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The Barbarians Are Inside the Gates… and We Invited Them Jun 06, 2026

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New York City elects a Muslim socialist immigrant as mayor. British police give preferential treatment to non-white criminals while arresting white victims as they bleed out on the street. Europe held back Muslim invaders for hundreds of years, but now its major cities are upwards of 10% Muslim.

The left condemns the West while cheering its conquest by Islamic civilization. The question is, which side of the Red-Green alliance is the useful idiot and which holds the real power?

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“Falling Behind” Is Public School Propaganda - Graham Frey Jun 04, 2026

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I sat down with education innovator Graham Frey to discuss what school is actually for, how structure and choice should be balanced in a child’s life, and why the "falling behind" framework scares families into staying at failing schools.

We get into:

* The six habits every kid should leave school with

* How standardized test hide the reality of public schools

* The tension between teachers and school bureaucracies

* What school choice offers that zip-code schools don't

* Why Graham thinks kids fundamentally want to learn

* How social pressure manipulates parents into propping up public schools

* The ethics of running education experiments on kids

* Student-directed learning vs. traditional structure

* Why the future of education might be found in abandoned malls

* What AI will and won't change about how kids learn

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Outline:

[0:00] Learning to love school

[11:53] Education degrees are useless

[19:17] What is the point of school?

[31:18] Hold kids to standards

[37:09] What if parents aren’t doing their job?

[46:50] Teacher autonomy vs standardization

[55:06] What is the Primer School network?

[1:03:14] How to choose between alternative schools

[1:12:19] Most students are falling behind

[1:18:19] Growth matters more than “grade level”

[1:27:38] Teachers need to be held accountable

[1:32:49] Catholic schools are a missed opportunity

[1:35:47] The pros and cons of school consolidation

[1:49:12] Students need structure before choice

[2:03:37] How rigorous should school be?

[2:17:16] We don’t know what AI means for education

[2:29:09] Parenting from first principles

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"We Are Summoning the Demon." Is Elon Right About AI? May 30, 2026

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Elon Musk called artificial intelligence the biggest existential threat in human history. That was 2014. Now it's 2026, the models are writing their own code, data centers are triggering bitter political fights, and Pope Leo just made AI the focus of his first encyclical.

Public sentiment on AI has cratered faster than any technology in memory. College graduates are booing commencement speakers who mention it. Google's I/O ‘26 keynote, focused on its ongoing AI projects, pulled over 8 million views on YouTube but less than 30,000 likes. Meanwhile, a recent Edelman poll found that China is highly enthusiastic about AI adoption, polling at 44% net approval compared to America’s 32% net disapproval.

Job loss, dehumanization, and plain old AI addiction are all crucial issues for Americans to grapple with, but is the revolt against AI pointed in the right direction?

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How Woke Feminism Created the Manosphere - Wilfred Reilly May 28, 2026

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I sat down with political scientist and co-founder of Unified Solutions America Wilfred Reilly to discuss the state of the woke left, the toxic feedback loop between radical feminism and the manosphere, and the ongoing battle over American identity.

We get into:

* The SPLC federal indictment and allegations of funding white supremacist groups

* Why woke isn’t dead and how society keeps moving to the left

* How radical feminism set the stage for the manosphere to thrive

* Why young men and women have stopped getting together

* The “toaster lover problem” and how the internet concentrates fringe behavior

* Why neither the woke left nor the red pill right works for normal people

* The Hamas-Israel conflict and why Reilly says Israel is clearly in the right

* America as Rome and whether we’re heading toward empire

* Race, IQ, and how to have an honest conversation about group differences

* Where Reilly sees human civilization in 100 years

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Outline:

[0:00] The SPLC indictment

[15:06] Wokeness in Trump’s 2nd term

[27:33] Are young men going too far?

[38:49] The reality of racism in 2026

[43:47] How the social sciences lie with data

[49:00] Why are we uncomfortable judging behavior?

[55:18] Is the dating crisis driving political insanity?

[1:04:33] How the internet amplifies weird niches

[1:09:38] Inoculate yourself against novelty addiction

[1:17:07] How religion and community create stability

[1:21:39] Critical theory can’t build anything

[1:25:57] Abolishing social rules drives people crazy

[1:34:39] We’re overthinking the Israel-Gaza war

[1:46:23] How impactful is antisemitism?

[1:54:00] Where is American civilization headed?

[2:02:16] Will America follow Rome’s path?

[2:07:09] Why Wilfred is optimistic for the future

[2:13:49] An honest take on race and IQ

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They Lied to Your Kids for 15 Years. The UN Just Admitted It. May 22, 2026

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The UN's top climate body just quietly buried the doomsday scenario that drove the past 15 years of climate panic, and almost no one noticed. The IPCC has officially declared RCP 8.5, its most extreme emissions model, implausible. That's the same model behind nearly every apocalyptic headline Gen Z has been reading since grade school.

The damage is already done. A Lancet study of 10,000 young people found that 84% are worried about climate change, 45% feel negatively affected in their daily lives, and nearly four in ten say they're hesitant to have children.

