BONUS: Origin Extra, Episode 2 Origin Story

What does wokery really mean? Do we really live in a call-out culture? And can every form of speech that does not align with current norms make people feel unsafe? In a Patreon only Origin Story, Dorian and Ian answer your questions about the series.

“Three words get used in the Tory leadership campaign – Remainer, woke, and blob.” – Ian Dunt
“Wokery is a garbage concept that means nothing at all.” – Dorian Lynskey
“You must reject the framing of woke and anti-woke.” – Dorian Lynskey
“Virtue signalling is used to discuss a lot of murky stuff.” – Dorian Lynskey
“We liberals have taken an absolute kicking the last 15 years. Is that fair?” – Dorian Lynskey
“If you’re talking about tenacity and cunning, I give the neoliberals credit for their long march through the institutions.” – Dorian Lynskey
“If you nationalise everything, you’ll have some successes and some failures.” – Dorian Lynskey
“We live under capitalism, so we see the flaws all the time. But our governments refuse to acknowledge them.” – Ian Dunt
“I’m not a big believer in the big ideas. I like the little ideas because we know how to make things work.” – Ian Dunt
“Liberalism and left wing identity politics have things to learn from each other.” – Ian Dunt
“There’s a whole new dimension of freedom we can grasp by listening to things like queer theory.” – Ian Dunt
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Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt. Audio production and music by Jade Bailey. Logo art by Mischa Welsh. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Origin Story is a Podmasters production