new book here: https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780063265974/lies-my-liberal-teacher-told-me/

    Ep 165 Bruce Pardy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 55:57


    I spoke with Bruce Pardy about Government overreach, how historically citizens gave up their rights, overreach during COVID, Bill C-63, and we discussed solutions. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Bruce: @PardyBruce

 You can find out more about Bruce's organization here: https://www.rightsprobe.org/

    Ep 164 Geoff Horsman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 65:24


    I spoke with Geoff Horsman about higher education in Canada, and if it is past the point of no return, some of the pushback happening, using legislation to push back, and run off effects as our institutions are ideologically captured. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow the Society For Academic Freedom: @SocietyforAcad1 And the Waterloo Chapter: @WatSAFS

    Ep 163: Darshan Maharaja

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 52:44


    I spoke with Darshan Maharaja about immigration in Canada, foreign students, the backlash from Canadians, and overcorrections from opposing parties. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Darshan: @TheophanesRex You can find more of Darshan's work here: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/

    Ep 162 Yasmine Mohammed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 50:04


    I spoke with Yasmine Mohammed about the support for Hamas in the West and how what she had written about in her book, Unveiled, is playing out in real time. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Yasmine: @YasMohammedxx You can buy Yasmine's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Unveiled-Western-Liberals-Empower-Radical/dp/B084HBTTMM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UCQA2DC8LQYW&keywords=unveiled+how+western+liberals+empower+radical+islam&qid=1702822615&sprefix=unveil%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1 
 You can find out and support her work at Free Hearts Free Minds: https://www.gofundme.com/f/vhxs2s-free-hearts-free-minds?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet And you can listen to her podcast here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL3JuJ41_RgM_D983YFvuRw

    Ep 161 Izabella Tabarovsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2023 55:10


    I spoke with Izabella Tabarovsky about the war between Israel & Palestine and antisemitism on the left. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Izabella: @IzaTabaro You can see the work Izabella here:
 https://londonantisemitism.com/ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/search?keywords=tabarovsky

    Ep 160 Gabriel Rench

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023 51:23


    I spoke with Gabriel Rench about his arrest during COVID, the hypocrisy around it, and the hypocrisy in general from the left. We also discussed what we agreed and disagreed about regarding government and religion. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Gabriel: @GMRench You can find out more about Gabriel's work and his podcast here: https://crosspolitic.com/

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    Ep 159 Melanie & Shannon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2023 96:30


    I spoke with Melanie Bennet and Shannon Boschy about the parental pushback to gender ideology in schools, the growing movement of parent's rights oorganizations and what is going on in the schools. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach
 Follow Melanie: @finkledusty Follow Shannon: @ShannonBDouglas 

 You can find Melanie's podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@OurDutyCanada Melanie's and Shannon's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@canadiangenderwarsreport You can find Shannon's work with APISC Digital Research Foundation INC here: www.apiscdigitalresearch.com

    Ep 158 Jeff Greensite

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 87:28


    I spoke with Jeff Greensite about academic freedom, two incidents at San Francisco State, and the debate around legislation to fix issues in the academy. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach

    Ep 157 Julia Malott

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 64:57


    I spoke with Julia Mallot about the recent policy proposal by the CPC on trans issues, transitioning of children, women's rights vs. trans rights, and trying to bridge gaps. Follow me: @dangerousspeach
 Follow Julia: @AlottaMalotta

 You can find Julia's videos here: https://alottamalotta.com/

    Ep 156 Elton Robinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 43:18


    I spoke with Elton Robinson about the 1 million march 4 children, parental rights, the organization he co-founded, and the growing movement of concerned parents. 
 Follow me: @obaidomer
 You can find Elton's organization here:
https://parentsrights.ca/ You can find information formation on different parent's groups here:
https://prcoc.ca/#/
 Get information about the march on the 20th here:
https://millionmarch4children.squarespace.com/

    Ep 155 Eli Steele

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023 65:48


    I spoke with Eli Steele, about his new documentary White Guilt, and how that shaped race relations, the focus on identity politics and how that harms race relations. Follow me: @obaidomer
 Follow Eli: @Hebro_Steele You can find out more about his films here: manofsteeleproductions.com You can donate to his GoFundMe to replace his stolen camera here: https://www.gofundme.com/sign-in?redirect=%2Fmanage%2Fhelp-doc-filmmakers-replace-stolen-equipment

