Episodes

  • #12 Ron Nehring and David Reade - Populism, conservatism and identity (#311)

    #12 Ron Nehring and David Reade - Populism, conservatism and identity (#311)
    May 8 2024
    Þórarinn speaks with Ron Nehring and David Reade from the Leadership Institute where immigration, economics, politics and the Republican party are discussed.
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    50 mins
  • #11 Foreigner's experience of the American education system (with Bruce Bagnall) (#183)

    #11 Foreigner's experience of the American education system (with Bruce Bagnall) (#183)
    Oct 31 2022
    In 2016-17 Þórarinn and Bruce Bagnall shared an experience in an American academic institution. This is what they experienced.
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    49 mins
  • #10 Will British Banter save Free Speech? (with Konstantin Kisin) (#172)

    #10 Will British Banter save Free Speech? (with Konstantin Kisin) (#172)
    Sep 18 2022
    Tóti speaks with Konstantin Kisin about his new book; An Immigrants Love Letter to the West. Konstantin is a comedian and a host of the increasingly popular podcast Triggernometry.

    The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including fatherlessness and the breakdown of the family structure, gratitude, Western culture, free speech, the mainstream media, and Konstantin's experience growing up in the Soviet Union.

    To support this work visit: www.patreon.com/einpaeling
    For audio version: https://www.spreaker.com/user/1169418...
    Contact: einpaeling@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • #9 Tyranny, social division and woke culture (with Zuby) (#156)

    #9 Tyranny, social division and woke culture (with Zuby) (#156)
    Jul 8 2022
    Recorded in December of 2021:
    Zuby is an entrepreneur, rapper, coach, podcast host, and the list goes on. Zuby has made an impact on cultures around the world with his unique voice conveying a message of personal resilience and responsibility. He is not afraid to challenge the popular narrative in every sphere of society. In this conversation, Tóti and Zuby discuss the challenges to free speech, woke-ism, and culture.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • #8 What are the greatest threats to scientific inquiry? (with Lawrence Krauss) (#155)

    #8 What are the greatest threats to scientific inquiry? (with Lawrence Krauss) (#155)
    Jul 8 2022
    Lawrence M. Krauss is an American theoretical physicist who runs the Origins Project Foundation. He served on the science-policy committee for Barack Obama in 2008 and has taught at some of the most elite institutions in America.

    In this conversation Tóti probes Lawrence about what are the greatest threats to science today. They speak about university culture, the impacts of woke thinking, the influence of politics, the dangers of speaking out, and much more. The second half of the conversation leads to the late, and dearly missed, Christopher Hitchens and what he might have thought about the current moment.
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    39 mins
  • #7 The War in Ukraine - Is realism making a comeback? (With Page Wilson) (#130)

    #7 The War in Ukraine - Is realism making a comeback? (With Page Wilson) (#130)
    Jul 8 2022
    Page Wilson is a senior lecturer at the University of Iceland who specializes in international relations and security studies. In this interview, Page explains what impact the invasion of Ukraine has on security and politics globally. The questions raised relate to whether realism is making a comeback, nuclear deterrence and vulnerability, balance of power, buffer states and sphere of influence, game-theoretical analysis from Putin's perspective and how the conflict might end.
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    59 mins
  • #6 Excellent sheep - Is the education system failing the young? (with Bill Deresiewicz) (#125)

    #6 Excellent sheep - Is the education system failing the young? (with Bill Deresiewicz) (#125)
    Jul 8 2022
    Bill Deresiewicz is a former Yale professor who wrote a book about the failures of the elite education institutions in the West called Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life.
    In this podcast, Þórarinn speaks with Bill about how he perceives the problem today, who are these excellent sheep, the grade-inflation, wokeism and its implications on free speech and censorship, classism, and more.
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    50 mins
  • #5 Better Left Unsaid (with Curt Jaimungal) (#50)

    #5 Better Left Unsaid (with Curt Jaimungal) (#50)
    Jul 8 2022
    Better Left Unsaid: https://bit.ly/blu_preorder

    Tóti interviews Curt Jaimungal about Better Left Unsaid, a film written and directed by Curt. The film incorporates interviews with intellectuals such as Coleman Hughes, Steven Pinker, Michael Shermer, Noam Chomsky, Janice Fiamengo, and more. It addresses the issue of political extremism in the West, the implications of identity politics, and the new woke-culture promulgated by, and broadcasted from, Western universities.
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    1 hr and 10 mins