My guest for this episode was Jamie Roberts, author of the excellent Intellectual Dark Web: A History (and Possible Future). We traced the IDW’s rise, fragmentation, and legacy. The Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) emerged as a loose alliance of heterodox thinkers—figures like Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and the Weinstein brothers—who challenged mainstream narratives on free speech, identity politics, and meritocracy.

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My friend Tim Urban, author of one of the most important books of the last 50 years, What’s Our Problem? We dove straight into the deep end—discussing the three existential threats facing the West.

From there we segued into the urgency of clear writing and habits of thought to the role of reasoning and truth-seeking in the age of AI. Then we explored the question on everyone’s mind: Is Western society collapsing before our eyes?

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In this conversation with Adam Elmasri, we talk about Islam, immigration in Europe, and more.

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In Part 2 of my deep dive with Mia Hughes, we explore the history of the "Transgender Child." How did a new category of human being emerge?Why did the culture, medical fields, and schools not only accept but promote it? Mia takes us through the shift from understanding transvestite adults to transitioning children.

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I spent a week at The University of Austin (UATX) talking to students, administrators, and professors. From the instant I walked in the door, to the moment I left, it was nonstop intellectual engagement. Paradise! One of the professors I spoke with was Isabella Reinhardt, who is an Assistant Professor of Classics. We discussed the show Severance.

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How did a group of fringe activists at WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) manage to dupe the entire international medical establishment? That’s the question I posed to Mia Hughes, an Ottawa-based British journalist and director of Genspect Canada.

Mia is also the world’s leading expert in this subject and author of The WPATH Files report. The report exposed widespread, ghastly medical mistreatment of children, adolescents, and vulnerable adults in the ideologically captured field of “gender-affirming care”.

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I sat down with Leonardo Orlando, an expert in political science and international relations as well as a fantastic human, to discuss the ascent of Argentina's President Milei. Leonardo is a Visiting Fellow at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from Sciences Po Paris, a BA and MA in Philosophy from Sorbonne, and a post-doctorate in Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology from the École normale supérieure de Paris.

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