Dangerous Speech

The latest episode of my podcast is out on SoundCloud. I spoke with Michael Shellenberger about his book San Fransicko, and how progressive/woke policies hurt the causes they claim to support His taxonomy of woke religion and how current woke ideology acts as a religion Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Michael: @ShellenbergerMD You can buy Michael’s books here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006309...

I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon about her recent book Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy, the replacing of class issues with race, the disdain the media show towards the working class, how the media and institutions lost the trust of the public. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Batya: @bungarsargon You can buy Batya’s book here: 
https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/bad-news/ Or here: h...

I had Monica Guzman on, hoping to ask her about a TED Talk she did about curiosity and her upcoming book on the same topic. Monica let her curiosity get the better of her and started interviewing me. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Monica: @moniguzman Find all of Monica’s links and pre-order her book here: https://linktr.ee/moniguzman

I spoke with James Esses about being expelled from his university psychotherapy course due to his questioning of trans ideology.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow James: @JamesEsses Help support James’ legal fund: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/expelled-university-free-speech/ Check out James’ substack: https://jamesesses.substack.com/

I spoke with Alan Davison about a paper he wrote exploring how anti-racism works with claims of Islamophobia, comparing the state of academia in Australia and North America and illiberal progressivism.
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Alan: @alan_davison You can read the two papers we discussed here:
https://rdcu.be/czE8j https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Alan. Davison/publications Check out Permission to T...

I spoke with Dr. Sheena Mason about the theory of racelessness, how to get past the idea of race, some of the hypocrisy with the new anti-racism Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Dr. Mason: @SheenaMasonPhD
Follow theory of racelessness: https://twitter.com/Racelessness
 Learn more about the work being done by Theory of Racelessness: https://www.theoryofracelessness.org/ Check out Dr. Mason’s podcast: h...

I spoke with Sasha Ayad about her work with teens and trans issues, the evolution of gender dysphoria, affirmation therapy, some of the hypocrisy in gender and trans activism. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Sasha: @SashaLPC
 Learn more about Sasha’s work and contact her through her website: https://inspiredteentherapy.com/ Check out her podcast: https://gender-a-wider-lens.captivate.fm/ 
 Check out...

I spoke with Maud Maron about her being fired as a public defender for speaking out against encroachment of CSJ ideology, school curriculum, parent involvement. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Maud: @MaudMaron
 Check out Maud’s campaign:https://maudmaron.nyc/ Check out the work of PlaceNYC: https://placenyc.org/ 
An article Maud wrote about curriculum: https://nypost.com/2020/07/23/racial-obsessions-...

I spoke with John R Wood Jr. about Braver Angels and the work they are doing in trying to build communities and stem the flow of polarization, the role of media and social media. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow John: @JohnRWoodJr Follow Braver Angels: @BraverAngels Check out the work that Braver Angels does: braverangels.org

I spoke with David Ben Moshe about an article he wrote comparing the parallels between cancel culture and his experiences as an ex-felon, and issues within the prison and criminal justice systems. 
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow David: @realdbenmoshe You can read David’s article here: https://www.newsweek.com/im-black-ex-felon-i-have-message-about-cancel-culture-opinion-1604846 You can join David's...

I spoke with Christian Boutin about why he decided to run in the federal election and why he chose to run as a PPC candidate and some of the PPC platform 
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Christian: @christianboutin Check out the PPC website: https://www.peoplespartyofcanada.ca/ Check out Christian’s website: https://linktr.ee/christianboutinppc

I spoke with Jonathan Kay about the upcoming Canadian election, Canadian politics, and free speech
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Jonathan: @jonkay Check out Jonathan’s latest article in the National Post: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-why-the-canadian-left-cant-help-but-believe-kooky-theories-about-coded-messages-to-nazis Check out Jonathan’s work at Quillette:https://quillette.com...

I spoke with Yasmine Mohammed about the fate of women in Afghanistan, the failure of the US and the West, in general, the implications for the region. 
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Yasmine: @YasMohammedxx Check out and support Free Hearts Free Minds: https://www.freeheartsfreeminds.com/ Check out Yasmine’s webpage and sign up for her book club: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/ Yasmine's article in...

I spoke with Frank McCormick about why he started speaking out against CSJ training and curriculum in schools, how the pushback will need a concerted effort, the power of teachers’ unions, and mismanaged budgets.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Frank: @CBHeresy Check out Frank’s blog: 
https://chalkboardheresy.com/

I spoke with Charles Love about his recent article in Newsweek about how liberals distance themselves from conservatives even when agreeing on the cause, giving up the conversation, both sideism, loss of trust in institutions. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Charles: @CDouglasLove3 Check out the Cut the Bull podcast:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1759989 The Charles Love Show: https://thecharleslove.com/...

I spoke with Paul Rossi about his pushback to a segregated training at the school where he was teaching and the fallout from that, transparency of the curriculum, what is taught vs how it’s taught. 
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Paul: @pauldrossi

I spoke with Jason Littlefield about Empowered Pathways and a different approach to SEL, issues in education and victimhood culture.
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Jason: @JasonTheeHuman Check out the work Empowered Pathways is doing: 
https://www.empoweredpathways.org/

I spoke with Izabella Tabarovsky about the similarities between Woke ideology and the Soviet Union, anti-semitism from the left, and the demonization of whiteness Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Izabella: @IzaTabaro

I spoke with Sinead about transitioning and detransitioning, gender and queer theory, dangers to children, and the debate around female-only spaces Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Sinead: @ImWatson91 You can hear more of Sinead’s story here: https://youtu.be/CsT_Z8OFFdg

I spoke with Ioan Grillo about reporting on the cartels and how powerful they are, the corruption in Mexico, and comparing/contrasting life in war zones to life in areas where the cartels hold sway.
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Ioan: @ioangrillo You. Can find out more about Ioan on his website: ioangrillo.com Get his latest book: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Gun-Money-Firearms-Trafficking/dp/1635...

I spoke with Helen Pluckrose, Harriet Terrill, Issy Marston, Kevin Lowe, and Jennifer Friend about the work they are doing at Counterweight, and their future plans Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Helen: @HPluckrose Follow Jennifer: @Dissidentdelite Follow Kevin: @Intrinsic29
 Check out Counterweight’s website and see more of what they do. You can also support them or get help through their site: Coun...

I spoke with Grace about how she pushed back on the encroachment of CSJ ideology in her non-profit. Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Grace: @graceisforyou

I spoke with Monica Osborne about trauma, and the overuse of the term, the rise of antisemitism on the woke left, vilification of whiteness. 
 Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Monica: @DrMonicaOsborne

I spoke with Marilyn Muller about the issues with education for specialness kids, her organization Moms 4 FAPE, school choice, and the overall problems with education. 
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Marilyn: @1in5advocacy Follow Moms 4 FAPE: @moms4FAPE Checkout the moms 4 FAPE website and see more of their work: https://www.moms4fape.org/

I spoke with Erika Sanzi about Parents Defending Education and the work they do, school choice, and the pushback on CRT-based curricula. 
Follow me: @obaidomer Follow Erika: @esanzi Follow Parents Defending Education: @DefendingEd Checkout Parents Defending Education’s website and see more of their work: https://defendinged.org/