Luke Ford
1,562 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★ - 4 ratingsI've written five books (see Amazon.com). I've appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone as well on 60 Minutes, ABC News, and Entertainment Tonight. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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The Washington Post Says It Supports Inviolable Free Speech (12 - 27 - 23)
December 28, 2023 01:54 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBCollision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153758 Baron does not like self-righteousness from others, but he enjoys indulging in it himself. Trump aimed “to bring The Post to submission.” Yes, and what was The Post’s attitude to Trump? Was it not trying to destroy him? America’s institutions are dominated by the liberal-left, which has its own distinctive partisan hero system, and naturally opposes those hero systems that threaten it, such as po...
Democracy Dies In Darkness (12-27-23)
December 27, 2023 15:29 - 1 hour - 43.9 MB01:00 Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153758 04:00 Marty Baron on leading The Washington Post and covering President Trump , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGie7DGC5p0 22:00 Stephen J James joins, https://twitter.com/MuskMaximalist 36:20 The falling out between Charles Johnson and Richard Spencer 42:00 Black-pilled freaks 1:24:45 Rabbi Seligmann Baer Bamberger, the Wuerzburger Rav (Part 5) || Dr. Marc Shapiro, https://www.youtube.com/wa...
The US Is Losing - Is Israel Winning? (12-24-23)
December 24, 2023 18:52 - 2 hours - 66.1 MB01:00 Why America is losing 04:00 Media links Trump with Nazism 13:00 Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump ineligible 18:00 WSJ: Biden Convinced Netanyahu to Halt a Pre-Emptive Strike Against Hezbollah, https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/how-biden-averted-a-second-front-by-convincing- israel-not-to-attack-hezbollah-on-oct-11-e14a0a3b?mod=hp_lead_pos2 20:40 Is Israel winning? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yt3r3Gsbk 25:50 The Problem of Intelligence - IQ and Its detractors (Guest: Nathan ...
Life Usually Runs On Hierarchy Not Democracy (12 - 21 - 23)
December 22, 2023 13:12 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBhttps://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153654 Populism is usually popular but rarely gets anything done, while neoconservatism is unpopular but gets much accomplished (such as the disastrous 2003 invasion of Iraq). Why? I put “populism” into Youtube and one of the suggested videos is on power. Eric Liu noted: “Power is the ability to have others do what you would have them do. This plays out in all arenas from family to the workplace to our relationships.” Populism is bad at this while neoconservatis...
One Weird Trick To Enter An Ordinary World (12-19-23)
December 20, 2023 03:31 - 1 hour - 30.9 MB01:00 My Third Day Without Adderall, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153531 02:00 My Subtle Low-Grade Depression, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=31911 03:00 My Fourth Day On Adderall, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153449 05:00 WP : Trump disqualified from Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot by state Supreme Court, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/19/trump-off-colorado-ballot/ 26:00 Their Friendship Dissolved Over Monetarism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153642 32:00 John Mearsheimer: Ther...
Don't Mess With Texas - Governor Signs Law To Arrest Illegals (12-18-23)
December 19, 2023 03:38 - 1 hour - 34.1 MB01:00 NYT: Abbott Signs Law Allowing Texas to Arrest Migrants, Setting Up Federal Showdown, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/us/abbott-texas-border-law-arrests.html 11:00 Uvalde response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBofi_etkUo 25:00 Elliott Blatt joins to talk about sports bars 35:00 Elliott Blatt banned from Nextdoor Populism is popular but ineffective, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153654 New Yorker: How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker: The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants...
Populism vs Neoconservatism (12-17-23)
December 17, 2023 18:45 - 1 hour - 50.8 MB01:00 Populism is popular but ineffective, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153654 10:00 What is populism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism 14:30 The rise of modern populism - Takis S. Pappas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMNwUh0X5eI 33:40 How to understand power - Eric Liu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Eutci7ack 53:00 Elliott Blatt goes to a sports bar 55:00 Colin Liddell joins to talk about National Justice Party, https://neokrat.blogspot.com/ 56:20 Russia's invasion of Ukraine ...
Predator Prey (12 - 15 - 23)
December 17, 2023 01:28 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MBhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/after-uvalde-guns-grief-texas-politics/ * Road to recovery: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130767 * Ideas that give me energy: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130933 * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136900 Our Problems Are Not Our Problems, They’re Just Symptoms Of Deeper Problems * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136247 With or without you * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=133894 I’m Dysfunctio...
