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Dangerous Speech

by Obaid Omer

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

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  1. Ep 185 Humor Times

    I spoke with James Israel from Humor Times and an editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers (who is often featured in the Humor Times)a bout political cartoons, satire and free speech. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Humor Times: @HumorTimes You can find out more about Humor Times here…

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  2. Ep 184 Wilfred Reilly

    I spoke with Wilfred Reilly about his new company, Unified Solutions America, and their mission to de-Wokify corporate America. We also spoke about reading data and how studies are reported. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Will: @wil_da_beast630 You can find out more about Unified Solutions...

  3. Ep 183 Sarah McLaughlin

    The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Sarah McLaughlin about her new book, Authoritarians in the Academy, attacks on free speech, and how to defend it. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Sarah: @sarahemclaugh You can buy Sarah’s book here:...

  4. Ep 182 Mark Friedman

    I spoke with Mark Friedman about his book, Come Now, Let Us Reason Together: Uncovering the Torah's Liberal Values. Follow me: @dangerousspeach You can buy Mark’s book here:...

  5. Ep 181 Khadija Khan

    I spoke with Khadija Khan about hijab/niqab bans, de facto blasphemy laws in the UK and Quran burnings. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Khadija: @KhadijaKhan__ You can find some of Khadija’s writing here: https://afurtherinquiry.substack.com/

  6. Ep 180 Jesse Petrilla

    I spoke with Jesse Petrilla about his book If it Takes A Thousand Years which focuses on the jihadi mindset. We also discussed issues with education in the West that is helping fuel jihadi sentiment here. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Jesse: @JessePetrilla You can buy his book here:...

  7. Ep 178 Nicholas Wolfinger

    I spoke with Nick Wolfinger about his book, Professors Speak Out: The Truth About Campus Investigations, academic freedom, the state of academia, and the internal and external authoritarianism that threatens the academy. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Nick: @NickWolfinger You can find all of...

  8. Ep 176 Jamie Q Roberts

    I spoke with Jamie Q Roberts, about his book The Intellectual Dark Web: A history (and Possible Future), and way of considering IDW as a protocol for conversation. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Jamie: @JamieQRoberts You can get Jamie’s book here:...

  9. Ep 175 Thomas Flanagan

    I spoke with Thomas Flanagan of the IRSRG, about the myths behind residential Schools in Canada and the search for the bodies at Kamloops and other schools. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow The IRSRG: @IRSRG_ca You can see the work being done at the IRSRG here: https://irsrg.ca/

  10. Ep 174 Shannon Boschy

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

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  11. Ep 173 Lee Jussim

    I spoke with Lee Jussim about a recent study he worked on that looked at DEI trainings. We also talked about the state of psychology and academia. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Lee: @PsychRabble You can read the study on DEI training here:...

  12. Ep 172 Terry Glavin

    I spoke with Terry Glavin about a recent article he wrote about a sharp rise in antisemitism in Canada and how it can be linked to policies and ideologies pushed by Trudeau’s Liberals. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Terry: @TerryGlavin You can read the article Terry wrote here:...

  13. Ep 171 Kathy Drake

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

  14. Ep 170 Batya Ungar - Sargon

    I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon about her latest book, Second Class, the left’s abandonment of the working class and adoption of luxury beliefs. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Batya: @bungarsargon You can get Batya’s book here:...

  15. Ep 169 Eric Kaufmann

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

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  16. Ep 168 Helen Pluckrose

    I spoke with Helen Pluckrose about her forthcoming book, The Counterweight Handbook, the differences between CSJ and liberalism, and techniques for pushing back against CSJ ideologies. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Helen: @HPluckrose You can read Helen’s writing here:...

  17. Ep 167 Stuart Parker

    I spoke with Stuart Parker about being exiled from the left, how the left has adopted extreme ideologies of race and gender, the alliance between the far left and Islam, and his writing and work Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Stuart: @stuartlosaltos You can find his collected essays here:...

  18. Ep 166 Wilfred Reilly

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

  19. Ep 165 Bruce Pardy

    I spoke with Bruce Pardy about Government overreach, how historically citizens gave up their rights, overreach during COVID, Bill C-63, and we discussed solutions. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Bruce: @PardyBruce You can find out more about Bruce’s organization here:...

  20. Ep 164 Geoff Horsman

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

  21. Ep 163: Darshan Maharaja

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

  22. Ep 162 Yasmine Mohammed

    I spoke with Yasmine Mohammed about the support for Hamas in the West and how what she had written about in her book, Unveiled, is playing out in real time. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach Follow Yasmine: @YasMohammedxx You can buy Yasmine’s book here:...

