Keri Smith is a speaker, writer, and the founder of Civility Dinners. Deprogrammed started as a series of interviews intended to better understand and make sense of her old belief system, Social Justice ideology. Deprogrammed is committed to fostering co
Keri Smith talks with Kylie Ora Lobell about her conversion to Orthodox Judaism, becoming a mother during a pandemic, and life during the lockdowns in Los Angeles. Join us at 6pm CDT on Thursday, August 18th, 2022, on #Deprogrammed for the premiere and live chat!
Join Keri Smith and Mystery Chris for a LIVE #PoppedCulture on Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 at 8pm CDT as we try to walk through a history of the worst of the worst in architecture. We'll touch on Modernism, New International Style, Le Corbusier, the Bauhaus school, Futurist and Fascist architecture, Post-Modernist architecture and even Batman and Gotham City.
Join us for a LIVE #Deprogrammed on Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 at 12pm CDT. Keri Smith talks with author, mathematician, and professional troublemaker, Dr. James Lindsay (of @New Discourses) and her Pastor, Bradley Helgerson (of @The Church on the Square) about woke ideology, spirituality, God and Christianity. Is this culture war also a spiritual war? Why are so many prominent Atheists speaking in support of Christian principles? Where are the Christians in this war? Are humans designed to worship? And more.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak on Friday, August 12th, 2022 at 12pm CDT on #Deprogrammed with Keri Smith. Keri talks with evolutionary biologist & journalist Colin Wright and journalist Christina Buttons about Boston Children's Hospital's "Gender Affirming Care" videos, which have recently been scrubbed from their channel.
Keri Smith interviews Josiah Rises about his evolution from entertainment commentary to film and series production with his forthcoming EpicVerse launch. "Excellent stories. Community. No woke agenda. Taking back entertainment." Join us for the live chat at 6pm CDT on Thursday, August 11th, 2022 on #Deprogrammed. JosiahRises' hard-hitting YouTube channel is dedicated to commentary on the culture with a strong emphasis on the mockery of woke Hollywood. He is also the founder of EpicVerse, an entertainment company that is focused on good storytelling, community, and being as awesome as possible.
Join Mystery Chris and Keri Smith for a LIVE #PoppedCulture on Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 at 8pm CDT, for a look at popular music through the decades. We'll be taking a listen to some of the most popular tunes from the 1890s, all the way through the crap that passes for music today, and discussing the move towards algorithmic production. Boomers welcome. Come be an old person yelling at the clouds with us!
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak with special guest Anne Pinkava from Politically Incorrect Knitters! Monday, August 8th, 2022 at 12pm CDT on #Deprogrammed with Keri Smith. We are discussing the SJW Knitting wars and the new article by Heather MacDonald, "The Corruption of Medicine."
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak on #Deprogrammed with Keri Smith on Friday, August 5th, 2022 at 12pm CDT, with special guest Julienne Davis! After a long career as an international fashion model, California born Julienne's acting career began when she landed her first role playing the iconic character of Mandy Curran in Stanley Kubrick's final film, EYES WIDE SHUT alongside Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. As well as playing several other substantial roles in films including HOUSE OF 9 with Dennis Hopper and Peter Capaldi, and COME TOGETHER with James Darcy and Lucy Punch, Julienne also appeared in leading and guest star roles on British TV, including being a series regular in the BBC comedy series TOO MUCH SUN with Mark Addy, Alex Jennings and Lee Majors. Julienne moved back to Los Angeles in 2006 and continues to act and do voiceover work for prominent productions. In 2018 she served as Casting Director for the award winning feature film A SWEETEST KISS. Her latest project was producing and playing the lead character Jackie/Jax in the feature film FEAR FREQUENCY for which she's won two Best Actress awards, plus Best Thriller and Best Film. Fear Frequency is out now on Amazon, You Tube and Google Play. Julienne, not content with just acting and film, is also an artist in other fields: a singer/songwriter/coproducer with her bands Sophisticated Savage and The Midnight Candy, a social/political writer/commentator (Heat Street, Fox News), and she loves painting. Now a professional artist, she accepts commissions and has sold her work to several art collectors in NYC and beyond.
