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Polite Conversations — 265 episodes

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CLIP: IDW Insidiousness - Sam Harris made excuses for Matt Lauer in the Metoo Era

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Ep 108 - Dawkins & The Claude Delusion

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CLIP: The Final Form of New Atheism

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UNLOCKED (Full Ep) Fashademics 3 - Postmodernism, Sokal & The Science Wars

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Ep 107: The cost of Opposing Genocide in Australia (Ft. Alex McKinnon)

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Ep 106: Clearing the Air w/ IDSG

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Fashademics 3 - Postmodernism, Sokal & The Science Wars

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UNLOCKED (Full Ep): Fashademics 2 - Haidters Gonna Haidt (Pt 2)

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UNLOCKED (Full Ep): Fashademics 2 - Haidters Gonna Haidt (Pt 1)

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Ep 105 - Mapping the Manosphere (pt 2)

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Ep 105 - Mapping the Manosphere (pt 1)

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SAMPLE: “Anti woke” Death & Destruction - Brought to you by USrael

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Re-release: B0ners for B0mbs

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Fashademics 2 - Haidters Gonna Haidt (pt 2)

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Fashademics 2 - Haidters Gonna Haidt (pt 1)

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CLIP: The Podcast Administration

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Aftershow 13: Wtf is Happening in DC?

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CLIP: What about the more ‘Palatable’ Kirks?

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CLIP: Hierarchy of Life

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CLIP: Nationalism & the Failure of New Atheists

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Ep 104: Hating Bill Maher w/ Will Weldon (Pt 2)

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Ep 104: Hating Bill Maher w/ Will Weldon (Pt 1)

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UNLOCKED (Full ep) ‘Fashademics’ 1 - War on Science

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Ep 103: New Year, New Horrors: America Israelified, Sam Harris’ Woke Derangement Syndrome & an Adelaide Literary Festival.

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CLIP: Kirk Wanted the US to be More Violent, Like Israel

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CLIP: Free Speech Hypocrisy on the Right

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UNLOCKED (Full Ep) Aftershow 10 - Entomologist & Jordan Peterson/Muppet Impressionist

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‘Fashademics’ 1 - War on Science

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PREMIUM BONUS: Riyadh Comedy Festival (Pt 2) Ft Andy Kindler

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PREMIUM BONUS: Riyadh Comedy Festival (Pt 1)

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UNLOCKED: Global Far Right 6 - Finland (FULL)

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Ep 102 (Pt 2) - ‘Unfriending Sam Harris ft. Jay Shapiro

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Ep 102 (pt 1) - ’Unfriending Sam Harris’ ft. Jay Shapiro

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Ep 100 - Ask Me Anything (Patreon AMA)

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Looking Back - Twitter Space: Halloween & Culture Warriors

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Ep 101 - MAGA Martyrdom & The Holy War (pt 3)

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Ep 101 - MAGA Martyrdom & The Holy War (Pt 2)

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Ep 101 - MAGA Martyrdom & The Holy War (Pt 1)

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COMING SOON: MAGA Martyrdom & The Holy War

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UNLOCKED: Aftershow 7: Germany, Identity, Palestine (pt 2)

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UNLOCKED - Aftershow 7: Germany, Identity & Palestine (pt 1)

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CLIP: Institutions Dedicated to the Study of Genocide, Remain Silent about Genocide

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CLIP: Understanding Resistance & Genocide

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CLIP: Rightwing Holocaust Scholars are doing WHAT?

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Global Far Right 6 - Finland

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CLIP: Has The ADL Always been Problematic?

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UNLOCKED: Global Far Right 5 - Netherlands (FULL)

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Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide? (Ft. Mari Cohen)

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CLIP - The Powerful Religious Fundamentalism that New Atheists Don’t Seem to Care About

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CLIP - B0mbing ‘bad’ countries…for Freedom

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UNLOCKED: Woking Up 12 (FULL) - A New Zionist is Born

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CLIP - Western Hypocrisy on Full Display

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CLIP - Iran & Gaza: Self Defense or Subjugation?

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CLIP - An Israeli perspective on avoiding IDF service & supporting Palestinian Resistance

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CLIP - Weaponized Identity Politics & Pinkwashing

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Ep 98 - B0ners for B0mbs

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Global Far Right 5 - The Netherlands

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Ep 97 - AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism w/Gareth Watkins

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Some things Should be too Big to Politicize

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Woking Up 12 (Sample) - A New Zionist is Born

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[Distilled Rationality Remix]

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‘Liberal’ Podcast promoting far-right Ex-Muslim?

