Books Mentioned in This Podcast
We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonMy new book, 'We Who Wrestle With God,' contributes to this effort, and over the next year, we'll see how it continues to evolve.
Episode: A Look Back at 2024 | EP 510
We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonIt looks like I have new book deals in progress for the next two books, including a continuation of the arguments I started with 'We Who Wrestle With God,' focusing on the story of Job and the Gospels, similar to the Gospel seminar at Daily Wire.
Episode: A Look Back at 2024 | EP 510
The Brothers Karamazov
Buy on AmazonI'll give you an example: so in The Brothers Karamazov, the hero is a novice named Alyosha, and he's contrasted with Ivan. Alyosha is a very good person, but he's not an intellectual and his arguments aren't as tightly formulated and pointed as they might be.
Episode: Retelling the Greatest Story Ever Told | Dallas Jenkins | EP 509
How to Be an Antiracist
Buy on AmazonAnd for race, we used passages from Kendi’s How To Be an Anti-Racist and from D’Angelo’s White Fragility; these books are widely required throughout colleges.
Episode: When Anti-Racism Becomes Racism | Lee Jussim | EP 507
Laptop from Hell
Buy on AmazonNow I read the Biden laptop book, Miranda Devine's book, 'Laptop from Hell,' and the Bidens have been making excuses for Hunter of the sort that a relatively unsophisticated, dependency-enabling parent could make with some justification the first time their 14-year-old son committed a juvenile offense.
We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonThe tour deals with the issues I raised in my new book, which came out on November 19th.
Episode: Europe Imploding | Andrew Doyle & Graham Linehan | EP 506
We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonIt's called 'We Who Wrestle With God,' and in that book, I take apart a sequence of Old Testament stories and explain at least part of what they mean, as far as I'm concerned.
Episode: Europe Imploding | Andrew Doyle & Graham Linehan | EP 506
Cato
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Episode: Europe Imploding | Andrew Doyle & Graham Linehan | EP 506
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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Episode: Europe Imploding | Andrew Doyle & Graham Linehan | EP 506
Les Misérables
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Episode: Europe Imploding | Andrew Doyle & Graham Linehan | EP 506
Your erroneous zones
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Episode: One Woman’s War on P*rnhub | Laila Mickelwait | EP 503
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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Episode: One Woman’s War on P*rnhub | Laila Mickelwait | EP 503
Expressly Human
Buy on AmazonToday, I had the opportunity to talk to Mark Changizi, who is the author of the book 'Expressly Human' and several other titles. I wanted to talk to Mark for two reasons: first, because we share an interest in evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology, particularly with respect to perception, emotion, language, and mass group behavior.
Episode: Angry and Red: Color as Emotion | Mark Changizi | EP 502
The meaning of conservatism
Buy on AmazonAnd then we end that course with a contemporary version of conservatism, Roger Scruton's 'Meaning of Conservatism,' which came out a few years before he died.
Episode: Reality and the Philosophical Framing of the Truth | Dr. Stephen Hicks | EP 501
We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonSo my wife and I are going back out on tour for my new book, 'We Who Wrestle with God.' I'm going to be walking through a variety of biblical stories.
Episode: Episode 500: What a Long Strange Trip it's Been | Dave Rubin
The Selfish Gene
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Episode: Episode 500: What a Long Strange Trip it's Been | Dave Rubin
12 Rules for Life
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Episode: Episode 500: What a Long Strange Trip it's Been | Dave Rubin
We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonI have this new book coming out called 'We Who Wrestle with God,' and one of the stories that I deal with in that book is the story of Abraham. Yeah, so I want to just delve into that a bit in relationship to identity, and I want you to tell me what you think about this.
Episode: The Jesus Revolution: The Real Thing | Greg Laurie | EP 499
Johann Gutenberg and his Bible
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Episode: Is Brazil on Path to Become Cuba? | Eduardo Bolsonaro | EP 498
Lament for a nation
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Episode: Alberta vs Ottawa: A New Vision of Health | Minister Dan Williams | EP 497
Commentary on the British North America Act
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Episode: Alberta vs Ottawa: A New Vision of Health | Minister Dan Williams | EP 497
Maps of Meaning
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We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonI just got this today; this is coming out November 19th: We Who Wrestle with God.
