Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2022-04-26
Books mentioned on Meltdown Over Musk Buying Twitter, and Backlash Against Woke Left, with Douglas Murray | Ep. 308
Megyn Kelly is joined by the brilliant Douglas Murray, author of the new book, "The War on the West," to talk about the liberal meltdown over Elon Musk buying Twitter, Musk standing up for free speech
Douglas Murray recommended Rise of the New Puritans by Noah Rothman, discussed Radical Chic by Tom Wolfe, and criticized How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and White Fragility by Dr. Robin DiAngelo. Megyn Kelly recommended War on the West by Douglas Murray.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Radical Chic
Discussed“it would be the perfect thing to write the modern version of Tom Wolf's classic radical Chic about wouldn't it”
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War on the West
The War on the West by Douglas Murray is a cultural commentary examining contemporary criticisms of Western civilization and the ideological battles shaping modern political discourse in America and Britain.
Recommended“Douglas Murray's latest offering the war on the west how to Prevail in the age of unreason”
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How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X.
Critiqued“as I quote in the book Ibraham X kendi um says in his book how to be an anti-racist which is really a guide for how to be a racist uh he just should have taken the uh anti out of the title and he would have accurately titled his own book”
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White Fragility
White Fragility by Dr.
Critiqued“Robin D'Angelo who wrote White fragility another one of theologizing anti-white books of our time”
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Rise of the New Puritans
Rise of the New Puritans by Noah Rothman is a cultural critique examining how progressives have waged a war on fun and policing speech.
Recommended“Noah Rothman has a good book coming out it's I reviewed it in advance and it's about this from a different vantage point but one of the points he makes is they take Delight in extinguishing Joy uh I think it's the book is called the new Puritans and it comp seen yeah it compares the the woke to the”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he is the bestselling author of seven books including the madness of crowds which he released in 2019”
“his brand new book is out today and it's titled the war on the west how to Prevail in the age of unreason”
“absolutely as you know I wrote about the trans stuff in The Madness of crowds and on and on that still goes sadly”