Two for Tea Podcast
195 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAreo Magazine's Two for Tea podcast is hosted by Iona Italia. For early access to episodes, support us at https://www.patreon.com/twofortea or https://www.patreon.com/areo.
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44 - Salil Tripathi - Journalistic Integrity
December 23, 2019 12:32 - 1 hour - 97 MBFor a comprehensive guide to Salil’s work, see: http://www.saliltripathi.com/Welcome.html Salil’s articles for Mint: https://www.livemint.com/topic/salil-tripathi Salil’s article for Caravan: https://caravanmagazine.in/author/93 Salil’s books can be found here: The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy (2016): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300218184/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0 Detours: Songs of the Open Road (2015): https://www.amazon.c...
43 - Steve Stewart Williams - An Astonishing Ape
December 10, 2019 16:25 - 1 hour - 119 MBFor Steve’s book, Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life: How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Thought You Knew (2012) see: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/darwin-god-and-the-meaning-of-life/A3055F89051D5F4ADE4AFE9473BF0AAB For Steve’s book, The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve (2019) see: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ape-that-understood-the-universe/3448755E3BF801C936343555DA7AECBB Find out more about Steve here: https://www.stevest...
42 - Andy Curran - Diderot, Intellectual Libertine
November 26, 2019 22:06 - 1 hour - 130 MB3:38 What attracted Andy to Diderot? 7:09 Diderot’s radical questioning of political and sexual norms: homosexuality; masturbation; incest fantasies 20:55 “My thoughts are my sluts”—intellectual libertinage 25:44 Diderot’s relationships with women 28:00 Diderot as a playwright 30:24 Religious sexual fantasies 31:00 The Literary Correspondence 31:50 Diderot on painting and on acting 39:15 Samuel Richardson and the new focus on humble people 41:32 La Religieuse (The Nun) 45:12 Diderot on slaver...
41 - Jon Rosen and Ben Burgis - Free Will and Moral Responsibility
November 18, 2019 20:45 - 2 hours - 228 MB6:38 Defining terms: compatibilism, semi-compatibilism, determinism, libertarianism 46:50 Moral responsibility 1:02:30 Reasons responsiveness 1:20:07 Sociopathy and the amydala 1:24:30 The sorites paradox (the paradox of the heap) 1:36:15 What does it mean to have control? 1:52:05 Rights forfeiture theory, criminal punishment and free will 2:29:30 How did the three of us arrive at our respective positions? For the original discussion on Letter, see: https://letter.wiki/conversation/54. For...
40 - Imran Shamsunahar - Troubled Tropical Powerhouse: Malaysia’s Past, Present and Future
November 10, 2019 13:17 - 1 hour - 97.8 MB2:13 General information about Malaysia: history, politics, economics 4:36 Demographics and religion 8:03 Malaysian independence 9:15 The history of Malaysian party politics since independence 10:10 The evolution of Malay nationalism and the rise of Islamist politics 15:06 Anwar Ibrahim 16:21 Sodomy laws and gay rights in Malaysia 17:38 The decriminalisation of homosexuality in India 20:18 Changes to Islam within Malaysia: from tropical Islam to a more austere & authoritarian form 27:05 The...
39 - Eric Kaufmann - Fight, Flee, Repress or Join: Facing the Mixed Race Future
October 07, 2019 21:25 - 1 hour - 113 MBTimestamps 3:50 Eric argues that people’s feelings about immigration aren’t linked to economic anxiety 4:42 Brexit/Trump/populist right support isn’t linked to social class. What does predict this? 7:44 Psychological dimensions of conservative attitudes: is it reactionary? Retrograde or just nostalgic? 13:21 The Islam factor 24:52 Four white majority responses to immigration change: fight, flee, repress & join. 25:24 The fight response 25:38 The flee response: white flight from minority ne...
