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Xi Van Fleet speaks about growing up in Communist China during Mao's Cultural Revolution—and how "Wokeness" is basically a Westernized version of Chairman Mao's revolutionary bait-and-switch. Follow her: https://twitter.com/XVanFleet Preorder her book: https://twitter.com/XVanFleet Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

Austin Unbridled speaks candidly about his transition and detransition. https://www.tiktok.com/@austin.unbridled Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

Returning guests Lisa Marchiano and Eliza Mondegreen discuss modern girlhood, rites of passage, social contagion, and female psychology. I basically just listen and take notes. Follow: https://twitter.com/LisaMarchiano https://twitter.com/elizamondegreen Read: https://elizamondegreen.substack.com https://lisamarchiano.com/books/  Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

Part of a series, "Right Winging It": https://bit.ly/RightWingingIt David Pivtorak is an independent rights lawyer using the law to protect individuals from compelled speech, ideological discrimination, and a host of other illiberal violations of individual rights. Find him online and on twitter at https://twitter.com/piv4law https://www.piv4law.com Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

Part of a series on American History: https://bit.ly/HistoryBroUSA Beau Dade ( @HistoryBro  ) returns! This time we talk about Alexander Hamilton's life, influence, and how he bound the United States by means of federal power. Watch more Beau at https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryBro Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

David Tomasi is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and professor—as well as an author, musician, artist and linguist. Oh, and we play DnD together. In this conversation with explore faith and fact. Check out his work: https://www.davidtomasi.eu https://www.youtube.com/@davidtomasi/ Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

Amanda Kovattana speaks to me about Thailand's colonial and postcolonial history, and its stance on gender and sexuality. Read her memoir: https://amzn.to/3PSvWXH Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

 ​ @ellepalmer  came out on youtube as a detransitioner in early 2020. In this calmversation we discuss her thoughts on childhood trauma, abandonment, anxiety, and how those fed into a trans identity. Find all her content and connectivity at https://linktr.ee/ellepalmer1 Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

In 2017 and 2018 James Lindsay along with Helen Pluckrose and Peter Boghossian staged a broadscale hoax against postmodern Academia by submitting a series of bogus papers for academic review. Mike Nayna documented this so-called “Sokal Squared” affair and has produced a documentary on the matter found on this substack:  https://michaelnayna.substack.com/p/the-reformers-recommended-viewing?sd=pf  Lindsay's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/NewDiscourses  Their twitters:  https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames https://twitter.com/MikeNayna Support this channel: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

Kobe was a boy who liked pink, and dresses, and was persuaded by the internet to block his puberty, take estrogen, and castrate himself to be something that he wasn't—and wasn't happy trying to be. Follow him at https://twitter.com/steinxberg Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce