

Calmversations
Benjamin Boyce
“Talk calmly, and carry a quick wit.”
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Jul 19, 2023 • 1h 52min
s05e104 | Can Lawfare Save US from Wokeness? with David Pivtorak, Esq.
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
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Jul 16, 2023 • 3h
s05e103 | Alexander Hamilton: Architect of the Deep State? with B.B. Dade
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
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Jul 15, 2023 • 2h 3min
s05e102 | Neuroscience & Spirituality, with David Tomasi
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/
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Jul 13, 2023 • 1h 49min
s05e101 | Thailand's "Third Gender" with Amanda Kovattana
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
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Jul 10, 2023 • 1h 40min
s05e100 | Stairway to Selfhood: Life after Detransition, with Elle Palmer
@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
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Jul 7, 2023 • 2h 2min
s05e99 | Documenting & Executing the "Grievance Studies Affair" with James Lindsay & Mike Nayna
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
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Jul 4, 2023 • 1h 27min
s05e98 | Stunted by Transition | a Detrans Story, with Kobe (male to male detransitioner)
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
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Jul 3, 2023 • 1h 15min
s05e97 | When Butch Is Not Enough, a Detrans Story, with Terffy
Part of a series: https://bit.ly/DeTransStories
Terffy didn't think she fit in as a woman, so she tried her hand at being a "transman"—but fit there even less.
Follow her: https://twitter.com/terffragette
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Jul 1, 2023 • 1h 21min
s05e96 | "Wokeness" as a Post-Christian Nationalism, with Josh Daws
Josh Daws is the host of @GreatAwokening podcast. We talk about his life, marriage, faith, and how Christianity and the Culture War intersect.
Follow: https://twitter.com/JoshDaws
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/show/6OCi3kXhr3hRK9LI9YGOGS
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Jun 29, 2023 • 1h 3min
s05e95 | The Sacred & The Psychological, with the Solid Ground Streamers
I guest host Leslie Elliot's weekly live stream with her regular "Solid Ground Support" contributors David, Jennifer Friend, and Deborah Knox, where we speak about the intersection of the sacred and the psychological.
Learn more about their support network at https://solidgroundsupport.com/
Watch more Leslie Elliott: https://www.youtube.com/@theradicalcenter
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