38 - David Sloan Wilson - The Evolutionary View of Life
September 18, 2019 22:46 - 1 hour - 96.5 MB2:07 Evolutionary theory as a comprehensive way of looking at life 7:20 Evolutionary theory and English literature 11:52 Gene-centric evolutionary theory versus the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis 15:50 Looking at learning and management from an evolutionary standpoint: Toyota 17:07 How a knowledge of evolution can influence public policy 25:40 An evolutionary view of psychotherapy 27:00 Multi-level selection theory. Application to cancer therapies. 28:20 How chicken farming illustrates gro...
37 - Rahmaan “Roc” Mwongozi - Overcoming Our Inner Demons
September 09, 2019 20:14 - 1 hour - 142 MB3:20 Roc’s name 9:00 Childhood and adolescence 28:28 College 31:20 Race and social circles 35:42 “Conservative” ideals which are actually commonsense ideals 37:00 The black community 38:50 Compassion and resilience 43:05 Privilege 48:30 Money, success, winning at the system 53:30 Growing up in the analogue world; living in the digital one 1:09:47 On speaking “for” your community 1:17:25 Shared goals 1:13:34 Science fiction Roc’s book, Inner Demons: Blazing a Path to Happiness (2018), can be ...
36 - Claire Graham - Intersex Issues
August 28, 2019 13:39 - 1 hour - 102 MB1:27 Defining intersex—how common is it?; different types 8:06 Intersex versus trans 12:20 What does it mean to be assigned the “wrong” sex at birth? 25:03 Is sex a spectrum? 30:33 Hermaphrodites 32:33 The condition MRKH and Claire’s own experiences being diagnosed 38:20 CAIS (complete androgen insensitivity syndrome); past approaches to intersex people and more recent changes 47:10 Claire’s Twitter ban; trans activists and intersex people 1:07:40 Some misconceptions about intersex people Yo...
35 - Dayne and Clyde Rathbone - Letter: Changing the Nature of Online Conversations
August 04, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB2:42 Dayne and Clyde’s backgrounds and why they decided to found Letter 10:50 What is Letter? How does the form nudge us towards more worthwhile forms of exchange. 16:16 How to avoid trolls and call-out culture on a platform. 27:00 How certain technologies facilitate and encourage certain types of use 34:02 The advantage of having a discussion in written form 37:20 Twitter 42:02 Time well spent 44:12 Addiction, unitasking and focus; longer term value 51:19 Connection 58:38 Long-term goals and...
34 - Jamie Woodhouse - Sentientism
July 27, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 92.1 MB25:04 Can we derive moral values from reason? 27:30 Veganism 42:20 The nature of sentience 53:20 AI 59:50 Humans versus non-humans 1:03:50 Cognitive dissonance in everyday life 1:08:20 Are the lives of endangered animals worth more? Is there a value to things even when humans can’t experience them? 1:17:20 Potential problems with sentientism 1:30:02 Humanists and their responses to sentientism Jamie would love to hear your questions or feedback about Sentientism on Twitter at @jamiewoodhouse...
33 - Melissa Chen - Toward a New Arab Enlightenment
July 21, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB4:06 Melissa’s Methodist upbringing in Singapore 8:49 Press censorship in Singapore; Singapore society in general 14:30 Why Melissa decided to come and study in the US; her studies in genetics (transcriptomics) 21:50 Her meeting with Faisal al Mutar 24:10 Their secular humanists Facebook page 27:55 On the right way to make tea 35:00 Melissa’s early work with Faisal 36:30 Ideas Beyond Borders 49:45 Literacy in the MENA region 51:55 Bringing a new Enlightenment to the Arab world 1:06:30 The boo...
