
A podcast discussing, culture/'Culture Wars', religion, politics, sexuality...from a progressive, ex-muslim perspective.
Feb 18, 2025
This is a clip from my recent episode covering the Magdeburg attack in Germany. Listen to the public release version here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zEXWSUoAYYj5cMz1fa1pu?si=uiqLlEdrTue6pGNaukAF9AAnd the extended episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-89-exmuslim-119190805?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkIf you enjoy the show and would like to support it, pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
00:00:06
Feb 13, 2025
[This is a Sample version, unlock the full episode by subscribing to the premium tiers via patreon.com/nicemangos]
Can we just take a moment to acknowledge how unbelievably unhinged Trump’s threats to Canada are becoming?
00:05:13
Feb 12, 2025
Each day there are at least 72.4 new disasters caused by the Trump administration. It seems like Trump and his billionaire N@zi pal Elon, are intentionally accelerating the collapse of the US and world politics as we know it. Who could have predicted they’d hand racist teenage internet trolls access to sensitive government information? Well…. A lot of people who have watched the darker corners of the internet could have warned about some of the stuff we’re seeing now.
The presence of similar anti-minority themes, the rationalization of hate and online harassment campaigns have been observed in many rightwing spaces over the years. But Gamergate served as a blueprint for so many of them.
Who paved the way for this nightmare? Was it Rational Centrists who often legitimized rightwing fearmongering, Liberals? Both sidesy media? Was it the Dems who enabled a genocide? Or the people who refused to vote for them?
Join me as I explore this topic.
Links:
Majority of Americans approve of Trump's job performance so far, CBS News poll finds https://www.cbsnews.com/video/majority-americans-approve-trump-job-performance-so-far-poll/
Woking Up 11 - ‘Transphobic Meltdown’ https://open.spotify.com/episode/73wtudAwKzLfuqvi2VMTQ1?si=0xEnlU7VQ4uBvES7at5ntA
Trump signs executive order banning trans women from women’s sports https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-executive-order-ban-trans-women-sports-rcna190767
How Hitler used Democracy to take Power https://time.com/6971088/adolf-hitler-take-power-democracy/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/06/israel-tells-army-to-prepare-plan-for-palestinians-to-voluntarily-leave-gaza Israel tells army to prepare plans for expulsion of Palestinians
Israel’s Smotrich vows escalation against Palestinians in West Bank, threatens Gaza-like fate https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250210-israels-smotrich-vows-escalation-against-palestinians-in-west-bank-threatens-gaza-like-fate/
NYT Burying the lede on how Israel has not held up it’s end of the ceasefire https://x.com/jeremyscahill/status/1889288932971401264?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Israel’s economy is in decline https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-economy-in-grave-danger-as-gaza-war-drags-on-economists-warn/
Israel boosts propaganda funding by $150m to sway global opinion against genocide https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-boosts-propaganda-funding-150-million-sway-global-opinion-against
“Operation Wrath of Zion" Aims to Dox and Deport Pro-Palestinian Protestors in New York City https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-palestine-dox-new-york-facial-recognition-ai?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2510348&post_id=156126181&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2yt6x1&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
'No thanks': White South Africans turn down Trump's immigration offer https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/no-thanks-white-south-africans-turn-down-trumps-immigration-offer-2025-02-09/
00:30:16
Jan 31, 2025
This is a short clip from my episode on the tragic attack in Magdeburg, Germany.
Find the longer version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zEXWSUoAYYj5cMz1fa1pu?si=Dd1xhL2fQQ-RY5SQ2GR8HQ
Or wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Unlock extended episodes and support the show via patreon.com/nicemangos
00:07:13
Jan 23, 2025
What a wild first few days it’s been.
Trump’s second term began with his best bud and right hand man extending that hand in a full on H!tler salute. Twice.
Some of the voices rushing to defend Elon’s gesture, have also been some of those most active in weaponizing accusations of antisemitism against leftists who protested Israel’s genocide.