Join us for a LIVE #Deprogrammed interview at 6pm CDT on Thursday, August 4th, 2022! Keri Smith will talk to 1/4 Black Garrett about life, fatherhood, comedy, and creating in an age of destruction. 1/4 Black Garrett is a creator, producer and fan of sane thinking. Known for producing Louder With Crowder and Friday Night Tights, you can find him online at https://www.youtube.com/c/14BlackGarrett and @QTRBlackGarrett
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak or #KnitfefeBreak with Keri Smith and special guest host Neil James from Blocked Magazine! Monday, August 1st, 2022 at 12pm CDT on #Deprogrammed.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak on Friday, July 29th, 2022 at 12pm CDT with comedian Josh Denny! We talk about Kamala Harris starting to do the absurd physical descriptor nonsense before speaking ("I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit."). We trace where this came from within the Social Justice movement and then Josh Denny makes Keri laugh while talking about racism being taught to kindergartners in Austin and how women are worse drivers than men - on average.
Join us on #Deprogrammed, Thursday, July 28th at 6pm CDT for the premiere of Keri Smith's interview with Christina Buttons! Christina is a reformed SJW, artist & writer living in Nashville, TN.
Join us for a LIVE #PoppedCulture on #Deprogrammed with Keri Smith and Mystery Chris, Wednesday, July 27th at 8pm CDT. We'll be talking about Lenny Bruce, Dave Chappelle, and the history of censorship in stand up comedy.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak on Friday, July 22nd at 12:00pm CDT with Keri Smith and special guests Sara Higdon and Lila Hart! We discuss how the First Avenue venue in Minneapolis canceled legendary comedian Dave Chappelle after pressure from a woke mob. Plus: Does Biden have cancer? Did AOC pretend to be handcuffed?
Join us for a LIVE #Deprogrammed interview at 6pm CDT on Thursday, July 21st. Keri Smith will talk with Hunter Avallone, a former conservative commentator turned social democrat. His main focus is on social issues and debating. Keri knows many people who have moved from left towards the right or at least the center, but not as many moving from the right to the left. We'll find out what they have in common, where they differ and what prompts that sort of trajectory in thought.
Join us for a LIVE #PoppedCulture Wednesday at 8pm CDT with Mystery Chris and Keri Smith as we walk through an abbreviated history of McCarthyism, The Red Scare, The Hollywood Blacklist and the Hollywood 10. Donning a 1940s hat for the occasion is strongly encouraged but not mandatory. :)
Join us for a LIVE Kerfefe Break on Monday, July 18th at 12pm CDT with special guests Brently and Daniel from Dangerous Rhetoric. We discuss Kevin Spacey's pending trial for multiple allegation of sexual assault from multiple accusers, as well as the fact that 3 of his accusers have died. Plus - the origin and science of evil. And CNBC's recent articles about the Top 10 Best and Worst States to live in (Texas is the #2 Worst State to live in in 2022 - Be aware! Don't move here!).
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak on Friday, July 15th at 12pm CDT with special guests Mike Harlow and Tracy from Keto & Krime! We discuss Alex Stein's recent troll of AOC, her hypocritical and histrionic claims of harassment and abuse, and the true crime cases of Alex Murdaugh and Michael Peterson.
Join us for a LIVE #PoppedCulture Wednesday, July 13th at 8pm CDT with Mystery Chris and Keri Smith as we discuss Afrofuturism in entertainment, fashion and music.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak on Monday, July 11th at 12pm CDT with special guests Billboard Chris and Mike Harlow! We'll be discussing the gender ideology being used to justify "transing" kids with hormones and surgery, as well as Macy Gray's flip flop on the definition of "woman" and the unfortunate in-fighting between Radical Feminists and Conservative Men.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak Friday, July 8th at 12pm CDT with special guest host Mystery Chris! We discuss Macy Gray's disappointing flip flop on the definition of "women" after speaking truth so confidently just days earlier.
Join us at 6pm CDT on Thursday, July 7th, for the premiere of Keri Smith's interview with Suhaila Devi, a Vedic counselor and Pujari offering personalized rituals and spiritual counseling based in the Hindu Dharmic traditions. Suhaila grew up in a deeply Evangelical Christian setting but as a teen found Hinduism to be a much better fit for her. She's worked about a decade in the nonprofit and social work sector and is currently working on creating her own Hindu temple and nonprofit organization. Keri and Suhaila talk about how Hinduism is incompatible with Woke Ideology and how the Trans-Activist branch of Social Justice does real harm to children and people with gender dysphoria.
Join us for a LIVE #PoppedCulture with Keri Smith and Mystery Chris, Wednesday, July 6th at 8pm CDT! We'll be discussing the cultural implications of the rise and fall of trashy talk-show TV. What happened to it? Are we feeding the same drama-addiction in other ways? Who IS the father?
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak with Keri Smith, Kamran Pasha and Libby Emmons, Friday, July 1st at 12pm CDT. Keri, Libby and Kamran discuss Roe v Wade, RBG, where we are culturally on abortion, Biden's new Energy Department hire (Sam Brinton), the new Elvis movie and whether we should bring back moral judgment.
