Obaid Omer

Dangerous Speech

Society EN ↓ 181 episodes

I'm trying to discuss hot button topics in a reasonable manner. I'm also trying to figure out first principles and how we come by them and decide which are best. I'm speaking with academics, authors, journalists and activists in hopes of trying to find answers.

Author

Obaid Omer

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Society

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Latest episode

Oct 26, 2025

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Episodes

Ep 158 Jeff Greensite 30.09.2023

I spoke with Jeff Greensite about academic freedom, two incidents at San Francisco State, and the debate around legislation to fix issues in the academy. Follow me: @Dangerousspeach

Ep 157 Julia Malott 23.09.2023

I spoke with Julia Mallot about the recent policy proposal by the CPC on trans issues, transitioning of children, women’s rights vs. trans rights, and trying to bridge gaps. Follow me: @dangerousspeach
 Follow Julia: @AlottaMalotta

 You can find Julia’s videos here: https://alottamalotta.com/

Ep 156 Elton Robinson 16.09.2023

I spoke with Elton Robinson about the 1 million march 4 children, parental rights, the organization he co-founded, and the growing movement of concerned parents. 
 Follow me: @obaidomer
 You can find Elton’s organization here:
https://parentsrights.ca/ You can find information formation on different parent’s groups here:
https://prcoc.ca/#/
 Get information about the march on the 20th here:
https:...

Ep 155 Eli Steele 06.08.2023

I spoke with Eli Steele about his new documentary White Guilt and how that shaped race relations, the focus on identity politics and how that harms race relations. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Eli: @Hebro_Steele You can find out more about his films here: manofsteeleproductions.com You can donate to his GoFundMe to replace his stolen camera here: https://www.gofundme.com/sign-in?redirect=%2F...

Ep 154 Codi Lazar 29.07.2023

I spoke with Cody Lazar about an open letter that he and 270 faculty members from the California State University system wrote in defence of academic freedom. Follow me: @@dangerousspeach You can read the open letter here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yfgjj1hFH1gbUIJKKM3iirQlIq3XfJWi4j-QGRAS6ns/edit FIRE’s statement about the letter: https://www.thefire.org/news/cal-state-faculty-stand-acad...

Ep 153 Jen Richmond And Wink Twyman 17.06.2023

I spoke with Jen Richmond and Wink Twyman about how their new book, Letters in Black and White, the discourse on race, take over of public institutions.
 Follow me: @dangerousspeach 
Follow Jen: @truth_inbetween Follow ILV: @ilvalues You can get their book here: https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Black-White-Correspondence-America/dp/1634312368 Their website where you can find more writing, podcasts,...

Ep 152 Mia Ashton 22.04.2023

I spoke with Mia Ashton about how the push for trans rights is stripping women of theirs, women-only spaces, the indoctrination of children, the cult-like aspects of gender theory and the signs of a change in the discourse. 
 Follow me: @dangerousspeach
 Follow Mia: @_CryMiaRiver You can find Mia’s articles here: https://thepostmillennial.com/author/mia-ashton?utm_campaign=64466 And this piece: ht...

Ep 151 Dr Tabia Lee 15.04.2023

I spoke with Dr. Tabia Lee about being fired from her position as the director of diversity because she did not follow the current DEI ideology, the differences between liberalism and critical social justice and the harm that is being done outside of the academy due to CSJ
. Follow me: @dangerousspeach 
You can read more about Lee here:
https://compactmag.com/article/a-black-dei-director-canceled-...

Ep 150 Jim McMurtry 01.04.2023

I spoke with Jim McMurtry about being fired as a teacher for speaking the truth about residential schools, K-12 education in Canada, and the corruption of our institutions. Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Jim: @JimMcMurtry01

Ep 149 Jake Mackey 25.03.2023

I spoke with Jake Mackey about academia, and how it has gotten to the state it’s in. The slowly building pushback to authoritarianism within the academy and some of the initiatives involved. Do we have to rebuild, or can we save our institutions? Follow me: @dangerousspeach Follow Jake: @omni_american You can find out more about the Academic Freedom Alliance here: https://academicfreedom.org/ Chec...

Ep 148 Khadija Khan 18.03.2023

I spoke with Khadijah Khan about the de facto blasphemy laws in the UK pertaining to Islam and how the authorities keep capitulating to fundamentalists and creeping illiberalism. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Khadijah: @KhadijaKhan__ Here are some of Khadijah’s articles:
http://www.sedaa.org/2022/09/after-mahsa-aminis-death-its-time-for-hijab-apologists-to-take-a-back-seat/ https://areomagazine.com...