In the most bizarre way, this moment has show how little some Israel supporters care about actual antisemitism. Join me for an in-depth look at the contradictions and excuses we’ve been seeing in the past few days.
Special thanks to Jack from IDSG Pod!
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Links:
Sam Harris vs. Elon Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sam-harris-vs-120158749?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Polite Conversations Technofascism ep: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0nPioIhFQt6Obo8rWqTBkO?si=r34rdbSiQxms6JV9QiaaYg
Alt-right leader describes himself as a ‘white Zionist’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-tells-israelis-that-jews-are-over-represented/
00:26:13
Jan 13, 2025
The RW ghouls are at it again, using any opportunity they can to fan the flames of hate. Be it a mass shooting, a terrorist attack, a plane crash or a natural disaster like the tragic wildfires in LA - Vultures like Dave Rubin, Elon Musk, Douglas Murray, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Matt Walsh, Alex Jones and many more .... are out there trying to spread disinformation and ridiculously pinning the blame for the fires on 'Diversity'. Join me as I run through some of the worst, most embarrassing takes from these hateful, RW freaks.
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00:18:26
Jan 07, 2025
As Promised, the FULL Episode has been unlocked thanks to your podcast reviews and Patreon Subscriptions which help make the show possible.
A look at Sam Harris’s post-election transphobic meltdown.
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Links:
Woking Up Miniseries Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1caIpbHnvDjKu0Ph4DA0Nb?si=mVwmALDdQnG1w4TgBsu-eg&pi=u-1R3kJWRIR0Om
More about the Centrists at Blueprint Polling: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/blueprint-polling-reid-hoffman-biden-trump.html
https://x.com/blueprint_2024/status/1857464633365508479?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
On the Rise of the Latino far right: https://bsky.app/profile/therightpodcast.bsky.social/post/3lba5o5ls5s2p
Majority of ‘news influencers’ are conservative men: https://www.usermag.co/p/the-majority-of-news-influencers
‘Your body, my choice’: Attacks on women surge on social media following election https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/business/your-body-my-choice-movement-election/index.html
Mass arrests after pro-Israel inciter shouts ‘ki!! The J*ws’ https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1784261533771464849?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Pro-Israel protestors doing N@zi salute to intimidate anti-Zionist Jewish protestors https://x.com/michaelsoftinc/status/1784254756656939386?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
IOC calls tests that sparked vitriol targeting boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting impossibly flawed https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-imane-khelif-lin-yuting-boxing-13e9529195585404c7b03c96f97dd634
https://abcnews.go.com/International/olympic-boxer-imane-khelifs-gender-center-ioc-iba/story?id=112509303 The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, has a female passport," the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a press conference on Friday.
Gender-affirming surgeries rarely performed on transgender youth https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/gender-affirming-surgeries-rarely-performed-on-transgender-youth/
On day 1 - Biden signed an executive order making it clear that his administration interprets the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. https://www.politico.com/interactives/2021/interactive_biden-first-day-executive-orders/
Sex Redefined https://www.nature.com/articles/518288a
01:39:26
Dec 30, 2024
I was joined by friend of the show Ilyas (@IlyasIbnKarim), a scholar of religion and a German Muslim himself, to discuss the recent attack on a Christmas Market in Magdeburg Germany. As a leftist Ex Muslim myself, who has been warning about the increased radicalization I’ve observed among movement ex muslims, I too had some thoughts about this senseless tragedy.
