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What are human rights, where do they come from and what are we willing to do to enforce them? Are we obligated to intervene in other countries when they are violated? I talked with Yale historian Samuel Moyn about the history of this curious and often lethal idea known as human rights. 25% of all … Continue reading Unregistered 115: Samuel Moyn →

Daniel McCarthy, the editor of Modern Age magazine, gave me a lesson on the history and meaning of the most misunderstood political ideology in America: conservatism. Modern Age magazine: https://isi.org/modern-age 25% of all CBD products at: https://palomaverdestore.com/ Use discount code: “RENEGADE” at checkout. Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/itunes Join the Underground: https://www.unregisteredunderground.com Episode Notes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/114 Renegade … Continue reading Unregistered 114: Daniel McCarthy →

Bill Ottman, the founder of Minds.com, spoke with me about his company’s alternative to the dominant social media companies that censor lawful speech, sell our personal data to corporations and government agencies, refuse to disclose their algorithms, and enjoy massive tax breaks and government subsidies that grant them monopoly power. 25% of all CBD products … Continue reading Unregistered 113: Bill Ottman →

I spoke with Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, which provides open-source software and hardware that allows anyone to make their own guns, about his success in nothing less than subverting the state’s monopoly on violence. 25% of all CBD products at: https://palomaverdestore.com/ Use discount code: “RENEGADE” at checkout. Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/itunes Join … Continue reading Unregistered 112: Cody Wilson →

I had a friendly collision with Brendan O’Neill, the editor of Spiked, about whether democracy is the cure or the disease for our current political troubles. 25% of all CBD products at: https://palomaverdestore.com/ Use discount code: “RENEGADE” at checkout. Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/itunes Join the Underground: https://www.unregisteredunderground.com Episode Notes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/111 Renegade U. courses: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/courses Buy … Continue reading Unregistered 111: Brendan O’Neill →

Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay join me to discuss the claim, made by a number of prominent public intellectuals, that what is called “postmodernism” is responsible for the authoritarian and hysterical politics coming out of college campuses. Unlike nearly all those intellectuals, Pluckrose and Lindsay have actually studied not only “social justice” and identity politics … Continue reading Unregistered 110: Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay →