In this wide-ranging conversation, Shane Smith presses Dr. Jordan B. Peterson on everything from academiaâs groupthink and campus protests to benzo withdrawal, love in the face of terminal illness, and the geopolitical shadow of China. Peterson fires backâsometimes reflective, sometimes rawâlaying out why he believes voluntary self-sacrifice, not power or pleasure, is the only antidote to cultural decay.
Along the way youâll hear:
- Inside the Coma: Peterson relives the three-year ordeal that nearly killed himâand the family support that didnât let him quit.
- Campus Cage Match: Why he rarely sets foot in universities anymore, and the moment Oxfordâs Union tried (and failed) to sandbag him.
- Carbon, China & Cataclysms: A blunt debate on climate policy, cheap energy, and whether the West can out-compete Beijing without losing its soul.
- RFK Jr., Trump, and the New âNot-So-Conservativeâ Right: Petersonâs take on the strange coalition reshaping U.S. politics.
- Meaning vs. Hedonism: From punk-rock rage to religious myth, how sacrificeârather than desireâcan stitch our fractured lives back together.
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