

I Don't Speak German
IDSG
Daniel Harper is a researcher who goes where few others can bear to go: he listens to what the reactionaries - from the IDW to the modern day Nazis - say to each other in *their* safe spaces! In this timely and shocking - but entertaining - anti-fascist podcast, Daniel tells his friend, online writer Jack Graham, all about it.
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May 3, 2021 • 1h 37min
86: Internet Drama News Roundup
In this News Roundup episode, we take a look at the 'debate' between Professor Richard Wolff (public face of Marxism these days, sadly) and 'Destiny' (AKA Steven Bonnell II), a liberal YouTube livestreamer, and Bonnell's total lack of real and honest curiosity about socialism. We then take a look at Nick Fuentes' extremely not mad reaction to YouTuber Thought Slime's video about him, and discover various things about Nick, including why he doesn't believe in dinosaurs. Or, y'know, the Holocaust. We also check in on Bret (Weinstein) and Heather (Heying) (of the Dark Horse podcast) to correct some of their pernicious bullshit and see what they think the cops should be allowed to do to protestors who are DESTROYING CIVILISATION. Daniel draws the various threads together and, in a stunning third act twist, reveals what all these things have in common. Content Warnings Apply. Podcast Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 Episode Notes: Destiny, "You Are Just WRONG! -- Richard Wolff Debate Gets Heated" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcA5szcnESY Matthew Gault, "Twitch Streamer Destiny and an Economist Debate Capitalism, Achieve Nothing." https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg8x77/twitch-streamer-destiny-and-an-economist-debate-capitalism-achieve-nothing "Twitch streamer and philosophical gadfly Steven "Destiny" Bonnell II spent 90 minutes of his day on Wednesday debating the merits of capitalism and socialism with noted economist Richard Wolff. Thirty-five minutes into the "debate" and the pair were arguing over the basic definitions of capitalism and socialism—economic systems whose relative merits and performance they were supposed to compare. It was not how either party had said they wanted the conversation to go. It was also a clear picture of the state of online-led political conversation—one side stalls the conversation to demand strict definitions and gaming personalities soak up too much time and attention. [...] "The pair went back and forth, both often heated. Wolff is old school and a college professor. His style was collegiate, sometimes condescending, and often sounded like a lecture. Destiny is used to debating on the internet where talking fast and fussing about specifics throws off an opponent. It was a weird pairing." Rad Shiba's video on Richard Wollf, 'A Wolff in Marxist Clothing' https://youtu.be/JG7FhC2LeGE ThoughtSlime, "Nick Fuentes is the hate nerd" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eRoYhTQDuo Nick Fuentes response on AF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngzBo3NcurE Nicholas J. Fuentes | Responding to Th*ught Sl*me's Hitpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX4QO8nPKFQ Avi vs Nick Fuentes On the Holocaust and Trans Issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qlCoYLfSc Dark Horse Podcast Q&A 76th DarkHorse Podcast Livestream, "Should Police Be Allowed to Kill Rioters" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7wWmzmBw6I&t=3414s Starts at 56:54

Apr 22, 2021 • 5min
PREVIEW: Backer Bonus Ep4 Inglourious Basterds
Become a backer of Daniel or Jack to get exclusive access to a new (and SPOILERY) bonus episode about Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009). Plus access to all other bonus episodes. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true

Apr 16, 2021 • 1h 35min
85: Crypto Fascists, with David Gerard
This episode sees the return of popular guest David Gerard - reluctant expert on crypto currency and author of Attack of the 50ft Blockchain and Libra Shrugged - to tell us about Bitcoin and the Nazis. Content Warnings, as ever, but an especial TW this time for discussion of a suicide. Podcast Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 Episode Notes: David's... Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidgerard Site: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/overview The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism by David Golumbia (https://twitter.com/dgolumbia): https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-politics-of-bitcoin Brenna Smith at Bellingcat on the 'Bitcoin Fairy': https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/02/03/why-500k-donation-to-right-wing-causes-does-not-signify-return-of-bitcoin-fairy/ Craig Wright copyright claims, Grayscale, Mt. Gox, Reddit on Ethereum, the French Bitcoin neo-Nazi: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/01/27/news-craig-wright-copyright-claims-grayscale-mt-gox-reddit-on-ethereum-the-french-bitcoin-neo-nazi/ Thread: https://twitter.com/davidgerard/status/1350174661590577155 Neo-Nazi BTC Tracker: https://twitter.com/NeonaziWallets

