the radical center

We are joined by Catherine Kronas, Chanel Pfahl, and Julia Malott of Ontario, Canada, to discuss the movement against woke indoctrination in Canadian schools. Catherine on Twitter @catherinekronas; https://www.lighthouseforum.ca Julia on Twitter: @alottamallotta; https://www.youtube.com/@alottamalotta Chanel on Twitter: @chanLPfa Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid...

Carrie Edelstein Mendoza, MD, MA, FACEP has over 20 years practicing emergency medicine in rural, suburban, and urban hospitals treating snakebites to gun shot wounds to 1000s of Covid-19 patients. She is a medical technology inventor with two patents for an Emergency Department communications app. Carrie is a healthcare policy advocate and social entrepreneur with non-profit FAIR, The Foundation...

Today Jen and I were joined by Carob and Christine to fill in for David and Deborah while they are on vacation (separately, as far as we know!). We also had Tiffany Barker on to share the LDS perspective on the issue of how faith communities are getting caught in the culture wars. We discussed how values of tolerance and "being nice" have been used to get people (secular and religious) to accept c...

Christine Sefein Wolk of Critical Therapy Antidote criticaltherapyantidote.org/ and parents' rights advocate Carob Marcelle join me to talk about the "California Model" of Ethnic Studies, which is going to be launching in a number of states across the US in 2024. We take a look at some of the components of this model and why parents- and all citizens- should be concerned. Find more f...

Mike Burke is an academic from England whose research and consulting interests include education, political philosophy, and ideology. His present research focus is on Critical Social Justice (CSJ) ideology and the advantages and challenges it poses to the national security of the United Kingdom and other liberal democracies, by extension. He has also written on and maintains an interest in Islamis...

California therapist Rick McCarthy pushes back on his professional organization's promotion of "gender affirming care" for adolescents. Here is the link to the original CAMFT article Rick referenced in this conversation: https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a40eb33c#/a40eb33c/8 *note: In the video I mentioned posting Rick's correspondence with CAMFT to Substack for those of you who are inte...

How do we move beyond calling out the "woke" to making meaning? Why are people drawn toward "woke" ideology, and what does it represent? Transcendence, social scripts? Check out Jodi's video here: https://youtu.be/ebVIRg9AZwM?feature=shared Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Find us at Solidgroundsupport.com Twitter @jleslieelliott @dissidentde...

Compassion- when is it too much? Trauma- what is it, and has the concept expanded? Resilience- how do we encourage it? Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Find us at Solidgroundsupport.com Twitter @jleslieelliott @dissidentdelite @deborahknox __________________________________________________________________________________ If you appreciate thi...

In the 4th installment of our 3 Jens conversation series, Jen Friend, Jenny Holland, and I talk about jealousy, pornography, and promiscuity. These conversations are an exploration and thoughtful contemplation of sexual morality and ethics, and we welcome your thoughts and feedback. If something from this conversation jumps out at you please share in the comments. Note: Jenny had some troubles wit...

Today we were joined by Jennifer Richmond of the Institute for Liberal Values. ilvalues.org Jennifer Richmond, an International Relations Specialist, supports liberalism and universal values and believes that we are at our best when protecting individual rights and freedoms. She worked in international relations for over 20 years, focusing on global geopolitics, intelligence, and East Asian policy...

Daniel Anear is a Relationship Counselor & Personality Coach who emigrated from Australia in response to that country's authoritarian lock-down policies. We had a discussion about governmental power over-reach and social justice, and his experiences in both Australia and the US. www.danielanear.com www.convergentlyspeaking.com (podcast) _____________________________________________________...

Benjamin Boyce joins us for a bonus live stream to discuss his suspension from YouTube as a result of discussing a certain controversial topic. Benjamin's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wMTJ29BFsJVH6cjlFgAtq?si=Dz7AevhlTQ-OTcbXPdF5nw Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Find us at Solidgroundsupport.com Twitter @jleslieelliott @dissi...