Tucker Carlson Launches A Streaming Service (12-13-23)
December 15, 2023 12:16 - 3 minutes - 1.64 MBThe Beautiful Films & Empty Ideas Of Adam Curtis, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=137312 The Paranoid Style Of Adam Curtis, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139331 Which Guru Does Dennis Prager Most Resemble?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=147856 My Michael Anton posts, https://lukeford.net/blog/?cat=42806 My Tucker Carlson posts: https://lukeford.net/blog/?cat=42944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film) * Road to recovery: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130767 * Ideas that gi...
Tucker Carlson, Michael Anton & Adam Curtis Have A Way With Words (12-13-23)
December 15, 2023 12:12 - 21 minutes - 9.67 MBThe Beautiful Films & Empty Ideas Of Adam Curtis, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=137312 The Paranoid Style Of Adam Curtis, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139331 Which Guru Does Dennis Prager Most Resemble?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=147856 My Michael Anton posts, https://lukeford.net/blog/?cat=42806 My Tucker Carlson posts: https://lukeford.net/blog/?cat=42944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film) * Road to recovery: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130767 * Ideas that gi...
Killers Of The Flower Moon (12-14-23)
December 15, 2023 12:11 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon_(film) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/after-uvalde-guns-grief-texas-politics/ * Road to recovery: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130767 * Ideas that give me energy: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130933 * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136900 Our Problems Are Not Our Problems, They’re Just Symptoms Of Deeper Problems * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136247 With or without you * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=133894 I’m Dysfunctio...
Get Out Of The Scammers Circle And Into The Winners Circle! (12-12-23)
December 13, 2023 13:51 - 30 minutes - 14 MBhttps://theathletic.com/5129506/2023/12/11/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-contract-deferrals/ AFTER UVALDE: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/after-uvalde-guns-grief-texas-politics/ New Yorker: How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker: The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153558 If Jesse Itzler truly wants to reform his profession, he should send out an email and place...
Decoding The Greatest Motivational Speakers (12-12-23)
December 12, 2023 15:42 - 2 hours - 58 MB01:00 New Yorker: How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker: The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153558 53:00 Criticizing Israel on American campuses, https://www.unz.com/isteve/president-of-penn-shoved-out/ 55: Putting the con in conservative: https://rumble.com/v2nqqwe-putting-the-con-in-conservative-5-14-23.html 56:00 Conservative cons, https://rumble.com/v2nr3s4-putting-the-con-in-conservative-part-t...
How Living In A Secular Multicultural Society Eats Away At Religious Commitment (12-10-23)
December 10, 2023 20:29 - 12 minutes - 5.8 MBFull video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPZw6gwzAtI Religion in a secular age: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146534 https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://lbry.tv/@LukeFord, https://rumble.com/lukeford https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 https://www.patreon.com/lukef...
NYT: Talk of a Trump Dictatorship Charges the American Political Debate (12-10-23)
December 10, 2023 20:28 - 20 minutes - 9.48 MBNYT: Talk of a Trump Dictatorship Charges the American Political Debate, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153538 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/us/politics/trump-dictatorship.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan/ If Trump is going to be a dictator, why isn't the stock market crashing? Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPZw6gwzAtI https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://rumble.com/lukeford, https://dlive.tv/lukeford...
My Third Day Without Adderall (12-10-23)
December 10, 2023 20:27 - 7 minutes - 3.54 MBhttps://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153531 I lost half of my prescribed Adderall pills the other day and so I have been going without. It is easier for me to notice the difference going without Adderall than my life with Adderall because when I take that 5mg pill, I notice no change. https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153449 On my third day without Adderall, I started doing an easy 15-minute exercise this morning, and within a minute, I was dying to do something else. I notice I’m more scattered and co...
How do you get energized? From connecting with people you love. (12-8-23)
December 10, 2023 18:24 - 24 minutes - 11 MB* Road to recovery: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130767 * Ideas that give me energy: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130933 * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136900 Our Problems Are Not Our Problems, They’re Just Symptoms Of Deeper Problems * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136247 With or without you * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=133894 I’m Dysfunctional, You’re Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=133768 Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made Americ...