We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonSo in 'We Who Wrestle with God,' I take apart this story of Adam and Eve in more depth than I've managed previously, delving into the notion that the fundamental sin of both Adam and Eve is one of pride, right?
Laptop from Hell
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Episode: The CIA, Corruption, and the Biden Heirs | Miranda Devine | Ep 495
Laptop from Hell
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Episode: The CIA, Corruption, and the Biden Heirs | Miranda Devine | Ep 495
Laptop from Hell
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Episode: The CIA, Corruption, and the Biden Heirs | Miranda Devine | Ep 495
Laptop from Hell
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Episode: The CIA, Corruption, and the Biden Heirs | Miranda Devine | Ep 495
Laptop from Hell
Buy on AmazonThere is some evidence on the laptop that I mentioned in the first book that Hunter Biden was funding Joe Biden—he was paying some of his bills for the sort of maintenance and upkeep of his estate in Delaware, things like a painting and putting in a retaining wall and new air conditioning in a cottage on the grounds, new shutters.
Episode: The CIA, Corruption, and the Biden Heirs | Miranda Devine | Ep 495
Irreversible Damage
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Episode: Trans Worship and Child Sacrifice: The New Paganism | Dr. Jared Ross | EP 494
We Who Wrestle with God
Buy on AmazonSo, my wife and I are going back out on tour for my new book, "We Who Wrestle with God."
Episode: Trudeau, Women, & Minorities: the Brutal Reality | Celina Caesar-Chavannes | EP 493
Hillbilly Elegy
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Episode: A Psychological Analysis of Trump’s Personality by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | EP 492
Hillbilly Elegy
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Episode: A Psychological Analysis of Trump’s Personality by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | EP 492
The Sacred and the Profane
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Episode: Dawkins vs Peterson: Memes & Archetypes | Alex O’Connor Moderates | EP 491
The Origins and History of Consciousness
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Episode: Dawkins vs Peterson: Memes & Archetypes | Alex O’Connor Moderates | EP 491
Irreversible Damage
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Episode: Bringing Woke Capitalism to a Shuddering Halt | Robby Starbuck | EP 490
Light of the Mind, Light of the World
Buy on AmazonThe more proximal reason for speaking with Spencer today was that he has a new book coming out called Light of the Mind, Light of the World, which is available in mid-October 2024.
Episode: Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith | Spencer Klavan | EP 489
Light of the Mind, Light of the World
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Episode: Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith | Spencer Klavan | EP 489
Light of the Mind, Light of the World
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Episode: Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith | Spencer Klavan | EP 489
Light of the Mind, Light of the World
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Episode: Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith | Spencer Klavan | EP 489
Light of the Mind, Light of the World
Buy on AmazonAnd in fact, Pierre-Simon Laplace, who was Newton's greatest interpreter in France, who took Newtonian mechanics and applied it marvelously to astrophysics, is, if there is a villain of my book, for instance, it's Pierre-Simon Laplace.
Episode: Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith | Spencer Klavan | EP 489
Invisible Man
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Episode: How Foreign States Are Controlling Your Mind | Gregg Hurwitz | EP 488
A Brief History of Time
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Episode: The Intersection of Science and Meaning | Dr. Brian Greene | EP 486
The Selfish Gene
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Episode: Woodstock for the Adventurous and Responsible | Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying | EP 483
Lord of Light
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Episode: The Meaning Crisis: Resolution | Dr. John Vervaeke | EP 482
Братья Карамазовы
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Episode: The Meaning Crisis: Resolution | Dr. John Vervaeke | EP 482
Heart of Darkness
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Episode: The Meaning Crisis: Resolution | Dr. John Vervaeke | EP 482
Tod in Venedig
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Episode: The Meaning Crisis: Resolution | Dr. John Vervaeke | EP 482
La Peste
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Episode: The Meaning Crisis: Resolution | Dr. John Vervaeke | EP 482
New Science of Narcissism
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Episode: The Psychology Behind "Nice Guys Finish Last" | Keith Campbell | EP 480
New Science of Narcissism
Buy on AmazonSo that's how much scientific work he's done; it's a lot—and several books, including 'The New Science of Narcissism' and 'Professor OCEAN from The Big Five: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism'.