Ben’s podcast: https://anchor.fm/calmversations Benjamin Boyce talks about earning a "strike" for discussing a certain kind of "treatment" for a virus that is not allowed by the tech auditors who decide what we are allowed to say and think. tip jar: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce

DEI trainings, struggle sessions, "messy conversations", etc often have an element of bullying, gaslighting, and accusatory labeling for anyone who asks questions or challenges what's being taught. This bullying can cause tremendous psychological harm to participants. Today we talk about this and discuss the tragic suicide of Canadian Educator Richard Bilkszto. https://quillette.com/...

For the essay I referenced: https://criticaltherapyantidote.org/2021/12/06/the-future-of-counseling-is-racist/ Many people exposed to DEI trainings that focus primarily on race. These can create a sense of guilt and shame, or confusion and anxiety if you object- because you will be told that your objection is white fragility/centering whiteness/internalized white supremacy. Rhetorical fallacies Gu...

Jessie Mannisto is the founder of Third Factor, a magazine, podcast, and community for intellectually energetic questioners seeking the higher path in life. She is also a former CIA analyst, an editor at Genspect, and a trainee debate chair for Braver Angels, where she sometimes confuses people about whether she is a "red" or a "blue." Links: Jessie on Twitter @jlmannisto Third...

Christine and I discuss where prospective clients can find therapists who are not adherents to Social Justice ideology, and more. For more from Christine check out the CTA podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCjIaIptzhXcz_e54XBYy7Ow _____________________________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact me, my website is: https://theradicalcenterconsulting....

What is our cultural and personal relationship to beauty? We began with general exploration and narrowed to focus on a woman's beauty throughout the lifespan. How does a cultural relationship with beauty shape the individual, and how does the individual's relationship shape culture? What does it mean to try to hold onto youthful attractiveness, and to be blind to other expressions of beaut...

Apparently Zoom is now feeding all content to the AI machine- what does this mean? Why should we be concerned about AI, and what can it replace? From grocery checkers, to cam girls, to doctors and therapists, and even companions for the chronically lonely- is this the kind of world we want in the future? Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Find...

Josh Slocum is the host of the Disaffected podcast. The weekly show looks at culture and political issues through a psychological lens, focusing on the narcissistic abuse dynamics that characterize current progressive and leftist issues. The show's thesis is that the same narcissistic abuse found in 'domestic abuse' and the family has become a public norm. I have great admiration for J...

Today Deborah recounted an incident in which she and a friend were joined in conversation by a friendly stranger, who brought in the wokeness- and the discussion that ensued. Then, prompted by those in the live chat, we got into an exploration of politics and where we all see ourselves on the political compass. Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream...

Jason Littlefield is an educator passionate about personal well-being and establishing a society of individuals at peace within themselves and others. He is the Executive Director of EmpowerED Pathways, a cofounder of Free Black Thought, and the architect of Empowered Humanity Theory; Jason has also served students and families across Texas and around the world, including Taiwan, China, and Benin,...

Karen King joined me for another chat. This time she wanted to share a recent experience at a MAPS conference, where she went out of her way to address the political elephant in the room. To her surprise, when she opened up to new people about her concerns about ideological bias, every person with whom she spoke agreed with her. About Karen: Karen King, LMHC has been a psychotherapist for almost t...

Andrew Hartz is a practicing clinical psychologist and was formerly a professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Long Island University. For several years, he’s written about political issues and mental health and recently served as a Writing Fellow at Heterodox Academy. He completed his Ph. D. at Long Island University and his clinical internship at Columbia University Medical Cente...

Keanu is a counselor in rural Australia. He shares his perspective and experiences with how Australian authorities handled covid, as well as the adoption of CSJ in therapy and culture. I really enjoyed this conversation and found him very insightful. The conversation just keeps getting better, so listen to the end. __________________________________________________________________________________...