Decoding Joe Biden's Foreign Policy (12-10-23)
December 10, 2023 18:05 - 3 hours - 92.5 MB01:00 Israel won't accept hezbollah: https://www.ft.com/content/4d30b0fb-db32-4c22-8ebb-e979520753f9 18:00 Kiev Grim News: Rus Advance Rabotino, Congress Hardens Stance, Hyperinflation Fear; US Isolated Gaza, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBrwRIEoBmc 23:00 News: F*** the EU: Alleged audio of US diplomat Victoria Nuland swearing 35:00 NYT: Talk of a Trump Dictatorship Charges the American Political Debate, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153538 42:00 Trump - dictator? https://www.nytimes.com/20...
Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality (12-7-23)
December 07, 2023 15:39 - 2 hours - 66.7 MB03:00 Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=121464 04:00 JF Gariepy's advice to the new streamer 39:30 How do you develop a good epistemic network? https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/posts 1:00:00 The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins 1:08:00 Communicating facts vs enhancing relationships 1:13:00 Lex Friedman and company should get their needs met through playing Baldur's Gate, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur's_Gate 1:15:30 What is a...
Hamas, Israel And Thinking Along Well-Worn Tracks (12-4-23)
December 05, 2023 11:15 - 17 minutes - 8.17 MBSome people, like me, invite abuse, https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/ The Duran: NATO/EU leaders fear US-Russia negotiations, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nato-eu-leaders-fear-us-russia-negotiations/id1442883993?i=1000637285535 Tim's Message to Joe Rogan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO5q1m2kC00 Tim Heidecker on Bill Maher and Club Random, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pg-DGX-gNtg Seeking the spiritual bypass, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBlCSvaDBU&t=201...
Thousands of Ukrainians Have Died For Biden's Re-Election Prospects (12-4-23)
December 05, 2023 03:41 - 1 hour - 41.1 MB01:00 Some people, like me, invite abuse, https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/ 20:00 Thinking on rails 24:00 The Duran: NATO/EU leaders fear US-Russia negotiations, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nato-eu-leaders-fear-us-russia-negotiations/id1442883993?i=1000637285535 30:45 Tim's Message to Joe Rogan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO5q1m2kC00 33:45 Tim Heidecker on Bill Maher and Club Random, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pg-DGX-gNtg 38: British, American comedy 4...
Discussing Adderall & Audience Capture With Stephen J. James (12-3-23)
December 03, 2023 20:32 - 26 minutes - 12 MBStephen J James joins to discuss Adderall, https://twitter.com/MuskMaximalist My Fourth Day On Adderall, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153449 Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=121464 Full show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xpaLFdGT4&ab_channel=LukeFord https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://lbry.tv/@LukeFord, https://rumble.com/lukeford https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitc...
Men Must Conquer (12-1-23)
December 03, 2023 18:23 - 18 minutes - 8.67 MBSeeking the spiritual bypass, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBlCSvaDBU&t=2016s * Road to recovery: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130767 * Ideas that give me energy: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130933 * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136900 Our Problems Are Not Our Problems, They’re Just Symptoms Of Deeper Problems * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136247 With or without you * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=133894 I’m Dysfunctional, You’re Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help ...
Get Ready For President Tucker (12-3-23)
December 03, 2023 18:09 - 3 hours - 99.6 MB01:00 The new streaming site, Kick: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/technology/kick-streaming-twitch-gambling.html 02:00 The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153489 06:00 Tucker talks to Roseanne Barr, https://rumble.com/v3yp15u-november-29-2023.html 07:45 Tucker has never taken the Covid vaccine 09:30 Tucker doesn't know why he was fired 21:45 Tucker loves tobacco 23:50 Cigarettes are not a sin against the spirit 26:45 My recommended books,...
I Trust You Had An Amazing Thanksgiving! (11 - 28 - 23)
November 30, 2023 13:37 - 23 minutes - 10.6 MBNetwork of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy, https://www.amazon.com/Network-Lies-Donald-American-Democracy/dp/B0C3T94LKN/ The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, https://www.amazon.com/Fall-End-News-Murdoch-Dynasty/dp/B0CGB2LH4P/ https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://rumble.com/lukeford, https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/...
Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy
November 30, 2023 13:37 - 19 minutes - 8.9 MBNetwork of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy, https://www.amazon.com/Network-Lies-Donald-American-Democracy/dp/B0C3T94LKN/ The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, https://www.amazon.com/Fall-End-News-Murdoch-Dynasty/dp/B0CGB2LH4P/ https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://rumble.com/lukeford, https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/...