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Links:
Here are the previous episodes the Ilyas was on:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/39uY6uWl7lZpzpkKmF8kOa?si=w-Be6_EPSm6j_2bJMNacJg
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1gL0PlTsP4VXrAjNxDrVuf?si=KKGuDye3QsWnmPZRIh48yQ
Find the full extended versions of these episodes on Patreon:
Pt 1 https://www.patreon.com/posts/aftershow-7-pt-1-99079871?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Pt 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/aftershow-7-pt-2-99466654?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Meir Kahane’s cousin rammed his car into pro Palestine protesters last year (thankfully no one was seriously hurt) https://www.timesofisrael.com/cousin-of-extremist-rabbi-kahane-charged-after-ramming-woman-at-anti-israel-protest/
Ex Muslim to TradFash pipeline pt 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-1-106445369?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Pt 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-2-106501752?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Pt 3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-3-106529773?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
The Great Replacement: How New Atheists helped to spread a white nationalist conspiracy theory:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/great-how-new-to-112243637?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Subscribe to the Polite Conversations YT Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@politeconversationspodcast
The Magdeburg attacker was featured in a BBC documentary: https://x.com/lowkey0nline/status/1870395123441275053?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
He spoke openly about his inclinations towards violence https://x.com/lowkey0nline/status/1870407424315625699?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
An interview he did with a German Magazine in 2019 https://x.com/2blibre/status/1870822687700115846?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
01:06:49
Dec 12, 2024
I spoke to independent Dutch photographer Daphne (@ikbendaf) who was on the ground where these riots took place. We spoke about how this incident was reported on, the disinformation surrounding it, and how the narrative was inverted to portray the racist soccer/football hooligans as victims of an antisemitic pogrom.
Pls support the show if you enjoy this content patreon.com/nicemangos
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Links:
A good summary of how this disinformation campaign in western media went down: https://youtu.be/DvTyg1kJGzM?si=6nnK6IBHOk9LUyvE
BBC claiming that Israeli football fans were attacked using footage of Israeli football fans attacking: https://x.com/jewdas/status/1854842291128582595?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Dutch photographer Annet correcting disinformation online https://x.com/iannetnl/status/1854704169560531426?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
NY Times killed investigation of Israeli hooligans, internal email reveals https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/ny-times-killed-investigation-israeli-hooligans-internal-email-reveals
Amsterdam Police talking about the actions of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans https://x.com/theserfstv/status/1855078297341767699?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Thread by Jewish activist on the history of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s racist fan base https://x.com/rafaelshimunov/status/1854994292449677493?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Israeli Soldier Mazal Edri saying that ‘women and children in Gaza will pay the price’ for what happened in Amsterdam https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1855003413773533644?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Israeli supporters of the football club Maccabi Haifa are seen attempting to burn the flags of Palestine and Netherlands while chanting “Gaza is a cemetery” at Teddy stadium in Jerusalem. https://x.com/middleeasteye/status/1855219258827186322?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans singing genocidal songs after being ‘rescued’ and arriving at the airport back in Israel https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1855173606273151436?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Sky News removing their own report to reframe and re-edit it https://x.com/david_k_clark/status/1855228917545685005?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
IDF soldiers make threatening posts about Amsterdam on Instagram using Palestinian abductees https://x.com/ytirawi/status/1854887044369076322?s=61&t=
Dutch police arrest more than 100 Palestine solidarity protesters in Amsterdam after they defied a demonstration ban put in place after clashes between Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and people in the city https://x.com/ajenglish/status/1855666970701549747?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Maccabi Tel Aviv supporter tells the IDF to Attack Amsterdamhttps://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1856066303884181683?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Amsterdam mayor regrets using word ‘pogrom’ https://x.com/owenjonesjourno/status/1858533745852035091?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Clips of Amsterdam locals reacting to Maccabi Tel Aviv violence are from Middle East Eye https://youtube.com/shorts/FLglbgp9VwU?si=2wzUWQE3Av06WdjD
On Zionists doing antisemitism at student encampments: https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1784261533771464849?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Nearly 70% of victims in Gaza are women and children https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5wel11pgdo
Israel’s Hannibal Directive https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-ordered-hannibal-directive-on-october-7-to-prevent-hamas-taking-soldiers-captive/00000190-89a2-d776-a3b1-fdbe45520000
01:07:23
Nov 29, 2024
Here’s an in-depth look at Sam Harris’s post-election transphobic meltdown. Which hasn’t changed much from his 2016 post-election meltdown.