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Censorship in Saudi Arabia

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Ep 96 - Canadians Reject MAGA, But…

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Aftershow 12 - It was Always about Civil Rights

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Ep 95 - Kinkshaming Elon is Good Actually

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Looking back at the DebateBros in my DMs

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New Atheists embracing the Christian Right: Imperialism, Orientalism & Masculinity

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Humanists Remain Silent on G3nocide

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(Sample) Premium BONUS: Pro-Natalism & Eugenics among The Rationalz

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Ep 94 - Transphobia in the New Atheist Scene

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Sam Harris, ‘Colourblindness’ & the Anti-Diversity hysteria of today

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How Jon Stewart downplays Fascism

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Ep 93 - The War on Science is coming from inside the Book

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Premium BONUS: Liberals vs. Leftists

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Aftershow 11 - Radicalized by my Birthright Trip

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Test: The ‘Muslims are not a race’ Argument

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Premium BONUS: Trump Threatens Canada

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Ep 92 - Trumpocalypse: Who Enabled the Gamergate-ification of America?

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What is Taqqiya

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Ep 91 - Israel Supporters rush to Defend H*tler Salute

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Ep 90 - No, Diversity does not cause Fires

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UNLOCKED: Woking Up 11 (FULL) - Transphobic Meltdown

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Ep 89 - ExMuslim Terror Attack in Magdeburg

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Ep 88 - Israeli Football Hooligans in Amsterdam

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Woking Up 11 :(Sample) - Transphobic Meltdown

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Ep 87 - America Votes for Fascism

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Ep 86: Death Marches & Douglas Murray’s Racist Fantasies

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PREMIUM BONUS: Has Israel Destroyed Hamas?

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Ep 85: One Year of G3nocide

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Ep 84 (pt 2) - The Gaza Ghetto Uprising w/Rev & Reve

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Ep 84 (pt 1) - The Gaza Ghetto Uprising w/Rev & Reve

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Ep 83 - Metamorphosis

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SAMPLE: Aftershow 10 - Entomologist & Jordan Peterson/Muppet Impressionist

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Ep 82 pt 3: Race ‘Science’ - Panel Cont’d

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Ep 82 Pt 2: Race ‘Science’ - Panel

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Ep 82 Pt 1 : Race ‘Science’ - Introduction

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Twitter Space: Republican Weirdo Olympics

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SAMPLE: Aftershow 9 - Former Funeral Director

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Ep 81 - Pinker’s Pernicious Politeness (Pt 2)

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SAMPLE: Ep 81 - Pinker’s Pernicious Politeness (Pt 2)

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Ep 81 - Pinker’s Pernicious Politeness (Pt 1)

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SAMPLE: Ep 81 - Pinker’s Pernicious Politeness (Pt 1)

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Ep 80 - Ex-Mus to TradFash Pipeline

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UNLOCKED: Global Far Right 4 - Israel & The Jewish Far Right (FULL)

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Ep 79 - Left Reckoning

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PREMIUM (SAMPLE) Global Far Right 4 - Israel & The Jewish Far Right

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Twitter Space: IDW - ‘Heterodox or RW Rebrand’? (Full episode)

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Ep 78 - Technofascism w/ Paris Marx

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SAMPLE: Twitter Space: IDW - ‘Heterodox or RW Rebrand’?

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SAMPLE: Ep 78 Technofascism w/Paris Marx

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Ep 77 Pt 2 - Decoding the Decoders w Chris Kavanagh

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Ep 77 Pt 1 - Decoding the Decoders w Chris Kavanagh

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BONUS Ep w IDSG: “ Talking about Gaza with Eiynah”

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Ep 76 - The Dawkins Delusion

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SAMPLE Aftershow 8 - Raised in a Nazi Cult

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SAMPLE: Aftershow 7 - Germany, Identity & Palestine (pt2)

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SAMPLE: Aftershow 7: Germany, Identity & Palestine (pt 1)

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Twitter Space: Dystopian Propaganda

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Ep 75 (pt 2) - The Kavernacle: Complicity, Tokenism & Accidental F@scism

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Winding Things Down

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Ep 75 (pt 1): The Kavernacle - Geopolitics, Islam & New Atheism

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Ep 74 (Pt 2) - Media Distortions & Weaponized Disinformation

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Ep 74 (pt 1) - Media Distortions & Weaponized Disinformation

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UNLOCKED: Global Far Right 3 - Germany (FULL)

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Ep 73 - NYE Thoughts: The Deafening Silence of Left Content Creators

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Woking Up 10: [Sam x Eric special] IDW Pushes Israeli Propaganda (FULL)

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PREMIUM (SAMPLE) Global Far Right 3: Germany

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Ep 72 - Kids These Days w/ Parker Molloy

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Woking Up 10: [Sam x Eric special] IDW Pushes Israeli Propaganda (PREVIEW)

