This episode was recorded on December 28th, 2021.In this episode, Hamza Yusuf and I discuss the core beliefs of Islam, Hamza’s conversion, the importance of bridging religions, and the problem with our culture now.Hamza Yusuf is an American neo-traditionalist Islamic scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna College, and the author of seven books, including Purification of Heart: Signs, Symptoms, and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart, Agenda to Change our Condition, and The Marvels of the Heart: Science of the Spirit.—Links—Follow Hamza on Instagram: https://instagram.com/shaykh_hamzayusufTwitter: https://twitter.com/sh_hamzayusufYouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/SandalaMediaCenterEvery other Hamza link: https://linktr.ee/HamzaYusuf—Chapters—0:00 — Intro1:01 — Religious upbringing5:09 — Community & freethinking7:03 — The glue that holds things together9:59 — The problem with our culture 10:01 — Arabic word for disbeliever 13:00 — Gratitude despite suffering17:02 — Jacques Lusseyran 20:53 — Repentance I30:11 — Cleanliness, prayer, discernment32:48 — Repentance II 33:55 — Hamza's conversion & near-death experience40:24 — Preparing to die45:38 — What drew Hamza to Islam48:30 — Obedience to God—practically & conceptually 50:29 — Islam vs. collectivist philosophies53:20 — Differentiating religious beliefs54:48 — Aurel Kolnai 57:23 — The idea of evil1:00:49 — Religiosity, atheism, values1:07:04 — Creation, evolution, consciousness1:09:26 — Islam in practice1:16:44 — Importance of bridging religions1:18:57 — Summary of Islam’s core beliefs 1:22:20 — Commonalities among religions#Islam #Atheism #Values #Gratitude #Religion

In the finale of the Adventures of Pinocchio and Free Speech series, we visit many different episodes of this podcast. From the UK to the US and from Cambridge to Canada; we are fighting against the (not so) slow erosion of one of the most powerful forces that many would consider inalienable. The power with which God created the world. The power that can combine a family through marriage or tear it apart through war. The spoken and written word. The pen is mightier than the sword.—Links—Understand Myself Personality Test:https://understandmyself.com—Chapters—[03:14:44] Ideologies of good & evil [03:20:50] Student organizations vs. Dr. Rima Azar [03:26:11] Cancel Culture with Dr. Julie Ponesse [03:28:52] A relationship with the Great Father[03:30:12] Dr. Azar speaks up [03:38:40] Defining hate speech with Andrew Doyle [03:49:01] Tyranny & free speech with James Orr & Arif Ahmed [03:51:36] Corruption of critics in film distribution with Prager & Carolla[03:56:58] Truckers & Joe Rogan with Dr. Julie Ponesse [04:03:04] The master of fire and Pinnochio turning a whale into a dragon [04:05:30] UK legislation post-Cambridge with James Orr & Arif Ahmed [04:11:48] Pinnochio’s choice [04:12:13] Would I do it again? with Bret Weinstein[04:15:22] Pinnochio’s finale

This conversation was recorded on May 9, 2022.Pierre Poilievre, a life-long conservative, is running to be the Prime Minister of Canada. Pierre has served as a trusted senior cabinet minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government and has served as a Member of Parliament for seven terms. He grew up in Calgary and graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in International Relations. We discussed his election efforts, Canada’s energy infrastructure and economic policy, as well as Poilievre’s mission to tackle the housing crisis, lower the cost of living, defund Canadian media, and develop Canadian natural resources. To vote for Conservative leader you must become a member: https://donate.conservative.ca/en/membership-poilievre/—Chapters—0:00 — Intro5:21 — Conservative Philosophy & Free Market System8:32 — Left-Wing Ideas & Socialism12:32 — Government in Scandanavian Countries15:15 — University & Political Ambitions18:47 — Political Rallies 22:51 — Housing Crisis, Loss of Personal Freedom & Delivering Hope27:04 — Poilievre’s Mission 29:34 — Problems in Canada & Proposals34:55 — Economic Policy40:31 — Climate Change, Energy Infrastructure & Canadian Resources46:07 — Canadian Press Subsidies & Defunding CBC55:56 — Justin Trudeau1:03:55 — Jagmeet Singh1:09:13 — Sacrificing the Economic Interests of the Working-Class & Trucker’s Protest1:17:54 — Emergencies Act1:22:18 — Freedom as a Unifying Principle1:25:45 — Outro#Canada #Election #Conservative #PrimeMinister #Government 

This episode was recorded on April 4, 2022.I discussed gratitude, faith, and suffering in this conversation at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. How can we be sure that pain is a solid guiding principle as we navigate the world? What is the underlying structure of pain, and what does it point at?We also touched on a myriad of topics around those central themes, such as sin and the symbol of the snake, giving advice, resurrection, the relationship between faith and suffering, evil, the effect we have on others, and sunsets.

