The Same Drugs

Rob Henderson grew up poor, with a drug-addicted mother — abandoned and shuffled around for years through the foster care system. As a result of an unstable upbringing and related trauma, he struggled through school, with substance abuse, and with things like anxiety and depression, but prevailed, joining the Air Force at 17 and eventually making it to Yale University, where he studied psychology,...

Two of the four men who were arrested in February 2022 in Coutts, Alberta, accused of conspiracy to commit murder and mischief, have been released from prison. On Tuesday , the Crown dismissed conspiracy to commit murder of police officers and mischief charges against Chris Lysak and Jerry Morin, reaching a plea deal with both on minor firearms charges. The charges the two men pleaded guilty to we...

In January, a Canadian court ruled in favour of citizens who participated in the 2022 Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, determining that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act was unconstitutional and without legal justification. The Emergencies Act was invoked on February 14, 2022 by the Federal Cabinet in an effort to shut down the peaceful protests happening in oppositi...

How did America, of all places, become the most dangerous place for a woman to give birth? Why have c-sections been on the rise in recent decades? Why do so many women have traumatic birth experiences in the hospital? How can those experiences be improved, in order for the mother to feel empowered? And why is the birthing community adopting “gender neutral” language like “chest feeding” and “birth...

Graham Linehan was a well-known, well-liked, successful TV writer, living his dream in a career he loved and worked hard at. Speaking up in defense of women's rights and spaces changed all that, almost in an instant. The moment Graham was labelled a TERF, he became persona non grata. He lost his career, his friends, his Twitter account, his mental health, and his marriage. In this episode, Meg...

Arden Young went from Hollywood to journalism, and is blowing the lid off of the porn industry’s lies. She went undercover to talk to Pornhub employees about everything from whether they thought porn use was healthy to how they pushed so-called “tranny porn” on men to how easy it is for underage and non-consensual videos to go up on the site. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Arden about...

Jonathan Kay is a Canadian journalist, author, editor of Quillette, and host of the Quillette podcast. Find him on Substack at Deeply Problematic . In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Jon their recent free speech event in Toronto, the 50-year-old York prof competing in swimming competitions against girls, and why Toronto City council voted to rename Yonge-Dundas Square “Sankofa Square.” The...

Meghan Murphy speaks with Gord Magill, a Canadian trucker who has been among the very few fighting to get the real story about the Coutts Four out, despite media silence. Meghan and Gord speak about why it was the truckers that saved Canada from the Covid mandates and why Trudeau is allowing four men to languish in prison without bail and without evidence of intent to commit the crimes they are ac...

Mike Hulme is a Professor of Human Geography and head of the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on representations of climate change in history, culture, and media, and the ways in which climate change is deployed in public and political discourse. Mike's 2009 book, Why We Disagree About Climate Change, was chosen as one of The Economist's books of...

Philip Slayton is a Canadian lawyer, author, and past president of PEN Canada, a branch of an international non-profit defending free expression. His most recent book is Antisemitism: An Ancient Hatred in the Age of Identity Politics . In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Philip about free speech in Canada, where antisemitism comes from, what it means to be a Jew, and whether or not a line n...

C.J. Hopkins is a Berlin-based playwright, novelist , and satirist. His most-recent essay collection is The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III . In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about being charged by a German court for a satirical tweet, his thoughts on the Gaza/Israel conflict, the fight against online censorship, what the new totalitarianism looks like,...

Our world and day to day lives have changed drastically in a very short period of time. Technology has gone from an addition to our lives to our way of life — most of us can't operate without it. And most of us have gone along willingly — enthusiastically even — with this technocultural revolution. But what are the consequences of melding man with machine? What have we handed over in trusting...

Batya Ungar-Sargon is the opinion editor at Newsweek , author of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy , and a columnist at Compact . In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Batya about the horrific attacks Hamas perpetrated against Israel this month, the response, what “Free Palestine” really means, why Israel has been labelled a “colonizer,” and whether there is any possibility of...

Why do young men find extremism? Why do liberal women suffer from more mental health problems than conservative women? Why do Westerners imagine problems that aren't there? How has tech incentivized us into unhappiness? Gurwinder Bhogal left his career in tech to become an "amateur psychologist," studying extremism, how tech is changing society, why smart people believe stupid things...

Bethany Mandel is a political commentator, homeschooling mom of six, co-founder of Right Books 4 Kids , and co-author of "Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation ." In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with her about what kids and parents are facing today in the era of mask mandates, Covid lockdowns, gender identity ideology in schools, and smart...

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Michael Malice , a Ukrainian-American anarchist, the host of "YOUR WELCOME," and the author of numerous books, including The New Right and The Anarchist Handbook. His most recent book is The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil , which follows the bloody Russian Revolution from start to finish. Meghan speaks with him about communism, authoritaria...

Chadwick Moore is a journalist, a contributing editor at The Spectator, and the author of Tucker , a recently released biography of Tucker Carlson. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Moore about who Tucker really is, beyond the vitriol we hear so often from progressives. Addendum: Unfortunately the mic quality is low in this interview, on account of a tech mishap. The Same Drugs is a fully...

April Hutchinson is a Canadian powerlifter who has overcome child sexual trauma, alcoholism, and is now fighting to save her sport from men. Hutchinson, a member of the Canadian powerlifting team, spoke out after discovering a 6'2" male going by the name Anne Andres was competing as a woman. Andres claimed the gold medal at the Canadian Powerlifting Union's women's regional champi...

Siddharth Kara is an author, researcher, and activist. He has been documenting the realities of modern slavery around the world, and pushing for accountability. Siddharth is the author of a number of books, including "Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives," and "Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery.” In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him...

Who challenged the Covid narrative early on and how were they punished? Author and health journalist Gabrielle Bauer has published a book detailing key dissenters and what they suffered as a result of their heresy.  Blindsight is 2020: Reflections on Covid Policies from Dissident Scientists, Philosophers, Artists, and More was published earlier this year and showcases 46 thinkers who bravely pushe...

Mike Nayna is an Australian filmmaker. His 2016 short, Digilante , caught viral cancel culture and race politics at a defining moment that challenged his assumptions as well as the narrative chosen by the media. Another event at Evergreen College — wherein then-professors Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying were subjected to a student-led witch hunt after objecting to a day without white people at t...

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Gene McConnell, an ex-porn user and sex buyer whose work today focuses on helping men build healthier relationships with themselves and with women. Gene is the founder of Authentic Relationships International and was featured in a recent documentary about men who pay for sex, called Buying Her . The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported po...

Do you want to be the best and have the most? Or do you want to enjoy the journey? How much does "success" really matter and how can we choose a good, fulfilling, happy life over wealth while still making things work? Meghan Murphy speaks with Shannon Hayes, ⁠"The Radical Homemaker"⁠ and the author of The Grassfed Gourmet , Radical Homemakers , and Redefining Rich . Shannon gre...

Dr. Roger McFillin is a Clinical Psychologist, writer, speaker, and the host of the Radically Genuine podcast . Earlier this month, Roger’s YouTube channel mysteriously disappeared after he posted a video challenging the prescribing of antidepressants to youth. After some high profile Twitter users spoke out about the apparent censorship, YouTube restored the channel, but why was it removed in the...

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Lee Fang, an American journalist who worked as an investigative reporter at The Intercept (as well as for outlets such as The Nation and Vice) before going independent on Substack. He has been reporting on Big Pharma, Big Media, crime in San Francisco, politicized racial narratives, how the DHS and the FBI colluded with Big Tech to police "disinforma...