32 - Oliver Traldi and Victor Rivera - Philosophy, Postmodernism and Types of Meaning
July 04, 2019 18:55 - 1 hour - 86.3 MB3:40 Chapo Trap House and the phenomenon of internet trolling 8:34 Jordan Peterson 38:01 Postmodernism versus analytic philosophy 40:10 The difference between the new critical theorists and the classic postmodernists 43:56 The implications of this for literary criticism 50:19 Baudrillard—Oliver's favourite postmodernist 51:33 Why postmodernism isn't neo-Marxist 55:35 Complicity and trolling 1:07:30 Free speech, social media and content moderation 1:27:52 Should Oliver celebrate things more an...
31 - Sohail Ahmad - Ahmadis: Islam’s Peaceful, Persecuted, Patriarchal Proselytisers
June 27, 2019 00:36 - 1 hour - 83.8 MB24:11 Should we continue to criticise Islam in the age of Trump or is white nationalism and, in India, Hindutva now a greater threat? 31:13 The close-knit Ahmadi community & the pressures it brings. Sexual segregation. Rules about marriage. Double standards for Ahmadi women. 36:31 Homosexuality in Ahmaddiyat 38:24 Proselytisation 39:48 Raising children within a religion 41:42 Ahmadis in the Western media: contradictions and hypocrises 49:12 Should we respect religion? 51:07 Our overemphasis ...
30 - Will Storr - The Psychology of Stories
June 20, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 77.5 MB5:20 How to begin a story with a moment of unexpected change 5:58 Evolutionary psychology and storytelling 11:46 Status 16:38 Anti-heroes 24:31 Three routes into story: milieu, what if and argument 28:05 The problem with recipes for storytelling 30:01 The broken protagonist 38:37 Loss of control 50:20 What psychology teaches us about stories and vice versa 53:23 Plot-driven versus character-driven novels 57:08 The novel and the advent of human rights 1:00:18 The idea of the ‘trashy’ novel 1:0...
29 - Jay Shapiro - Discarding Old Gods and Inventing New
June 12, 2019 20:32 - 1 hour - 92.3 MB2:46 Jay’s film Islam and the Future of Tolerance 7:03 Why Jay became a documentary filmmaker 10:05 Why Jay chose to film Sam Harris & Maajid’s Nawaz’s book, Islam and the Future of Tolerance 19:01 Three different mindsets: political, philosophical, psychological 28:00 How responsible is a writer for the way in which he or she is interpreted? 38:24 Different types of Muslims 45:19 Reform versus apostasy 49:16 The problem with Islam 54:19 Who is Maajid Nawaz most skilled at reaching? 56:53 Wha...
28 - Armin Navabi - The Battle for Iran
May 26, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBTimestamps: 3:45 Armin’s upbringing in Iran 9:05 Armin’s fear of hell and how it drove him to attempt suicide 18:29 How seriously do people generally take religion? 21:32 Sex and religion 23:33 The true costs of religion 25:42 Armin loses his faith 28:27 Opposition to theocracy in Iran 32:03 Iranian ethnonationalists; Zoroastrianism 52:33 The MEK 56:12 The monarchists 01:02:03 Secular democrats 01:02:49 Ethnic minority groups in Iran 01:04:03 People with economic grievances 01:04:50 Conflic...
27 - Benjamin Boyce - Social Justice and the Evergreen Debacle
May 19, 2019 11:00 - 2 hours - 126 MB4:18 The Evergreen system of education & why it appealed to Benjamin 10:45 Benjamin’s introduction to intersectionality and the supposed ubiquity of white male privilege 14:35 The confrontation between Nicholas Christakis and the Yale students 17:26 Social justice v. mob justice 19:56 Student fragility and the empowering of the administration. 22:09 The Evergreen protests 35:12 The sloganising of thought 39:07 Naima Lowe and her line of argument 45:37 The library meeting 46:55 What is the na...
26 - Matt McManus - Conservatism from Burke to Ben Shapiro
May 12, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB2:24 How Matt became interested in the history of conservative thought 4:00 What characterises a classic conservative tradition 4:27 Facts do care about your feelings: the conservative tradition and the role of emotion 8:46 How living in postmodernity affects conservative thought 17:35 Changes in conservative thought resulting from greater globalisation and economic insecurity 17:40 Conservative identity politics 24:40 Conservative thought and the question of meaning 27:04 The right’s posturi...
