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David Volodzko talks with Alexander von Sternberg about Amin al-Husseini, the Nazi godfather of Palestinian nationalism, his early life, his embrace of Nazism, his efforts to send Jewish children to death camps, his legacy since then, and his place in the Palestinian movement today.Von Sternberg is the host of the historical podcast History Impossible. He's also a writer whose essays and reviews have been published in a number of publications including Queer Majority, Quillette, Merion West, and Areo Magazine.For more on this subject, see von Sternberg's six-hour podcast episode on al-Husseini, The Muslim Nazis: The German Voice of Islam.You can also listen to Volodzko as a guest on History Impossible here. Finally, here is a list of some of the books mentioned in this week's episode: Palestine 1936, The Arabs and the Holocaust, Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World, Islam and Nazi Germany's War, The Mufti of Jerusalem and the Nazis: The Berlin Years, and Through the Eyes of the Mufti. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe

Lex Friedman's Hosted Debate: • Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein,... Elan Journo, a vice president and senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, is an expert on American foreign policy, Ayn Rand's thought, and the intersection of moral ideas and public policy.Elan's is the author of What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2018). He is co-author with Onkar Ghate of Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: From George W. Bush to Barack Obama and Beyond (2016). It was hailed as “heartbreakingly rational, masterfully reasoned, entirely clear, prescient” by Phyllis Chesler; a “moral tour de force” by philosopher Jason Hill; and “a brilliant collection of essays” by historian Efraim Karsh. The second expanded edition of this book, retitled Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: What Went Wrong After 9/11, was published in 2021. He co-edited Illuminating Ayn Rand: Essays from New Ideal, the Journal of the Ayn Rand Institute (2022)Elan's first book, Winning the Unwinnable War: America's Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism (2009), analyzes Bush-era foreign policy. The late Fouad Ajami of Johns Hopkins and Daniel Pipes of the Middle East Forum were among the scholars and public intellectuals who praised the book, which is featured in university courses.Elan has published in Foreign Policy, Skeptic Magazine, Middle East Quarterly, The Journal of International Security Affairs, and the Claremont Review of Books. His commentary has appeared in many popular outlets, including Areo Magazine, Skeptic Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, Australia's Herald Sun, Canada's Globe and Mail, Times of Israel, Los Angeles Times, Spiked, The Jerusalem Post, and The Hill. He is a senior editor of ARI's journal, New Ideal.Elan has appeared on countless radio programs (NPR, syndicated talk radio) and TV interviews (Fox News, PBS). He briefs congressional staff and speaks at universities across North America.Elan holds a BA in philosophy from King's College London and an MA in diplomacy from SOAS, University of London.Connect with Elan on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Show is Sponsored by The Ayn Rand Institute https://www.aynrand.org/starthereandExpress VPN https://www.expressvpn.com/yaronJoin this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/@YaronBrook/joinLike what you hear? Like, share, and subscribe to stay updated on new videos and help promote the Yaron Brook Show: https://bit.ly/3ztPxTxSupport the Show and become a sponsor: / yaronbrookshow or https://yaronbrookshow.com/membershipOr make a one-time donation: https://bit.ly/2RZOyJJContinue the discussion by following Yaron on Twitter (https://bit.ly/3iMGl6z) and Facebook (https://bit.ly/3vvWDDC )Want to learn more about Ayn Rand and Objectivism? Visit the Ayn Rand Institute: https://bit.ly/35qoEC3 #Israel #israelhamaswar #israelpalestineconflict #capitalism #philosophy #Morality ​ ​#Objectivism​ #AynRand #politics

Elan Journo, a vice president and senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, is an expert on American foreign policy, Ayn Rand's thought, and the intersection of moral ideas and public policy.Elan's is the author of What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2018). He is co-author with Onkar Ghate of Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: From George W. Bush to Barack Obama and Beyond (2016). It was hailed as “heartbreakingly rational, masterfully reasoned, entirely clear, prescient” by Phyllis Chesler; a “moral tour de force” by philosopher Jason Hill; and “a brilliant collection of essays” by historian Efraim Karsh. The second expanded edition of this book, retitled Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: What Went Wrong After 9/11, was published in 2021. He co-edited Illuminating Ayn Rand: Essays from New Ideal, the Journal of the Ayn Rand Institute (2022)Elan's first book, Winning the Unwinnable War: America's Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism (2009), analyzes Bush-era foreign policy. The late Fouad Ajami of Johns Hopkins and Daniel Pipes of the Middle East Forum were among the scholars and public intellectuals who praised the book, which is featured in university courses.Elan has published in Foreign Policy, Skeptic Magazine, Middle East Quarterly, The Journal of International Security Affairs, and the Claremont Review of Books. His commentary has appeared in many popular outlets, including Areo Magazine, Skeptic Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, Australia's Herald Sun, Canada's Globe and Mail, Times of Israel, Los Angeles Times, Spiked, The Jerusalem Post, and The Hill. He is a senior editor of ARI's journal, New Ideal.Elan has appeared on countless radio programs (NPR, syndicated talk radio) and TV interviews (Fox News, PBS). He briefs congressional staff and speaks at universities across North America.Elan holds a BA in philosophy from King's College London and an MA in diplomacy from SOAS, University of London.Connect with Elan on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Show is Sponsored by The Ayn Rand Institute https://www.aynrand.org/starthereandExpress VPN https://www.expressvpn.com/yaronJoin this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/@YaronBrook/joinLike what you hear? Like, share, and subscribe to stay updated on new videos and help promote the Yaron Brook Show: https://bit.ly/3ztPxTxSupport the Show and become a sponsor: / yaronbrookshow or https://yaronbrookshow.com/membershipOr make a one-time donation: https://bit.ly/2RZOyJJContinue the discussion by following Yaron on Twitter (https://bit.ly/3iMGl6z) and Facebook (https://bit.ly/3vvWDDC )Want to learn more about Ayn Rand and Objectivism? Visit the Ayn Rand Institute: https://bit.ly/35qoEC3 #fertility #ivftreatmentforpregnancy #abortion #capitalism #philosophy #Morality ​ ​#Objectivism​ #AynRand #politics

On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Zoe Booth and Iona Italia. Booth is community engagement officer and Italia is managing editor at Quillette. An Australian, Booth has degrees in French, Politics and Law from the University of Newcastle. Italia is an erstwhile academic of British nationality and mixed Parsi and Scottish heritage, with a Ph.D. in English literature from Cambridge University. She is the author of Our Tango World, former editor-in-chief of Areo Magazine and the host of the Two for Tea Podcast. Razib discusses both of their trajectories into the heterodox intellectual sphere, Booth, from her starting point as a younger Millennial and Italia as a member of Generation X. While Booth recounts she had typical generational views on social justice and left-inflected politics, Italia admits despite being very left-wing most of her life she was never very well disposed to the identitarian trend that has crystallized into “woke” politics in the 2020s. Booth also addresses the reality that even if the existence of Quillette, a female-led bastion of free thought, with founding editor Claire Lehmann and now managing editor Italia might seem to suggest otherwise, it is not always easy to be a heterodox woman. Booth and Italia discuss how female personality orientation tends more toward making people feel comfortable and included rather than confrontations over truth claims that might hurt feelings. Italia and Razib also address her unique personality quirk of very high disagreeability, which might explain both her rejection of group-think and her earnest quest for the truth as she understands it. Booth and Italia talk about how the recent events around the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, have resulted in changes in their social life due to political polarization. Overall Quillette has taken a pro-Israel position across the editorial staff, which has resulted in some blowback among their readership. Italia also talks about her own change from solidarity to the global left because of their Hamas-friendly stance, and her continued rejection of conservative social movements, including Islam. Booth and Italia also address Quillette's consistent trend of touching cultural and political third rails, but in the service of classical liberal values. Italia believes any blowback toward her and the magazine comes disproportionately from a small group of malcontents, and that broadly liberal values are much more popular than most people realize.

Find out why Iona and Zoe hated the new Barbie movie. Iona Italia is an associate editor at Quillette. She is also the editor of Areo Magazine and host of the Two for Tea podcast. She writes for Substack at The Second Swim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is a certain speech act an opinion versus a call to action? Does that distinction matter for censorship purposes? Why does it seem that human behavior tends towards censorship rather than towards freedom of expression? Is feeling emotionally or politically harmed a valid reason for censoring certain speech acts? Will it always be the case that, given enough time, truth will win out over ignorance, bullshit, misinformation, and lies? What are the necessary and sufficient conditions for creating a society in which truth wins at the end of the day? Why are citizens so often attracted to populist and/or fascist ideologies and political parties? What value does religion provide to a society?Iona Italia is the editor-in-chief of Areo Magazine and the host of its Two for Tea podcast. Iona is the author of two books: Anxious Employment (a study of eighteenth-century essayists) and Our Tango World (sociological and philosophical musings on dance and life). She holds a PhD in English Literature from Cambridge University and publishes weekly creative non-fiction pieces on her Substack, The Second Swim. Her background includes a decade in academe and a 12-year career as a tango dancer and teacher. Iona lives in London with four old friends. She loves dancing, running, choral singing, chess, dogs, and sci-fi.[Read more]

By most objective measures, the Covid pandemic is over. Because of impressively rapid technological innovations, most people are now able to easily manage risks to their health posed by the virus. But not everyone agrees that this means the pandemic is over. Some argue that as long as even a handful of high-risk individuals are threatened by Covid, we should not think it proper to resume normal life. What ideas are responsible for this approach to the ethics of infectious disease? What attitude does it betray toward healthy people and toward the innovations that allow us to preserve and perfect it? What has been the impact of this approach? By contrast, what is a rational approach to the ethics of infectious disease? Join Ben Bayer as he interviews Dr. Amesh Adalja to discuss these and other issues addressed by a recent article by Adalja in Areo Magazine.

