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Ep 6: Was OpenAI Killed by Its Optimism?
What did the Buffy Sainte-Marie documentary leave out in the quest for a clean story? Why are some mental health treatments for teens backfiring…
On the Arrival of Silver Hair
For a discussion of this essay, check out Hot Take Think Tank episode six. Every morning, I turn the trifold bathroom mirror inward so that it surrounds…
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Ep 5: The Right-Wing Intellectuals Resurrecting Fascism
Listen now | Did social media kill journalism, or did readers? Why is Canada's biggest bookstore chain floundering? Plus: a peek into the love lives of…
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Shared Identity Does Not Create Safety or Connection
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Confessions of a Former SJW
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Why We Need to Stop Romanticizing Illness
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Why I Left Social Justice
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Leaving Wokeworld, Finding Hope
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Moralising Desire Is a Mistake
Within queer circles, it is not uncommon to hear people say that desire is political, that you should expand your desires, and that not doing so makes…
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Ep 4: Why are Canada’s drug prices as much as 90% higher than they could be?
Listen now | Is life a battle between light and dark, psychologically speaking? How has America’s conception of race changed over time? And why is it…
Dear Americans: Healthcare Is Not a Privilege
Wellness gurus will not save you.
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Ep 3: Racial Roles in Social Justice Culture Suck for Everyone
Listen now | What caused NYC’s Airbnb ban? Could betting markets help weed out disinformation? Has fabricating trauma for entertainment become more…
Racial Roles in Social Justice Culture
Reducing people to their race is not progressive.
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Review: How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement, by Fredrik DeBoer
This book offers a clear-eyed examination of how recent social justice movements have failed to create lasting material change, before laying out a…
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Ep 2: What Happens When You Give Homeless People $7500?
Listen now | Are perverse incentives affecting climate science research? How are diversity consultants helping to bust unions? And why did Silicon…
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What Happens When Activist Goals Become Mainstream Norms?
How bosses are using social justice tools against workers.
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Ep 1: State-Funded Social Media & Ex Spoonie Thought Crimes
Plus: sticker shock and unions on the rise.
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