Episode: The Psychology Behind "Nice Guys Finish Last" | Keith Campbell | EP 480
Complete Books Of Enoch 1 Enoch First Book Of Enoch 2 Enoch Secrets Of Enoch 3 Enoch Hebrew Book Of Enoch
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Episode: The Psychology Behind "Nice Guys Finish Last" | Keith Campbell | EP 480
Genesis And Exodus
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Episode: Stopping the Socialist Trainwreck in British Columbia | John Rustad | EP 477
End of Race Politics
Buy on AmazonColeman has written a new book published in 2024 called 'The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,' in which he lays out his case for a return to the classic civil rights attitude of the 1950s and early 1960s.
Episode: Why “Anti-Racism” Is the Worst Form of Racism | Coleman Hughes | EP 474
End of Race Politics
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Episode: Why “Anti-Racism” Is the Worst Form of Racism | Coleman Hughes | EP 474
The Quest for Cosmic Justice
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Episode: Why “Anti-Racism” Is the Worst Form of Racism | Coleman Hughes | EP 474
The Pilgrim's Progress
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Episode: A Call to the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose | Douglas Murray | EP 472
The Strange Death of Europe
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Episode: A Call to the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose | Douglas Murray | EP 472
The Madness of Crowds
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Episode: A Call to the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose | Douglas Murray | EP 472
The Pilgrim's Progress
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Episode: A Call to the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose | Douglas Murray | EP 472
The Pilgrim's Progress
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Episode: A Call to the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose | Douglas Murray | EP 472
The Strange Death of Europe
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Episode: A Call to the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose | Douglas Murray | EP 472
The strange death of Europe
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Episode: A Call to the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose | Douglas Murray | EP 472
The Pilgrim's Progress
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Episode: A Call to the Sane - Beauty, Truth, & Purpose | Douglas Murray | EP 472
Le avventure di Pinocchio
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Episode: The Psychology of Pinocchio | EP 254
Maps of Meaning
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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Bonhoeffer
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Bonhoeffer
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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The cost of discipleship
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Bonhoeffer
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Letter to the American Church
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Letter to the American Church
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The Abolition of Man
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Episode: One Of The Deepest Conversations You Will Listen To About God | Dr. John Lennox | EP 394
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Raised by Thetans in a Galactic Gulag | Aaron Smith-Levin | EP 413
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Raised by Thetans in a Galactic Gulag | Aaron Smith-Levin | EP 413
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: What Moves You Will Move the World | Jocko Willink | EP 420
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Keto and Carnivore: Schizophrenia, Depression, Cancer | Dr. Chris Palmer | EP 422
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: 9 Tools From a Hostage Negotiator That Will Get You a Raise | Chris Voss | EP 425
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Our Child First—Then Yours | Todd & Krista Kolstad | EP 428
Genius Kitchen
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Episode: Sugar Cravings, Red Meat, and Your Health | Max Lugavere | EP 456
Genius Kitchen
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Episode: Sugar Cravings, Red Meat, and Your Health | Max Lugavere | EP 456
Infidel
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Episode: God, Marxism, and the Fall of the West | Ayaan Hirsi Ali | EP 457
Hamlet
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Episode: God, Marxism, and the Fall of the West | Ayaan Hirsi Ali | EP 457
Maps of Meaning
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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Episode: Immortality, Religion, & the Search for Life | Dr. David Kipping | EP 463
Infidel
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Episode: Plagiarized by Harvard's President | Dr. Carol Swain | EP 467
The shape of the river
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Episode: Plagiarized by Harvard's President | Dr. Carol Swain | EP 467
The Anxious Generation
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Episode: A Message From the Strictest Headmistress in the UK | Katharine Birbalsingh | EP 458
The Anxious Generation
Buy on AmazonJonathan Haidt has written a brilliant book discussing the anxious generation, particularly focusing on the damage that technology has done to children. Smartphones, for example, have drastically worsened their mental health and this topic has been extensively covered in his fantastic book.