Angel Eduardo (http://angeleduardo.com/) is a writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City, who serves an Advisory Board member, FAIR in the Arts Fellow, and Director of Messaging & Editorial for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR - https://www.fairforall.org/), where he helps shape the organization's pro-human approach to our often contentious and divided discourse. He is also a contributor to the Center for Inquiry's blog, where he writes on science, communication, skepticism, and morality for a column entitled Searching for Better Angels, and is best-known for coining and promoting the rhetorical concept of star-manning. Angel holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from CUNY Hunter College, and has had writing featured in Newsweek, Areo Magazine, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, and The Caribbean Writer, among other print and online publications. Angel's photographs have been featured in various exhibitions and used as cover art for books—most notably in Personal Effects: Essays on Memoir, Teaching and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo for Fordham University Press, which makes use of his photograph, “Early Bird.” Angel has been writing, performing, and recording music since the age of 15, and has been intimately involved in every creative facet of his projects, from songwriting, producing, mixing, and mastering, to designing and overseeing the creation of album artwork, concert posters, and merchandise. Be it with music, writing, photography, or design, Angel is an artist inspired to inspire. His hope is to pay it forward—providing others with the same solace, inspiration, perspective, and opportunity for personal and intellectual growth that the work of others has done for him. In the social realm, Angel advocates for a compassionate, honest, and civil approach to discourse, even when we're incentivized to bare our teeth and dig in our heels. Through his work he hopes to foster more productive conversations on the topics of the day, all bolstered by his own six words of advice: Be kind; we're all first drafts.

In this pre-season special which will also act as S3E1, Daniel Sharp of Areo Magazine and I discuss the recent attack and attempted murder of Salman Rushdie and the importance and value of free speech in a free and open society, the current attempts once again to censor free speech, the voices of dissent within groups and society,  progress and free expression, and the racism of low expectations. All this and more on MOI !  Thanks, Daniel!

In this episode, I sit down with Neil Shenvi and Timon Cline to discuss their paper, What If CRT Were Just A Legal Theory? Summary of the paper: https://shenviapologetics.com/summary-of-cline-and-shenvis-what-if-crt-were-just-a-legal-theory-a-christian-critique/ The paper itself: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361374586_What_if_Critical_Race_Theory_Were_Just_a_Legal_Theory_A_Christian_Critique Neil Shenvi received his PhD from UC-Berkeley in theoretical chemistry. He currently lives in North Carolina, where he homeschools his four children. Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/neilshenvi Timon Cline is a graduate of Rutgers Law School, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Wright State University. He is an attorney practicing in New Jersey and a fellow at the Craig Center at Westminster Theological Seminary. His writing has appeared in the American Spectator, Mere Orthodoxy, American Greatness, Areo Magazine, American Reformer, and the American Mind, among others. He writes regularly at Modern Reformation and Conciliar Post and lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Rachel. Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlloydcline Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYLvESJNTy-7nOAbH03eHCA

Two of our favorite guests (Prof. Richard Wolff and Jacobin Staff Writer Branko Marcetic) return to hash out a disagreement on vaccine mandates. Prof. Wolff is critical of such mandates on workers' rights grounds while Branko has strongly endorsed them in Jacobin. Ben Burgis is, just this once a moderator instead of a participant in a debate.Before the debate, Ben chats with the GTAA crew about his article in The Nation on Daniel Muessig, who's about to head to federal prison for 5 years for non-violent cannabis offenses:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/muessig-biden-marijuana-pardon/After the debate, Ben chats with Matt McManus (filling in for Jenn for the philosophy segment) about his latest piece in Areo Magazine debunking the idea that postmodernism is some sort of "neo-Marxism":https://areomagazine.com/2022/04/11/is-postmodernism-neo-marxist/....and in between those there's the debate!Check out the work Prof. Wolff does at Democracy at Work:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-6FjMu9OI8i0Fo6bkW0VARead Branko in Jacobin:https://jacobinmag.com/author/branko-marceticFollow Prof. Wolff on Twitter: @profwolffFollow Branko on Twitter: @BMarchetichFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter @Gtaa_ShowIndependent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support Give Them An Argument on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis. Patrons get an exclusive postgame every Monday night, access to the Discord server and much more—most importantly including our undying love and gratitude for supporting us while we do this work.Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgisLike, subscribe, and get notifications on Ben's channel: https://www.youtube.com/BenBurgisGTAAVisit benburgis.com

About Jonathan Church: Jonathan Church is an economist with two decades of experience working in the private and public sectors. His professional background is in antitrust, intellectual property, valuation, inflation, index number theory, statistics, and finance. In 2016, he began writing a weekly column for The Good Men Project, with a focus on current affairs, social justice, and masculinity. In 2018, he was diagnosed with a low-grade brain tumor, which led not only to brain surgery and radiation, but also a decision to pursue his passion for writing and scholarship without restraint. Outside of his day job and time with his daughter, he spends most of his remaining time as an independent scholar writing on economics, finance, and social justice. He has been published in Quillette, Areo Magazine, Arc Digital, The Agonist Journal, Merion West, The Good Men Project, Culturico, New Discourses, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Stoic, and The Federalist. He has also published poetry in Lummox, Big Hammer, and Street Value, as well as short stories in Vending Machine Press and The Agonist Journal. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in economics and philosophy, and from Cornell University with an M.A in economics. He is also a CFA charter holder. Any time left over is spent exercising and playing chess.  The Walled Garden is a podcast and community of independent philosophers and seekers who are dedicated to the pursuit of truth, wisdom, virtue, and the divine. Led by Australian poet, philosopher, and musician Simon Drew, American philosopher, author, and speaker Sharon Lebell, and British philosopher and researcher Kai Whiting, The Walled Garden hosts regular live events and meetups with fascinating philosophers, theologians, artists, leaders, and seekers who can teach us all about how to live a flourishing existence. Visit The Walled Garden: thewalledgarden.com Join our free Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/5TAUzfdCe8 Get one-on-one mentoring with our philosophers: https://thewalledgarden.com/mentors Register for Upcoming Events: https://thewalledgarden.com/events Shop at The Walled Garden: https://thewalledgarden.store/ About Simon Drew: Simon is a poem-writing, multi-instrument-playing, mountain-climbing philosopher. Known by Sharon as an “intrepid soul traveller,” he uses his art to explore deep questions about the nature of the divine and the path to personal Alignment. Simon is most widely known for his work on The Practical Stoic Podcast (now The Walled Garden). Simon's book, The Poet & The Sage, was released in 2021. About Sharon Sebell: Sharon is one of the pioneers of the contemporary Stoicism movement, and the author behind the best-selling interpretation of Epictetus' writings, “The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness.” As a musician and prominent writer, Sharon seeks to liberate the wisdom of the past in order to facilitate deeper meaning-making and personal flourishing. About Kai Whiting: Kai is one of the world's foremost experts on traditional Stoicism, as well as being a lecturer and researcher in the field of sustainability. In his book, “Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living In,” Kai and his co-author Leo Konstantakos encourage their readers to expand their circles of concern and to work for the common flourishing of humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

General Follow Alan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alan_davison Alan's academic profile: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Alan.Davison Alan and Josh Szeps' special speaker podcast series ‘Permission to Think' homepage: https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/partners-and-community/fass-industry-events/permission-think Josh Szeps' podcast series ‘Uncomfortable Conversations', of which ‘Permission to Think' is under the aegis: https://play.acast.com/s/uncomfortable-conversations-with-josh-szeps/ References Josh Szeps' appearance on ‘Two for Tea': https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/18-josh-szeps Interview with Alan in the ‘Times Higher Education': https://www.timeshighereducation.com/people/interview-alan-davison?mc_cid=4b6d8a0b62&mc_eid=1347a1c1c0 ‘Two for Tea' episode with Jesse Singal: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/84-jesse-singal-the-quick-fix-public-limited-version ‘Trans Ideology and the New Ptolemaism in the Academy' by Kathleen Rowley in ‘Archives of Sexual Behavior': https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-01950-9 ‘Should You Trust the Myers-Briggs Personality Test?' by Laith Al-Shawaf in ‘Areo Magazine': https://areomagazine.com/2021/03/09/should-you-trust-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/ ‘Two for Tea' episode with Tomiwa Owolade: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/85-tomiwa-owolade-racial-cultural-kaleidoscopes-public-limited-version Alan's paper ‘A Darwinian Approach to Postmodern Critical Theory: Or, How Did Bad Ideas Colonise the Academy?' in ‘Society': https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-020-00505-3 Alan's paper ‘Multiculturalism, Social Distance and “Islamophobia”: Refections on Anti‑racism Research in Australia and Beyond' in ‘Society': https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-021-00641-4 ‘Two for Tea' episode with Jonathan Rauch: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/93-jonathan-rauch-in-defence-of-truth-public-limited-version Timestamps 00.00 Opening and introduction. 2:36 Iona reads from Alan's interview in the ‘Times Higher Education' about the problems he sees in academia and asks him about the problem of ‘wokery' in academia and how it has affected his own institution, wider society, and academic science/tech. 6:45 Specific examples of wokery infecting academia: diversity training, no-go research areas, and censorship. Wokery within Alan's own discipline of music. 11:45 What is going wrong in Australian universities? The example of implicit bias training, based on the discredited implicit association test, being used in higher education. 16:02 Cultish mindsets in academia and the discouragement of scepticism. 18:25 The corporatisation and marketisation of academia. The “perfect storm”: the combination of identity politics and brand/risk-aware corporatisation in academia. 22:12 How is the culture of diversity training affecting universities? 26:30 Is testing for implicit bias simply workplace totalitarianism? The ‘who you are' over ‘what you do/say' mindset. Clumsy and counterproductive attempts to measure injustice and “redress the balance.” ‘Representation' in music, particularly orchestral music. Does dealing with economic inequalities earlier in the ‘pipeline' matter more? 40:30 Socioeconomic and cultural factors in inequalities. 44:25 Discussions of Alan's evolutionary psychological/memetic approaches to understanding the success and influence of postmodern critical theory and Iona's view that tribalism is a universal heuristic, including in the ‘anti-woke' circle. Alan: “Resist the heuristic!” The risk of orthodoxy taking over. 1:00:46 What universities should be and the decline of public trust in higher education. Alan's defence of universities. What are the risks to universities? 1:11:00 How has the atmosphere on campus changed since Alan began his academic career? 1:12:10 Last words and outro.

