126 episodes
Subversive w/Alex Kaschuta Alexandra Kaschuta
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- Society & Culture
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4.6 • 219 Ratings
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Subversive is a podcast by Alex Kaschuta about ideas that may not fit neatly into the Overton window and could use a nudge, or a sledgehammer. Alex chats to thinkers across the spectrum from iconoclast philosophers, rogue scientists, *real* journalists, and our true intellectual elite, Twitter anons.
If you want to support the show or my work in general, head to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive
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Simone & Malcolm Collins - Breeding To Save The World
We speak about the fertility decline across the West and beyond, the limited perspective of almost everyone on this issue, prosperity-induced fertility collapse, the real dangers of an inverted population pyramid, South Koreans as an endangered species, having and raising children in alternative ways, and much more.
Simone & Malcolm Collins are parents, passionate about education, avid pro-natalists, authors of the Pragmatist's Guide series of books, and famously the first people to publicly have “Gattaca babies.” They are also founders of the Collins Institute for the Gifted.
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Heather Mac Donald - Destroying a Whole Civilization in a Few Easy Steps
We speak about the standard of “disparate impact” and its legacy, life and politics after accepting difference, Broken Windows policing, the great abdication of the police, the cost of violent crime to the victims, the role of NGOs in all this, family formation and fatherhood, and much more.
Heather Mac Donald is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her latest book is “When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives.”
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Catgirl Kulak - The Media Is Not Your Friend
We speak about the death of regime media, the beauty of the niche, the cosmos of Kitsch and why it’s better than mainstream art, the death of progress in the world of atoms, China as an overblown nemesis, and much more.
Catgirl Kulak is a Twitter poster @FromKulak, Substack owner/operator, and occasional guest on the Bailey Podcast.
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Jacob Phillips - Do we still have a duty to each other?
We speak about Jacob’s journey to his current worldview, the question of ‘obedience to what?”, safetyism, the Anglo spirit, what happened to London, the Catholic church and its failings, and much more.
Jacob Phillips is an academic, a writer, and the author of “Obedience is Freedom.” You can find him on Twitter at @counteredlogos.
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Jon Askonas: The End of Reality
I speak with Jon about one of the most important yet subtle phenomena happening right now: the absolute warping of our culture and politics to fit the incentive structure of internet platforms.
We speak about the mechanics and flow of information on the internet, rumors, fake news, mob violence, short video as the ultimate format, mimetic desire, the move from surfing the web to feed-based viewing, how Jon Stewart led to Tucker Carlson, and much more.
Jon Askonas is an assistant professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America and a non-resident senior fellow at the Lincoln Network. His series in the New Atlantis is well worth your attention.
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Jonathan Anomaly - The Fruitful Shall Inherit the Earth
I speak with Jonathan about the brave new world of fertility technology, with its dizzying ambitions, miraculous promises, and sizeable hubris.
We cover embryo selection, gene editing, "designer babies", the demographic crisis and where it could lead, populations that have a chance to continue, and what they look like, bioethics and the people behind it, and much more.
Jonathan Anomaly is the academic director of a new philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE) program at La Universidad de las Americas in Ecuador and has taught in various programs around the US, including at the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Arizona.
He is also the author of the book “Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement"
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Customer Reviews
Rare to be both brilliant and a great listener
This is a very good interviewer. Excellent guests who are interviewed with rare skill. In my crowded podcast subscription list, Subversive is checked first because it sticks with me all day and keeps me thinking and growing.
A rare good podcast
Unlike almost all other podcasts, Subversive probably won’t put you to sleep in the first five minutes. The guests are a mix of serious thinkers and basement-dwelling fantasists. I wish that Alex would ask a pointed question occasionally. It’s nice that she gives each guest a platform to espouse his views, but it might be a richer encounter if there were some disputation. I don’t think this would hurt the movement.
If You Can Get Past It
Good podcasters can take what their guest has said and run with it. Kaschuta can’t seem to talk past herself.
Don’t get me wrong, her guests are interesting, and she gives them a lot of room to talk, which is nice, because the second she starts talking I skip forward or tune out completely.
If you can get past her then you’ll love this. I can’t.