Ep 147: Asra Nomani 11.03.2023

I spoke with Asra Nomani about her latest book, Woke Army, the link between fundamental Islam and woke progressives. The history of Left/Fundamental Islam cooperation. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Asra @AsraNomani You can buy Woke Army here: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637580045/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26OXPIGRMIRZD&keywords=woke+army+%22nomani%22&qid=1676558566&sprefix=,aps,71&sr=8-1

Ep 146 Lee Jussim Pt 3 28.01.2023

I spoke with Lee Jussim about his recent attempted cancellation, the state of psychology, academia and their future, and the loss of trust in institutions. Follow me: @obaidomer FollowLee: @PsychRabble You can find Lee's substack here: http://unsafescience.substack.com

Ep 145 Alan Davison Pt2 19.11.2022

I spoke with Alan Davison about a recent article he wrote about how our institutions need to support dissenting views. The self-inflicted lack of trust in academia, the encroachment of illiberalism in our institutions.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Alan: @alan_davison Read Alan’s article here: https://spectator.com.au/2022/10/bursting-the-bubble/ Alan’s Faculty special speaker series, “Permission...

Ep 144: Greg Lukianoff 22.10.2022

I spoke with Greg Lukianoff about the difference between free speech tradition and laws, what is and isn’t book banning, the issues in higher education, and the erosion of the institutions that protect civil liberties Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Greg @glukianoff Follow FIRE: @TheFIREorg You can find out more and support FIRE here: https://www.thefire.org/

Ep 143 Shaparak Pt 3 25.09.2022

I spoke with Shaparak about the protests going on in Iran, and what this might mean for the regime there. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Shaparak @shaparakshjr You can sign the petition that Shaparak mentioned here: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-mahsa-amini?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recrui...

Ep 142 David Bernstein 24.09.2022

I spoke with David Bernstein about his upcoming book, Woke Anti-Semitism, and how the new anti-racism is helping to create more animosity against Jews and shuts down debate. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow David: @DavidLBernstein You can sign up to get David’s book when it is released: https://jilv.org/book/ Find out more about JILV here: https://jilv.org/

Ep141 Nicole Levitt 17.09.2022

The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Nicolle Levitt about the woke meltdown at the women’s abuse organization. How woke ideology is corrupting organizations and leaving us defenceless from illiberalism. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Nicole: @LevittNicole7 You can read about what happened at the WAA: https://freebeacon.com/culture/inside-the-woke-meltdown-at-one-domest...

Ep 140: Linda Blade 18.06.2022

I spoke with Linda Blade about trans athletes in women’s sport, how the ideology is forming policy, reality vs identity, and her book, Unsporting, that she co-authored with Barbara Kay Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Linda: @coachblade You can find out more about Linda’s book here: https://www.unsporting.com/

Ep 139: Jason Littlefield Pt 2 04.06.2022

I spoke with Jason Littlefield about his work with EmpowerEd Pathways, and how SEL was taken over by woke ideology. The effects that woke SEL and curriculum is harming children and the attacks on Enlightenment values.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Jason: @JasonTheeHuman Follow EmpowerEd Pathways: @empowerED_TX Check out the work Jason is doing with EmpowerEd Pathways: https://www.empoweredpathways...

Ep 138: Cathrine Kronas 23.04.2022

I spoke with Cathrine Kronas about stopwoke.ca and a petition she has out to stop CRT and Gender/Queer Theory-based curriculum, and the spread of woke dogma in Canadian schools. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Catherine: @CatherineKronas You can find more information about her petition and work here: StopWOKE.ca

Ep 137 Kaveh Shahrooz 02.04.2022

I spoke with Kaveh Shahrooz about Media bias, censorship and conspiracy theories, hypocrisy in the response to protests in Canada, Canadian foreign policy in the Middle East
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Kaveh: @kshahrooz You can find all of Kaveh’s links here: https://linktr.ee/kshahrooz

Ep 136 Thomas Sheedy 26.03.2022

The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Thomas Sheedy about Atheists For Liberty, how atheist organizations have become woke and seem to be following a secular religion, defending the values of civil liberties. 
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Thomas: @sheedythom Follow Atheists For Liberty: @atheistsliberty 
If you would like to support, join, or learn more about Atheist...

Ep 135: Terry Glavin 26.02.2022

I spoke with Terry Glavin about the trucker’s protest, the Emergency measures act, hypocrisy in the response, the harm that lack of trust in media can do.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Terry: @TerryGlavin
 You can find Terry’s Substack here: https://therealstory.substack.com/

Ep 134: Vaishnavi Sundar 12.02.2022

I spoke with Vaishnavi Sundar about her documentary Dysphoric and how Western gender ideology has pushed back women’s rights in India. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Vaishnavi: @Vaishax You can watch Dysphoric here: http://bit.ly/dysphoric21 Check out Vaishnavi’s work here: 
 1) https://vaishnavisundar.com/ 2) https://limesodafilms.com/ 3) https://www.wmfindia.com/

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