I spoke with Sasha Ayad about her work with teens and trans issues, the evolution of gender dysphoria, affirmation therapy, some of the hypocrisy in gender and trans activism.
Follow me: @obaidomer
Follow Sasha: @SashaLPC 
Learn more about Sasha’s work and contact her through her website: https://inspiredteentherapy.com/

Check out her podcast: https://gender-a-wider-lens.captivate.fm/
 
Check out the work being done at the Gender Exploratory Therapy Association:https://genderexploratory.com/

Ep 127: Sasha Ayad

I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon about her recent book Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy, the replacing of class issues with race, the disdain the media show towards the working class, how the media and institutions lost the trust of the public. 
Follow me: @obaidomer
Follow Batya: @bungarsargon

You can buy Batya’s book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/bad-news/
Or here:
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-News-Media-Undermining-Democracy/dp/1641772069/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GDTXMW9NUBRS&keywords=bad+news+how+woke+media+is+undermining+democracy&qid=1642817896&sprefix=bad+news%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1

Ep 132 Batya Ungar-Sargon

The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Michael Shellenberger about his book San Fransicko, and how progressive/woke policies hurt the causes they claim to support His taxonomy of woke religion and how current woke ideology acts as a religion
Follow me: @obaidomer
Follow Michael: @ShellenbergerMD

You can buy Michael’s books here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063093626/ref=nodl_?pf_rd_r=F2HSAY31EYE6EV5KQK4D&pf_rd_p=8fe9b1d0-f378-4356-8bb8-cada7525eadd&pd_rd_r=d8fc4e5e-411e-413a-bcc4-c7e9700ef5d4&pd_rd_w=r9nFn&pd_rd_wg=CyRop&ref_=pd_gw_unk

https://www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-Never-Environmental-Alarmism-Hurts/dp/B07YCSVVGR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8T443QBQ1L1G&keywords=apocalypse+never&qid=1643477202&s=books&sprefix=apoca%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C66&sr=1-1

Read about Michael’s taxonomy of woke religion here and subscribe to his substack: 
https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-wokeism-is-a-religion

Ep 133 Michael Shellenberger

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 Atheists For Liberty: @atheistsliberty
 If you would like to support, join, or learn more about Atheists for Liberty, you can find all their links here: https://linktr.ee/atheistsforliberty

Ep 136 Thomas Sheedy

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: @empowerED_TX

Check out the work Jason is doing with EmpowerEd Pathways: 
 https://www.empoweredpathways.org/

Ep 139: Jason Littlefield Pt 2

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: https://www.unsporting.com/

Ep 140: Linda Blade

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: https://jilv.org/book/

Find out more about JILV here: https://jilv.org/

Ep 142 David Bernstein

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: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-mahsa-amini?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=86d369c0-3c91-11ed-a147-c56c700d7789&share_bandit_exp=initial-34486803-en-CA

Ep 143 Shaparak Pt 3

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 find Melanie’s podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@OurDutyCanada

Melanie’s and Shannon’s podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@canadiangenderwarsreport 

You can find Shannon’s work with  APISC Digital Research Foundation INC here: www.apiscdigitalresearch.com

Ep 159 Melanie & Shannon

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: https://www.amazon.com/Unveiled-Western-Liberals-Empower-Radical/dp/B084HBTTMM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UCQA2DC8LQYW&keywords=unveiled+how+western+liberals+empower+radical+islam&qid=1702822615&sprefix=unveil%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1
 
You can find out and support her work at Free Hearts Free Minds: https://www.gofundme.com/f/vhxs2s-free-hearts-free-minds?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

And you can listen to her podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL3JuJ41_RgM_D983YFvuRw

Ep 162 Yasmine Mohammed

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/

Ep 163: Darshan Maharaja

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: https://www.rightsprobe.org/

Ep 165 Bruce Pardy

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: https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780063265974/lies-my-liberal-teacher-told-me/