TLYG talks to thought leader and writer, Salomé Sibonex, about the growing authoritarianism taking place in governments and populations around the world in the time of Covid19. She argues that authoritarianism has been growing since the invention of social media, coming from self-censorship and shutting down of our ideological opposites taking place online and now spreading to our institutions. Salomé Sibonex is a writer and artist known for her distinct style of truth-telling, melding philosophy and psychology to diagnose modern issues. She's written for Areo Magazine, writes the cult-favorite newsletter Spiritual Soap, and examines film as modern mythology on her podcast, the Silver Eye Society. You can find Salomé on Twitter and Instagram via @SalomeSibonex. https://www.salomesibonex.com/who-is-she @salomesibonex

Ben's website: https://benburgis.com/ Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Buy ‘Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters' by Ben Burgis: https://redemmas.org/titles/36536-christopher-hitchens--what-he-got-right--how-he-went-wrong--and-why-he-still-matters Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattjj89 Daniel's LinkTree (contains links to his website, Substack, and more): https://linktr.ee/DanielJamesSharp Follow Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DJtotheS Daniel's article ‘Naming the Unnameable: Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens and the Defence of Free Speech' in Areo Magazine: https://areomagazine.com/2021/05/17/naming-the-unnameable-salman-rushdie-christopher-hitchens-and-the-defence-of-free-speech/ References Christopher Hitchens bibliography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens_bibliography Channel 4 News report on Hitchens's death, December 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4yvPSZN5ZQ Hitchens's Vanity Fair essay on J.G. Ballard and sci-fi, ‘The Catastrophist', 2010: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/01/the-catastrophist/307820/ The Brothers Hitchens debate God and Iraq, 2008: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngjQs_QjSwc The New Philosophers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Philosophers Hitchens's Vanity Fair essay on ‘Why Women Aren't Funny', 2007: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2007/01/hitchens200701 Timestamps 1:07 Introductions 4:34 Daniel reads from his Areo article ‘Naming the Unnameable: Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens and the Defence of Free Speech'. 10:29 Matt reads from his forthcoming book ‘How Hitchens Can Save The Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment'. 13:34 Ben reads from his forthcoming book ‘Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters'. 18:40 Ben discusses why he was attracted to Hitchens in the first place and why he decided to write a book about him: rehabilitation of what Ben believes to be Hitchens' best parts. 28:15 Matt answers the same question. Hitchens as a “first principles thinker”. 34:02 Daniel answers the same question. His seduction by Hitchens and subsequent maturation as an admirer. Some of Hitchens's flaws from Daniel's point of view. 39:29 A discussion of Hitchens the literary critic and how his literary views relate to his political and moral views. Iona's disappointment in Hitchens's dismissal of the sci-fi genre. 44:49 Ben talks about how Hitchens was and remains a figure who needs to be written about and argued with and the reason for writing a book about him: the story of someone who goes badly wrong is more interesting than someone who was right. 46:49 Matt on the irreconcilability of and tensions within some of Hitchens's positions. 43:04 Daniel asks Ben and Matt their views on what Hitchens got right and what he got wrong/how he went wrong and an ensuing discussion on Hitchens's politics, especially on Afghanistan, Iraq, and interventionism (and a comparison of Peter Hitchens's views on the same). 1:05:57 Matt discusses Hitchens on the New Philosophers and the evolution of liberal interventionism. 1:09:14 Iona discusses the feasibility of communism some of Hitchens's foundational (and consistent) values: universalism, liberalism, humanism, anti-authoritarianism, and the defence of free speech (and freedom in general). Hitchens's “trollish” side: uncowed by political correctness or consensus. 1:14:14 Daniel talks about Hitchens on the civil war within Islam. An ensuing discussion on the relevance of this today: arguments over the hijab and the concept of ‘Islamophobia'. Ben compares the misuse of ‘Islamophobia' with the misuse of ‘anti-Semitism'. Hitchens and Israel/Palestine. Plus: Ben discusses his upcoming book defending the radical left economic view in response to Iona's points above. and more.

Dorian's academic profile: https://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/dorian-abbot/ Follow Dorian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DorianAbbot References Dorian's article ‘MIT Abandons Its Mission. And Me.', in Bari Weiss's ‘Common Sense' Substack: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/mit-abandons-its-mission-and-me Dorian's ‘Wall Street Journal' article, ‘The Views That Made Me Persona Non Grata at MIT': https://www.wsj.com/articles/cancel-culture-college-mit-dorian-abbot-university-chicago-representation-equity-equality-11635516316? Watch Dorian's cancelled lecture, ‘Climate and the Potential for Life on Other Planets': https://jmp.princeton.edu/events/climate-and-potential-life-other-planets ‘Life on Mars: The Ethical Implications of Colonizing the Red Planet' by Thomas Cortellesi in ‘Areo Magazine': https://areomagazine.com/2018/07/02/life-on-mars-the-ethical-implications-of-colonizing-the-red-planet/ ‘Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe' by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rare-Earth-Complex-Uncommon-Universe/dp/0387952896 Timestamps 2:24 What makes a planet habitable and how we find exoplanets. 8:18 Dorian's research on the cloud effects on tidally locked planets - and how these effects suggest these planets might be more habitable/Earth-like than previously thought. 14:10 How some exoplanets and their clouds provide a model for the possible future of climate change on Earth. 15:31 Dorian's views on the Fermi paradox - where are the aliens? Why Dorian believes extraterrestrial life is more likely than not. 20:23 Why we should hope to find no life at all on exoplanets rather than finding lots of extinct civilisations. 21:10 Twitter question: what does Dorian think a realistic time scale and strategy for colonising exoplanets would be? 22:39 Twitter question: how useful is the Drake equation? 24:08 Twitter question: what are Dorian's views on von Neumann self-replicating probes? (And a digression on ‘decolonisation' and the possible impacts of us colonising other planets.) 27:50 Dorian's views on the ‘Rare Earth' thesis, which posits that complex life is very unlikely to be found elsewhere in the universe. 29:32 What does Dorian's exoplanet work tell us about climate change? What does Dorian think are the main misconceptions about anthropogenic climate change? What we don't know: the future of climate change 32:21 Dorian's work on rogue planets - could these harbour life? 35:20 Has the atmosphere in physics departments changed recently? Is there pressure from the woke left and climate denialist right? Academia, cancel culture, and chilling. 39:52 Why science should be based on merit, not politics. 40:22 Who does Dorian think Iona should interview?