The junk science and the derangement that’s followed didn't spread itself.

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Why Africa Stays Poor (It’s Not Colonialism) - Magatte Wade May 21, 2026

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I sat down with Senegalese immigrant and entrepreneur Magatte Wade to discuss why Africa remains the poorest continent and why the most popular explanations are wrong.

Colonialism, slavery, or IQ differences are the answers most people reach for, but the data says otherwise. Ethiopia was never colonized and has been the poster child for African poverty for decades. Slavery was practiced by every race against every other race throughout human history. Nigerian immigrants are some of the most successful people in America.

Originally believing the Marxist narrative about Africa’s struggles, Magatte later realized that the truth was the exact opposite.

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Outline:

[0:00] Why is Africa poor?

[13:16] The race-IQ question

[24:09] Colonialism and slavery are universal

[31:38] How did slavery become about race?

[48:21] Marxism tells a compelling story about Africa

[0:59:59] Why its hard to advocate for capitalism

[1:05:09] Survivor’s guilt from leaving Africa

[1:13:26] Setting up a business in Senegal is impossible

[1:22:34] Why did Marxism take over Africa?

[1:38:30] How could Mamdani be popular in 2026?

[1:45:55] COVID triggered a revolution in education

[1:52:35] Does education or psychology drive beliefs more?

[1:57:33] Agency is the key to success

[2:01:31] Optimism, prosperity, and wealth disease

[2:10:07] Black American vs African immigrant culture

[2:23:23] Can we get over racial grievance politics?

[2:30:58] America is the greatest country

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How Nations Actually Get Rich (It’s Not Socialism) May 16, 2026

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President Trump was in China this week, negotiating with Xi Jinping over Iran, Taiwan, and trade deals. China’s economic miracle has transformed the country into a major global power over the past few decades. The American left likes to spin that success story as a win for central planning and socialism, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Scandinavia tells a similar story. Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani laud the “Nordic model” as proof that democratic socialism works, but leaders across the political spectrum in those countries would disagree. During the ‘70s and ‘80s, Sweden tried going in an actually socialist direction and soon paid the price. Since then, the country has successfully backtracked, balancing budgets, privatizing schools and hospitals, lowering taxes, and enjoying the fruits of capitalism.

How many supposed “wins” for socialism have to exposed as capitalism before the left updates its priors?

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Gad Saad: The Evolutionary Psychology Behind “Queers for Palestine” May 14, 2026

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I sat down with Gad Saad, author of “Suicidal Empathy,” to discuss the evolutionary psychology behind why the West is self-destructing in the name of tolerance.

Empathy is a perfectly adaptive human trait, but like any biological mechanism, it can misfire. When ideological parasites like gender ideology and critical race theory are the basis for empathy, it stops being a virtue and becomes a civilizational death wish.

We also get into why intelligent people are paradoxically the most vulnerable to bad ideas, why communism keeps coming back no matter how many times history buries it, and what it will actually take for the West to rediscover its survival instinct.

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Outline:

[0:00] A Canadian trying to save America

[2:08] What happens when empathy misfires?

[8:21] Even victims of crimes feel guilty now

[17:06] The evolution of the parasitic mind

[31:40] Christian ethics and self-sacrifice

[36:03] Can we trust evolutionary psychology?

[46:18] There are different kinds of truth

[54:24] Why don’t bad ideals die out?

[105:04] Is comfort driving us crazy?

[1:08:34] How to protect your kids from the mind virus

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The Left Is Turning Our Greatest Cities Into Ruins May 09, 2026

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New York City is broke under Mayor Zohran Mamdani. His socialist buddy, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, is turning off the crime detection system and letting violent offenders walk. LA Mayor Karen Bass is still dodging responsibility for mishandling the 2025 wildfires. This is the reality of progressive central planning.

Cities are the centers of civilization. Unfortunately, they’re also a breeding ground for bad ideas. Marx formulated his communist worldview while observing early industrial cities. The Soviet Union replaced organic neighborhood life with microdistricts engineered by bureaucrats who thought they knew best. Today, progressives dream of “15-minute cities” while failing to address the basic problems of urban life.

America’s greatest cities have been centrally planned into the ground. Luckily, we have a chance to retake control of our neighborhoods.

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Mollie Hemingway: Justice Alito Is the Secret Hero of SCOTUS May 07, 2026

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I sat down with Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist, to discuss her new book “Alito” about the underappreciated Supreme Court justice’s fight to restore the original meaning of the Constitution.

Justice Samuel Alito authored the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and as Mollie describes, he’s been the driving force behind the conservative majority on many important issues during his 20 years on the Court.

We also cover the rise of the administrative state, what really happened during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, and the conservative movement’s 50-year crusade to retake the Court.

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[0:00] What makes Justice Alito special?

[4:16] How Roe v. Wade was overturned

[20:52] Woodrow Wilson and liberal fascism

[26:23] The value of “norms” in politics and on the Court

[32:14] What happened to Brett Kavanaugh?

[38:29] Chevron deference and the administrative state

[44:19] Will birthright citizenship be overturned?

[47:13] Originalism vs the “living constitution”