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Links:
Woking Up Miniseries Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1caIpbHnvDjKu0Ph4DA0Nb?si=mVwmALDdQnG1w4TgBsu-eg&pi=u-1R3kJWRIR0Om
Find me on Bluesky at: nicemangos@bsky.social /Instagram @nicemangosart
More about the Centrists at Blueprint Polling: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/blueprint-polling-reid-hoffman-biden-trump.html
https://x.com/blueprint_2024/status/1857464633365508479?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
On the Rise of the Latino far right: https://bsky.app/profile/therightpodcast.bsky.social/post/3lba5o5ls5s2p
Majority of ‘news influencers’ are conservative men: https://www.usermag.co/p/the-majority-of-news-influencers
‘Your body, my choice’: Attacks on women surge on social media following election https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/business/your-body-my-choice-movement-election/index.html
Mass arrests after pro-Israel inciter shouts ‘ki!! The J*ws’ https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1784261533771464849?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
World court finds Israel responsible for Apartheid https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/19/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid
Angela Carini apologizes to Imane Khelif https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c2j3jg51rg4o
IOC calls tests that sparked vitriol targeting boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting impossibly flawed https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-imane-khelif-lin-yuting-boxing-13e9529195585404c7b03c96f97dd634
Emane’s father shares document with Reuters that states her gender https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/father-algerian-boxer-khelif-says-he-is-honoured-by-his-daughter-2024-08-03/
Inside the tough childhood of Emane Khelif https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/imane-khelif-olympics-boxer-trans-debate-gender-xy-chromosome-b2594067.html
Tenured Jewish professor fired for criticism of Israel https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/09/27/tenured-jewish-prof-says-shes-fired-pro-palestine
Gender-affirming surgeries rarely performed on transgender youth https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/gender-affirming-surgeries-rarely-performed-on-transgender-youth/
Biden’ s day 1 executive orders https://www.politico.com/interactives/2021/interactive_biden-first-day-executive-orders/
Sex Redefined https://www.nature.com/articles/518288a
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kamala-harris-trans-rights-platform/ In a 2019 ACLU survey, Kamala Harris said she supported gender-affirming care for all trans adults, even those who were incarcerated in prisons or ICE facilities.
00:45:01
Nov 28, 2024
Here’s an in-depth look at Sam Harris’s post-election transphobic meltdown. Which hasn’t changed much from his 2016 post-election meltdown.
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Links:
Woking Up Miniseries Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1caIpbHnvDjKu0Ph4DA0Nb?si=mVwmALDdQnG1w4TgBsu-eg&pi=u-1R3kJWRIR0Om
Find me on Bluesky at: nicemangos@bsky.social /Instagram @nicemangosart
More about the Centrists at Blueprint Polling: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/blueprint-polling-reid-hoffman-biden-trump.html
https://x.com/blueprint_2024/status/1857464633365508479?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
On the Rise of the Latino far right: https://bsky.app/profile/therightpodcast.bsky.social/post/3lba5o5ls5s2p
Majority of ‘news influencers’ are conservative men: https://www.usermag.co/p/the-majority-of-news-influencers
‘Your body, my choice’: Attacks on women surge on social media following election https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/business/your-body-my-choice-movement-election/index.html
Mass arrests after pro-Israel inciter shouts ‘ki!! The J*ws’ https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1784261533771464849?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
World court finds Israel responsible for Apartheid https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/19/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid
Angela Carini apologizes to Imane Khelif https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c2j3jg51rg4o
IOC calls tests that sparked vitriol targeting boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting impossibly flawed https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-imane-khelif-lin-yuting-boxing-13e9529195585404c7b03c96f97dd634
Emane’s father shares document with Reuters that states her gender https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/father-algerian-boxer-khelif-says-he-is-honoured-by-his-daughter-2024-08-03/
Inside the tough childhood of Emane Khelif https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/imane-khelif-olympics-boxer-trans-debate-gender-xy-chromosome-b2594067.html
Tenured Jewish professor fired for criticism of Israel https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/09/27/tenured-jewish-prof-says-shes-fired-pro-palestine
Gender-affirming surgeries rarely performed on transgender youth https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/gender-affirming-surgeries-rarely-performed-on-transgender-youth/
Biden’ s day 1 executive orders https://www.politico.com/interactives/2021/interactive_biden-first-day-executive-orders/
Sex Redefined https://www.nature.com/articles/518288a
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kamala-harris-trans-rights-platform/ In a 2019 ACLU survey, Kamala Harris said she supported gender-affirming care for all trans adults, even those who were incarcerated in prisons or ICE facilities.