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Yes, we're back with Jimmy Concepts, reliable source of dishonest idiocy.  This time, as a kind of 'bonus feature' to our last episode, Daniel reads out a representative selection of reviewer comments on some of the fake papers submitted to academic journals by Lindsay, Pluckrose and Boghossian during the so-called 'Sokal Squared' prank.  It's very revealing... albeit of something we already knew: namely that Lindsay and his cohorts are absolutely full of shit. Content Warnings. Podcast Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1   Show Notes for 95: Areo Magazine, Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship ( https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/ ) Full listing of Grievance Studies Papers and Reviews ( https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19tBy_fVlYIHTxxjuVMFxh4pqLHM_en18 ). "BJ-Gay" reviewer's comment: - This paper claims to apply a combination of psychoanalysis and feminism to examine and critique styles of masculinity evident within grappling-based martial arts subcultures. Overall, I found the paper very difficult to read and cannot recommend it for publication. This is due to a combination of factors, namely: - A densely theoretical, often confusing style of prose in many parts of the paper; - An inconsistent application of theoretical concepts, most of which were not defined with any clarity for the reader; - Overuse of certain source material, as well as a fairly consistent tendency to misuse sources in support of claims that the papers/books in question do not actually support; - Many sweeping generalizations about (all) men involved in (all) grappling-based martial arts; - A tokenistic inclusion of discussions of women in these spaces, which was not reconciled with the analysis in any meaningful way; - A central thesis which is not, to my knowledge, supported by any of the empirical research in this area (despite the fact that several such studies were cited in the paper); - Bizarre, even farcical concluding recommendations which indicate a lack of knowledge about the martial arts in question, as well as a tenuous and selective grasp of feminism as applied to sport. - There is simply too much wrong with the paper to offer a more robust criticism as a reviewer. I recommend that the author spends far more time acquainting themselves with both the theoretical and empirical literature at the intersection of sport, martial arts and masculinity studies before attempting a re-write. The current offering sits far short of the standards of scholarship expected of academic publication, particularly in a journal such as Men and Masculinities. https://twitter.com/deonteleologist/status/1444709707864674306 https://twitter.com/deonteleologist/status/1402338497617285120 "The Joke's On You" reviewer comment: - Another sign of lack of integration is that there is not clear definition of the comedic. The very first paragraph offers one too narrow for the essay. Northrup Frye provides some useful definitions of irony, parody, and satire in his classic work, Anatomy of Criticism. Note, too, that Cynthia Willett, in Irony in the Age of Empire, shares a similar thesis with this essay, namely that irony works against arrogance and ignorance. That source should be acknowledged even as the author discusses her own different approach, and might help the author clarify definitions of the comedic and integrate argument. - Yet another sign of lack of integration are the mixed references from Oliver to Dotson, Bailey, et al.-- Oliver would support a strong postmodern or poststructuralist stance that would render claims to speak "truth" to power finally ironic or that would yield to a very serious act of witnessing alterity. The latter group of epistemologists (including Dotson and Bailey) seem to affirm a pluralism but also a truth that allows for objective claims. Humor that makes use of the latter approach would typically tend toward satire, not irony. Satire and irony just do not function the same way, and the author would want to decide which direction or use of them would most assist the argument. "Fat Body Builders" reviewer comment: - For instance, statements like these, “In order for fat to be seen as ordinary and familiar, we need to insert ourselves in the extraordinary and unfamiliar. Competitive bodybuilding venues may be unfamiliar, even intrinsically fat-exclusionary, but this can change” and “Though it goes beyond the scope of this paper to provide more specific methods for institutionalizing fat bodybuilding” illustrate the issue with the paper. The author has highlighted the negative implication of fat stigma, but with a lack of connection to implementation, it negates the reason for why fat bodybuilding is a solution over other means or methods. - This reader would encourage the author to improve the connection between fat bodybuilding and its role as a means of fat activism. The author certainly has a wealth of information about the field of bodybuilding and the author should use that experience to strengthen the connections mentioned previously. "Hooters" reviewer comment: - This then takes me to a core challenge in moving forward with your paper at Sex Roles: trustworthiness. All three reviewers share my concern about the lack of demonstrated methodological integrity in the present paper. This is where Reviewer 3 comes in. I recruited Reviewer 3 after the other reviewers, and because she is a member of our in-house staff, I shared both reviewers' (masked) comments with her. I asked her first if she felt there was enough evidence of rigor to pursue a revision. Because we (at this point) have incomplete methodological information, I cannot commit to making a positive judgment here, but I am committing to giving it a try. - Thus my second challenge to Reviewer 3 was to outline what next steps you will need to take (in addition to addressing the other reviewers' comments) to fill in these methodological gaps. As you can see from Reviewer 3's comments, this starts by laying out your procedural details and analytic strategy. My guess is that you will need to focus more specifically on theme development and justification (e.g., thematic analysis) rather than taking this aspect from grounded theory (in that your goal is not to develop theory). I have attached a recently published paper in Sex Roles by Sheryl Chatfield that lays out various approaches to qualitative methodologies and outlines our standards here at Sex Roles. My expectation is that Reviewer 3's comments and this paper will help you address this critical point, as well as to move one from there to fully flesh out your methods, analyses, and findings. "Dildos" reviewer comment: - In the opening sections, the author notes that "though Allan lays out psychoanalytic theoretical considerations that are strongly suggestive of the co-constitutive relationship between masculinity, thevariables listed above, and anality, currently there is no scholarly literature that engages the topic of straight male penetrative sex toy directly and substantively" (3). The author here is referring to Allan's article, "Phallic Affect," however, Allan's book, Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus (2016) might prove to be more useful in the context of this study. - The author writes that "there exists a far more extensive and applicable treatment in the book, The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure, but unfortunately this insightful volumes falls considerably outside of the scholarly academic canon" (3). I'm not certain that this is a problem, perhaps this is a difference of approach, but it seems to me that sex manuals are highly valuable resources in scholarly work and if there is a problem that the problem rests not with The Ultimate Guide but the Academy's inability to imagine value outside of itself. Indeed, the author might consider expanding this to include books like, The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex by Violet Blue. Sci-Hub link: https://sci-hub.se/10.1353/tech.2007.0066 'So You Wanna Be a Hooters Girl' at The Smoking Gun: https://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/so-you-wanna-be-hooters-girl   Show Notes from 94 Again: https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/94-james-lindsay-and-the-grievance-studies-hoax James Lindsay, New Discourses, "Why You Can Be Transgender But Not Transracial."" https://newdiscourses.com/2021/06/why-you-can-be-transgender-but-not-transracial/ James Lindsay has a day job, apparently. "Maryville man walks path of healing and combat." https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/maryville-man-walks-path-of-healing-and-combat/article_5ea3c0ca-2e98-5283-9e59-06861b8588cb.html Areo Magazine, Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship. https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/ Full listing of Grievance Studies Papers and Reviews. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19tBy_fVlYIHTxxjuVMFxh4pqLHM_en18 'Mein Kampf' and the 'Feminazis': What Three Academics' Hitler Hoax Really Reveals About 'Wokeness'. https://web.archive.org/web/20210328112901/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-hitler-hoax-academic-wokeness-culture-war-1.9629759 "First and foremost, the source material. The chapter the hoaxers chose, not by coincidence, one of the least ideological and racist parts of Hitler's book. Chapter 12, probably written in April/May 1925, deals with how the newly refounded NSDAP should rebuild as a party and amplify its program. "According to their own account, the writers took parts of the chapter and inserted feminist "buzzwords"; they "significantly changed" the "original wording and intent” of the text to make the paper "publishable and about feminism." An observant reader might ask: what could possibly remain of any Nazi content after that? But no one in the media, apparently, did." New Discourses, "There Is No Good Part of Hitler's Mein Kampf" https://newdiscourses.com/2021/03/there-is-no-good-part-of-hitlers-mein-kampf/ On this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, James Lindsay, who helped to write the paper and perpetrate the Grievance Studies Affair, talks about the project and the creation of this particular paper at unprecedented length and in unprecedented detail, revealing Nilssen not to know what he's talking about. If you have ever wondered about what the backstory of the creation of the “Feminist Mein Kampf” paper really was, including why its authors did it, you won't want to miss this long-form discussion and rare response to yet another underinformed critic of Lindsay, Boghossian, and Pluckrose's work. The Grieveance Studies Affair Revealed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVk9a5Jcd1k Reviewer 1 Comments on Dog Park Paper "page 9 - the human subjects are afforded anonymity and not asked about income, etc for ethical reasons. yet, the author as researcher intruded into the dogs' spaces to examine and record genitalia. I realize this was necessary to the project, but could the author acknowledge/explain/justify this (arguably, anthropocentric) difference? Indicating that it was necessary to the research would suffice but at least the difference should be acknowledged." Nestor de Buen, Anti-Science Humping in the Dog Park. https://conceptualdisinformation.substack.com/p/anti-science-humping-in-the-dog-park "What is even more striking is that if the research had actually been conducted and the results showed what the paper says they show, there is absolutely no reason why it should not have been published. And moreover, what it proves is the opposite of what its intention is. It shows that one can make scientifically testable claims based on the conceptual framework of gender studies, and that the field has all the markings of a perfectly functional research programme." "Yes, the dog park paper is based on false data and, like Sokal's, contains a lot of unnecessary jargon, but it is not nonsense, and the distinction is far from trivial. Nonsense implies one cannot even obtain a truth value from a proposition. In fact, the paper being false, if anything, proves that it is not nonsense, yet the grievance hoaxers try to pass falsity as nonsense. Nonsense is something like Chomsky's famous sentence “colorless green ideas sleep furiously.” It is nonsense because it is impossible to decide how one might evaluate whether it is true. A false sentence would be “the moon is cubical.” It has a definite meaning, it just happens not to be true.  "So, if the original Sokal Hoax is like Chomsky's sentence, the dog park paper is much more like “the moon is cubical.” And in fact, a more accurate analogy would be “the moon is cubical and here is a picture that proves it,” and an attached doctored picture of the cubical moon." Reviewer 2 Comments on the Dog-Park Paper "I am a bit curious about your methodology. Can you say more? You describe your methods here (procedures for collecting data), but not really your overall approach to methodology. Did you just show up, observe, write copious notes, talk to people when necessary, and then leave? If so, it might be helpful to explicitly state this. It sounds to me like you did a kind of ethnography (methodology — maybe multispecies ethnography?) but that's not entirely clear here. Or are you drawing on qualitative methods in social behaviorism/symbolic interactionism? In either case, the methodology chosen should be a bit more clearly articulated." Counterweight. https://counterweightsupport.com/ "Welcome to Counterweight, the home of scholarship and advice on [Critical Social Justice](https://counterweightsupport.com/2021/02/17/what-do-we-mean-by-critical-social-justice/) ideology. We are here to connect you with the resources, advice and guidance you need to address CSJ beliefs as you encounter them in your day-to-day life. The Counterweight community is a non-partisan, grassroots movement advocating for liberal concepts of social justice including individualism, universalism, viewpoint diversity and the free exchange of ideas. [Subscribe](https://counterweightsupport.com/subscribe-to-counterweight/) today to become part of the Counterweight movement."" Inside Higher Ed, "Blowback Against a Hoax." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/08/author-recent-academic-hoax-faces-disciplinary-action-portland-state Peter Boghossian Resignation Latter from PSU. https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/my-university-sacrificed-ideas-for

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In many ways, this exciting discussion encapsulates why I started this podcast, living at the nexus of Art, Culture, and Society; it also serves as an example of the perils of ignoring Art and Artists in our ever-escalating "Culture Wars", as many have seen fit to do--unless they are complaining about how bad our Art has gotten.A Cuban-American whose mother experienced the ravages of Communism firsthand, the fiery and vivacious Salomé Sibonex deeply understands the corrosive effect of the authoritarian impulse on creative expression.She is a writer and artist known for her distinct style of truth-telling, melding philosophy and psychology to diagnose modern issues. She's written for Areo Magazine, writes the cult-favorite newsletter "Weird & Güd", and examines film as modern mythology on her podcast, The Silver Eye Society, and you can find her on Twitter and Instagram via @SalomeSibonex.