Join Mystery Chris and Keri Smith for a LIVE #PoppedCulture on Wednesday, June 29th at 8pm CDT. Chris is going to walk Keri through the beauty of Star Wars and why it remains such an iconic trilogy for so many people, and a shining piece of cinema history. Then they'll get into the claims of sexism and racism against the franchise and what woke changes have made it such an utter disappointment for longtime fans. Bring your Chewy costume and join us!
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak on Deprogrammed with Keri Smith tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28th, at 12pm CDT. Keri will be joined by Daniel and Brent from @Dangerous Rhetoric , @Mike Harlow and possibly some surprise guests to talk about attending MindsFest and NYC Pride with Billboard Chris and Alex Stein this weekend. We had conversations with people about protecting kids from gender ideology. This is gonna be lit!
Keri Smith interviews Chris Gore about his life, career and the current state of film in a world of woke. Join us for the live chat at 6pm CDT on Thursday, June 23rd!
Join Keri Smith and Mystery Chris for a LIVE #PoppedCulture at 8pm CDT on Wednesday, June 22nd, as they discuss entertainment (or propaganda) in Soviet Russia.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak at 12pm CDT with special guest host Kamran Pasha! We have a broad ranging discussion about faith (Christianity and Islam), Malcolm X, Woke Ideology, Elvis and Miss Marvel!
Join us for the live chat during a #Deprogrammed with Keri Smith interview and discussion with Mary Lou Singleton today at 6pm CDT! Mary Lou Singleton is a mother, midwife, nurse practitioner and medical freedom activist. Her clinic, Enchanted Family Medicine, provides primary health care services to over 2000 patients in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mary Lou has served on the boards of directors of the Midwives Alliance of North America, the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives, the Stop Patriarchy Abortion Rights Freedom Ride, and the Women's Liberation Front. She has been speaking out against female erasure in midwifery since 2014 and is the author of an open letter to the Midwives Alliance of North America protesting the removal of the words "woman" and "mother" from the organization's core competencies for midwives documents. Mary Lou is firmly pro-choice in all aspects of medical care, including vaccination.
Join Keri Smith and Mystery Chris for a LIVE #PoppedCulture Wednesday, June 15th at 8pm CDT! In celebration of Father's Day we'll be looking at popular culture's portrayal of fathers, specifically in sit-coms from the 80s and 90s and comparing it to previous decades. When exactly did the Dumbing Down of Dad become a trend, and how does it affect real dads? Also - we passed 10k subscribers yesterday! So bring your party hat!
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak on Monday, June 13th at 12pm CDT with special guest co-host Mike Harlow! Keri and Mike talk about Alphabet Cult Month and the protestors who tried to shut down the recent Women Leaving the Left panel in Austin featuring Keri, Meghan Murphy, Mary Lou Singleton, Michelle Evans and Isabella Malbin.
Join us for a LIVE #Deprogrammed with Keri Smith interview with Alex Stein #99. Alex is a Cat Maximalist
Join us for a LIVE #PoppedCulture with Keri Smith and Mystery Chris at 8pm CDT on Wednesday, June 8th on #Deprogrammed. We're discussing the greatness of the first Jurassic Park film, the suckage of the sequels, and Michael Crichton's interesting speeches on the politicization of science and climate alarmism.
Join us for a LIVE #Deprogrammed at 12pm CDT on Monday, June 6th. Keri chats with Bill Ottman about Big Social, #ChangeMinds and the importance of open dialogue in the public square. Bill Ottman is founder of Minds.com, an open source and decentralized social network focused on elevating global discourse through Internet freedom.
Join us for a Live #KerfefeBreak Friday, June 3rd at 12pm CDT. Keri will be joined by Brently Kopopolous and Daniel de la Fé, hosts of Dangerous Rhetoric! https://www.dangerousrhetoric.com
Join us for the premiere of Keri Smith's interview with Meghan Murphy at 6pm CDT on Thursday, June 2nd on #Deprogrammed! Meghan is a writer and speaker, the founder of Feminist Current and the host of The Same Drugs podcast. She talks about the forces and events that lead her to question Socialism, in which she spent 25 years, the mobbing she has endured on the left for opposing Gender Ideology, and why she no longer describes herself as a Feminist. Visit her online at https://www.feministcurrent.com
Join Mystery Chris and Keri Smith for a LIVE #PoppedCulture on #Deprogrammed Wednesday, June 1 at 8pm CDT as we discuss the influence of satirical news shows and late night comedy on the public consciousness.