Ep 166 Wilfred Reilly

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: https://amazon.ca/dp/B0CW189T6X?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk…
Get more information on his writing here: https://dimensionfold.com/authors/stuart-parker/
Check out his blog: https://stuartparker.ca
Subscribe to his Substack: https://stuartparkersblog.substack.com
And check out his work with Los Altos and their courses: https://losaltos.ca

Ep 167 Stuart Parker

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: https://helenpluckrose.substack.com/

You can order The Counterweight Handbook here: https://www.amazon.com/Counterweight-Handbook-Principled-Strategies-Justice_at/dp/1634312287/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33VETH9XJF4DW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WgHUxpQxCQVDEiOeWkMT01Vwz0aKOTQfL3kzFPAuS0MiDlT5wGp2pzj4csq2cGyW.6oLuW9lOcrBU3Pa_Dpc85FgNgoNI_uEH09ExP1CMKsU&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+counterweight+handbook&qid=1716031323&sprefix=The+counterweight+%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1 

You can get Cynical Theories here: https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Everybody/dp/B08LDSWJ9V/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BDXTEUKTA5I4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Jr-8Si3y-CoDBap-V0rYHfeBSLHPGE56yChUI-4-1m-8nqsUF0mSril3IjHvERvSVWwkaIGoS2LwFdnPjETnkyjFyvdvAMqtw6Bo8VdUszqmzvYis27h1zzkj1EuEEOlfUK52kOwUhMQnqxuvm9HOAMj8XbNP50O0dP0CAwskKJ4haHghSLdeG8GOtxfyEiN21KizMKSQhbIshJY-etbWjpSJHdMy78C_6jAv611Muc.36KE_enU1XFBXh8SMSW0F8UXdUMK_brvwleq8J9J43c&dib_tag=se&keywords=cynical+theories&qid=1716031167&sprefix=cynica%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1

You can get Social Injustice here: https://www.amazon.com/Social-justice-Important-Wrong-Reader-Friendly/dp/1634312236/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20QNU9IDBW1F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2OUzhqD07lTUUuTUdUFhy19n7ar9-a-J2OD-YBYS4GTGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.tJDlbAw74R0Rj9d8D3k-Q6w1txjrqqXu8Kh70L-tstA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Social+injustice+helen+pluckrose&qid=1716031219&s=audible&sprefix=social+injustice+helen+pluckrose%2Caudible%2C109&sr=1-1

Ep 168 Helen Pluckrose

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 here: https://www.sneps.net/

Ep 169 Eric Kaufmann

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: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Class-Betrayed-Americas-Working/dp/1641773618/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=OdaTs&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=137-1034230-0579931&pd_rd_wg=cOLFV&pd_rd_r=01a17247-8cf8-420f-9943-dfd3427c226d&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

Ep 170 Batya Ungar - Sargon

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 
Follow Kathy: @nulamoonsnail

Ep 171 Kathy Drake

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: https://www.thefp.com/p/explosion-of-jew-hate-in-canada-trudeau-israel-palestine?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

Subscribe and support Terry’s Substack here: therealstory.substack.com

Ep 172 Terry Glavin

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: https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/Instructing-Animosity_11.13.24.pdf

Subscribe to Lee’s Substack here: https://unsafescience.substack.com/  

The videos about the conference on censorship in the sciences can be found here: https://dornsife.usc.edu/cesr/censorship-in-the-sciences-interdisciplinary-perspectives/

Ep 173 Lee Jussim

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 about Shannon’s campaign here: https://shannonboschy.com/



Ep 174 Shannon Boschy

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/

Ep 175 Thomas Flanagan

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: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-intellectual-dark-web-jamie-q-roberts/1146919149;jsessionid=520D14266D6659D51D9B44C822C25DD3.prodny_store01-atgap07?ean=9781634312707

Ep 176 Jamie Q Roberts

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 Nick’s links here:  http://www.nicholaswolfinger.com/