So, in rank defiance of our recent promise to 'get back to the nazis' instead we continue our James Lindsay coverage.  (What... me? Irony? How dare you?)  This time, Daniel patiently walks a distracted, slightly hyperactive, and increasingly incredulous Jack through the infamous 'Grievance Studies Hoax' (AKA 'Sokal Squared') in which Lindsay and colleagues Helen Pluckrose and Peter Boghossian tried (and then claimed) to prove something or other about modern Humanities academia by submitting a load of stupid fake papers to various feminist and fat studies journals.  As Daniel reveals, the episode was an orgy of dishonesty and tactical point-missing that actually proved the opposite of what the team of snickering tricksters thought they were proving.  Sadly, however, because we live in Hell, the trio have only raised their profiles as a result.  A particular highlight of the episode is Lindsay revealing his staggering ignorance when 'responding' to criticism. Content warnings, as ever. Podcast Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1   Show Notes: James Lindsay, New Discourses, "Why You Can Be Transgender But Not Transracial."" https://newdiscourses.com/2021/06/why-you-can-be-transgender-but-not-transracial/ James Lindsay has a day job, apparently. "Maryville man walks path of healing and combat." https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/maryville-man-walks-path-of-healing-and-combat/article_5ea3c0ca-2e98-5283-9e59-06861b8588cb.html Areo Magazine, Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship. https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/ Full listing of Grievance Studies Papers and Reviews. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19tBy_fVlYIHTxxjuVMFxh4pqLHM_en18 'Mein Kampf' and the 'Feminazis': What Three Academics' Hitler Hoax Really Reveals About 'Wokeness'. https://web.archive.org/web/20210328112901/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-hitler-hoax-academic-wokeness-culture-war-1.9629759 "First and foremost, the source material. The chapter the hoaxers chose, not by coincidence, one of the least ideological and racist parts of Hitler's book. Chapter 12, probably written in April/May 1925, deals with how the newly refounded NSDAP should rebuild as a party and amplify its program. "According to their own account, the writers took parts of the chapter and inserted feminist "buzzwords"; they "significantly changed" the "original wording and intent” of the text to make the paper "publishable and about feminism." An observant reader might ask: what could possibly remain of any Nazi content after that? But no one in the media, apparently, did." New Discourses, "There Is No Good Part of Hitler's Mein Kampf" https://newdiscourses.com/2021/03/there-is-no-good-part-of-hitlers-mein-kampf/ On this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, James Lindsay, who helped to write the paper and perpetrate the Grievance Studies Affair, talks about the project and the creation of this particular paper at unprecedented length and in unprecedented detail, revealing Nilssen not to know what he's talking about. If you have ever wondered about what the backstory of the creation of the “Feminist Mein Kampf” paper really was, including why its authors did it, you won't want to miss this long-form discussion and rare response to yet another underinformed critic of Lindsay, Boghossian, and Pluckrose's work. The Grieveance Studies Affair Revealed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVk9a5Jcd1k Reviewer 1 Comments on Dog Park Paper "page 9 - the human subjects are afforded anonymity and not asked about income, etc for ethical reasons. yet, the author as researcher intruded into the dogs' spaces to examine and record genitalia. I realize this was necessary to the project, but could the author acknowledge/explain/justify this (arguably, anthropocentric) difference? Indicating that it was necessary to the research would suffice but at least the difference should be acknowledged." Nestor de Buen, Anti-Science Humping in the Dog Park. https://conceptualdisinformation.substack.com/p/anti-science-humping-in-the-dog-park "What is even more striking is that if the research had actually been conducted and the results showed what the paper says they show, there is absolutely no reason why it should not have been published. And moreover, what it proves is the opposite of what its intention is. It shows that one can make scientifically testable claims based on the conceptual framework of gender studies, and that the field has all the markings of a perfectly functional research programme." "Yes, the dog park paper is based on false data and, like Sokal's, contains a lot of unnecessary jargon, but it is not nonsense, and the distinction is far from trivial. Nonsense implies one cannot even obtain a truth value from a proposition. In fact, the paper being false, if anything, proves that it is not nonsense, yet the grievance hoaxers try to pass falsity as nonsense. Nonsense is something like Chomsky's famous sentence “colorless green ideas sleep furiously.” It is nonsense because it is impossible to decide how one might evaluate whether it is true. A false sentence would be “the moon is cubical.” It has a definite meaning, it just happens not to be true.  "So, if the original Sokal Hoax is like Chomsky's sentence, the dog park paper is much more like “the moon is cubical.” And in fact, a more accurate analogy would be “the moon is cubical and here is a picture that proves it,” and an attached doctored picture of the cubical moon." Reviewer 2 Comments on the Dog-Park Paper "I am a bit curious about your methodology. Can you say more? You describe your methods here (procedures for collecting data), but not really your overall approach to methodology. Did you just show up, observe, write copious notes, talk to people when necessary, and then leave? If so, it might be helpful to explicitly state this. It sounds to me like you did a kind of ethnography (methodology — maybe multispecies ethnography?) but that's not entirely clear here. Or are you drawing on qualitative methods in social behaviorism/symbolic interactionism? In either case, the methodology chosen should be a bit more clearly articulated." Counterweight. https://counterweightsupport.com/ "Welcome to Counterweight, the home of scholarship and advice on [Critical Social Justice](https://counterweightsupport.com/2021/02/17/what-do-we-mean-by-critical-social-justice/) ideology. We are here to connect you with the resources, advice and guidance you need to address CSJ beliefs as you encounter them in your day-to-day life. The Counterweight community is a non-partisan, grassroots movement advocating for liberal concepts of social justice including individualism, universalism, viewpoint diversity and the free exchange of ideas. [Subscribe](https://counterweightsupport.com/subscribe-to-counterweight/) today to become part of the Counterweight movement."" Inside Higher Ed, "Blowback Against a Hoax." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/08/author-recent-academic-hoax-faces-disciplinary-action-portland-state Peter Boghossian Resignation Latter from PSU. https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/my-university-sacrificed-ideas-for  

Have you ever had a conversation with someone and came away thinking, if the world had more thinkers such as this, the world would be a much calmer and better place for everyone? The deep thinker I'm talking about is Angel Eduardo and I'm grateful this week for having the opportunity to speak with Angel on the Derate the Hate podcast.I recently read a piece by Angel published in Newsweek, “Stop calling me “white” for having the wrong opinions”, which stood out to me as something that seems to happen with much greater frequency these days. It seems if people of color don't have the “correct” ideas or opinions, they are said to be “acting white” or called “white” as a pejorative. This is not only a disgusting form of racism and bullying, but it's a nonsensical attempt by some to keep us divided. Angel has more than a little to say about this so you're not going to want to miss this conversation!Who is Angel Eduardo?Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City. He is a staff writer and content creator for idealist.org, as well as a columnist for the Center for Inquiry, where he writes on science, communication, skepticism, and morality. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR).His writing has been featured in Newsweek, Areo Magazine, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, and The Caribbean Writer, among other print and online publications. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from CUNY Hunter College, and is currently working on a book-length memoir project. Read his complete bio by clicking here…Angel Eduardo Articles mentioned in this episodeStop calling me “white” for having the wrong opinionsStop Telling Critical Race Theory Critics We Don't Know What It IsHow to Star Man: Arguing From CompassionWhat have you done today to make your life a better life? What have you done today to make the world a better place? The world is a better place if we are better people, and that begins with each of us leading a better life. Be kind to one another, be grateful for everything you've got, and make each and every day the day that you want it to be!Please follow The Derate The Hate podcast on Facebook, MeWe, Instagram, Twitter . Subscribe to us wherever you enjoy your audio. Please leave us a rating and feedback. Send me a message on any media platform or subscribe directly from our sites. Let us know about someone you think should be on our podcast, and if we book them for a conversation, I'll send you a free gift! Not on social media? You can share your thoughts directly with me at wilk@wilksworld.comI look forward to hearing from you!Please check out our affiliates page by clicking HERE!

Ever since the United States ceased to be a colony of the British Empire, immigration has been used as a tool of the ruling class to relegate labor. While xenophobic fears may ignite passionate debate, capitalism is the driving factor in the bipartisan draconian immigration legislation we see to this day.   We'll discuss capitalism's role in the United States southern border policy and more.   About Daniel: Daniel is an attorney and social critic who grew up in diverse cultural and political settings. His experience includes immigration law where he became an ally to progressive movements and organizations seeking migrant liberation. He has several essays published in Areo Magazine and Medium and he currently labors in the public sector to ensure migrant access to justice. He is the son of an immigrant and spent his adolescence with his parents and three brothers in the Dominican Republic. He and his family live in the American southeast.   You Can find Daniel's Book here: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/.../authors/daniel-melo Thank you, guys, again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!) THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   The Dispatch on Zero Books (video essay series): https://youtu.be/nSTpCvIoRgw   Medium: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/kill-the-poor-f9d8c10bc33d   Pascal Robert's Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/Pascal%20Robert   Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com

You can find Andrew's books here (among other places): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Doyle/e/B001K8AWRC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Andrew's show, Free Speech Nation, can be found here: https://www.gbnews.uk/shows/free-speech-nation For Jonathan Pie (co-written with Tom Walker) see: https://www.youtube.com/user/tomwalker78 Follow Andrew on Twitter: @andrewdoyle_com Further References For more on Marcus Meechan (Count Dankula): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFraBEwucEY Helen Pluckrose's review of Free Speech and Why It Matters for Areo Magazine: https://areomagazine.com/2021/03/03/defending-the-key-liberal-value-andrew-doyles-free-speech-and-why-it-matters/ Greg Lukianoff, Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate (2014) Nigel Warburton, Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction (2009) Nadine Strossen, HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship (2018) Jeonmi Park's interview with Jordan Peterson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yqa-SdJtT4 Jordan Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (1999) Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (1976) Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness (1928) Compton Mackenzie, Extraordinary Women (1928) E. M. Forster, Maurice (1971) Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages (2010) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/how-british-cops-became-the-literal-speech-police (Your host, Iona, on UK hate speech laws) Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning, The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars (2018) Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure (2018) Timestamps 9:41 A primer on free speech 14:10–22:42 The new conformity: excerpt from Andrew's book 22:52 Cancel culture vs. political correctness 24:53 Consequentialist arguments vs. human rights arguments for free speech 27:10 How easily influenced are we by media? 36:20 The influence of postmodern ideas of language as power on the free speech debate 38:45 Homosexuality: a social construct? 49:16 Censorship from the left 55:26 Self-censorship 56:28 Censorship by the Tory government, including social media censorship 01:08:43 Trade offs of free speech. The dangers of restricting freedoms. The Scottish Hate Speech Bill.

