Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm Collins

A dramatic account of a mid-air incident on a Fly Dubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv where the copilot attacked the pilot, leading to a steep dive and emergency response. Israeli passengers, including a bank CEO and others, helped regain control of the aircraft with assistance from relief pilots, allowing a safe landing in Saudi Arabia. Everyone on board survived the event. The discussion also co...

Malcolm and Simone explore lesser-known Jewish legal mechanisms for navigating strict biblical and rabbinic restrictions, especially around the Sabbath. The discussion covers travel limits, carrying objects, cooking rules, inheritance practices, marriage agreements, and community boundaries while contrasting approaches to rule interpretation. They examine how these workarounds developed historical...

Join us on Based Camp today to explore Dignity Village, a self-funded and self-governed community of tiny homes in Portland that has operated successfully for 25 years. We examine its rules, governance structure, shared facilities, and low operating costs compared to city-run alternatives. Our discussion covers why this model has endured while other attempts failed, key factors for sustainable mic...

Today on Based Camp, Malcolm and Simone dive into the growing sovereign citizen movement, its pseudolegal rituals, straw man theories, and common law courts. They examine a viral traffic stop involving self-proclaimed Cherokee marshals, the rise of Moorish sovereign groups, and why search interest is climbing despite mainstream assumptions that the phenomenon peaked in the 1990s. The discussion co...

The Trump administration is taking direct action against effective altruists and anti-AI activists, including potential terrorist watch list designations and restrictions on groups like Anthropic. Key figures such as Emil Michael, Pete Hegseth, and David Sachs are driving policy that prioritizes American AI dominance and frames EA influence as a national security concern. This episode examines the...

This episode explores the surprising trend of women leaving witchcraft, tarot reading, and the occult for Christianity. We discuss the massive psychic and tarot industry, celebrity examples like Kim Kardashian’s relic wearing, and high-profile conversions from influencers such as Alex Reads Tarot, Kat Von D, and Doreen Virtue. They examine why these women found faith more fulfilling than new age p...

Note: Big mistake in the original corrected now C.S. Lewis was Anglican not Catholic. I was late getting the episode out and I erred on the side of trying to appease people who have us in their morning routine and not of double checking. I was thinking of Tolkien and because C.S. Lewis is always brought up by my Catholic friends in debates. In my defence Anglican is a hair away from Catholicism. T...

Today on Based Camp we discuss the modern human sacrifices to Santa Muerte in Mexico and their connections to ancient Aztec practices, because APPARENTLY WE WERE WRONG ABOUT THE AZTEC NIGHTMARE BEING OVER. Alarmed by this realization, we explore religious syncretism, the role of Catholic traditions in enabling folk saint worship, and why certain cultural patterns persist despite conversion efforts...

Tectone joins Malcolm and Simone for a wide-ranging conversation on preparing for fatherhood, protecting children from cultural influences through homeschooling and private education, and building supportive networks among like-minded families. They discuss the evolution of the online right from its early days through Gamergate and into a focus on authenticity and family values. The discussion cov...

Today on Based Camp, Malcolm and Simone explore how menstrual cycle tracking has moved from apps into work planning and legal arguments. The discussion covers period trackers in games, cycle syncing for productivity, and historical court cases where PMS or postpartum issues were used to reduce charges for violent acts. The Collinses also examine ancient medical views on the uterus and modern debat...

A deep dive into the strange history of a 1970s fantasy religion that broke containment into real-world communes, immersive boarding school experiences, and early computer game development. The episode traces its evolution from Oxford-area writings and goddess-focused observances through anti-modern settlements in Ireland, the creation of text adventures on Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum hardware, a...

A deep investigation into Maple, a high-control organization with roots in effective altruism and Buddhist philosophy. The discussion covers its leader’s past statements on human extinction, ties to major tech funders, isolation practices, financial extraction from members, and plans for an AI system to enforce total control over society. Hosts contrast these goals with their own focus on human fl...

