Conversations with Peter Boghossian

The only thing separating the masses and philosophy is the entertainment factor. Peter tackles that perfectly. By making philosophy entertaining, he makes philosophy much more accessible to the general public.

Another writer/thinker I really like and am largely simpatico with has a podcast, and they are NOT GOOD at the gig. Does Peter not know, has nobody told him, that when you invite a guest on a show as a host, you DON’T ENDLESSLY INTERRUPT. YOU LET THEM SPEAK. He does at times, but too often he comes off as a boorish rude a**hole. I still give 4 stars simply due to the intellectual value of the content, and I think it’s simply a matter of people working in a carft that requires a different skill set and understanding that simply having a conversation as one would not doing a show produced for public consumption. It’s a hard listen. I’m positive I could improve 90% of podcasters with similar flaws, it’s a matter of enlightenment and offering a few tweaks (I’m a film.TV director so I can’t help imagining how to fix performance….likely a flaw of my own. In any event, yeah. I doubt these are read by creators or someone they have read them for them, but maybe so. Meant 100% constructively.

Clearly he has some good points. DEI, gender ideology and critical race have created terrible policy and behaviors. Unfortunately he is so angry at what has happened to him and others that he is out for revenge. He would literally rather “burn it all down” than see a turn around in policies at universities. This is short sighted rage and is very unhelpful. It makes it hard to take his other ideas seriously. I am also furious about what has happened but his emotions are clouding his thinking. I hope he can find some peace without destroying institutions.

Peter used to be an interesting thinker who challenged me with his books on Atheism. At this point though he has prostrated himself to MAGA political movement to a level that is just pathetic to watch. Some people just get too drawn to power and become a “pick-me-girl” for the worst people, destroying any credibility they once had. I’ll make sure to delete any books I still own by him and move on to people with integrity.