Episode: A Message From the Strictest Headmistress in the UK | Katharine Birbalsingh | EP 458
The Art of War
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Episode: Urban Warfare, Civilian Casualty, & Human Shields | John Spencer | EP 454
The rise and fall of Anglo-America
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Episode: Women, Politics, Personality, and Self Esteem | Eric Kaufmann | EP 453
Hania
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Episode: Women, Politics, Personality, and Self Esteem | Eric Kaufmann | EP 453
Study Guide
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Episode: Women, Politics, Personality, and Self Esteem | Eric Kaufmann | EP 453
A Room of One's Own
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Episode: The Loudest Woman in Comedy | Roseanne Barr | EP 452
The Satanic Bible
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Episode: Satanism: Fear, Manipulation, & Suffering | Zeena Schreck | EP 471
The Satanic Bible
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Episode: Satanism: Fear, Manipulation, & Suffering | Zeena Schreck | EP 471
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Episode: Satanism: Fear, Manipulation, & Suffering | Zeena Schreck | EP 471
The Sayings of Lao Tzü
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Episode: Reappropriating Feminism, Maternity, and the Woman’s Role | Mary Harrington | EP 466
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Episode: Reappropriating Feminism, Maternity, and the Woman’s Role | Mary Harrington | EP 466
Gender
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Episode: Reappropriating Feminism, Maternity, and the Woman’s Role | Mary Harrington | EP 466
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Episode: Reappropriating Feminism, Maternity, and the Woman’s Role | Mary Harrington | EP 466
Feminism against Progress
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Episode: Trauma and the Demolition of Faith | Ronnie Janoff-Bulman | EP 449
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Episode: Trauma and the Demolition of Faith | Ronnie Janoff-Bulman | EP 449
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Episode: Trauma and the Demolition of Faith | Ronnie Janoff-Bulman | EP 449
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Episode: An Alternative Walk of Fame | Brett Cooper | EP 448
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Episode: Dreams, Stories, Psychedelics & Consciousness | Tor Nørretranders | EP 441
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Episode: Dreams, Stories, Psychedelics & Consciousness | Tor Nørretranders | EP 441
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Episode: Dreams, Stories, Psychedelics & Consciousness | Tor Nørretranders | EP 441
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Episode: Exploring the Philosophical and Scientific | Dr. Daniel Dennett | EP 438
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We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Wisdom, Delusion, Consciousness & the Divine | Dr. Iain McGilchrist | EP 436
Apocalypse Never
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Episode: The Biggest Medical Scandal Of Our Time | Michael Shellenberger | EP 435
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Episode: The Biggest Medical Scandal Of Our Time | Michael Shellenberger | EP 435
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Episode: The Biggest Medical Scandal Of Our Time | Michael Shellenberger | EP 435
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Episode: The Darien Gap & Postmodernism | Bret Weinstein | EP 434
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Episode: The Darien Gap & Postmodernism | Bret Weinstein | EP 434
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Episode: Alberta vs Drugs, Gangs, & Cartels | Minister Jason Nixon | EP 432
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Episode: Eternal Truth and the Uphill Climb | Bishop Barron | EP 431
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Episode: The Assault on Faith, Family, & Science | Dr. Phil | EP 430
Maps of Meaning
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Episode: The Assault on Faith, Family, & Science | Dr. Phil | EP 430
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Episode: Elite Lies and Luxury Beliefs | Rob Henderson | EP 429
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The Big Sleep
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The Big Sleep
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The Big Sleep
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We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Time, Space, and the Miraculous | Dr. Brian Keating | EP 512
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We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Hedonism, Taboos, Society, and Deprivation | Ben Shapiro | EP 418
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1984
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Episode: Hedonism, Taboos, Society, and Deprivation | Ben Shapiro | EP 418
12 Rules for Life
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Mold Warriors
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Episode: Worse Than Asbestos? | Dr. Scott McMahon & Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker | EP 415
Moby Dick
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Misery
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Age of fable
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Episode: Jordan Peterson & Sam Harris Try to Find Something They Agree On | EP 408
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Episode: Discussing Communism in All Its Glory | Michael Malice | EP 407