Apr 1, 2021 • 1h 26min
84: Heather Heying Goes Full TERF, Part 2
In Part 2 of our investigation of Heather Heying's (of the extended IDW, and the Dark Horse Podcast with husband Bret Weinstein) descent from sociobiology into outright TERFery, we get to the really nasty shit. Content Warnings for venomous, hardcore transphobia, albeit couched in an ostensibly reasonable tone. Podcast Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 Episode Notes: Previous eps on the Weinsteins and Heying: 60, 61, and 62 Dark Horse Podcast https://youtube.com/c/BretWeinsteinDarkHorse Dark Horse Clips https://youtube.com/channel/UCAWCKUrmvK5F_ynBY_CMlIA Cass Eris on Irreversible Damage, Part One https://youtu.be/2OLNEiECN24 Ty Turner, trans man named as terrible influencer in Irreversible Damage, talks about the book. https://youtu.be/B5kkg90rL1M The Torment and Tragedy of Teenage Girls (letterwiki between Heying and Shrier) https://letter.wiki/conversation/893#letter_2855 Lisa Littman paper on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330 ROGD paper criticism https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-019-1453-2 The news report Bret & Heather read from https://www.kiro7.com/news/transgender-woman-told-leave-womens-locker-room/246633184/

Mar 31, 2021 • 1h 5min
83: Heather Heying Goes Full TERF, Part 1
In the first part of a two-part episode, we continue to chart the increasingly malignant influence of the IDW and satellites, examining the journey of Heather Heying (of the Dark Horse Podcast which she co-presents with her husband Bret Weinstein) from scientific reductionism all the way to (as she herself puts it) "full TERF". Content Warnings for Transphobia, Ableism, anti-Sex Worker stuff, etc. Part 2 up very soon. Podcast Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 Episode Notes: Previous eps on the Weinsteins and Heying: 60, 61, and 62 Ligand Bonds in Inorganic Chemistry: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Modules_and_Websites_(Inorganic_Chemistry)/Coordination_Chemistry/Structure_and_Nomenclature_of_Coordination_Compounds/Ligands Ligand Bonds in Molecular Biology: https://biologydictionary.net/ligand/ Full notes under Part 2

Mar 26, 2021 • 11min
PREVIEW: Backer Bonus Ep3 Bob Roberts
Become a backer of Daniel or Jack to get exclusive access to a new bonus episode about Bob Roberts (1992), written, directed by, and starring Tim Robbins; also starring Alan Rickman, Ray Wise, Giancarlo Esposito, Harry Lennix, Lynne Thigpen, Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Fred Ward, Bob Balaban, John Cusack, Gore Vidal, and Jack Black. Plus access to all other bonus episodes. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true

Mar 14, 2021 • 1h 29min
82: Scott Alexander & Slate Star Codex, with David Gerard and Elizabeth Sandifer
Another special episode this time, as we welcome to the show David Gerard, author of acclaimed takedown of cryptocurrency Attack of the 50ft Blockchain, and Elizabeth Sandifer, author of acclaimed takedown of neo-reaction Neoreaction a Basilisk, to discuss Scott Alexander (or is it Siskind?) and his blog Slate Star Codex, with digressions into Less Wrong, 'rationalism', and why David is responsible for Grimes hooking up with Elon Musk. Content Warnings apply, as ever. Also, we once again we have audio that doesn't quite meet our recent standards, though its perfectly listenable. Podcast Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 Episode Notes: Elizabeth's... Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElSandifer Site: http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/elizabethsandifer David's... Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidgerard Site: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard/overview Elizabeth's recent article on Scott Alexander/Siskind: http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-beigeness-or-how-to-kill-people-with-bad-writing-the-scott-alexander-method/ RationalWiki on Scott Alexander: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Scott_Alexander

Mar 5, 2021 • 1h 22min
81: Amanda Chase, with Goad Gatsby
This week, special guest Goad Gatsby joins us from the streets of Twitter (you'll get it later) to tell us all about Virginia's biggest growing threat, so-called "Trump in heels", coup-supporting, GOP-suing, fash-associated, plexiglass-encased firebrand, State Senator (and gubernatorial hopeful) Amanda Chase, and her epic struggles against the tyrannical forces of Antifa, the Deep State, RINOs, Covid masks, reality, anyone who criticises her, and - most poignantly - car park cops. Don't you know who she is??? Content warnings. Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive access to one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 Goad's Twitter: @GoadGatsby

Feb 23, 2021 • 3min
PREVIEW: Backer Bonus Ep2 The Third Man
Become a backer of Daniel or Jack to get exclusive access to a new bonus episode about The Third Man (1949), directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, starring Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles. Plus access to all other bonus episodes. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true

Feb 13, 2021 • 1h 24min
80: with Shannon Foley Martinez
A special episode in which Daniel and Jack are joined by guest Shannon Foley Martinez. A friendly chat with an insightful, humane, moving speaker. Owing to technical difficulties the sound quality is not quite up to our recent standard, so apologies for that. But it's quite listenable. Content Warnings. Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. From Jan 2021 onwards, patrons get exclusive access to one extra episode a month. Our first bonus episode is on the 1971 Peter Watkins movie Punishment Park. Our February bonus ep will be on Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949). Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618 IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 Links / Notes: Shannon's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shannonfoleymartinez Shannon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_Shan_Martinez_ Shannon's website: https://www.shannonmartinezspeaks.com/ Shannon's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1c5KJi9BNS5idiXwqijbwA