25 - Nicholas Christakis - A Blueprint for Universal Liberal Humanism
May 05, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB4:54 Universals that we express between ourselves 6:06 The social suite 10:06 Fiction, empathy & social learning 14:20 Qualities we share with other animals 16:24: Groups, in-group bias, co-operation (at 23:28 Helen interjects to talk about intersectionality) 31:37 Would aliens visiting us be friendly? 37:15 AI 40:01 Why isn’t Earth a dystopia? 43:09 The decline in poverty worldwide 44:55 Steven Pinker’s approach v. Nicholas’ approach 45:58 Are people really happier? What about meaning? 50:3...
24 - Joe Yang - A Liminal Space Between Sex and Art: The Culture of Argentine Tango
April 28, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 88.3 MB3:45 misconceptions about Argentine tango 5:30 differences between ballroom, stage and social tango 12:51 how Joe discovered tango 17:35 the addictive quality of tango 18:14 Extract from my book. “My favourite Californian.” 22:11 the tango embrace 24:00 the experience of the traditional milonga (tango dance night) 31:40 how do you reject a request for a dance? 35:20 “Emotional investment and tango.” A piece I wrote about the emotional highs and lows of dancing tango. 41:29 what characterizes ...
23 - Bridget Phetasy - The Right to Hyperbole: Addictions, Emotions, Comedy and Sex
April 21, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 86.2 MB2:00 Addiction to alcohol, sugar etc. Is there an addictive personality? 22:38 The nature of comedy. 29:00 Twitter and freedom of speech 34:00 (roughly) Dealing with critics 45:00 Victimhood culture and the cultivation of vulnerability; trauma and PTSD 53:00 Intersectionality 55:37 Sex! 1:00:00 Men & masculinity 1:09 Consent 1:16 Hostility towards freelancers 1:20 On being hated You can find Bridget’s podcast, Walk-Ins Welcome here and on most reputable (& some disreputable) podcast apps: h...
22 - Heather Heying - Seeing Ourselves as Part of Nature
March 31, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 86 MBYou can follow Heather on Twitter @HeatherEHeying. You can find a copy of Heather’s book "Antipode: Seasons with the Extraordinary Wildlife and Culture of Madagascar" here: https://www.amazon.com/Antipode-Seasons-Extraordinary-Wildlife-Madagascar/dp/0312281528. 2:15 How and why Heather developed a passion for evolutionary biology 9:20 Why Heather chose a teaching-centred career over research 12:07 Iona reads a passage from Heather’s book Antipode 14:14 More about Madagascar 17:30 Higher edu...
21 - Cathy Young - Finding Nuance: Sex Differences, Anti-Semitism & Israel
March 17, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 89.9 MB2:54 Differences between women and men: socialised or determined? Some hypocrises and contradictions. 12:05 Female intrasexual competition: is it exaggerated? 18:14 Debunked evolutionary theories 19:21 Systematising v. empathising 31:39 How do people feel about female politicians? 36:50 Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump 47:00 Anti-Semitism versus criticism of Israel You can find Cathy Young’s work for Arc Digital here: https://arcdigital.media/@CathyYoung63 For Reason: https://reason.com/peopl...
20 - Tamara Brouwer - Vrij Links: The Dutch Liberal Left
March 10, 2019 15:00 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MB1:50 What is Vrij Links? 4:00 How does the left differ in the Netherlands from elsewhere in the West? 8:00 The difficulties of criticising religion and, in particular, Islam. 9:31 Shirin Musa (@ShirinMusa) and her organisation Femmes for Freedom and the dilemmas faced by liberal and secular Muslims and ex-Muslims. 13:21 Faith schools 17:16 Housing issues 18:35 What factors influence whether Muslim immigrants are more liberal or more conservative? 32:41 Climate change 37:32 Anti-Semiti...