Rape as a weapon of war in the Arab-Israeli conflict (11-26-23)
November 26, 2023 19:51 - 3 hours - 90.4 MB01:00 My Fourth Day On Adderall, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153449 08:00 Hamas releases 40 hostages 19:30 Who is Defeated in Gaza: Israel or Hamas?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXpg-uwq-vs 50:00 Is The West An Unreliable Ally?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153461 59:00 Rape & The Arab-Israeli Conflict, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153468 1:04:40 Tucker Carlson talks to Glenn Greenwald about free speech, conservatives, Israel, Ukraine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kheIWQ0Qg0 1:19:00 ...
Is this the end of Israel's war in Gaza? (11-23-23)
November 23, 2023 18:04 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB01:00 Life is a spiral staircase, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=17292 08:00 If books could kill podcast, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153431 10:30 John Mearsheimer: U.S. Welcome China Playing a Major Role. Will Russia & China intervene in Gaza?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X37X-Sne5i0 30:00 Richard Spencer predicts that Trump will win in 2024, 35:00 The Duran: Argentina elects Javier Milei. Enter USD, exit BRICS, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/argentina-elects-javier-milei-enter-us...
NYT: Did a Cafe’s Pro-Israel Stance Cause a Staff Revolt? It’s Complicated.
November 23, 2023 12:56 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/nyregion/new-york-coffee-shop-israel.html NYT: The story was two things at once: a display of solidarity but also an illustration of the current divide in a city that is shaped by both its progressive ideals and its Jewish culture. It was irresistible fodder for Instagram and beyond. The Daily Mail wrote about it, as did The Jerusalem Post. A few days later, a first-person essay under Mr. Dahan’s byline was published in The New York Post with the headline: ...
Sad Converts Need To Get Reflexive (11 - 21 - 23)
November 22, 2023 23:07 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBSeeking the spiritual bypass, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBlCSvaDBU&t=2016s * Road to recovery: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130767 * Ideas that give me energy: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=130933 * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136900 Our Problems Are Not Our Problems, They’re Just Symptoms Of Deeper Problems * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136247 With or without you * https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=133894 I’m Dysfunctional, You’re Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help ...
America Primed For A Massive Attack On Iran (11-19-23)
November 19, 2023 17:54 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB01:00 Will US attack Iran? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/us-military-fighting-with-militias-in-the-middle/id1442883993?i=1000634788225 22:00 Peter Zeihan: China-US Relations: What Did Xi and Biden Discuss https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-duran-podcast/id1442883993 26:00 Biden's disastrous press conference 38:00 Stephen J James joins 48:00 Describing Dooovid 58:00 My ADHD diagnosis 1:15:00 SJJ feels robbed by covid from sporting success 1:21:00 Where does SJJ get his self-es...
Ukraine Loses, US Gets Friendly With China (11-12-23)
November 12, 2023 19:15 - 3 hours - 89.1 MB01:00 John Mearsheimer: The US military has overextended itself, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xO6VYyoIs4 03:00 Alexander Mercouris, https://www.youtube.com/@AlexMercouris 06:00 Ukraine War is Finished, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jCx1qEZQcY 19:30 China takes advantage of US over-extension 1:01:00 Gavin Newsome selling off California to China, https://twitter.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1717224966251286540 1:25:00 Why do players still drop the ball before the end zone?, https://www.reddi...
WEHT to Élora Patoine (Mama JF)? (11-10-23)
November 10, 2023 20:20 - 4 hours - 110 MB01:00 Do American Conservatives Want Regime Change? And What Would That Look Like?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153355 02:00 Check Under The Flower Box! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzSm8C0hgqs 06:00 Vouch nationalism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143499 07:00 DB: White Supremacist Vlogger Jean-Francois Gariepy’s Partner Has Been Missing Since June, https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-supremacist-vlogger-jean-francois-gariepys-partner-elora-patoine-has-been-missing-since-june 08:00 Missin...
The incentives driving the Middle East Conflict (11-8-23)
November 08, 2023 21:56 - 2 hours - 59.6 MB01:00 NYT: Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-gaza-war.html 09:45 Israel, Palestine, and America | Robert Wright & Ron Kampeas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0YEUkZE_0 14:10 NYP: Jewish community offers to work shifts to support UES cafe after pro-Palestinian baristas walk out: ‘Think they know everything’, https://nypost.com/2023/11/07/metro/jewish-community-shows-in-droves-to-support-ues-caf...