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Discussing Communism in All Its Glory | Michael Malice | EP 407
Doom
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Episode: A Psychologist and Historian Discuss the End of the World | Dr. Niall Ferguson | EP 404
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Episode: A Psychologist and Historian Discuss the End of the World | Dr. Niall Ferguson | EP 404
The Coddling of the American Mind
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Episode: Would You Love the Same Man On and Off the Pill? | Dr. Sarah Hill | EP 403
The Federalist Papers
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Episode: The Ron DeSantis You've Never Met | Presidential Candidate and Florida Governor | EP 402
12 Rules for Life
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The Bear and the Dragon (Jack Ryan Novels)
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Episode: Dealing with the Deadly | Ambassador Robert O'Brien | EP 398
Never Give an Inch
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Episode: Dealing with the Deadly | Ambassador Robert O'Brien | EP 398
The Wealth of Nations
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Episode: Meaning Through Responsibility | The Heritage Foundation & Dr. Kevin Roberts | EP 397
Atlas Shrugged
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Episode: Meaning Through Responsibility | The Heritage Foundation & Dr. Kevin Roberts | EP 397
Atlas Shrugged
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Episode: Meaning Through Responsibility | The Heritage Foundation & Dr. Kevin Roberts | EP 397
When China rules the world
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The book of Exodus
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Episode: The Makings of a Leader | The Honourable Tony Abbott | EP 393
Faust
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Episode: The Makings of a Leader | The Honourable Tony Abbott | EP 393
The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women
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Episode: The Makings of a Leader | The Honourable Tony Abbott | EP 393
The Case for Trump
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1984
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Behave
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Abraham Lincoln
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The Case Against Reality
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Episode: Is Reality an Illusion? | Dr. Donald Hoffman | EP 387
Laptop from Hell
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Laptop from Hell
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Laptop from Hell
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Episode: The Biden Dynasty Exposed | Miranda Devine | EP 386
Laptop from Hell
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We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Stranger Than Fiction | Willie & Korie Robertson | EP 385
Counter clockwise
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Episode: Mindset, Health, And Life | Dr. Ellen Langer | EP 381
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Episode: Evolution, Religion, and Happiness | Dr. Gad Saad | EP 377
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Episode: Evolution, Religion, and Happiness | Dr. Gad Saad | EP 377
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Episode: Truth as Glorious Adventure | Douglas Murray | EP 376
The Pilgrim's Progress
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Episode: Truth as Glorious Adventure | Douglas Murray | EP 376
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Episode: Truth as Glorious Adventure | Douglas Murray | EP 376
Don Juan
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Episode: Truth as Glorious Adventure | Douglas Murray | EP 376
Question of Power
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Pipe Dreams
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Question of Power
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Episode: Trial, Error, and Adventure | Eric Edmeades | EP 374
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Episode: The Humorless Fundamentalists of Social Justice | Andrew Doyle | EP 373
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Episode: The Humorless Fundamentalists of Social Justice | Andrew Doyle | EP 373
Ordinary Men
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Episode: The Fight Against Worldwide Child Slavery & the Sex Trade | Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard | EP 372
Paradise Lost
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Episode: The Fight Against Worldwide Child Slavery & the Sex Trade | Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard | EP 372
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Episode: School-Kids as Factory Products | Zach Lahn | EP 370
Trans
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Episode: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick | Mike Pence | EP 368
So Help Me God
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Episode: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick | Mike Pence | EP 368
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COVID-19
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Episode: Epidemics and Other Delusions | Dr. Steve Templeton | EP 366
12 Rules for Life
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Episode: Epidemics and Other Delusions | Dr. Steve Templeton | EP 366
1984
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Episode: Dreams, Fairy Tales, and the Demons of AI | Jonathan Pageau | EP 364
