Polite Conversations

A clip from my longer conversation with Israeli-origin content creator Adi Callai about their video titled, ‘Gaza Ghetto Uprising’.  Find our longer conversation here:  pt 1:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rXjU8ZfXJHiELHow1bmAg?si=TO8LJAI6TqSiGc-CGE58ow pt 2:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uwozIBMiYj1hhZg0dcctM?si=_A04f2t_SBaQ7TjDfqllRA Find their Gaza Ghetto Uprising v...

A clip from my longer conversation with Israeli-origin content creator Adi Callai about their videos on weaponized antisemitism and the ‘Gaza Ghetto Uprising’. Find our longer conversation here: pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rXjU8ZfXJHiELHow1bmAg?si=TO8LJAI6TqSiGc-CGE58ow pt 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uwozIBMiYj1hhZg0dcctM?si=_A04f2t_SBaQ7TjDfqllRA Find their Gaza Ghetto Uprisi...

Join me for an episode about how obscene the casual celebration of violence towards Iran, Gaza, Muslims in general has been lately (shockingly, Sam Harris comes up).  Links: AMA post where you can add your questions:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/131606321?pr=true Near Identical statements from Canada, UK, Aus  https://x.com/dropsitenews/status/1936892596678197535?s=61&t=w7q_ej...

Dutch Journalist Gillian de Nooijer joins me for a conversation about the Dutch far right. Find Gillian on Bsky: Gilliandn.bsky.social and on twitter: @GillianDN We discuss Geert Wilders, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Pim Fortuyn (who was assassinated in 2002) and self-described conspiracy theorist Thierry Baudet. We also chat about the controversial blackface character in The Netherlands known as Zwarte Piet,...

“It’s embarrassing, destructive & looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right” - writes journalist Gareth Watkins (@garethwatkins.bsky.social). In this convo we explore this dreadful intersection of AI ‘art’ & fascism. Check out his excellent, viral piece here: https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/ Find Gareth’s po...

This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil Rights In this clip we talk about the politicization of things like the global pandemic, the genocide in Gaza - these issues should really be large enough to break through across the political spectrum, yet… they don’t. We are starting to see some people on the right speak out against the genocide more recently, but it...

Sam Harris has recently claimed that he’s only just become an unapologetic Zionist post Oct 7, in this episode we examine this claim as well as his generally flimsy excuses for supporting Israel.  In the extended version of the episode we take a look at his “pre-Zionist” era.  Pls subscribe via patreon.com/nicemangos to unlock the full episode. You can also help unlock this episode for e...

This is an old musical bit I made for Woking Up episode 4, but i’m reposting again because a couple of the quotes in here are referenced in the upcoming episode. So, I thought it would be fun to revisit. 🎵🎶🧠 Enjoy this bit of pure, distilled Rationality! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil Rights In this clip we discuss how supposedly liberal leaning podcast promoted an extremely radicalized ex-muslim guest, while simultaneously stripping context on who this guest was, what her far-right views and associations were…. to talk about her experience with Ayahuasca instead. Find the longer episode here: https...

This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil Rights In this clip we discuss politics and censorship. Particularly censorship in Saudi Arabia, bootleg movies, bleeping of words like ‘king’ and ‘prince’. Find the longer episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5A And the extended version on Patreon: https://www.pa...

Well, we kept the wannabe Trumpians out. But …things are undeniably more rightwing. What now? —— If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[Apologies for my flu voice in the intro] Join myself and Patron of the show - photographer & healthcare worker Joe / @Brownsvillain (on Twitter) for a conversation about the tactics of the ‘anti-woke’ and what lies beneath the surface of such grievances. We discuss the Covid19 pandemic, Trump’s campaign of cruelty and how many anti-woke grievances were a precursor to this fascist moment.&nbsp...

Generally kinkshaming is not great, but when it comes to fascist and rightwing kinks, I think we can make an exception. We should Mock Elon’s breeding fetish any chance we get, and boy did a recent article present us with a great opportunity to do so. Join me for a casual reading of some highlights from the recent WSJ piece on Elon’s ‘legion’ of babies. The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Le...

This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Transphobia in the New Atheist Scene’ - I was joined by Exvangelical writer Chrissy Stroop for this conversation. Chrissy talks about the debate culture that is holding atheist advocacy back, and I take a look back at some the worst debatebros in my DMs. Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UIAKby4Nih0Bm5sO4q7...

This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Transphobia in the New Atheist Scene’ - I was joined by Exvangelical writer Chrissy Stroop for this conversation. Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UIAKby4Nih0Bm5sO4q72H?si=HUPXlNKESLG61Z9Bk-G0kw And the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-94-in-new-124954055?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&am...

This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Transphobia in the New Atheist Scene’ - I was joined by Exvangelical writer Chrissy Stroop for this conversation. Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UIAKby4Nih0Bm5sO4q72H?si=HUPXlNKESLG61Z9Bk-G0kw And the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-94-in-new-124954055?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&am...

An impromptu conversation Chrissy Stroop and I had following our previous chat about Transphobia in the New Atheist scene. I decided to record it and turn it into a Bonus mini ep. We talk about what Pro Natalism really means and how it’s spreading among the self-professed Rational types online. Radicalized Ex-Muslim Sarah Haider comes up, as well as the topic of how the ‘pro natalist’ scene often...

I was joined by Chrissy Stroop, fellow atheist, cofounder of The Flytrap & senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches - for a chat about recent drama in the New Atheist scene.  Some dinosaur atheists (Dawkins, Pinker, Coyne) recently quit their positions on the honorary board at the Freedom from Religion Foundation, because of their inability to keep up with the times & what sc...

This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Trumpocalypse: Who enabled the Gamergate-ification of America’ Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Vcyf5eIcyb6kYcESX5x0Q?si=2vi2uLDcQTK4k2weth_O3w and the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122166594 If you enjoy the show please consider supporting it via patreon.com/nicemangos & unlock...

This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Trumpocalypse: Who enabled the Gamergate-ification of America’ Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Vcyf5eIcyb6kYcESX5x0Q?si=2vi2uLDcQTK4k2weth_O3w and the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122166594 If you enjoy the show please consider supporting it via patreon.com/nicemangos & unlock...

This is an excerpt from a patreon exclusive post about the recent IDW ‘War on Science’ anti-woke project that was shared by alleged sex pest Lawrence Krauss recently.  Please subscribe via patreon.com/nicemangos to access the post! And to help unlock it for others too.  —— Links:   Find the full post here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/123635833 I have a sample version up for...

[This is a sample version, unlock the full Bonus episode by subscribing to the premium tiers via patreon.com/nicemangos] Can the non-right come together to fight back against the rising tide of fascism? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Civil rights lawyer & patron of the show Bree (@BreeEsq on the hellsite) joins us to tell the tale of her bizarre birthright trip to Israel. We discuss that and more in the extended version. Including her fascinating insights on IDW fans she encounters on Tinder, her breaking the story about the unhinged, genocidal & ironically named podcast ‘2 Nice Jewish Boys’. We also discuss the delibe...

This is a clip from my recent episode covering the Magdeburg attack in Germany. Listen to the public release version here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zEXWSUoAYYj5cMz1fa1pu?si=uiqLlEdrTue6pGNaukAF9A And the extended episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-89-exmuslim-119190805?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_lin...

[This is a Sample version, unlock the full episode by subscribing to the premium tiers via patreon.com/nicemangos] Can we just take a moment to acknowledge how unbelievably unhinged Trump’s threats to Canada are becoming? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.