Join us on Based Camp today for a detailed discussion on vulnerabilities in US voting systems, including same-day registration without ID, vouching rules in states like Minnesota, challenges verifying citizenship, and risks with deceased voters on rolls. The conversation examines real-world examples and state policies that make exploitation possible, along with broader implications for election in...

In this wide-ranging interview, Romanian streamer and VTuber Romanian TV discusses his journey from early 2000s leftism to opposing modern identity politics and censorship. He explains how Reddit bans during the Gamergate era radicalized him and why Eastern European perspectives differ sharply from those in the US and UK. The conversation covers algorithmic suppression replacing old-school bans, t...

In this Tract Series episode, we review a an argument presented by Graf Herzog Kaiser on X exploring the hypothesis that angels are a distinct extra-dimensional species with their own society, technology, and history. The discussion examines how this view aligns with a serious reading of the Bible, including Genesis 6, the Nephilim, and references in Enoch, while contrasting it with materialist mo...

This episode examines the Lindsay Clancy case in detail, including why it does not align with postpartum psychosis based on clinical insights from a trauma nurse. It explores historical and cross-cultural patterns of infanticide, legal responses in various societies, and the role of cultural and religious frameworks in shaping attitudes toward child protection. The discussion also covers the mothe...

Malcolm and Simone break down new reporting from effort.news exposing how effective altruism organizations s pent tens of millions funding anti-AI narratives across journalism, YouTube explainer channels , and religious groups . They discuss the circular donor ecosystem, undisclosed grants, and the impact on public discourse. The conversation covers specific examples from The Guardian, Time Magazi...

Today on Based Camp, we dip our toes into the Aztec civilization through a review of Inga Clendinnen’s Aztecs: An Interpretation by John Psmith of Mr. and Mrs. Psmith’s Bookshelf , exploring how their religion, cosmology, and social structures centered on ritual human sacrifice at an industrial scale. The review examines their gods, warrior culture, child-rearing practices, and the inversion of pl...

Discussion of recent data on Burning Man attendance trends, including a New York Post article and Black Rock City census figures showing a decline in younger participants and a rise in attendees in their forties and fifties. The conversation covers historical context from past events, personal experiences at the festival, and comparisons to other gatherings. Additional analysis explores organizati...

This episode examines popular VTuber avatar designs and how they influence audience engagement. The conversation covers community reactions to recent viral moments, perceptions of age representation in virtual content, and comparisons with trends in other regions. The discussion also reviews data on viewer sentiment, patterns in top-performing models, and broader questions about norms for online p...

For most of Western history, acting was a low-status profession often linked with vagrancy, moral suspicion, and limited respectability. This episode traces how that reputation formed—from Restoration England and Victorian theater culture through early Hollywood—and why the public association between performers and social stigma lasted far longer than most people realize. Drawing on historical res...

Historically, what we now call dating was treated as lower-status than prostitution. The word “date” itself once meant visiting a prostitute. Then working-class “charity girls” undercut professional sex workers by trading companionship and intimacy for dinners, tickets, clothes, and nights out — a practice contemporaries called treating. In this Based Camp episode, Malcolm and Simone Collins walk...

Simone woke up to a 5am text thread claiming brain death was invented to harvest organs — and the more she dug, the worse it got. This episode walks through the TJ Hoover case (a man wheeled toward organ recovery who was crying, thrashing, and later survived), the 1968 Harvard “irreversible coma” paper that built the modern framework, the Lazarus sign, the apnea test, paralytics used during recove...

What is alpine divorce? This episode breaks down the viral outdoor trend where partners get left behind on hikes, climbs, and trail adventures. We explore the term’s surprising literary origins, recent social media stories, and a high-profile negligence case on Austria’s highest peak, then look at how mismatched fitness, pacing, and expectations turn outdoor dates into breakups. From Grand Canyon...

Simone and Malcolm walk through a widely circulated write-up on izzat —the North Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi honor/reputation system—after Homath quote-tweeted it. They treat it the same way they treat critiques of Western hookup culture, Chinese face, or American individualism: as a cultural technology that can either support or sabotage flourishing. They read the original Kiwi Farms post,...