19 - John R. Wood Jr - Bridging Gaps of Politics and Race
March 03, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 126 MB1:31 John’s multiracial, bipartisan family background 14:06 John’s work with Better Angels 18:57 The experience of taking one of John’s Red–Blue Workshops 27:20 A tale of cross-cultural friendship 30:22 Political divisions among African-Americans 38:40 Reasons for African-American societal disadvantages 41:35 People as individuals versus people in groups 53:51 Is it useful to talk about race? Plus, some funny confusions that arise from being mixed race. 1:18:00 “Microaggressions”—what are you...
18 - Josh Szeps - Our Relationship With the Media
February 24, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 95.5 MB5:20 The changes Josh has witnessed since he began working in media 6:15 The loss of consensus 7:19 Twitter 11:28 The modern equivalent of the coffee house or public square 14:55 New media and Huffpost Live 18:51 Contrarianism versus trollery 24:29 The pace of media 31:04 Self-censorship and cancel culture 32:28 The kind of engagement social media rewards 35:51 The Intellectual Dark Web 52:19 Free speech—its uses and abuses You can subscribe to Josh Szeps' podcast here or at most good podcas...
17 - Will Storr - The Cult of Self-Esteem
February 17, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 115 MB7:02 Derren Brown’s book Happy 7:50 The positive thinking movement 9:18 The concept of the self from the ancient Greeks to Margaret Thatcher 22:33 Suicide 23:42 Being a Westerner at different points in history from the Medieval monasteries to Silicon Valley 25:11 “The Death of a Dreamer”: the story of Austen Heinz 36:37 Social perfectionism 43:26 Likeability 45:51 Self-loathing 50:06 Cognitive behavioural therapy, Adlerian psychology & other approaches 58:07 Connection versus status 1:03:33 ...
16 - Jeffrey Sachs - Free Speech and the Social Justice Left
February 03, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 166 MB2:12 Is the free speech crisis on campus over? 4:34 What is deplatforming? 11:06 Should there be a right to debate? 22:07 Have things really got better over the past year and if so why? 25:47 The polarisation of US politics following Trump’s election 31:42 Inflammatory speakers, trolling & outrage culture 32:27 Victimhood culture 55:24 Microaggressions 1:07:32 Over- and underestimating racism 1:09:18 The Covington Catholic affair 1:24:34 Identity politics 1:29:42 The gay rights movement 1:35:...
15 - Rohit Chopra and Rohini Mohan - Hindu Ethnonationalism
January 27, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 165 MB6:41 The difference between Hinduism and Hindutva 12:55 How is ethnonationalist militancy compatible with Hinduism? 19:42 Buddhism and violence 23:24 The RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) 26:27 What ethnonationalist groups have in common 31:04 The caste system 54:16 Arranged marriage in India 58:04 Hypocrises of Indians living in the US 59:17 Violence in the media 1:00:43 More on arranged marriage 1:06:38 Modi & his government 1:08:21 Babri Masjid 1:20:51 Yogi Adityanath 1:33:09 Indian secula...
14 - William Buckner and Cody Moser - Sex, Violence and Our Evolutionary Heritage
January 20, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 155 MB1:43 The different evolutionary social sciences 7:25 Are humans a naturally promiscuous or polyamorous species? 11:42 The design of the human penis 23:17 Polygamy 32:33 The eating habits of hunter-gatherers 40:55 Has violence declined since prehistoric times? 51:07 Is there anything positive about the human propensity towards violence? 56:12 Male control over female mate choice & its evolutionary implications 1:01:15 Penis size 1:03:33 How important is intrasexual competition? 1:04:49 Jordan ...
