An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights. Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About? Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur? Join us and let's find out!
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episode 98: Mini-Decoding: The Descent of Jordan B. Peterson
We take a look at a recent conversation between Jordan Peterson and the streamer Steven Bonnell (AKA Destiny) and use the opportunity to reflect on Jordan's journey as a public intellectual and guru.
We consider how his stances have changed, whether he is more extreme now than when he emerged or if it is just his presentation style that has shifted. Along the way, we look at his demon-infested understanding of the COVID-19 vaccines, his climate change denialism, and address the unresolved question of the ages: Were the Nazis actually right-wing?
Links
- Jordan Peterson Podcast: Streaming, Politics, & Philosophy | @destiny | EP 433
- Video of Jordan Peterson on climate change and climate policy at the Cambridge Union
- Historian specialising on the Nazis article in Haaretz: Exposing Jordan Peterson’s Barrage of Revisionist Falsehoods About Hitler, the Holocaust and Nazism
- The Nazis were not right-wing meme
- Snopes article on whether the Nazis were socialists
- Reuters: Fact Check: No evidence to link UK excess deaths to COVID-19 vaccines
- Jordan Peterson is Back! - Bret Weinstein's DarkHorse Podcast
- The Guardian: Jordan Peterson’s ‘zombie’ climate contrarianism follows a well-worn path