You can buy his book here:  https://www.amazon.com/Professors-Speak-Out-Campus-Investigations/dp/1680535579/ref=sr_1_1?crid=143R3KWTMYA8L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IcNLYQY6qm9hN4c5Ohic-PmzU-vBfRkUcoTiUZF1xTNstpnRbvhHWt5A1mhw5bCkhRsYvxKNJOUfUO7Wz-rAlJpC_L6b_NmaOLlwlWm6S52ZqAqOpgx-LhF9699bf-il9fKbPH-m3gYlKA_OOk0VQpxvNYIe9vNtm1jXO5Dvz3-IwNQyyXn9jYybWWYqtDkG3Ck4gZZV6oruH5Bii7aOsiSe2ouzPc7ERs9HZMY15JY.TxrkaiYVuOeaCrC7_OvHrPUHyMz62Ru2hV6Pw5k2CW4&dib_tag=se&keywords=professors+speak+out&qid=1748798988&sprefix=professors+%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-1

Ep 178 Nicholas Wolfinger

I spoke with Toni Airaksinen about her conversion to Judaism and how the progressives at her college led her to it, we also discussed how the colleges are pushing antisemitism especially since 10/7/23.
Follow me: @Dangerousspeach  
Follow Toni: @Toni_Airaksinen 
You can read Toni’s article here: https://toniairaksinen.substack.com/p/how-columbia-hamas-supporters-led 
To read more of her writing check out her SubStack: https://substack.com/@toniairaksinen


Ep 179 Toni Airaksinen

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: https://www.amazon.com/If-Takes-Thousand-Years-Jihadists/dp/B0DHDBV35F?&linkCode=sl1&tag=petrilla-20&linkId=c061bcf7d048220bc44592346b777754&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

You can find all of Jesse’s links here: https://linktr.ee/jessepetrilla

Ep 180 Jesse Petrilla

I spoke with Katharine Birbalsingh about her approach to education and the success of the Michaela School  
Follow me: @obaidomer
Follow Katharine: @Miss_Snuffy
 
Visit the Michaela website: https://mcsbrent.co.uk/
Donate to Michaela: https://www.justgiving.com/michaelacommunityschool

Ep 34: Katharine Birbalsingh.

I spoke with James Lindsay about his new project New Discourses, his latest and upcoming books. Postmodernism on both the Left and Right. Follow me: @obaidomer
Follow James: @ConceptualJames
Follow New Discourses: @NewDiscourses

Check out New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/ Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/newdiscourses

Read some of James’ articles:
https://areomagazine.com/2017/08/22/a-manifesto-against-the-enemies-of-modernity/  https://areomagazine.com/2018/12/18/postmodern-religion-and-the-faith-of-social-justice/  
Get James’ new latest book and preorder his new one: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1634312023/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ThmKEbGKG7PQ4

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07X6KCLW5/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_rjmKEb2WN5Z79

EP 54: James Lindsay Pt 2

I spoke again with Sadia Hameed about race, racism, the failure of Critical Race Theory and the inherent racism in it, and the antiracism that spring from it, and the hypocrisy of so-called progressives 
Follow me: @obaidomer
Follow Sadia: @sadia936 
Follow Gloucestershire Sisters: @Glos_sisters  
For more information on Critical Race Theory and what Sadia and I discussed check out and support New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/

Ep 62: Sadia Hameed Pt 5

I spoke with Wilfred Reilly about how to look at disparities, systemic racism, the focus on race vs class.  
Follow me: @obaidomer 
Follow Wilfred: @wil_da_beast630

You can get his books here: https://www.amazon.com/Taboo-Facts-Cant-Talk-About/dp/162157928X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CUFA05GZTVXV&dchild=1&keywords=wilfred+reilly&qid=1611097080&sprefix=wilfred+reill%2Caps%2C512&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Crime-Hoax-Lefts-Campaign/dp/1621577783/ref=pd_sbs_1?pd_rd_w=IagFJ&pf_rd_p=3ec6a47e-bf65-49f8-80f7-0d7c7c7ce2ca&pf_rd_r=KGZFX1Y69JB16QTSYAFC&pd_rd_r=8a0483f1-6be7-45c5-a5aa-536d61567e6f&pd_rd_wg=7feJ0&pd_rd_i=1621577783&psc=1

Ep 86: Wilfred Reilly Pt2

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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