Where There's Woke

Exploring the Woke movement, watching and reviewing the Barbie movie, critiquing Ben Shapiro's humor, analyzing a highly rated movie, discussing gender equality in film and media

This is the second (and final!) part on Michael Powell's first NYT story, which left out crucial context and fundamentally misled people about Title IX and about Trump/DeVos's policy changes. Folks. There are 2 major bombshells in this one. There's also disturbing resemblence to the NASA JWST story in terms of how Powell bungled this one. 'Bungled' is actually too delightful a word for what is more accurately described as blatant lying. Please pretty please consider becoming a patron at patreon.com/wherethereswoke! There are 2 bonus things on the way imminently. You want to make sure you're a patron when they drop!

Michael Powell is the (former) NYT journalist who completely botched the JWST coverage, as previously discussed at length here. But did you know before that he also completely botched some Title IX / Campus Sexual Assault coverage? We've got his asshole origin story here and it's every bit as terrible as you'd expect. This is a two-parter, and I promise you the payoff in later part 2 is worth the slow burn. There is a paragraph in his story that is some of the worst journalism I've ever seen. Please pretty please consider becoming a patron at patreon.com/wherethereswoke!

Controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson and prominent atheist author Richard Dawkins discuss the dangers of the Left going too far in wokeness. They explore wokeness as a religion and delve into topics such as transphobia, homophobia, and the backlash against attempts at inclusivity. The podcast also analyzes original sin, historical oppression, reparations, and the importance of respectful debates.

The hosts debunk a Fox News segment on 'the woke' taking away pizza ovens. They discuss viral videos, police summonses, and mocking extreme conservative positions. The proposed regulations on wood-fired pizzerias and the controversy surrounding New York pizza are explored. The environmental impact of pizza ovens and transportation challenges in New York are also discussed.

It's the 4th and final part of the #RenameJWST series! In this episode, we finally delve into the actual history of James Webb and the Lavender Scare. How much can we hold him accountable? What does the evidence tell us about his role? And how do the defenses of his character hold up to scrutiny? There is so much in this. I've never worked even half this amount of time on another show before. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, the hosts discuss the controversy surrounding the naming of the James Webb Telescope, revealing smoking gun emails that contradict claims made in a New York Times article. They criticize NASA's lack of diversity and inconsistency with inclusion, and explore the challenges of accessing archives during COVID. The podcast also delves into the transparency concerns surrounding NASA's decision-making process and questions the objectivity of the decision to not rename James Webb.

It's part 2 of when the woke came for James Webb. Featuring Lydia Smith! If NASA higher ups are willing to defend the status quo tooth and nail, you'd think there must be a good reason for that status quo, right? It's not just something incredibly dumb that they inherited? Something that may have even violated their own policy? It couldn't be that, right? Then Lydia comes on and takes us through some other NASA projects and how they were named. She also uncovered a bombshell or two!

This is the big one. The thing that pissed me off so effing much that it spawned an entire new project. Ok fine I admit it, Where There's Woke is a spite project. The NYT Daily Podcast did an episode on the James Webb Telescope name controversy called "When the Culture Wars Came for NASA." It's fucking terrible journalism. Just awful. Already with just the title. How about "When the Entrenched Powers at NASA Refused to Budge in the Face of Very Reasonable Concerns from the LGBTQIA+ Community It Already Marginalizes." This first part is about the Daily episode itself, and the article it was based on, with some preliminary debunking but largely accepting the coverage on its own terms. The next part will look in detail at the internal process at NASA and what the history ACTUALLY tells us about James Webb.   Pledge at patreon.com/wherethereswoke!

Welcome to Where There's Woke! This first episode is about the time a woman expressed an opinion on the internet and throngs of men never got over it. Wait that's... nowhere near descriptive enough. This was the one involving the skeptic and atheist movement. Still not enough. Ok. It was when Richard Dawkins lost his mind at Rebecca Watson. THERE we go.  Support the show at patreon.com/wherethereswoke to gain access to tons of great stuff and to keep this project going!