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Episode: Dreams, Fairy Tales, and the Demons of AI | Jonathan Pageau | EP 364
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Colonialism
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Colonialism
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Colonialism
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Colonialism
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Colonialism
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Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
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Episode: Drugs, Homelessness, and Shady Dealings | Anthony Furey | EP 358
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Episode: ChatGPT: The Dawn of Artificial Super-Intelligence | Brian Roemmele | EP 357
The Railway Children
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Episode: Propaganda and Your Kids | Karol Markowicz | EP 355
Irreversible Damage
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Episode: Propaganda and Your Kids | Karol Markowicz | EP 355
When Harry Became Sally
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Episode: Propaganda and Your Kids | Karol Markowicz | EP 355
Irreversible Damage
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Episode: Propaganda and Your Kids | Karol Markowicz | EP 355
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Discours de la méthode
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The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
The Nazi Doctors
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
The end of America
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
The Body Keeps the Score
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Episode: The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351
Irreversible Damage
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A Brief History of Time
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Episode: Black Holes, Time Travel, and the Origin of the Universe | Dr. Brian Keating | EP 348
Lost in TransNation
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Episode: Gender Insanity and Parental Trauma | Miriam Grossman MD | EP 347
Lost in TransNation
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Episode: Gender Insanity and Parental Trauma | Miriam Grossman MD | EP 347
The Firm
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Episode: Gender Insanity and Parental Trauma | Miriam Grossman MD | EP 347
The mind has mountains
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Episode: Gender Insanity and Parental Trauma | Miriam Grossman MD | EP 347
As Nature Made Him
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Episode: Gender Insanity and Parental Trauma | Miriam Grossman MD | EP 347
Unprotected
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Episode: Gender Insanity and Parental Trauma | Miriam Grossman MD | EP 347
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The discovery of the unconscious
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Episode: Confessions of a Trans-Care Propagandist | Sara Stockton | EP 342
The Brothers Karamazov
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Episode: Jordan Peterson Interviews Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy | EP 341
Maps of Meaning
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Otherhood
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Episode: The Epidemic That Dare Not Speak Its Name | Stephen J Shaw | EP 338
Population Bomb
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Episode: The Epidemic That Dare Not Speak Its Name | Stephen J Shaw | EP 338
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Episode: Covid 19: Silencing the Opposition | Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya | EP 334
Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
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Episode: Leading the Counter-Woke Revolution | Konstantin Kisin | EP 333
Population Bomb
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Episode: Leading the Counter-Woke Revolution | Konstantin Kisin | EP 333
Maps of Meaning
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Episode: Leading the Counter-Woke Revolution | Konstantin Kisin | EP 333
The imitation of Christ
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Episode: Leading the Counter-Woke Revolution | Konstantin Kisin | EP 333
We Who Wrestle with God
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Episode: Leading the Counter-Woke Revolution | Konstantin Kisin | EP 333
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Episode: Against the Sexual Revolution | Louise Perry | EP 331
Case Against the Sexual Revolution
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Episode: Against the Sexual Revolution | Louise Perry | EP 331
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Episode: Against the Sexual Revolution | Louise Perry | EP 331
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Episode: The Predictions Are Wrong | Dr. Judith Curry | EP 329
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Episode: Women, Porn, and Sadists | Dr. Del Paulhus | EP 327
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Episode: Women, Porn, and Sadists | Dr. Del Paulhus | EP 327
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Episode: Unsettled: Climate and Science | Dr. Steven Koonin | EP 323
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Episode: Unsettled: Climate and Science | Dr. Steven Koonin | EP 323
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Episode: Oh, Canada | Julie Ponesse
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Episode: Oh, Canada | Julie Ponesse