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**Polite Conversations**

Growing up in Saudi Arabia as a Pakistani, who now resides in Canada, Eiynah brings a global perspective to discussions about religion, politics, culture & sexuality – through the lens of a progressive ex-muslim immigrant. This podcast often focuses on unpacking various forms of extremism, particularly types that are less overt and masquerading as ‘intellectual’. Eiynah has a specific interest in covering online scenes like New Atheism and the Intellectual Dark Web.

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Latest Episodes:

CLIP - Western Hypocrisy on Full Display Jul 14, 2025

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This is a clip from my recent episode on Israel & the US’s attack on Iran, titled ‘Boners for Bombs’.

Find the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/457mNAy6mz57SDrlQ5ZoWW?si=oqQyPqkNTRmaHGsJhm4RgA

The extended patreon version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/132450348

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CLIP - Iran & Gaza: Self Defense or Subjugation? Jul 10, 2025

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This is a clip from my recent episode on Israel & the US’s attack on Iran, titled ‘Boners for Bombs’.

Find the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/457mNAy6mz57SDrlQ5ZoWW?si=oqQyPqkNTRmaHGsJhm4RgA

The extended patreon version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/132450348

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CLIP - An Israeli perspective on avoiding IDF service & supporting Palestinian Resistance Jul 07, 2025

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A clip from my longer conversation with Israeli-origin content creator Adi Callai about their video titled, ‘Gaza Ghetto Uprising’.

Find our longer conversation here:

pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rXjU8ZfXJHiELHow1bmAg?si=TO8LJAI6TqSiGc-CGE58ow

pt 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uwozIBMiYj1hhZg0dcctM?si=_A04f2t_SBaQ7TjDfqllRA

Find their Gaza Ghetto Uprising video here: https://youtu.be/Pt_1k7nSv1M?si=d1vjVKS_aU8vvhh7

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CLIP - Weaponized Identity Politics & Pinkwashing Jul 03, 2025

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A clip from my longer conversation with Israeli-origin content creator Adi Callai about their videos on weaponized antisemitism and the ‘Gaza Ghetto Uprising’.

Find our longer conversation here:

pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rXjU8ZfXJHiELHow1bmAg?si=TO8LJAI6TqSiGc-CGE58ow

pt 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uwozIBMiYj1hhZg0dcctM?si=_A04f2t_SBaQ7TjDfqllRA

Find their Gaza Ghetto Uprising video here: https://youtu.be/Pt_1k7nSv1M?si=d1vjVKS_aU8vvhh7

Their ‘Antisemitism, Weaponized.’ Video here: https://youtu.be/5MVIh6Rnzog?si=7w-E3cz4H9zKznKB

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Ep 98 - B0ners for B0mbs Jun 28, 2025

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Join me for an episode about how obscene the casual celebration of violence towards Iran, Gaza, Muslims in general has been lately (shockingly, Sam Harris comes up).

Links:

AMA post where you can add your questions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131606321?pr=true
Near Identical statements from Canada, UK, Aus https://x.com/dropsitenews/status/1936892596678197535?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Speaking in tongues at the White House: https://x.com/patriottakes/status/1937134487852503137?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Israel places its military HQ's in civilian neighbourhoods and towns: https://x.com/tparsi/status/1935733115114127475?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
No proof of a systematic effort to move into a nuclear weapon” Director Gen of the IAEA https://x.com/amanpour/status/1935095391109922822?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
clips of Netenyahu claiming Iran has been ‘weeks away’ from nukes for the last 30 years: https://x.com/deanobeidallah/status/1935141637660774892?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Guardian piece on Iran, referenced in the episode https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/the-guardian-view-on-trump-bombing-iran-an-and-reckless-act
Netenyahu talks of having to delay his son’s wedding https://bsky.app/profile/antizionistjew.bsky.social/post/3lrxppo3qkc2a
BBC Journalist tweets ‘Bomb, Bomb Iran’
https://x.com/indiawilloughby/status/1936815923245265297?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
US strikes fail to destroy Iran’s nuclear sites
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-announces-israel-iran-ceasefire-2025-06-23/
Ben Gvir ‘Those who bomb hospitals are Nazis’ https://x.com/saulstaniforth/status/1935700095791513697?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Research finds the BBC coverage of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza is systematically biased against Palestinians and fails to reach standards of impartiality. https://novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/bbc-systematically-biased-against-palestinians-in-gaza-coverage/

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Global Far Right 5 - The Netherlands Jun 11, 2025

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Dutch Journalist Gillian de Nooijer joins me for a conversation about the Dutch far right.

Find Gillian on Bsky: Gilliandn.bsky.social and on twitter: @GillianDN

We discuss Geert Wilders, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Pim Fortuyn (who was assassinated in 2002) and self-described conspiracy theorist Thierry Baudet. We also chat about the controversial blackface character in The Netherlands known as Zwarte Piet, Eurabia & Netherabia conspiracy theories…. Douglas Murray comes up… and so does Israel….