    Ep 154 Codi Lazar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 72:44


    I spoke with Cody Lazar about an open letter that he and 270 faculty members from the California State University system wrote in defence of academic freedom. Follow me: @obaidomer
 You can read the open letter here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yfgjj1hFH1gbUIJKKM3iirQlIq3XfJWi4j-QGRAS6ns/edit FIRE's statement about the letter: https://www.thefire.org/news/cal-state-faculty-stand-academic-freedom-and-free-speech This is a link to their site, which is still under construction: https://sites.google.com/view/c-faf

    Ep 153 Jen Richmond And Wink Twyman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2023 109:10


    I spoke with Jen Richmond and Wink Twyman about how their new book, Letters in Black and White, the discourse on race, take over of public institutions.
 Follow me: @obaidomer 
Follow Jen: @truth_inbetween Follow ILV: @ilvalues You can get their book here: https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Black-White-Correspondence-America/dp/1634312368 Their website where you can find more writing, podcasts, and original documents from their book: https://truthinbetween.com/ 
The forward to their book: https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/foreword-to-letters-in-black-and And a write up: https://tarahenley.substack.com/p/weekend-reads-letters-in-black-and

    Ep 152 Mia Ashton

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023 60:26


    I spoke with Mia Ashton about how the push for trans rights is stripping women of theirs, women-only spaces, the indoctrination of children, the cult-like aspects of gender theory and the signs of a change in the discourse. 
 Follow me: @obaidomer
 Follow Mia: @_CryMiaRiver You can find Mia's articles here: https://thepostmillennial.com/author/mia-ashton?utm_campaign=64466 And this piece: https://public.substack.com/p/why-are-we-sterilizing-children

    Ep 151 Dr Tabia Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 56:30


    I spoke with Dr. Tabia Lee about being fired from her position as the director of diversity because she did not follow the current DEI ideology, the differences between liberalism and critical social justice and the harm that is being done outside of the academy due to CSJ
. Follow me: @obaidomer 
You can read more about Lee here:
https://compactmag.com/article/a-black-dei-director-canceled-by-dei https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11902095/DR-TABIA-LEE-fired-diversity-chief-Woke-extremists-taking-Americas-colleges.html Check out some of her work:
https://sites.google.com/view/foothill-deanzaracelessness/resources https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/race-ideology-in-practice https://www.deanza.edu/faculty/leetabia/

    Ep 150 Jim McMurtry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 88:17


    I spoke with Jim McMurtry about being fired as a teacher for speaking the truth about residential schools, K-12 education in Canada, and the corruption of our institutions. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Jim: @JimMcMurtry01

    Ep 149 Jake Mackey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 59:07


    I spoke with Jake Mackey about academia, and how it has gotten to the state it's in. The slowly building pushback to authoritarianism within the academy and some of the initiatives involved. Do we have to rebuild, or can we save our institutions? Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Jake: @omni_american You can find out more about the Academic Freedom Alliance here: https://academicfreedom.org/ Check out the work being done at Free Black Thought:
https://freeblackthought.com/ Read their journal: https://freeblackthought.substack.com/ This is a guide FBTT made to help parents concerned about CRT-based DEI initiatives in schools:
https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/six-unsettling-features-of-dei-in

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    Ep 148 Khadija Khan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2023 67:10


    I spoke with Khadijah Khan about the de facto blasphemy laws in the UK pertaining to Islam and how the authorities keep capitulating to fundamentalists and creeping illiberalism. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Khadijah: @KhadijaKhan__ Here are some of Khadijah's articles:
http://www.sedaa.org/2022/09/after-mahsa-aminis-death-its-time-for-hijab-apologists-to-take-a-back-seat/ https://areomagazine.com/2023/01/19/romanticising-shamima-begum/

    Ep 147: Asra Nomani

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 57:17


    I spoke with Asra Nomani about her latest book, Woke Army, the link between fundamental Islam and woke progressives. The history of Left/Fundamental Islam cooperation. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Asra @AsraNomani You can buy Woke Army here: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637580045/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26OXPIGRMIRZD&keywords=woke+army+%22nomani%22&qid=1676558566&sprefix=,aps,71&sr=8-1

    Ep 146 Lee Jussim Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023 69:24


    I spoke with Lee Jussim about his recent attempted cancellation, the state of psychology, academia and their future, and the loss of trust in institutions. Follow me: @obaidomer FollowLee: @PsychRabble You can find Lee's substack here: http://unsafescience.substack.com

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    Ep 145 Alan Davison Pt2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 64:52