Historian J. Otto Pohl on the Middle East Conflict (11-6-23)
November 07, 2023 00:56 - 2 hours - 77.8 MB01:00 Who benefits from the Hamas v Israel conflict? 03:00 How much does Russia benefit? 05:00 How much does Iran benefit? 08:00 Who are the most eloquent spokesmen for the Palestinians? 46:20 Azerbijan ethnically cleansed 120,000 Armenians 1:00:00 Working as a school teacher and janitor 1:04:00 Otto's diversity statement, https://jottopohl.substack.com/p/diversity-and-inclusion-statement 1:42:30 When a nation's survival is at stake, it will violate international law 1:58:00 The 48 Laws of ...
I talk to Matt aka 'History Speaks' about the Middle East Conflict (11-5-23)
November 05, 2023 18:21 - 4 hours - 137 MB01:00 My guest for 2.5 hours is a pro-Palestine PhD student in History, https://twitter.com/History__Speaks 3:14:00 John J. Mearsheimer on America's Russaphobia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuhQYs_imyo 3:20:00 Is diplomacy possible in the Hamas-Israeli war? Prof. John Mearsheimer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmxFN_arNv4 3:21:00 Dehumanizing Palestinians provides a rationale for occupying Palestinians 3:22:00 President Harry Truman tries to find a homeland for Jews and to be just to Pa...
Philosopher Nathan Cofnas on DEI & the Middle East Conflict (10-27-23)
October 27, 2023 14:39 - 2 hours - 66.7 MBhttps://twitter.com/nathancofnas https://nathancofnas.com/ https://nathancofnas.com/debate-with-kevin-macdonald/ https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/35/4/four-reasons-why-heterodox-academy-failed https://hxstem.substack.com/p/how-to-take-back-academia https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/us/harvard-students-israel-hamas-doxxing.html https://nypost.com/2023/10/26/news/jewish-students-reveal-what-happened-at-cooper-union-protest/ https://www.thesoulofenterprise.com/tsoe/gilder https://www.expr...
What Is Self-Respect? (10 - 24 - 23)
October 25, 2023 00:57 - 15 minutes - 7.2 MBWellness by Nathan Hill, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153203: "They find a view of the world that agrees with them, a spot that feels safe and secure, and they plant themselves on that spot and don’t move. Because if they did move, their certainty and security and safety in the world would fall apart, and that’s too scary and painful to contemplate. So people prefer their illusions — that the world is definitely a simulation, or that acupuncture is a thing, or that juice cleanses work, or tha...
The Comfort Of Certainty (10 - 24 - 23)
October 25, 2023 00:56 - 18 minutes - 8.31 MBWellness by Nathan Hill, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153203: "They find a view of the world that agrees with them, a spot that feels safe and secure, and they plant themselves on that spot and don’t move. Because if they did move, their certainty and security and safety in the world would fall apart, and that’s too scary and painful to contemplate. So people prefer their illusions — that the world is definitely a simulation, or that acupuncture is a thing, or that juice cleanses work, or tha...
Philosopher Rony Guldmann on the Middle East War II (10-22-23)
October 22, 2023 23:38 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBConservaphobia: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144168 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: The Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia, Part Two, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144294 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: The Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia, Part Three, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144821 REVIEW: The Star Chamber of Stanford: On the Secret Trial and Invisible Persecution of a Stanford Law Fellow, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143937 Stanford Star Chamber, https://lu...
Philosopher Rony Guldmann on Sam Bankman-Fried (10-22-23)
October 22, 2023 23:37 - 14 minutes - 6.48 MBConservaphobia: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144168 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: The Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia, Part Two, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144294 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: The Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia, Part Three, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144821 REVIEW: The Star Chamber of Stanford: On the Secret Trial and Invisible Persecution of a Stanford Law Fellow, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143937 Stanford Star Chamber, https://lu...
Day 16 Of The Israel v Hamas War (10-22-23)
October 22, 2023 17:16 - 2 hours - 81.7 MB01:00 Why did Joe Biden visit Israel? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153185 03:00 Thomas Baden-Riess says he's right 05:00 Failed Islamic Jihad rocket achieves more than successful rocket launches, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/opinion/biden-speech-israel-gaza.html 07:00 The rocket that hit the Hamas hospital, https://www.wsj.com/video/video-analysis-shows-gaza-hospital-hit-by-failed-rocket-meant-for-israel/120A1C22-BA32-418E-8837-BC4141FEFB00.html 11:30 Who's attracted to radicalization...