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Links

Podcast Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment

Douglas Murray Speech at Pim Fortuyn Memorial Titled: ‘What are we to do about Islam? A speech to the Pim Fortuyn Memorial Conference on Europe and Islam’

https://web.archive.org/web/20080201133647/http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000809.php

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dutch citizenship controversy: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/16/nicholaswatt.mainsection

Theo Van Gogh assassinated and Ayaan threatened https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/11/29/dutch-politician-plans-sequal-to-gogh-movie

Islamophobia in Europe: How governments are enabling the far-right ‘counter-jihad’ movement

(More info about funders of anti muslim organizations, publications and public figures like Geert Wilders) https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/192414854/Aked_Jones_Miller_Counterjihad_report_2019.pdf

Geert Wilders' questionable American patron https://www.ftm.eu/articles/geert-wilders-american-patron

Vox explainer on Zwarte Piet https://youtube.com/shorts/TDA4HbuEcxM?si=Khja025EQsfpHZ-c

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Ep 97 - AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism w/Gareth Watkins May 30, 2025

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“It’s embarrassing, destructive & looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right” - writes journalist Gareth Watkins (@garethwatkins.bsky.social).

In this convo we explore this dreadful intersection of AI ‘art’ & fascism.

Check out his excellent, viral piece here:

https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/

Find Gareth’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/death-sentence/id1330059162

🚨If you’d like to contribute to the fundraiser you can do that here (Ty!): https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment

Vance/Trump Ghibli-fied: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1908898969930834427?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

White House Ghibli filter deportation: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1905332049021415862?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

White House ‘deportation ASMR’ video with chained people: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

Trump AI Pope: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-accused-of-mocking-catholics-after-posting-image-of-himself-as-pope

When Spirited Away won at the 75th Oscars in 2003, Miyazaki wasn't present because, as he explained a few years later, he was protesting the invasion of Iraq that the United States had commenced that same year. https://ew.com/why-hayao-miyazaki-didnt-accept-boy-and-the-heron-oscar-in-person-8607398#:~:text=When%20Spirited%20Away%20won%20at,had%20commenced%20that%20same%20year.

Anti-trans fencer gets $5000 cash prize for refusing to compete against trans woman

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/anti-trans-fencer-gets-5000-cash-prize-for-refusing-to-compete-against-trans-woman/

The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians

https://www.wired.com/story/delirious-violent-impossible-true-story-zizians/

Roko’s Basilisk https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk

Grok rants about ‘White Genocide’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide

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Some things Should be too Big to Politicize May 22, 2025

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This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil Rights

In this clip we talk about the politicization of things like the global pandemic, the genocide in Gaza - these issues should really be large enough to break through across the political spectrum, yet… they don’t. We are starting to see some people on the right speak out against the genocide more recently, but it’s a small number.

We also touch upon Sam Harris and his promotion of ‘race science’.

Find the longer episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5A

And the extended version on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127474402

If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos

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Woking Up 12 (Sample) - A New Zionist is Born May 20, 2025

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Sam Harris has recently claimed that he’s only just become an unapologetic Zionist post Oct 7, in this episode we examine this claim as well as his generally flimsy excuses for supporting Israel.

In the extended version of the episode we take a look at his “pre-Zionist” era.

Pls subscribe via patreon.com/nicemangos to unlock the full episode. You can also help unlock this episode for everyone by either becoming a patron over the $1 tier or leaving a review for the show via Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Links:

The Podcast fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment

Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gaza

Israeli TV producer calls for Gaza Holocaust

https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-tv-producer-calls-gaza-holocaust-gas-chambers

Genocidal eclairs sold in Israel as children in Gaza starve https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-05-06/ty-article-opinion/.premium/let-the-idf-mow-them-down-in-israel-violence-saturates-everyday-life/00000196-a4a1-d9bf-a1b6-eda114250000

Sam harris thinks RW antisemitism is nbd, “even in the aftermath of a synagogue shooting” https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1183877283548991488?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg combined during the Second World War.

Euromed Monitor: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6669/Euro-Med-Monitor:-Israel’s-brutality-in-Gaza-surpasses-all-recent-forms-of-terrorism Israel’s brutality surpasses all recent forms of terrorism

Arthur Balfour was a white supremacist — and an anti-Semite, too

https://forward.com/opinion/386480/its-time-to-admit-that-arthur-balfour-was-a-white-supremacist-and-an-anti-s/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140725012047/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-the-myth-of-hamass-human-shield-9619810.html

Myth of Hamas’ Human Shields (2014)

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[Distilled Rationality Remix] May 16, 2025

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This is an old musical bit I made for Woking Up episode 4, but i’m reposting again because a couple of the quotes in here are referenced in the upcoming episode. So, I thought it would be fun to revisit. 🎵🎶🧠

Enjoy this bit of pure, distilled Rationality!

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