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Unregistered 151: Cedric Johnson Feb 02, 2021

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Born and raised at the end of Jim Crow in Opelousas, Louisiana and now a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Cedric Johnson joined me to discuss his origins in black institutions in the post-segregation South and his brilliantly provocative scholarly work attacking the very ideas of race, “whiteness,” “blackness” … Continue reading Unregistered 151: Cedric Johnson →

Unregistered 150: Alexander Bard Jan 24, 2021

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I was joined by the historian, philosopher, and rock star Alexander Bard from his home in Stockholm to discuss the ways in which academia, capitalism, traditional politics, and the nation-state are being replaced by digital freedom. Renegade University webinar: TALKIN’ SHIT: THE HISTORY OF HIP-HOP with Kamasi Hill: https://renegadeuniversity.com/product/talkin-shit-the-history-of-hip-hop/ 25% off all CBD products at: … Continue reading Unregistered 150: Alexander Bard →

Unregistered 149: Mark Crispin Miller Jan 21, 2021

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I spoke with Mark Crispin Miller, a distinguished professor of media studies at New York University whose work I’ve known for decades, about the efforts by administrators at NYU and colleagues in his own department to censor, punish, and remove him. Miller’s crime has been “excessive skepticism” about such things as COVID lockdowns and the … Continue reading Unregistered 149: Mark Crispin Miller →

Unregistered 148: Katie Herzog Jan 17, 2021

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I sat down with one of the last real journalists in the United States, Katie Herzog, formerly a highly controversial staff writer at the alt-weekly newspaper The Stranger and now a less controversial but freer and highly successful podcaster as the co-host of Blocked and Reported with Jesse Singal. We discussed Trump’s claims of electoral … Continue reading Unregistered 148: Katie Herzog →

Unregistered 147: Ivor Cummins Jan 08, 2021

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I spoke with Ivor Cummins, one of the leading critics in the world on the efficacy of lockdowns and masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19. I can now walk outside without a mask and denounce the soul-killing lockdowns and know that plenty of science is on my side. Ivor Cummins’s “The Fat Emperor” website: … Continue reading Unregistered 147: Ivor Cummins →

Unregistered 146: Curtis Yarvin Dec 29, 2020

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The renowned blogger Curtis Yarvin, also known by his former pen name Mencius Moldbug, returned to the podcast to bend my mind on the politics of COVID, the meaning of a Biden presidency, and a host of other issues that I thought I knew well. No one makes me think harder. Sign up to participate … Continue reading Unregistered 146: Curtis Yarvin →

Unregistered 145: James Carden Dec 22, 2020

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How many people in other countries has Trump killed? What will Biden do to the rest of the world? Do Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping want to conquer America? The journalist James Carden, who served as policy adviser to the Special Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and the Office of Russia Affairs at the US State … Continue reading Unregistered 145: James Carden →

Unregistered 144: CTRLPew, Jeff Rodriguez, and Ivan Dec 15, 2020

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A life-long big-city gun-phobe, I spoke with three of the leading distributors of information on DIY and 3D-printed guns: CTRLPew, Jeff Rodriguez, and Ivan. There are now untold numbers of unregistered home-made guns in the United States, possibly in the hundreds of millions, which supplement the 400 million legally registered firearms owned by Americans. My … Continue reading Unregistered 144: CTRLPew, Jeff Rodriguez, and Ivan →

Unregistered 143: Gustavo Arellano Dec 11, 2020

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I was joined by Gustavo Arellano—author of Ask A Mexican and Taco USA, formerly the sage of the OC Weekly, and now a columnist for the Los Angeles Times—to discuss why Trump got so many Latino votes, the plight of immigrants in the pandemic and under lockdowns, the rich and complex history of Mexico, and … Continue reading Unregistered 143: Gustavo Arellano →

Unregistered 142: Stephen Kershnar Dec 05, 2020

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Stephen Kershnar is a professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the most renegade academic I have found. We talked about his many books in which he argues with scholarly rigor and precision that veterans don’t deserve our gratitude, that if it were logically consistent the pro-life movement would … Continue reading Unregistered 142: Stephen Kershnar →

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