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'The Totalitarian Artist' by Megan Gafford Sep 24, 2024

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'The Totalitarian Artist: Politics vs Beauty: After Duchamp, the art world came to view the pursuit of beauty as naïve and gravitated toward political art in their search for meaning. But this is a Faustian bargain: you can have meaning, but you do not get to make it for yourself.' by Megan Gafford. Read by Iona Italia.

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'Tragedy and Half-Truths: A Gaza Diary' by Benny Morris Sep 19, 2024

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'Tragedy and Half-Truths: A Gaza Diary' by Benny Morris. Published in Quillette.com on 19 September 2024. Narrated by Iona Italia.

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'Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments' by Greg Lukianoff Sep 12, 2024

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'Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments: How to effectively counter some perennial arguments against free speech.' Written by Greg Lukianoff. Narrated by Iona Italia.

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'A Stupid Cartoon and the University Ideology' by Paul Berman Sep 09, 2024

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Frantz Fanon, Stokely Carmichael, and the roots of the uproar over Zionism.

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Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary by Richard Dawkins. Sep 06, 2024

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Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary by Richard Dawkins, read by Iona Italia. Male versus female is one of surprisingly few genuine dichotomies.

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'Diary of a Cold Warrior' by Oscar Clarke Aug 30, 2024

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'The Professor, His Nemesis, and a Scandal at Oberlin' by Roya Hakakian Aug 29, 2024

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The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values.

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'Gaslighting Scottish Rape Victims in the Name of Trans Inclusion' by Joan Smith Aug 16, 2024

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'Empathy for the Devil' by Matt Johnson Aug 01, 2024

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Realists may believe international relations is all about mindless forces balancing and smashing into each other, but it’s actually about ideology, institutions, history, and the personalities of human beings.

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The New Political Christianity Jul 28, 2024

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Western civilisation has not succeeded because its liberal and secular principles are Christian; it has succeeded because Western Christians have accepted its liberal and secular values, writes Adam Wakeling.

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