This episode was recorded on April 4, 2022.In this speech at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Jordan shared recent thoughts on ethics, scripture, and the problem of perception. He asked the audience to reflect on how we remember great stories (but seem to instantly forget bad ones), why Western culture ended up being a book (instead of—say—a sickle), and whether the West truly is a “phallogocentric" culture.All of this, Jordan says, tied to a broader possibility—perhaps his “most radical claim"—that, as we navigate the value structures we call reality, a lot of so-called “navigational” problems are really veiled ethical ones.#Perception #Bible #Western #Power #Literature #Ethics

In part 3 of this 4-part series on the relationship between the freedom of speech and the ability to speak itself. We go deep into the belly of the whale in this episode, and it ends up with us briefly touching on the subject of the next and final episode. The redemptive power of true speech. Time Codes: [00:00:00] Nietzsche and returning to nothing - 2015 Personality Lecture 06: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung (Part 01)[0:02:52] The difficulty of change in the university and being silent - James Orr & Arif Ahmed on JBP Podcast S4 E75[21:43] Resurrecting your dead father from the bottom of the ocean - 2015 Personality Lecture 06: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung (Part 01)[22:28] The importance of free speech - Andrew Doyle on JBP Podcast S4 E32[33:16] The signs of degeneration in society - Dr. Julie Ponesse on JBP Podcast[38:50] Jiminy Cricket the Conscience - 2015 Personality Lecture 06: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung (Part 01)[39:36] What Dr. Azar sensed and caused her incident - Dr. Rima on JBP S4 E28[43:10] Going to the Monster - 2015 Personality Lecture 06: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung (Part 01)[44:10] Red Skull and the attack on the essence of free speech - Andrew Doyle on JBP Podcast S4 E32[51:45] Pinocchio freeing his father from the monster (whale) - 2015 Personality Lecture 06: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung (Part 01)[57:16] Paul coauthoring an essay with Bari Weiss - Paul Rossi on JBP Podcast S4 E17[03:13:46] Pinnochio as the Hero - 2015 Personality Lecture 06: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung (Part 01)

This conversation was recorded on September 1, 2021.I spoke to Richard Wrangham about his research on ape behavior. We explored prerequisites for chimp attacks, how cooking shaped human cognitive development, studying chimps in the wild with Jane Goodall, DNA similarity studies, proactive vs. reactive aggression, and more.Richard is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, and culture. He’s also a MacArthur fellow—the so-called “genius grant”—and the author of books like 'The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution' and 'Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence.'—Chapters—0:00 — Intro2:39 — Jane Goodall5:32 — Living in the wild6:26 — Bumping into rhinos & sleep darting elephants11:06 — Human competitiveness & sexual behavior16:13 — "An enormous shock" from Yale23:48 — Working with Jane Goodall26:42 — Chimp mating habits34:47 — Bonding via cooking41:39 — Checking self-bias42:26 — War and the 8-vs-1 rule49:02 — Why kill lone neighbors?56:41 — Cooking is really about calories1:02:51 — The greatest discovery in human evolution1:06:35 — Why do animals prefer it cooked?1:10:05 — Fire & human development1:12:16 — Innate violence, authoritarianism, and The Goodness Paradox1:23:43 — Male aggression1:42:01 — Outro#Fire #JaneGoodall #War #Apes #Cooking #Harvard// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL //Newsletter: https://linktr.ee/DrJordanBPetersonPremium Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.supercast.com/Donations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate// COURSES //Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personalitySelf Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.comUnderstand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com// BOOKS //Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-lifeMaps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning// LINKS //Website: https://jordanbpeterson.comEvents: https://jordanbpeterson.com/eventsBlog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blogPodcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/podcast// SOCIAL //Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpetersonInstagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.petersonFacebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpetersonTelegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPeterson

