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Comedians Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster create honest conversations with fascinating people. New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

    Conspiracy Expert: How to Spot a True Conspiracy Theory - Michael Shermer

    Conspiracy Expert: How to Spot a True Conspiracy Theory - Michael Shermer

    Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focussed on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. He is the author of over a dozen books, the most recent of which is ‘Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.’

    You can find Michael's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421444453/ 

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    Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

    00:00 Intro 
    01:16 Michael Shermer’s Background
    03:21 The Information Era’s Impact on Conspiracies
    10:06 Big Tech Speech Censorship
    16:40 When Should a Media Platform Censor Someone? 
    19:27 Sponsor Message: Athletic Greens
    20:58 The Twitter Files
    28:33 Have We Become More Conspiratorial?
    36:51 Epstein’s Island & Flight Logs
    42:33 The Great Reset
    48:11 The Conspiracy Theorist Demographic
    55:52 Conspiracy & Victimhood
    1:00:54 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Ex-Muslim: This is a Difficult Conversation | Sarah Haider

    Ex-Muslim: This is a Difficult Conversation | Sarah Haider

    Sarah Haider is a Pakistani-American writer, public speaker, and political activist. She created the advocacy group Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA), which seeks to normalise religious dissent and to help former Muslims leave the religion by linking them to support networks.
    Sarah’s Substack: https://sarahhaider.substack.com/
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    • 1 hr 21 min
    Douglas Murray Opens Up on America, AI and LGBTQ

    Douglas Murray Opens Up on America, AI and LGBTQ

    Douglas Murray is a British writer and political commentator. He is an associate editor of the Spectator and a columnist at the Telegraph and the New York Post among others. He is the author of many best-selling books including The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (2017), The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (2019), and The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason (2022). 

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    00:00 Intro 
    01:23 Sponsor Message: The Tired Moderate
    02:58 Douglas Murray’s Background
    04:12 The Need for a Positive Vision of the Future 
    09:31 The State of Liberalism
    13:34 Why Victimhood is Such an Issue 
    16:15 LGBTQIA2+
    19:57 Why Douglas Tackles Issues that Others Wouldn’t Go Near 
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    26:34 Richard Dawkins & Religion
    29:24 What Does AI Mean for Humanity?
    36:42 Will AI Art Make Artists Obsolete?
    38:34 Was the Conflict in Northern Ireland Necessary?
    42:28 The Slow Death of the US
    46:59 What the West Needs to Thrive
    51:45 The Right to Bear Arms 
    55:44 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?

    • 56 min
    Jim Rickards: Recession is Coming

    Jim Rickards: Recession is Coming

    James Rickards is an American lawyer, economist, investment banker, speaker, media commentator, and author on matters of finance and precious metals. He is the author of seven books including his latest, 'Sold Out: How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy.'

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    00:00 Intro 
    01:36 Inflation is Here! What Now?
    08:26 Debt in The United States
    16:24 Modern Monetary Theory
    26:37 The Need for Diversification 
    31:30 Payment Currency & Reserve Currency
    32:44 Bitcoin & Digital Currency
    41:17 Sponsor Message: easyDNS
    42:30 Is the Climate Crisis Real?
    48:22 The Impact of Globalisation
    52:46 What Do the Global Elite Want?
    57:35 Central Bank Digital Currencies
    1:01:53 What Can The Average Person Do About CBDC?
    1:03:13 Was The Pandemic Used to Get Rid of Cash?
    1:05:40 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Dan Crenshaw: Fortitude in the Era of Grievance

    Dan Crenshaw: Fortitude in the Era of Grievance

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    00:00 Intro 
    01:19 Fortitude
    04:49 How do We Give Perspective to People Living in Stability?
    07:20 The Problem with Materialistic Culture 
    09:13 Outrage is Weakness
    12:07 Left & Right Wing Populism 
    18:53 How Do You Deal with Your Own Political Group if they Go Too Far?
    20:28 America's Self Interest in Ukraine
    23:48 Should the US Use their Money Elsewhere?
    24:52 Why Are Some of the Most Powerful Countries Unable to Control their Border?
    32:33 The Public's Understanding of Congress
    34:11 Sponsor Message: easyDNS
    35:15 Is Trump Coming Back?
    38:32 How Do You Heal the Rift Between the Left and Right?
    41:32 What does Conservatism Mean to Dan?
    44:46 Values Learned as a Navy SEAL in Contrast to Politics
    50:35 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?

    • 53 min
    Legendary Comedy Cellar Owner on Louis CK, Comedy & Cancel Culture

    Legendary Comedy Cellar Owner on Louis CK, Comedy & Cancel Culture

    Noam Dworman is the owner of the world-famous Comedy Cellar in Manhattan, New York City. The comedy club's stage has been graced by some of the biggest comics who have ever lived - including Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Bill Burr, Louis CK and Robin Williams.

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    Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

    00:00 Intro 
    01:23 Noam Dworman’s Background
    03:40 What is So Special About Stand-up Comedy?
    05:47 Is the Comedy Industry Shrinking?
    07:26 Positives of Censorship in Comedy
    16:54 Importance of Freedom of Expression
    20:05 Sponsor Message: Locals 
    21:06 Have People Become More Orthodox in their Thinking?
    22:01 How Have We Reached a Time Where People Are Afraid to Speak Out?
    25:49 How Social Media Has Changed Comedy
    30:04 Louis CK
    37:20 Mob Justice
    47:41 Identity Politics & the Education System
    53:25 Plans for The Comedy Cellar
    54:31 What Makes a Great Comedian?
    1:01:57 Will the Comedy Cellar Live On?
    1:05:11 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?

    • 1 hr 9 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
185 Ratings

185 Ratings

Hunmoo85 ,

Brilliant, engaging and entertaining series

A must listen for anyone who is hungry for nuanced and well thought out arguments for all the topics that matter to us most as a civilisation.

Kalahari Ozzie ,

Fresh, open minded and humorous

A well done, well researched series. I like it a lot, even though I am not a Pommie, or live in the UK

xxttko ,

Piers Morgan interview was toady tripe

really pathetically bad

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