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Ep 71 (pt 2) The Language of G*n0c!de

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UNLOCKED: Global Far Right 2 - New Zealand (FULL)

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Ep 71 - The Language of G*n0*!de (pt 1)

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PREMIUM (SAMPLE) Global Far Right 2: New Zealand

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UNLOCKED: Global Far Right 1 - India (FULL)

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Woking Up 9 (FULL) : Dehumanizing Rhetoric 101

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Twitter Space: Halloween & Culture Warriors

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Aftershow 6 - Cultural Appropriation

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Woking Up 9: Dehumanizing Rhetoric 101 (PREVIEW)

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PREMIUM (SAMPLE) Global Far Right 1: India

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Twitter Space: Brand, Boebert & ‘Groomer’ Discourse

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Twitter Space - Rightwing Rhetoric w Linguist Dr. Caitlin Green

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Twitter Space: Rightwing Outrage at Barbie

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Ep 70 - Pride & Prejudice

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Twitter Space with IDSG - Misogyny, Monarchy & Multi-Racial N*zis

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Ep 69 - Evopsych (pt 2)

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Ep 69 - Evopsych ft. Mr. @Evopsychgoogle (pt 1)

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SAMPLE: Aftershow Ep 5 - Cancel Culture for thee but not for me

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SAMPLE: Aftershow Ep 4- Fashy Food, Fuckable M&M’s & IDSG

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SAMPLE: Aftershow Ep 3 - Exiled Irishmen

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Thank you

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Update

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SAMPLE: Aftershow Ep 2 - Women in the IDW-critical sphere

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Ep 68: Food & Fascism - with Talia Lavin

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SAMPLE: Introducing The Polite Conversations Aftershow (ep 1 Andy Kindler)

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Ep 67: Chris Kavanagh (pt 2)- Differences & Similarities

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Ep 66: Chris Kavanagh (pt 1) - Comparing Notes

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Ep 65 - Joe Rogan: Bigotry, Misinformation & Various Apologists

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Woking Up 8 (FULL) - Guilt by Association (Pt 2)

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Woking Up 8 (PREVIEW) Guilt by Association (pt 2)

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Woking Up 7 (FULL) - Guilt by Association (pt 1)

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Woking Up 7 (PREVIEW) - Guilt by Association (pt 1)

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Panel 24 - Defending New Atheism: Maybe Just Don’t (Pt 2)

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Panel 24 - Defending New Atheism: Maybe Just Don’t (Pt 1)

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Ep 64 - Ackshshshually New Atheism DID Merge w the Far Right

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Episode 63 -The Linguistics of Slurs

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Woking Up 6 (FULL)-Sam’s Favourite Feminist

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Woking Up 6 (PREVIEW) - Sam’s Favourite Feminist

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Woking Up 4 (FULL) - Nothing to do with Racism

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Woking Up 3 (FULL) - Election Aftermath

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Woking Up 5 (FULL) - Sam Harris loves Identity Politics

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Ep 62 - Cancel Culture

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Ep 61 - Rightwing Ecosystems: 'A Guise of Respectability' w IDSG

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Woking Up 2 (FULL) - Steelmanning Champion

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Woking Up 1 (FULL) - Some of My Best Friends Are

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Remembering Michael Brooks

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Ep 60: Don't Burn This Book Review ft. Rubin & Michael Brooks

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Panel 23: The Rationals, Atheism & Bad Covid-19 takes

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Panel 22 - "Whiteness"

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Episode 59 - The Online World of Muslims

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Panel 21 - Hindutva, Despair, Biryani

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Episode 58: The IDW in Pakistan & Saudi

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Episode 57: Spoooooky Conversations (High IQ Horror Stories)

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Episode 56 - Thoughts on Sam Harris' 'Thoughts on White Supremacy'

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Panel 20 - The Rightwing Spin Machine Ft. The Serfs

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Episode 55 - Rubinology 101 with Timbah on Toast

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Panel 19: Quebec's Proposed Religious Symbol Ban

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Panel 18: The Christchurch Attack & Online Radicalization

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Episode 54 : Asifa Lahore - British Muslim Transgender Drag Queen

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PC Panel 17 (part 2) - Are Campus 'SJWs' destroying Western Civilization?

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PC Panel 17 (part 1) - Are Campus 'SJWs' destroying Western Civilization?

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Episode 53 - Hindu Far Right

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PC Panel 16 (pt 2) - Is Sunlight the Best Disinfectant?

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PC Panel 16 (pt 1) - Is Sunlight the Best Disinfectant?

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Episode 52 - Orientalism (in Disney's Aladdin) w Prof Matthew Sears

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PC Panel 15 - Rape Culture

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Episode 51 - Christopher Stroop, Exvangelical activist and writer

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Episode 50 - Celebrating 50 eps with a Patron Chat!