    I spoke with Alan Davison about a recent article he wrote about how our institutions need to support dissenting views. The self-inflicted lack of trust in academia, the encroachment of illiberalism in our institutions.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Alan: @alan_davison Read Alan's article here: https://spectator.com.au/2022/10/bursting-the-bubble/ Alan's Faculty special speaker series, “Permission to Think” that he is working on with Josh Zepps: https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/partners-and-community/fass-industry-events/permission-think An article on indigenous science in New Zealand: https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2021/12/17/royal-society-of-new-zealand-responds-to-complaints-about-investigations-of-its-fellows-free-speech-and-two-science-supporting-academics-apparently-get-punished-for-their-free-speech/ Research on free speech in New Zealand universities: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/11/502

    Ep 144: Greg Lukianoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 55:09


    I spoke with Greg Lukianoff about the difference between free speech tradition and laws, what is and isn't book banning, the issues in higher education, and the erosion of the institutions that protect civil liberties Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Greg @glukianoff Follow FIRE: @TheFIREorg You can find out more and support FIRE here: https://www.thefire.org/

    Ep 143 Shaparak Pt 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 44:57


    I spoke with Shaparak about the protests going on in Iran, and what this might mean for the regime there. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Shaparak @shaparakshjr You can sign the petition that Shaparak mentioned here: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-mahsa-amini?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=86d369c0-3c91-11ed-a147-c56c700d7789&share_bandit_exp=initial-34486803-en-CA

    Ep 142 David Bernstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 62:57


    I spoke with David Bernstein about his upcoming book, Woke Anti-Semitism, and how the new anti-racism is helping to create more animosity against Jews and shuts down debate. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow David: @DavidLBernstein You can sign up to get David's book when it is released: https://jilv.org/book/ Find out more about JILV here: https://jilv.org/

    Ep141 Nicole Levitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 76:04


    The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Nicolle Levitt about the woke meltdown at the women's abuse organization. How woke ideology is corrupting organizations and leaving us defenceless from illiberalism. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Nicole: @LevittNicole7 You can read about what happened at the WAA: https://freebeacon.com/culture/inside-the-woke-meltdown-at-one-domestic-violence-organization/ Read this article that Nicole co-wrote:https://quillette.com/2021/09/17/how-social-justice-extremists-spawned-a-generation-of-progressive-antisemites/

    Ep 140: Linda Blade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 55:54


    I spoke with Linda Blade about trans athletes in women's sport, how the ideology is forming policy, reality vs identity, and her book, Unsporting, that she co-authored with Barbara Kay Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Linda: @coachblade You can find out more about Linda's book here: https://www.unsporting.com/

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    Ep 139: Jason Littlefield Pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 70:20


    I spoke with Jason Littlefield about his work with EmpowerEd Pathways, and how SEL was taken over by woke ideology. The effects that woke SEL and curriculum is harming children and the attacks on Enlightenment values.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Jason: @JasonTheeHuman Follow EmpowerEd Pathways: @empowerED_TX Check out the work Jason is doing with EmpowerEd Pathways: https://www.empoweredpathways.org/

    Ep 138: Cathrine Kronas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2022 70:20


    I spoke with Cathrine Kronas about stopwoke.ca and a petition she has out to stop CRT and Gender/Queer Theory-based curriculum, and the spread of woke dogma in Canadian schools. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Catherine: @CatherineKronas You can find more information about her petition and work here: StopWOKE.ca

    Ep 137 Kaveh Shahrooz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022 57:03


    I spoke with Kaveh Shahrooz about Media bias, censorship and conspiracy theories, hypocrisy in the response to protests in Canada, Canadian foreign policy in the Middle East
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Kaveh: @kshahrooz You can find all of Kaveh's links here: https://linktr.ee/kshahrooz

    Ep 136 Thomas Sheedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 55:24


    The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Thomas Sheedy about Atheists For Liberty, how atheist organizations have become woke and seem to be following a secular religion, defending the values of civil liberties. 
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Thomas: @sheedythom Follow Atheists For Liberty: @atheistsliberty 
If you would like to support, join, or learn more about Atheists for Liberty, you can find all their links here: https://linktr.ee/atheistsforliberty

    Ep 135: Terry Glavin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 70:41


    I spoke with Terry Glavin about the trucker's protest, the Emergency measures act, hypocrisy in the response, the harm that lack of trust in media can do.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Terry: @TerryGlavin
 You can find Terry's Substack here: https://therealstory.substack.com/

    Ep 134: Vaisnavi Sundar

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 51:14


    I spoke with Vaishnavi Sundar about her documentary Dysphoric and how Western gender ideology has pushed back women's rights in India. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Vaishnavi: @Vaishax You can watch Dysphoric here: http://bit.ly/dysphoric21 Check out Vaishnavi's work here: 
 1) https://vaishnavisundar.com/ 2) https://limesodafilms.com/ 3) https://www.wmfindia.com/