  23. Ep 161 Izabella Tabarovsky

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

  24. Ep 160 Gabriel Rench

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

  25. Ep 159 Melanie & Shannon

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

  26. Ep 158 Jeff Greensite

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

  27. Ep 157 Julia Malott

    I spoke with Julia Mallot about the recent policy proposal by the CPC on trans issues, transitioning of children, women’s rights vs. trans rights, and trying to bridge gaps. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Julia: @AlottaMalotta You can find Julia’s videos here: https://alottamalotta.com/

  28. Ep 156 Elton Robinson

    I spoke with Elton Robinson about the 1 million march 4 children, parental rights, the organization he co-founded, and the growing movement of concerned parents. Follow me: @obaidomer You can find Elton’s organization here: https://parentsrights.ca/ You can find information formation on different...

  29. Ep 155 Eli Steele

    I spoke with Eli Steele about his new documentary White Guilt and how that shaped race relations, the focus on identity politics and how that harms race relations. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Eli: @Hebro_Steele You can find out more about his films here: manofsteeleproductions.com You can...

  30. Ep 154 Codi Lazar

    I spoke with Cody Lazar about an open letter that he and 270 faculty members from the California State University system wrote in defence of academic freedom. Follow me: @@dangerousspeach You can read the open letter here:...

  31. Ep 153 Jen Richmond And Wink Twyman

    I spoke with Jen Richmond and Wink Twyman about how their new book, Letters in Black and White, the discourse on race, take over of public institutions. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Jen: @truth_inbetween Follow ILV: @ilvalues You can get their book here:...

  32. Ep 152 Mia Ashton

    I spoke with Mia Ashton about how the push for trans rights is stripping women of theirs, women-only spaces, the indoctrination of children, the cult-like aspects of gender theory and the signs of a change in the discourse. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Mia: @_CryMiaRiver You can find Mia’s...

  33. Ep 151 Dr Tabia Lee

    I spoke with Dr. Tabia Lee about being fired from her position as the director of diversity because she did not follow the current DEI ideology, the differences between liberalism and critical social justice and the harm that is being done outside of the academy due to CSJ . Follow me:...

  34. Ep 150 Jim McMurtry

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

  35. Ep 149 Jake Mackey

    I spoke with Jake Mackey about academia, and how it has gotten to the state it’s in. The slowly building pushback to authoritarianism within the academy and some of the initiatives involved. Do we have to rebuild, or can we save our institutions? Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Jake:...

  36. Ep 148 Khadija Khan

    I spoke with Khadijah Khan about the de facto blasphemy laws in the UK pertaining to Islam and how the authorities keep capitulating to fundamentalists and creeping illiberalism. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Khadijah: @KhadijaKhan__ Here are some of Khadijah’s articles:...

  37. Ep 147: Asra Nomani

    I spoke with Asra Nomani about her latest book, Woke Army, the link between fundamental Islam and woke progressives. The history of Left/Fundamental Islam cooperation. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Asra @AsraNomani You can buy Woke Army here:...

  38. Ep 146 Lee Jussim Pt 3

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

  39. Ep 145 Alan Davison Pt2

    I spoke with Alan Davison about a recent article he wrote about how our institutions need to support dissenting views. The self-inflicted lack of trust in academia, the encroachment of illiberalism in our institutions. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Alan: @alan_davison Read Alan’s article here:...

  40. Ep 144: Greg Lukianoff

    I spoke with Greg Lukianoff about the difference between free speech tradition and laws, what is and isn’t book banning, the issues in higher education, and the erosion of the institutions that protect civil liberties Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Greg @glukianoff Follow FIRE: @TheFIREorg You can...

  41. Ep 143 Shaparak Pt 3

    I spoke with Shaparak about the protests going on in Iran, and what this might mean for the regime there. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Shaparak @shaparakshjr You can sign the petition that Shaparak mentioned here:...

  42. Ep 142 David Bernstein

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

  43. Ep141 Nicole Levitt

    The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Nicolle Levitt about the woke meltdown at the women’s abuse organization. How woke ideology is corrupting organizations and leaving us defenceless from illiberalism. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Nicole: @LevittNicole7 You can…

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  44. Ep 140: Linda Blade

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

  45. Ep 139: Jason Littlefield Pt 2

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

  46. Ep 138: Cathrine Kronas

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

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  47. Ep 137 Kaveh Shahrooz

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

  48. Ep 136 Thomas Sheedy

    The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Thomas Sheedy about Atheists For Liberty, how atheist organizations have become woke and seem to be following a secular religion, defending the values of civil liberties. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Thomas: @sheedythom Follow...

  49. Ep 135: Terry Glavin

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

  50. Ep 134: Vaishnavi Sundar

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

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

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