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Episode 49 - Michael Brooks

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Episode 48 - Christian Picciolini

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Episode 46 - Sex, Booze, Ramadan & Eating Disorders

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Episode 45 - Misogyny & the Manosphere (Part 2)

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Episode 44 - Misogyny & the Manosphere (part 1)

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PC Panel 14 - Are too Many Atheists Veering Dangerously Towards the Alt Right?

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Episode 43 - Alex Jones' Ex Wife, Kelly Jones

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AMA 1 - Peterson, Movement Atheism, Modesty garb & More!

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PC Panel 13 (Part 2) - Lawrence Krauss: Allegations & Responses

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PC Panel 13 (Part 1) - Lawrence Krauss: Allegations & Responses

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PC Panel 12 - The intersection of Religion & Tech

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PC Panel 11 - Contrapoints & Hbomberguy on 'Engaging the Other Side'

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PC Panel Discussion 10 - Fascist Feminism

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Episode 42 - Christmas in Saudi

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Episode 41 - David Pakman

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Episode 40 Jon Ronson, The Butterfly Effect

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Episode 39 Mythicist MilWhatHappened?

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Episode 38 - Fascist Fashion w/Contrapoints pt. 2

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The Rightward shift of Islam Critics - A speech for BC Humanist Association.

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Episode 37 - Antifa & The Far Right in Canada

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Episode 36 - Mike Stuchbery, Historical Smackdowns: PJW edition

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Episode 35 - The Devolving Youtube Skeptic Scene - w Vadim Newquist of the Creationist Cat channel

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My thoughts on Charlottesville

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PC Panel Discussion 8: Linda Sarsour, Sharia & Feminism

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Episode 33 - Masturbating while Muslim

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Episode 32 - Cathy Young: SJWs (Social Justice Warriors) vs. Anti-SJWs & Polarized Politics

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Episode 31 - Saqib Tanveer: "The Blasphemy Law Should be upheld in Pakistan"

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Episode 30 - Raza Rumi: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan, Surviving an Islamist Attack

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Episode 29: Asifa Lahore - Muslim Drag Queen

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Ep 28 - Hina Husain: I Gave my Mom Shrooms so she would Open up About my Father's Death

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PC Panel Discussion 7: London Attack - Attitudes in the Aftermath

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PC Panel Discussion 6: Free Speech - The Right vs. SJWs

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The Complexity of Critiquing Islam Under Trump: Distinguishing between liberals & illiberals

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Dan Savage on Milo

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Episode 26 - Life in Saudi w/Ali Rizvi "The Atheist Muslim"

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Episode 25 - Life in Saudi Arabia: Burqas & Bras

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Hijab Glorification: Thoughts on the Shepard Fairey Poster

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Episode 24 - Dan Savage

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Episode 23: Life in Saudi Arabia - #StopEnslavingSaudiWomen

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Episode 22 - Irshad Manji

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12 Days of Haraam-mas

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Episode 20 - Nick Cohen : Crisis in Conservatism

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Episode 19 - Robert Spencer

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Episode 17 - Sam Harris

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Episode 16 - Halloween Special with Lucien Greaves of The Satanic Temple

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Episode 15 - Michael Sherlock: opposing tribes & "befriending bigots"

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PC Panel Discssion 3 - The Burkini/hijab/niqab debate

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Non Conference Speech - Reclaiming the Left : The space between Terror & Trump

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Episode 14 - Ex Zoroastrian Priest

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PC Panel Discussion 2 - Freedom of Speech & Social Media Bans

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Episode 13 - Lucien Greaves Cofounder & spokesperson for The Satanic Temple

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Episode 12 (part 2): Tarek Fatah

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Episode 12 (part 1): Tarek Fatah

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Saudi Attacks : The Nothing to do with Islam Phenomenon

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PC Panel Discussion 1 : Haramadan Edition ft. Ali Rizvi, Faisal Al Mutar

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Episode 10 - Bina Shah

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Orlando - caught between denialists and bigots

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Episode 9 - Saba Ahmed: Trump supporting Muslim

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Episode 8 - Sohail Ahmed, Ex Salafi extremist turned gay activist

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Episode 7 - Passover

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Snippets from a previous #PoliteConversation - Mansplaining

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Episode 6 - Charlie Hebdo Editorial: How Did We End Up Here?

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Episode 5 - Ali Rizvi: The Hostage Episode

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Episode 3 - Conner Habib - Twitter battles, Atheism, Dawkins

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Episode 2 - Aliyah Saleem - Seduced by Extremism

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Episode 1 - Maryam Namazie

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Episode 4 - John Semley - Is Charlie Hebdo Racist?