13 - Brian D. Earp - In Defence of the Foreskin
January 13, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 163 MB01:52 The history of secular circumcision, beginning in the Victorian era with the anti-masturbation campaign 6:20 Extract from a medical case study on a masturbator. 9:10 Shift from concerns about masturbation to concerns about STDs in the 1960s. 12:13 Why Brian dislikes the term genital mutilation. 19:02 Sensitivity 26:00 The Hippocratic oath 30:23 African men & the HIV study 33:37 The hygiene argument 36:42 The World Health Organisation 39:49 Ali Rizvi on why prophylaxis is not a good argu...
12 - Thomas Chatterton Williams - Unlearning Race
January 06, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 115 MB1:52 Why Thomas doesn’t use the term mixed race 10:21 Perception that being brown/black is synonymous with oppression 15:08 Whiteness 16:12 Skin colour inheritance 20:35 The importance of representation; links between race and class 27:44 Hip hop as performative blackness 33:40 “Acting white” 34:48 Mixed race identity as an opportunity 37:15 The yearning for belonging 40:05 Adrian Piper 42:15 Ancestral guilt and ‘worshipping the wound’ 50:47 The rejection of optimism 53:07 What prompted Thoma...
11 - Gita Jaisinghani - The MeToo Movement
December 09, 2018 14:00 - 1 hour - 136 MB2:56 Gita’s work as a trainer preventing workplace sexual harassment 4:17 The low proportion of women in Indian workplaces 17:54 Gender sensitisation training 20:24 The importance of openness 33:12 The Me Too movement in America 48:10 Me Too in India; the case at SRM University in Tamil Nadu 58:31 Consent complications 1:05:00 Legal ramifications in India 1:15:27 George Takei clears his name 1:23:32 Title IX 1:31:02 How the Indian situation might develop in the future In this episode, I disc...
10 - Amy Alkon - Living with Guts and Confidence
December 03, 2018 01:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MB6:33 Action is character 8:29 Impersonate the person you want to be 11:51 Confidence is domain specific 14:15 Advice for dating situations 18:25 Shame as a tool 22:48 The power of being inauthentic 25:28 Standing up to bullies 31:00 Advice for shy guys 33:05 The process of becoming more confident and some of the setback you will face You can find Amy Alkon's "science-help column" here: https://www.creators.com/features/advice-goddess-amy-alkon Follow Amy on Twitter at @amyalkon. And you...
09 - Razib Khan - Caste, Colour, Geography and Genes
November 25, 2018 12:00 - 2 hours - 234 MB2:06 What genetics can tell us about ancient and more recent Indian history 12:37 Caste and genetics 22:14 Hindu ethnonationalists and the out of India theory 29:21 How conflicts between different peoples can lead to the development of mythologies 40:56 The Indus Valley civilisation and its conflicts with other groups 45:39 Barbarians and citizens, tribes and states 53:21 The caste system 1:12:55 Skin colour 1:49:24 Telling people apart 1:52:50 Colouring more generally 2:04:27 Growing up str...
08 - Ali Rizvi - From Religion to Reason
November 18, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 120 MB2:48 What does it mean to be an “atheist Muslim”? 6:42 Different aspects of religion: tradition/ritual/belonging versus ideology and belief 11:25 Mild apostasy versus transformative apostasy 13:55 New atheism 18:37 On not staying in your lane 20:06 Raif Badawi 22:14 Criticising Islam without anti-Muslim bigotry. 26:14 Twitter 28:09 Reformers 30:08 More on Twitter 31:18 Offence and blasphemy 33:18 Different types of effective speech for different audiences 37:10 Different kinds of Muslims 42:...
07 - Stephen Knight and Iram Ramzan - Religion in the UK
November 10, 2018 16:14 - 2 hours - 174 MBFurther References https://onelawforall.org.uk/ Douglas Murray, The Strange Death of Europe (2017) Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014) Will Declining Monogamy Lead to an Increase in Violence? - Areo: https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/10/will-declining-monogamy-lead-to-an-increase-in-violence/ Argument Clinic - Monty Python's Flying Circus: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqn9 Razib Khan on the history of caste in India: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapod...