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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews author, podcaster and Jungian Analyst Lisa Marchiano, LCSW. Lisa’s book Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself uses myths and fairy tales to explore motherhood as a catalyst for personal growth. In this conversation, Lisa explained the journey of motherhood through a Jungian perspective. Tune in to this fascinating discussion! Guest's Bio: Lisa Marchiano is a writer, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and a certified Jungian analyst in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her MSW from New York University and completed analytic training at the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. Lisa is on the faculty of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, where she teaches regularly. She has presented on Jungian topics across the US as well as in Europe. Her writings have appeared in Quillette, the journal Psychological Perspectives and Areo Magazine. Since 2018, Lisa has been co-hosting the popular podcast This Jungian Life. Lisa is also a mom to two children who are now almost all grown up. Reading fairy tales to her children when they were little was one of Lisa’s favorite things about parenting. Lisa’s book Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself uses myths and fairy tales to explore motherhood as a catalyst for personal growth. It will be published in the spring of 2021. Lisa's podcast: This Jungian Life Lisa's book: Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself  Thank you to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute for sponsoring this week's episode! Therapists, if you feel stuck when working with clients who feel numb and disconnected from their emotions or have difficulty accessing their inner experience, learn a comprehensive approach to conceptualize your clients' concerns. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy uniquely includes the body in therapy as both a source of information and target for intervention…because words are not enough. Go beyond theories and gain practical ways to open a new dimension for effective therapy. Visit Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute online at sensorimotor.org today!  To be in the know about Laura's new podcast, Trauma Chat, which is launching in June 2021,  go to www.traumachatpod.com and sign up for the email list! You'll receive a free gift for signing up! Other Links: Therapists: if you are interested in learning more about using psychedelics to help clients process trauma, go here to attend a webinar with Psychedelic Somatic Institute and learn about their training (affiliate link). I'll be attending their training DC in July (can't wait)!!!! If you have no idea what I'm talking about go here to listen to my last 3 interviews on using psychedelics in trauma therapy. (affiliate link) Therapists: thinking of adding coaching to your toolkit but not sure where to start? Check out Katie Read's course which guides you through literally everything you need to know and be sure to tell them you heard about it from Laura Reagan on Therapy Chat! (affiliate link) - I'm currently participating in the course and it is so comprehensive! I've learned a ton - she makes it easy! (affiliate link) Podcast produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio

Host Gabe Garber sits down with Dr. Iona Italia to discuss her ascension to Directing Editor of Areo Magazine, which she describes as “a feisty little digital magazine with an international readership, providing commentary on politics, society, science, culture, and the arts.” Dr. Italia describes herself as an old fashioned economic leftist and a smushy mushy milquetoast centrist. Gabe and Dr. Italia discuss her writings that critique social justice from a leftist perspective, her time at Areo Magazine, and much more. Dr. Italia is a writer, editor, and translator based in England. She offers translations from German and Spanish to English, as well as copywriting, editing, and proofreading services. Dr. Italia holds a PhD in English from Cambridge University. Connect with Iona Italia and Areo Magazine below: http://www.ionaitalia.com/https://twitter.com/IonaItalia?s=20https://areomagazine.com/To learn more about the Podcast, visit:https://www.unitynowpodcast.comMake sure to like and subscribe to UnityNow! to get weekly content about the Unity movement!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnityNowPodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/UnityNowPodcast?s=20Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitynowpodcast

Stephen Dause interviews Iona Italia about her transition from academia to journalism, her new position (https://areomagazine.com/2021/04/06/editorial-announcement/) as editor in chief of Areo Magazine, and two of her recent opinion pieces, "How British Cops Became the Literal Speech Police (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/how-british-cops-became-the-literal-speech-police)," and "Not All Men (https://areomagazine.com/2021/03/17/not-all-men/)". "You Might Have a Point" is a podcast that features interviews with guests who specialize in one or more of a broad range of subjects, including philosophy, psychology, politics, public policy, journalism, and culture. All views expressed on this podcast are the opinions of those expressing them and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or organization. You can reach Stephen on Twitter at @StephenDause (https://twitter.com/StephenDause) or subscribe to notifications about new blog posts and podcast episodes at @have_point (https://twitter.com/have_point). You can also email him at stephen@youmighthaveapoint.com.

Today on Givers, Doers, & Thinkers, Jeremy speaks with writer Helen Pluckrose about critical social justice ideology, what it is, and what to do about it.Helen is a liberal, secular humanist writer and cultural commentator. She is the editor-in-chief of Areo Magazine, a broadly liberal humanist digital magazine that focuses on current affairs, politics, culture, science, and art. She is also the founder of Counterweight, an organization that helps individuals resist the imposition of Critical Social Justice on their workplace, university, or children's school. She is co-author, with James Lindsay, of the bestselling book, Cynical Theories.Jeremy and Helen dive into the theory of critical social justice and how it is reshaping our cultural consciousness and its connection to woke power systems. Helen dissects a postmodernist view of relativism and the movement toward secular moralism. This provocative conversation is full of insights into various aspects of society, from Helen's concerns for American totalitarianism to race, feminism, sexual identity, religion, and much more.You'll also hear from American Philanthropic senior managing consultant Eric Streiff. Eric chats with Jeremy about digital marketing for nonprofit organizations. He offers insights on the type of content that's most helpful for nonprofit audiences and how to discover the “why” for your nonprofit's social media.  You can find Givers, Doers, & Thinkers here at Philanthropy Daily, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Buzzsprout, and wherever you listen to podcasts.We'd love to hear your thoughts, ideas, questions, and recommendations for the podcast! You can shoot Katie Janus, GDT's producer, an email anytime!

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Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician and visual artist based in New York City. Last summer, he wrote an article that appeared in Areo Magazine called I'm a Nobody, The Harper's Letter Was For Me  The now-infamous Open Letter on Justice and Debate  published in Harper's Magazine, addressed a climate of growing intolerance for ideological diversity and was signed by more than 150 prominent artists and intellectuals. Among the criticisms of the so-called "Harper's Letter" was that it amounted to a bunch of elitists whining about having their voices muted by the democratization of opinion. But Angel, a 35-year-old millennial with immigrant parents, a day job and a fledgling artistic career, saw things differently. In this conversation, Angel talks with Meghan about why he wrote the article, why the new leftist groupthink reminds him of his own religious upbringing, why he thinks fetishizing the n-word does more to incite racism than fight it. He also explains a rhetorical concept he's come up with called "star-manning."     Guest Bio: Angel Eduardo is a musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City. He is a staff writer and content creator for Idealist and contributes a monthly column for the Center for Inquiry called Searching for Better Angels. Learn more about him, see his visual art and hear his music on his official website, angeleduardo.com.  

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Iona Italia about her personal memoirs, mixed-race identity, and current social issues. Iona discusses her various experiences around the world and how they have shaped her identity. Specifically, she mentions her time in Argentina, India, and Great Britain. She also discusses her background in English literature and the impact that had on her development. They talk about race and ethnicity and some of the distinctions for individuals who are mixed races. They also discuss the differences between individualism and group identity and many other topics. Iona Italia is a writer, editor, translator, and podcaster. She has a PhD in English from Cambridge University and currently serves as the copy editor at Areo Magazine. She is fluent in four languages and also enjoys Tango dancing. You can find her at her website. Twitter: @ionaitalia 

In this episode, I speak with Iona Italia. Iona has a PhD in literature from Cambridge University and is an editor at Areo Magazine and currently lives in London. We speak about her background, both personally and academically, including her experience living in multiple countries and how that has shaped her worldview, how to be a good writer and issues that emerge from academic training, the humanities and the Enlightenment, and the importance of literature in our lives. Iona is a charming and humorous interlocutor and it was a joy to spend this time with her. Her podcast, Two for Tea, can be found here. Her writings at Areo, here and her book here. You can find her on Twitter @ionaitalia. Her website is here. Introductory music was written by Alex Yoder. Find him here Please consider supporting the podcast here and following it on Twitter. Thank you for your support! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/struggletounderstand/support

This show covers a very wide range of subjects surrounding the state of academia. Helen Pluckrose is the editor of Areo Magazine and the co-author, alongside James Lindsay, the book Cynical Theories. Topics of the conversation include identity, gender, race, theory, trans issues and much more. If you are confused by current cultural issues, this will hopefully enlighten you. References https://uk.bookshop.org/books/white-fragility-why-it-s-so-hard-for-white-people-to-talk-about-racism/9780141990569 https://twitter.com/HPluckrose?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://areomagazine.com https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/ https://newdiscourses.com/2020/01/manifesto-against-enemies-modernity/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/1684510317/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Irreversible+damage&qid=1605198088&s=books&sr=1-1 https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind-how-good-intentions-and-bad-ideas-are-setting-up-a-generation-for-failure/9780141986302

Writer, podcaster and sub-editor of Areo Magazine, Iona Italia joins us in the studio. Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry:  Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

Iona Italia is an author, translator, writer for Areo Magazine, and podcast host of "Two For Tea.” In our conversation we talked about what led Iona to become more active in online political discourse, the landscape of ideological groups from far left to far right, the importance of using nuanced linguistics when talking about individuals and groups, plus much more. Enjoy! Follow Iona on Twitter at @IonaItalia Check out her podcast "Two for Tea" here: tinyurl.com/y8nm8czw

A recording of an Academy of Ideas Lockdown Debate on Tuesday 11 August 2020: www.academyofideas.org.uk/events/archive/can_we_cancel_cancel_culture Donate to the Academy of Ideas: www.academyofideas.org.uk/donate ‘Cancel culture’ has recently become a ubiquitous term, used widely to describe apparently new assaults on freedom of expression and belief. This seems to go beyond free-speech controversies around no-platforming and involves demands ‘to punish and also banish from the community a respectable opinion’. When Harper’s Magazine published a joint letter from 153 prominent writers, academics and entertainers - across ideologies, ethnicities, religions and sexual preferences - it expressed concern that ‘the free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted’. The letter itself has proven to be hugely controversial, and has led to a vociferous denial that cancel culture even exists. Critics claim that powerful people with large followings are complaining about censorship, when the reality is that newly empowered activists are merely holding them to account, whether it is writer JK Rowling or grime artist Wiley. Nesrine Malik, a Guardian columnist, writes that such well-known figures are not used to having their views challenged and have ‘confused a lack of reverence from people who are able to air their views for the very first time with an attack on their right to free speech’. Her fellow Guardian columnist, Zoe Williams, says the Harpers letter is a ‘coded attack on marginalised minorities for having the gall to criticise people with power and platforms’. In other words, freedom of speech can’t be freedom from consequences, and when people argue that certain views and opinions make you unfit for a certain job, that’s just more freedom of speech. But how then do we explain that often those most fearful of being cancelled themselves lack power, especially in the workplace? The Harpers letter was a response to an upsurge of sackings, resignations and public shamings over allegedly harmful words, deeds, opinions, often as a result of ‘institutional leaders, in a spirit of panicked damage control… delivering hasty and disproportionate punishments’. Examples abound of employees falling foul of overzealous HR departments for having the ‘wrong’ responses to diversity initiatives. Many ‘ordinary people’, therefore, are understandably fearful of the consequences of not signing up to a range of ‘correct’ views, especially those views associated with Black Lives Matter. Even the wisdom of debating such issues is now being questioned. Labour MP Nadia Whittome attracted controversy when she tweeted: ‘We must not fetishise “debate” as though debate is itself an innocuous, neutral act. The very act of debate in these cases is an effective rollback of assumed equality and a foot in the door for doubt and hatred.’ What is to be done and how should people respond in such a climate? Is cancel culture leading to greater self-censorship and stifling open debate? Or are we just seeing a new generation who have found their voice? Indeed, some suggest that marginalising unpleasant and offensive people – not doing business with them, not giving them a platform, not employing them in your business – is an entirely reasonable, personal decision. When do such actions become a systematic marginalisation of certain views – and what’s wrong with marginalising repulsive views anyway? Many seem eager to ‘fight fire with fire’ – calling out the double standards of their opponents in a tit-for-tat round of cancellations – but how can we expect that to lead to a greater range of opinion and debate? Perhaps we need to ask a fundamental question: what does it mean to live in a genuinely tolerant democracy?   SPEAKER(S): Nick Buckley - MBE founder and CEO, Mancunian Way charity; social commentator and activist Alex Deane - partner at a large City consultancy; regular political commentator in the media; founding director; Big Brother Watch; previously elected common councilman, City of London Corporation; author and editor, most recently of Big Brother Watch: The state of civil liberties in modern Britain Claire Fox - director, Academy of Ideas; author, I STILL Find That Offensive! Helen Pluckrose - political and cultural writer; editor, Areo Magazine; co-author (with James Lindsay), Cynical Theories: How Universities Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody (out in September) Calvin Robinson - school leader and sometime political candidate; frequent face on media outlets covering education and identity politics; currently championing the DefundTheBBC campaign.