00:45:01
Nov 08, 2024
Entering the arena of US ElectionTakes™ now that I’ve finally gotten over the initial shock.
There are of course multiple lenses to look at the results through and many ways to interpret what went wrong. I’ve seen people suggest the main factors are racism/sexism… while others say the main issue was The Dems’ failure to speak to financial pain, currently felt across the nation.
I say…why not both?These things are often connected - throughout history we’ve seen fascism rise in times of economic woes.
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Subscribe via Patreon.com/nicemangos to access the extended episode. In the extended version we discuss Bari Weiss, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and Andrew Sullivan comes up too.
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Links:
YouGov/IMEU poll mentioned in the episode: https://x.com/prem_thakker/status/1823907019780128772?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Kamala on The View: https://x.com/halalflow/status/1854496962294214687?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Dawkins’ Tweet: https://x.com/richarddawkins/status/1854527379869175843?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Judge clarifies that yes Trump was found to have R*ped Jean Carroll https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-carroll-judge-rape/
Listen To The Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: ‘I Was Donald Trump’s Closest Friend’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/listen-to-the-jeffrey-epstein-tapes-i-was-donald-trumps-closest-friend/
Trump uses ‘Palestinian’ as a slur: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-criticized-palestinian-insult-debate-with-biden-2024-06-28/
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly says Trump fits the definition of ‘fascist’ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/john-kelly-says-donald-trump-meets-definition-fascist-rcna176706
Bari Weiss claiming The Dems ran on ‘gender fluidity’ https://x.com/thefp/status/1854609233322344487?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
00:24:28
Oct 27, 2024
Here’s an episode discussing some recent (incredibly bleak) current events, as well as a closer look at how things are being framed in western media to normalize/minimize the horrors of Israel’s actions.
We zoom in on a particular Fox News segment, with one Douglas Murray, who is currently living out his most g3nocidal fantasties, hanging with the Israeli Diaper Forces.
Subscribe via patreon.com/nicemangos to access the extended episode
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Links:
Douglas Murray’s Fox News clip, featured in this episode: https://x.com/breeesq/status/1845204895353405459?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Douglas Murray crying about census results: https://x.com/nicemangos/status/968252156385120256?s=61&t=
Former Deputy Head of Israel’s National Security Council is calling on all IDF soldiers and officers to defy orders and not carry out war crimes in Northern Gaza. https://x.com/benzionsanders/status/1848667535207526587?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Ethnic cleansing conference titled ‘Conference to Re-settle Gaza’ organized by Likud https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/edge-gaza-israeli-settlers-want-back-2024-10-21/
BBC question time ‘Has Israel Gone Beyond Self Defense’ https://youtu.be/5I2-ikpaC4Q?si=HClIMmH8NAxLuw3y
CNN article that sympathizes with the IDF over the 100s of people they eliminate: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/middleeast/gaza-war-israeli-soldiers-ptsd-suicide-intl/index.html
Howard Jacobson claims that reporting on how many children were killed by Israel is a form of Blood Libel: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/06/tales-of-infanticide-have-stoked-hatred-of-jews-for-centuries-they-echo-still-today
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/rationalizing-the-horrors-of-israels-war-in-gaza
Douglas’ g3nocide cosplay https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1848030154485895643?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
The total number of United Nations member states that recognize a Palestinian state is 146 out of 193. https://www.newsweek.com/number-nations-recognize-palestine-statehood-growing-1903643
Murray’s Holocaust revisionism published in the Jewish Chronicle https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/why-must-jews-watch-their-backs-as-london-mobs-cheer-ul2b765s - a publication that recently went through an embarrassing scandal, having to remove a series of articles based on ‘wild fabrications’ as well as having to remove the ‘freelance journalist’ that made it all up. As he had also misrepresented his resume. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/crisis-at-jewish-chronicle-as-stories-are-withdrawn#:~:text=The%20world's%20oldest%20Jewish%20newspaper,had%20also%20misrepresented%20his%20résumé.