07 - Stephen Knight and Iram Ramzan
November 10, 2018 16:14 - 2 hours - 174 MBFurther References https://onelawforall.org.uk/ Douglas Murray, The Strange Death of Europe (2017) Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2014) Will Declining Monogamy Lead to an Increase in Violence? - Areo: https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/10/will-declining-monogamy-lead-to-an-increase-in-violence/ Argument Clinic - Monty Python's Flying Circus: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqn9 Razib Khan on the history of caste in India: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapod...
06 - Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff -- The Coddling of the American Mind
November 02, 2018 19:13 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBYou can find Jon and Greg’s book here: https://www.thecoddling.com/ Jon’s book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012) can be found here: https://righteousmind.com/ For more on FIRE: https://www.thefire.org/ Greg’s book Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate (2012) can be found here: http://www.unlearningliberty.com/ Timestamps 1:44 How campus culture has changed since 2011.
06 - Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
November 02, 2018 19:13 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBFor a bibliography of Jonathan Haidt's work, visit https://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Haidt/e/B001H6GAXW . For Greg Lukianoff's work, visit https://www.amazon.com/Greg-Lukianoff/e/B008VFY3M2 . You can find out more about Greg's organisation, FIRE, at https://www.thefire.org/ and about Heterodox Academy at https://heterodoxacademy.org/ . My review of Jon & Greg's book The Coddling of the American Mind is here: https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/26/good-intentions-gone-awry-jonathan-haidt-an...
04 - Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning - Victimhood Culture
October 06, 2018 19:46 - 1 hour - 92.4 MB1:39 From honour culture, through dignity culture, to victimhood culture 7:26 When did Bradley and Jason first become aware of the shift in culture 9:27 Microaggressions 14:30 Standpoint theory and identity politics 18:30 How campus culture has changed 23:39 The spillover into larger society 27:00 Has this brought any positive developments? 33:38 Campbell and Manning’s theoretical and philosophical background 36:31 Diversity training 40:00 Privilege 43:25 Spillover into personal relationships...
03 - Jesse Singal - Covering the Trans Beat
September 23, 2018 04:06 - 1 hour - 37.2 MB1:23 How Jesse first became interested in trans issues and how his views have evolved 19:00 The N-word 24:09 Trans children 30:42 Puberty blockers 40:16 Non-binary people 46:00 How and why Jesse has fallen foul of some trans activists 50:01 Jesse’s upcoming book on the replication crisis Jesse’s writing for New York Magazine can be found here: http://nymag.com/author/jesse-singal/ Especially relevant articles: https://www.thecut.com/2016/02/fight-over-trans-kids-got-a-researcher-fired.html...
02 - Sarah Haider - Separating Ideas from People
September 09, 2018 07:57 - 1 hour - 131 MBTea for Two: A podcast about politics, culture and society and about how everyone is wrong except us. With Iona Italia, Helen Pluckrose and guests. Episode 2: Sarah Haider More on Sarah's organisation, Ex Muslims of North America, can be found here: http://exmuslims.org. You can follow Sarah Haider on Twitter, https://www.twitter.com/SarahTheHaider. You'll also find her published articles in the online magazine, Free Inquiry. Sarah's talks have been featured on YouTube. This podcast has ...
Helen Pluckrose and Iona Italia—Why Everyone is Wrong, Except for Us
July 20, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 171 MBTea for Two: A podcast about politics, culture and society and about how everyone is wrong except us. With Iona Italia, Helen Pluckrose and guests. Episode 1: Introduction to our podcast. 0:00. Our backgrounds and how we came to hold our current ideas of secularism & universal liberalism 10:27 A summary of my political views—Iona 14:00 Why we dislike the concept of privilege 19:07 Universal liberalism: strengths and shortcomings—Helen 23:31 The social justice left approach versus the univer...