In this episode Riley Moore speaks with Matt Johnson about the problem of political generalizations, the pros and cons of utilitarianism, and the current climate surrounding public apologies. Matt is a contributor at Quillette, Areo Magazine, and the Medium publication Arc Digital. He also writes for The Bulwark and the Stanford Social Innovation Review.Matt's columns referenced in the episode are listed here: Matt Taibbi and the Fight Over Free Speech on the Left, Is Social Justice Really a Religion, What the Intellectual Dark Web Can Learn from Orwell, Candace Owens is Dangerously Misinformed about Vaccines, Orwell and the Anti-Totalitarian Left in the Age of Trump

Our guest this week is law professor Bruce Pardy, discussing his recent column in the Financial Post where he identifies Critical Theory as one of the causes of the current social upheaval.  Knowing the basics of Critical Theory will help you understand why it's often impossible to succeed by using reason and logic when arguing with the radicals.Bruce Pardy in the Financial Post, Jun 26, 2020: Apocalyptic science: How the West is destroying itselfQueen's University: Bruce Pardy, ProfessorYoutube, Mar 11, 2020: Bruce Pardy at the Runnymede Society--The Civil War Inside the Law and the Side the Law Schools Are OnHelen Pluckrose, James A. Lindsay and Peter Boghossian in AREO Magazine, Oct 2, 2018: Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship New Discourses WebsiteAmazon.ca: Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose and James A. LindsaySupport the show (https://www.jccf.ca/donate/)

This week's guest is Dr Iona Italia. She is the subeditor of Areo Magazine, hosts the Two for Tea podcast, has published three books, worked as an academic for many years, and is generally just a very astute social and political commentator. We discuss everything from whether or not woke intersectional critical race theory is complete rubbish, to whether Joe Rogan is more influential than CNN.Please remember to give this a good rating and review if you liked it, that really helps people find the show (apparently).Along with all other episodes, this podcast is also available on youtube. Here's the link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sggVbPlcfzQ&feature=emb_titleAll episodes of this show, E2 Review, are also available on all good podcast apps. Just type 'E2 Review' into the app and it should show up. Listen to Iona's podcast Two for Tea here: https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326Follow Iona on twitter: @ionaitaliaE2 REVIEW SOCIAL MEDIA:Follow Max (the host) on twitter: @theposhgentFollow E2 Review on twitter: @E2ReviewFollow E2 Review on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/e2review/CONTACT US:E2ReviewShow@gmail.com

For Steve’s book, Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life: How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Thought You Knew (2012) see: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/darwin-god-and-the-meaning-of-life/A3055F89051D5F4ADE4AFE9473BF0AAB For Steve’s book, The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve (2019) see: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ape-that-understood-the-universe/3448755E3BF801C936343555DA7AECBB Find out more about Steve here: https://www.stevestewartwilliams.com/ Follow Steve on Twitter @SteveStuWill Further References Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (1976) David Sloan Wilson, This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution (2019) Erwin Frey, see the survival of the weakest Geoffrey Miller, The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature (2001) Tim Taylor, The Artificial Ape: How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution (2010) Wilhelm von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) Iona Italia, “A Wrong against Boys: An Impossible Conversation about Circumcision,” in Areo Magazine (2019) Battlestar Galactica remake (TV series, 2004) Timestamps 2:08 The gene’s eye view 7:04 Explaining altruism and strong reciprocity 13:44 Culture as an evolutionary accelerator 15:06 Lactose tolerance 16:12 The survival of the weakest 17:56 Sexual selection as an evolutionary ratchet 23:13 Intelligence and language 24:46 Homosexuality 32:22 Evolution and ethics 33:48 Technology and cumulative culture 38:39 The meme’s eye view 44:50 Inclusive fitness 48:46 Evolutionary psychology doesn’t provide a moral template 53:03 Memes and ethics 53:57 Gene-culture co-evolution 57:06 Traits vs. the selection processes that produce them 58:09 Romantic love and jealousy 1:00:39 Why do men hunt? 1:04:00 How will humanity develop in the future? 1:06:40 Intrasexual competition and mate choices 1:15:46 Why women prefer pretty boys 1:19:07 Memetic fitness 1:20:53 Misconceptions about evolutionary psychology; & when adaptationism goes too far

I interview physicist and science writer Sabine Hossenfelder. She is a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, where she leads the Analog Systems for Gravity Duals group and researches quantum gravity. We discuss ideas from her book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, such as the role of philosophical ideas of beauty, naturalness, and elegance in fundamental physics and the sociological factors that affect scientific research. We also discuss often misunderstood ideas in fundamental physics, such as the difference between a Grand Unified Theory and a Theory of Everything, and the difference between time-invariance and time reversibility. Dr. Hossenfelder's Twitter - @skdh Dr. Hossenfelder's book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray - https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Math-Beauty-Physics-Astray-ebook/dp/B0763L6YR7 Dr. Hossenfelder's website - http://sabinehossenfelder.com Dr. Hossendelder's blog - http://backreaction.blogspot.com My appearance on Christofer Lovgren's podcast, Do Explain - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5-big-three-case-against-government-logan-chipkin/id1482313214?i=1000457352171 My recent article with Areo Magazine, People and the Cosmos: Constructor Theory - https://areomagazine.com/2019/11/25/people-and-the-cosmos-constructor-theory/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Fallibleanimals Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Articles - www.loganchipkin.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/logan-chipkin/support

I speak with grievance studies scholar Areo magazine editor Helen Pluckrose on the epistemology behind postmodern and applied postmodern thinking. She is writing a book on the subject that will be released next year Check our Areo Magazine on twitter @AreoMagazine and https://areomagazine.com Follow her on twitter @HPluckrose Follow me on twitter @AndreaLynnLewis

Carter and Keri chat with special guest Helen Pluckrose. Helen is the editor of Areo Magazine, a broadly liberal and humanist digital magazine which looks at culture, politics, science and art. She is best known for her essays on Social Justice scholarship and activism and for her work on the grievance studies project. Her upcoming book with James Lindsay, Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity -- And Why This Harms Everybody is out next year. You can follow Helen's on Twitter at: @hpluckrose You can read her work at: https://areomagazine.com/author/hpluckrose/ And you can purchase her upcoming book with James Lindsay at: https://amzn.to/2OWwDj6 Here's a link to Mike Nayna's coverage of the Evergreen Equity Council that Helen mentioned: https://youtu.be/FH2WeWgcSMk And here's a link to the book Helen recommended at the end of the show: Kindly Inquisitors by Jonathan Rauch: https://amzn.to/31pOpOz About Deprogrammed Every Thursday at 11:00 Pacific (or 10:00, depending on Keri's schedule), former SJW Keri Smith joins Unsafe Space to co-host "Deprogrammed." We'll explore the philosophy, strategy, and tactics that Marxist and postmodern nihilists use to program "Social Justice Warriors," turning otherwise thoughtful, critically-minded individuals into armies of extreme leftist NPCs. Each week, we'll talk about a different aspect of "social justice" culture, drawing both from Keri's personal experience as well as current events. YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/nEYveq4nuDk

Carter and Keri chat with special guest Helen Pluckrose. Helen is the editor of Areo Magazine, a broadly liberal and humanist digital magazine which looks at culture, politics, science and art. She is best known for her essays on Social Justice scholarship and activism and for her work on the grievance studies project. Her upcoming book with James Lindsay, Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity -- And Why This Harms Everybody is out next year. You can follow Helen's on Twitter at: @hpluckrose You can read her work at: https://areomagazine.com/author/hpluckrose/ And you can purchase her upcoming book with James Lindsay at: https://amzn.to/2OWwDj6 Here's a link to Mike Nayna's coverage of the Evergreen Equity Council that Helen mentioned: https://youtu.be/FH2WeWgcSMk And here's a link to the book Helen recommended at the end of the show: Kindly Inquisitors by Jonathan Rauch: https://amzn.to/31pOpOz About Deprogrammed Every Thursday at 11:00 Pacific (or 10:00, depending on Keri's schedule), former SJW Keri Smith joins Unsafe Space to co-host "Deprogrammed." We'll explore the philosophy, strategy, and tactics that Marxist and postmodern nihilists use to program "Social Justice Warriors," turning otherwise thoughtful, critically-minded individuals into armies of extreme leftist NPCs. Each week, we'll talk about a different aspect of "social justice" culture, drawing both from Keri's personal experience as well as current events. YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/nEYveq4nuDk

Today I speak with Iona Italia about many interesting topics including conversations, free will, personal identity, religion, and science fiction thought experiments. Iona Italia is the subeditor at Areo Magazine, co-hosts the podcast Tea For Two with Helen Pluckrose, is an Epistolatrix at Letter.Wiki, and her most recent book is called Our Tango World. You can find her work at Area Magazone here: https://areomagazine.com/ Podcast: https://t.co/zbHDJsyUmJ?amp=1 Book: https://t.co/eK8y2CJyF5?amp=1 We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs _(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _ Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/ Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing. Contact us --- thatsbspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast Above all, Thanks for watching. Special Guest: Iona Italia.