    Ep 133 Michael Shellenberger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 46:48


    The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Michael Shellenberger about his book San Fransicko, and how progressive/woke policies hurt the causes they claim to support His taxonomy of woke religion and how current woke ideology acts as a religion Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Michael: @ShellenbergerMD You can buy Michael's books here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063093626/ref=nodl_?pf_rd_r=F2HSAY31EYE6EV5KQK4D&pf_rd_p=8fe9b1d0-f378-4356-8bb8-cada7525eadd&pd_rd_r=d8fc4e5e-411e-413a-bcc4-c7e9700ef5d4&pd_rd_w=r9nFn&pd_rd_wg=CyRop&ref_=pd_gw_unk https://www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-Never-Environmental-Alarmism-Hurts/dp/B07YCSVVGR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8T443QBQ1L1G&keywords=apocalypse+never&qid=1643477202&s=books&sprefix=apoca%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C66&sr=1-1 Read about Michael's taxonomy of woke religion here and subscribe to his substack: https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-wokeism-is-a-religion

    Ep 132 Batya Ungar-Sargon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 45:31


    I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon about her recent book Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy, the replacing of class issues with race, the disdain the media show towards the working class, how the media and institutions lost the trust of the public. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Batya: @bungarsargon You can buy Batya's book here: 
https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/bad-news/ Or here: https://www.amazon.com/Bad-News-Media-Undermining-Democracy/dp/1641772069/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GDTXMW9NUBRS&keywords=bad+news+how+woke+media+is+undermining+democracy&qid=1642817896&sprefix=bad+news%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1

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    Ep 131 Monica Guzman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2021 40:25


    I had Monica Guzman on, hoping to ask her about a TED Talk she did about curiosity and her upcoming book on the same topic. Monica let her curiosity get the better of her and started interviewing me. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Monica: @moniguzman Find all of Monica's links and pre-order her book here: https://linktr.ee/moniguzman

    Ep 130 James Esses

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 55:09


    I spoke with James Esses about being expelled from his university psychotherapy course due to his questioning of trans ideology.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow James: @JamesEsses Help support James' legal fund: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/expelled-university-free-speech/ Check out James' substack: https://jamesesses.substack.com/

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    Ep 129 Alan Davison

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 70:07


    I spoke with Alan Davison about a paper he wrote exploring how anti-racism works with claims of Islamophobia, comparing the state of academia in Australia and North America and illiberal progressivism.
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Alan: @alan_davison You can read the two papers we discussed here:
https://rdcu.be/czE8j https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Alan.Davison/publications Check out Permission to Think: https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/partners-and-community/fass-industry-events/permission-think And Uncomfortable Conversations: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/uncomfortable-conversations-with-josh-szeps/id1002920114 https://play.acast.com/s/uncomfortable-conversations-with-josh-szeps

    Ep 128 Dr Sheena Mason

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 54:39


    I spoke with Dr. Sheena Mason about the theory of racelessness, how to get past the idea of race, some of the hypocrisy with the new anti-racism Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Dr. Mason: @SheenaMasonPhD
Follow theory of racelessness: https://twitter.com/Racelessness
 Learn more about the work being done by Theory of Racelessness: https://www.theoryofracelessness.org/ Check out Dr. Mason's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/queenshe

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    Ep 127: Sasha Ayad

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 64:47


    I spoke with Sasha Ayad about her work with teens and trans issues, the evolution of gender dysphoria, affirmation therapy, some of the hypocrisy in gender and trans activism. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Sasha: @SashaLPC
 Learn more about Sasha's work and contact her through her website: https://inspiredteentherapy.com/ Check out her podcast: https://gender-a-wider-lens.captivate.fm/ 
 Check out the work being done at the Gender Exploratory Therapy Association:https://genderexploratory.com/

    Ep 126: Maud Maron

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 60:23


    I spoke with Maud Maron about her being fired as a public defender for speaking out against encroachment of CSJ ideology, school curriculum, parent involvement. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Maud: @MaudMaron
 Check out Maud's campaign:https://maudmaron.nyc/ Check out the work of PlaceNYC: https://placenyc.org/ 
An article Maud wrote about curriculum: https://nypost.com/2020/07/23/racial-obsessions-make-it-impossible-for-nyc-schools-to-treat-parents-kids-as-people/ Bari Weiss' article about Maud: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/a-witch-trial-at-the-legal-aid-society

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