Joe Biden Sinks The USA Into The Quagmire Of Arab - Israeli Conflict (10 - 19 - 23)
October 20, 2023 11:07 - 20 minutes - 9.37 MBEssay: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153185 Your cynical self might be wondering why Biden is thrusting America into a Middle Eastern tribal war with no vital American interests at stake. That's because you don't realize that every Biden-directed thrust into the world is carefully calibrated and optimized for maximum human flourishing. Biden's using an app that measures the G force of his every stroke into those parts of the world far away from important American interests such as Africa, Ukra...
Joe Biden Optimizes US Foreign Policy For Max Human Flourishing (10 - 19 - 23)
October 20, 2023 01:51 - 12 minutes - 5.68 MBEssay: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153185 Your cynical self might be wondering why Biden is thrusting America into a Middle Eastern tribal war with no vital American interests at stake. That's because you don't realize that every Biden-directed thrust into the world is carefully calibrated and optimized for maximum human flourishing. Biden's using an app that measures the G force of his every stroke into those parts of the world far away from important American interests such as Africa, Ukra...
Israel, Hamas & the Tragedy of Survival (10-15-23)
October 15, 2023 17:15 - 1 hour - 53.3 MB01:00 Land belongs to the people who can seize it and protect it 22:00 Israel, Hamas and Gaza: Q&A w/ Peter Zeihan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxXJOqqNFVM 28:30 George Friedman on Where the Conflict Goes from Here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl34LRjZlBE 31:30 Concepts Illuminate & Obscure Reality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153136 43:30 Sam Vaknin on Russia's incentive to support Hamas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4JeMbNeVfM 1:13:30 Charles Murray: I urge everyone to take a l...
A strong concept can blind you to reality (Israel v Hamas) 10-13-23
October 14, 2023 00:51 - 17 minutes - 7.86 MBIsrael at War | George Friedman on Where the Conflict Goes from Here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl34LRjZlBE Big Jews Little Jews, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=137641 Making Friends, Losing Friends, And Balance Theory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153122 NBC News: Michael Benz, a conservative crusader against online censorship, appears to have a secret history as an alt-right persona, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153009 Israel vs Hamas, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=152992 Hundreds of tho...
Big Jews vs little Jews (10-13-23)
October 14, 2023 00:50 - 5 minutes - 2.33 MBBig Jews Little Jews, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=137641 Jews for Consistency (2-21-15), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=63983 How Does Jewish Nationalism Compare With White Nationalism? (12-5-17), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=119204 Pittsburgh Jews Praised For Faith As They Double Down On Left-Wing Activism (4-23-23), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=147528 Mike, The Mad Dog & The Jews (7-28-17), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=116116 Andrew Joyce & Kevin MacDonald – Beyond Good And Evil (7-24-17), h...
Hamas v Israel, Empathy overload (10-11-23)
October 13, 2023 01:08 - 11 minutes - 5.22 MBNBC News: Michael Benz, a conservative crusader against online censorship, appears to have a secret history as an alt-right persona, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153009 Israel vs Hamas, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=152992 Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children died as a result of American sanctions, https://www.gicj.org/positions-opinons/gicj-positions-and-opinions/1188-razing-the-truth-about-sanctions-against-iraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iraq What Makes A Great Pundi...
Making Friends, Losing Friends, And Balance Theory (10 - 12 - 23)
October 13, 2023 01:07 - 9 minutes - 4.31 MBhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_theory https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153122 I don’t have the normal access to feelings. I fear getting flooded and disabled by empathy, so I usually stay behind a hard cynical exterior and I keep most people at arm’s length. I only confide in a few people. This will sound weird, but I haven’t felt a thing about the attacks on Israel. I think I’m still in shock and I am protecting myself by staying in analytic mode. Despite my lack of emotion, I make fr...
Hamas (Sunni) is not a proxy of Iran (Shia) 10-10-23
October 11, 2023 03:17 - 11 minutes - 5.22 MBNBC News: Michael Benz, a conservative crusader against online censorship, appears to have a secret history as an alt-right persona, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=153009 Israel vs Hamas, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=152992 Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children died as a result of American sanctions, https://www.gicj.org/positions-opinons/gicj-positions-and-opinions/1188-razing-the-truth-about-sanctions-against-iraq What Makes A Great Pundit?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=152961 What Happened...