Join us for a Live #KerfefeBreak Friday, May 27th at 12pm CDT. Keri will be joined by Marriage and Family Therapist Jake Wiskerchen for a frank discussion about guns and mental health. Jake Wiskerchen is a Marriage and Family Therapist, National Certified Counselor, and the Founder and CEO of Zephyr Wellness. He is also a board member at Walk the Talk America, which aims to reduce firearm suicides and other negative incidents associated with firearms ownership, through formal education, outreach, and engagement with the mental health and firearms communities: https://walkthetalkamerica.org Visit him online at https://www.zephyrwellness.org/ or @JakeWisk Get a free, anonymous mental health screening at: https://walkthetalkamerica.org/love/
Join Keri Smith for a LIVE #Deprogrammed Interview with Comedian Lila Hart, a 4'6 Filipina American stand up comedian who defies odds and stereotypes with her comedy. We'll be talking about comedy in the age of woke and covid, censorship, vax mandates at comedy clubs and how to make yourself uncancellable. Follow Lila online at: https://lilahart.com or @lovelilahart
Join Keri Smith and Mystery Chris for a LIVE Popped Culture on Wednesday, May 25th at 8pm CDT as they discuss the Hays Code and the history of censorship in film, and make comparisons to where we find ourselves today. Bring your Tommy Gun and your Lingerie!
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak, 12pm CDT on Monday, May 23rd, on #Deprogrammed - with special guest host Jared Bauer! Using the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial as a jumping off point, Keri and Jared talk about the philosophy of fashion and the law of public opinion. Jared Bauer is the co-founder of Wisecrack (wisecrack.co), a millennial-focused digital media brand that mixes media studies (movies, TV, film), humanities education (philosophy, classic literature, critical thinking), and comedy. During his 8 year tenure as head of content, Jared spearheaded multiple premium video formats that have accumulated over 600 million views, created a podcast network that's accumulated over 10 million downloads, and served as editor-in-chief of an online publication in partnership with Medium.com.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak, 12pm CDT on Friday, May 20th, on #Deprogrammed - with special guests Deb Fillman and Jason Littlefield!
Join us for a LIVE #Deprogrammed Interview on Thursday, May 19th at 6pm CDT. Keri interviews Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist, the Founding Editor of Reality's Last Stand, and a Contributing Editor at Quillette magazine, about sex and gender, and the cultural crossroads at which we find ourselves. Colin is an Academic Advisor for the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine, and has essays published in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Times, Quillette, and elsewhere.
Join Keri Smith and Mystery Chris for a LIVE Popped Culture episode Wednesday, May 18th at 8pm CDT. They'll be joined by special guest Royce Lopez and paying tribute to one of the greatest comedy shows of all time, In Living Color.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak, 12pm CDT on Monday, May 16th, on #Deprogrammed - with special guest host Neil James!. Keri and Neil talk about two recent mass shootings in the states, and the racial and ideological factors playing into the mainstream response.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak, 12pm CDT on Friday, May 13th, on #Deprogrammed - with special guests Christian Boutin and Kelly Lamb! It's a Canadian Invasion on Deprogrammed.
Join us at 6pm CDT for the live chat during the premiere of Keri's #Deprogrammed interview with Comedian Geno Bisconte! They talk about performing during the age of Covid and Woke, how to overcome self-censorship, and even talk a little about God at the end. Geno Bisonte is a comedian, writer, actor and the host of In Hot Water on Compound Media. You can visit him online at GenoBisconte.com or find him at CompoundMedia.com
Join Keri Smith, Mystery Chris and Special Guest Comix Division for a LIVE #PoppedCulture Wednesday, May 11th at 8pm CDT. We'll be discussing Anime, Japanese culture, and whether Anime is Un-Woke-able.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak, 12pm CDT on Monday, May 9th, on #Deprogrammed - with guest host Jack Buckby. We're discussing Amber Heard's testimony, and the weaponization of fake emotion. We'll be reviewing videos of Amber Heard, Jussie Smollett, Kyle Rittenhouse and Brett Kavanaugh.
Join us for a LIVE #KerfefeBreak, 12pm CDT on Friday, May 6th, on #Deprogrammed - with special guests Actual Justice Warrior (Sean Fitzgerald) and Nina Infinity! Keri, Sean and Nina discuss her church, The Church on the Square, being evicted from its meeting place at the Palace Theater in Georgetown, TX. This was following her Pastor Bradley Helgerson's recent comments at a City Council Meeting against a public town mural painted by Forbes Middle Schoolers that includes ideological and sexual messaging. They also discuss the recent Supreme Court regarding Roe v Wade and the hysteria that has followed. And they briefly touch on Amber Heard's testimony.