The right to speak is critically important to allow our civilization not only to thrive but to survive. In part 2 of this compilation, we examine the power of free speech and potential responses to censorship. After a lecture excerpt on the “initial defeat of the hero,” we transition into podcast clips on hate crime laws, the idea behind 'No Safe Spaces,’ and the events that lead Paul Rossi, a NY private school teacher, to take a stand against seminars on "white dominant culture" being taught as gospel. After that, we travel across the pond to speak with Andrew Doyle about the hate crime laws recently passed in the UK Parliament. —Links—Watch the full Paul Rossi episode: https://youtu.be/ysQBegyQP8A& Andrew Doyle episode: https://youtu.be/aoH1g5GYhPw—Chapters—[0:00] Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, & the Initial Defeat of the Hero[4:36] Paul Rossi: starting to bother you[10:26] There's no such thing as a conversation[15:19] Losing his job[17:30] Aspects of "white dominant culture"[30:52] "Healing resources"[32:27] A kafkaesque series of meetings[38:59] Conscience as a mirror of the divine[40:52] Andrew Doyle: why hate crime laws in Parliament matter[48:52] Western institutions: power-hungry & tyrannical[56:09] Damage without intent[57:48] Prager & Carolla: The Motivation Behind 'No Safe Spaces' [59:44] Defining far-right vs. far-left#FreeSpeech #WhiteCulture #Conscience #Pinocchio #Parliament

This episode was recorded on March 14th, 2022.In this episode, Douglas Murray and I discuss the current assault on the West, slavery, gratitude, racist mathematics, whiteness, (non-Western) accomplishments, and individual sovereignty.Douglas Murray is the associate editor of The Spectator and the bestselling author of seven books, including The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam; The Madness of Crowds, and The War on the West.—Links—Follow Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurrayInstagram: https://instagram.com/douglaskmurrayBuy ‘The War on the West’: https://amazon.com/War-West-Douglas-M...Read Murray’s articles: https://spectator.co.uk/writer/dougla...—Chapters—[0:00] Intro[1:36] Why ‘War’?[8:41] Western Values, Revenge, Nietzsche[14:13] Slavery, Individuality, Rationalism[21:11] Eradicating Slavery[27:42] Agency & Oppression[33:10] Psychopathic Expressors of Power[38:04] Wealth Inequality: Exclusively Capitalist?[47:25] On Whiteness[54:21] Axioms & Truth[1:02:21] The STEM Moat[1:08:46] The War on Western Art & Culture[1:19:14] Mass Graves & Burning Churches[1:25:52] Gratitude, Resentment, & The Brothers Karamazov[1:36:19] Ancestry & Living as Though God Exists[1:42:53] Faith, Evil, Cain & Abel#Oppression #Postmodernism #DouglasMurray #Western #Power #Whiteness

Utilizing Dr. Peterson’s lectures from the 2015 and 2017 Maps of Meaning Lectures as a framework; we have continued the investigation while adding conversations from the Jordan B Peterson Podcast, as well as from conversations where Dr. Peterson was a guest on other podcasts.We recently decided to move this compilation up in our release queue because of Dr. Peterson’s recent lecture at Caius College at the University of Cambridge, “Why Free Speech is the Antidote to Our Problems”You can view that lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twc6T19tap4 Like in Dr. Peterson’s recent lecture, we hope this compilation will inspire you to speak the truth and act in the protection of our most fundamental rights, including, maybe most importantly, the Freedom of Speech.Time Codes: [00:00] Overview of the psychology behind Pinocchio - 2015 Personality Lecture 06: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung (Part 01)[03:44] Events at Evergreen - Bret Weinstein Episode 10[18:18] Teaching at Grace Church - Paul Rossi on JBP Podcast S4 E17[24:51] What exactly happened to Dr. Rima Azar - Dr. Rima on JBP S4 E28[39:25] Free Speech and No Safe Spaces documentaries attempt to get distributed - Prager & Carolla on JBP Podcast S4 E44[50:16] Changes in free speech policy at Cambridge - James Orr & Arif Ahmed on JBP Podcast S4 E75[01:02:17] - Did Dr. Ponesse ever apologize? - Dr. Julie Ponesse on JBP Podcast[01:03:16] When Yeon Mi started to speak out - Yeon Mi Park on JBP Podcast S4 E26