Today I speak with Iona Italia about many interesting topics including conversations, free will, personal identity, religion, and science fiction thought experiments. Iona Italia is the subeditor at Areo Magazine, co-hosts the podcast Tea For Two with Helen Pluckrose, is an Epistolatrix at Letter.Wiki, and her most recent book is called Our Tango World. You can find her work at Area Magazone here: https://areomagazine.com/ Podcast: https://t.co/zbHDJsyUmJ?amp=1 Book: https://t.co/eK8y2CJyF5?amp=1 We also have a Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Your support helps me make more videos and podcasts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsbs _(We have rewards for supporters like bonus episodes & videos) _ Visit our Website: https://thatsbs.fireside.fm/ Share our conversation with a friend (or enemy) and help us get our name out. We record these conversation because we can't think of a more important way to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. Plus we're bored a lot and don't have that many friends. Help us keep doing what we're doing. Contact us --- thatsbspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @ThatsBSPodcast Above all, Thanks for watching. Special Guest: Iona Italia.

AHNAF KALAM Spotlight Interview -- RIGHT NOW Podcast New Right Network • The Fresh Voice of New Media Get RIGHT NOW Newsletter: https://bit.ly/newrightemail Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/newrightnetwork June 28, 2019 - Interview Spotlight, pre-recorded Hosted by New Right Network https://newrightnetwork.com ABOUT AHNAF KALAM Ahnaf Kalam studied international studies and political science at the University of Colorado, Denver, and graduated in May 2019. He also wrote for the newspaper, The Sentry, and is a contributor for Areo Magazine, the Daily Wire, the Daily Caller, and many other publications. Currently he is an associate for the Counter-Islamist Grid, and previously has worked for the Philadelphia-based think tank the Middle East Forum. https://twitter.com/ahnafkalam Also subscribe and listen on: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/right-now-podcast/id1462363911 https://google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3Mud2hvb3Noa2FhLmNvbS9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC9pZC83MjE4Lw%3D%3D https://open.spotify.com/show/7KzE93O1X4egXfX4z1xy3s https://overcast.fm/itunes1462363911/right-now-podcast https://anchor.fm/right-now-podcast https://castbox.fm/ch/2164482 https://breaker.audio/right-now-podcast https://stitcher.com/podcast/new-right-network/right-now-podcast http://digitalpodcast.com/feeds/95014-right-now-podcast https://radiopublic.com/right-now-podcast-69OkQQ https://stitcher.com/podcast/new-right-network/right-now-podcast https://listennotes.com/podcasts/right-now-podcast-new-right-network-QsAvZygS8Xi http://tun.in/pjqZM https://pca.st/1r1L New Right Network invites a range of inspiring freethinkers. Everything they say may not reflect the direct views of New Right Network. Host: New Right Network Interviewer: rsashe1980 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/right-now-podcast/message

Jonathan Church (@jondavidchurch) is an economist and critical thinker who has been writing a series of intellectually rigorous counter arguments against Robin DiAngelo's "White Fragility" theology. Find his articles on Areo Magazine here: https://areomagazine.com/author/jchurch25/ Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

An interview with Erik Mostert about the source of moral belief and Erik's theory that we need to keep in mind our animal nature. Here is a link to https://areomagazine.com/2019/01/29/aping-around-the-importance-of-our-animal-nature/ (Erik's article in )Areo Magazine. Here is a link to David Gillespie's book http://davidgillespie.org/excerpt-from-taming-toxic-people/ (Taming Toxic People) You can follow Erik on twitter @erik_mostert Here is the graph about spindle neurons: https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/spindle.jpg () Below are my notes of Erik's article: Science caused change in religious beliefs once they became undeniable. … https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/2019/02/episode-190-erik-mostert/ (Read more ›) The post https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/2019/02/episode-190-erik-mostert/ (Episode 190 – Erik Mostert) appeared first on https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au (The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove). Support this podcast

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Helen Pluckrose, editor of Areo Magazine and one of the perpetrators of the “Sokal Squared” hoax, about her opposition to the postmodern turn of parts of the left, whether a form of liberal universalism is feasible, and how to call out the shortcomings of the left without becoming a tool of the right.. Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.org Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk This podcast was made in collaboration with New America. Podcast production by John T. Williams. This episode is brought to you by the following advertisers: Express VPN, take back your Internet privacy today. Find out how you can get 3 months free at expressvpn.com/goodfight.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Helen Pluckrose, editor of Areo Magazine and one of the perpetrators of the “Sokal Squared” hoax, about her opposition to the postmodern turn of parts of the left, whether a form of liberal universalism is feasible, and how to call out the shortcomings of the left without becoming a tool of the right.. Email: thegoodfight@newamerica.org Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk This podcast was made in collaboration with New America. Podcast production by John T. Williams. This episode is brought to you by the following advertisers: Express VPN, take back your Internet privacy today. Find out how you can get 3 months free at expressvpn.com/goodfight.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hour 1 'Oh far we have fallen' because of Obamacare... 212% deductible increases...we are entering a brave new progressive world ...New Study: How Americans Feel About...25% are Traditional Devoted Conservatives...only 8% are 'Progressive Activists?...80% make up the 'Exhausted Majority' make up the most ...NY man charged with building a 200-lb bomb DC bomb plot?  ...Eric Holder threatens to 'kick, those people'? ..."Russian meddling in 'Star Wars'? When will Robert Mueller investigate?"...Young Voices spokesperson, Stephen Kent explains?...'everything' pop culture is being pushed into politics?...Winning Twitter Arguments = Impossible   Hour 2  Academic in Exile?...Editor-In-Chief, Areo Magazine, Helen Pluckrose, joins to discuss "How French 'Intellectuals' Ruined the West: Postmodernism and it's Impact, Explained'?...Postmodernism presents a threat not only to liberal democracy but to modernity itself?...the Lefts total embrace of chaos and destruction...flipping the pyramid upside down?...the Left threaten to return us to an irrational and tribal 'pre-modern' culture? ...Positive Polling...it's looking good for the Republicans...even the New York Times are reporting trouble for Democrats in November   Hour 3 Remaining Bullish with Economist, Stephen Moore...still high on the economy after yesterday's 'spook'...agrees with President Trump for blaming the Federal Reserve?...but Why?...fear and greed rules the day?...Trade War update?...a hard-line on China is coming...China is using Soviet like tactics...to take America's economy down? ...Election Numbers with Stu...Pollsters can't get a hold of people to take surveys...no one ever answers their phone...Ted Cruz vs. Beto O'Rourke = Blowout?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barry Purcell is a writer living in Ireland whose interest are in philosophy, technology, politics and language. He is a frequent contributor to Areo Magazine, and has also written for The Irish Times, thejournal.ie and Arc Digital. Barry also has his own podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/solo1y/f...

In this episode Covert Fade interviews writer, journalist and ExJW Sarah Mills! Sarah has been published in numerous places including Conatus, Areo Magazine, Huffington Post and Patheos. She is the blog director for Atheists America and has also written fiction of Litro Magazine.  We talk about her experience as a JW, getting started in a writing career, how to avoid getting stuck in an ideological echo chamber, how Watchtower's publications measure up to professional standards of writing and journalism and much more! Follow Sarah on twitter @sarahwrites Read Sarah's short story Hay Feaver on Litro.co.uk   Read Sarah's article on Conatus that explores Watchtower's harmful ideology: Cults and Terrorism: Can we Establish Parallels Between Noxious Belief Systems? Follow Covertfade on twitter @covertfade Read Covertfade's articles on JWSurvey.org Support us on Patreon at Patreon/covertfade

Iona Italia is the sub-editor of Areo Magazine and we discussed this piece that she wrote about Sarah Jeong.  ***** This is turning into a political correctness bumper edition, so sorry about that but I wanted to comment a bit about the controversy that blew up in the UK about Boris Johnson’s comment about Muslim … Continue reading "CO087 Iona Italia on the Rights and Wrongs of Sarah Jeong"

Iona Italia is the sub-editor of Areo Magazine and we discussed this piece that she wrote about Sarah Jeong.  ***** This is turning into a political correctness bumper edition, so sorry about that but I wanted to comment a bit about the controversy that blew up in the UK about Boris Johnson’s comment about Muslim … Continue reading "CO087 Iona Italia on the Rights and Wrongs of Sarah Jeong"

Vincent Debierre interviews Helen Pluckrose, assistant editor at Areo Magazine. Musique by CelestiC : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpG47llQKJuZ935fPM7H7Q Audio mixing by Arnaud Demion.

Barry Purcell is a writer living in Ireland whose interest are in philosophy, technology, politics and language. He is a frequent contributor to Areo Magazine, and has also written for The Irish Times, thejournal.ie and Arc Digital. Barry also has his own podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/solo1y/featured

Helen Pluckrose Helen Pluckrose is a writer for Areo Magazine and has research interests in late medieval/early modern religious writing for and about women. Her writing is often critical of postmodernism and cultural constructivism which she sees as currently dominating the humanities. Women can be victims. In this world, there are violent, exploitative people willing to use and abuse their fellow human beings. Sometimes those human beings are women and sometimes they are abused and sexually exploited by powerful men because they are women. But women are not a class of victims. We cannot be victimised by actions and words that men can simply shrug off – an unwanted sexual advance, a strong criticism, an unkind comment, a tasteless joke, a call, a whistle, a wink. We are competent adults, fully equipped to deal with difficult, unpleasant, annoying or simply gauche behaviour. We are possessed of humour, empathy, reason, perspective and charity by which we can evaluate the behaviour of the men around us without developing a siege mentality or constructing a war zone. When … The post Are Women Really Victims? Four Women Weigh In appeared first on Quillette.