The conversation between Peter Beinart & Ta-Nehisi Coates referenced in this episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RbSzXch8D4ZlbVaIfJVw6?si=zT2GJdpyR2CqcfAgFQhUDg
00:19:01
Oct 23, 2024
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Here’s a link to the footage of Sinwar’s final moments, as well as someone on Israeli TV immediately recognizing the release of this footage for the tactical error it was.
https://x.com/middleeasteye/status/1848557740819681509?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
00:04:22
Oct 16, 2024
In this episode, I reflect on the past year of unbelievable horror… the excuses and legitimizing we’ve seen from the media and our politicians, how deeply entrenched tropes of ‘civilized’ vs ‘barbarian’ are. I also take a closer look at Ta-Nehisi Coates’ recent interview on CBS morning as well as his interview with Jon Stewart.
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Links:
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ recent interview on CBS https://x.com/cbsmornings/status/1840749848703770679?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Coates’ interview with Jon Stewart: https://youtu.be/d0-y0X51Xtw?si=yXmRVqczuKIAq1kx
How Israel's Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-human-shields.html
On centering supporters over victims of this genocide:
Rationalizing the Horrors of Israel’s war in Gaza https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/rationalizing-the-horrors-of-israels-war-in-gaza
Widespread, systemic sexual abuse, r*pe and torture of Palestinian detainees:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-29/ty-article/.premium/idf-police-raid-sde-teiman-prison-detain-soldiers-suspected-of-abusing-detainee/00000190-fe2c-d22a-abfe-ff2c10c20000
https://x.com/ha_matar/status/1817885626458337336?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
https://www.972mag.com/sde-teiman-prisoners-lawyer-mahajneh/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/29/palestinian-prisoners-israel-jails-abuse/
https://jacobin.com/2024/07/israeli-soldiers-accused-of-rape-and-torture-of-palestinians
Right to r*pe rallies break out in Israel: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/8/13/israeli-protesters-rally-for-the-right-to-rape-prisoners
My old Rogan episode where I discussed Jon Stewart a bit: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4JSlLjzkQMDNvy4DlOcmoZ?si=2Khz5EDzSya8aTwyclrJPw
The largest cohort of paediatric amputees in history: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-children-who-lost-limbs-in-gaza
More women and children were killed in Gaza over the past year than any other conflict over the last two decades: https://time.com/7049499/oct-7-anniversary-israel-hamas-hezbollah-iran-future/
Zionist Columbia professor tweeting that Coates is not above ‘r*ping young women at a music festival’ https://x.com/melnickjeffrey1/status/1845145257593249901?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Additional awful takes about Coates’ criticism of Israel: https://x.com/aymanmsnbc/status/1845293374233846226?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
00:21:28
Oct 08, 2024
This is pt 2 of my conversation with Adi Callai, of the Rev & Reve Youtube channel. Adi grew up in Israel, researches counterinsurgency and military philosophy. He recently put out quite a radical, remarkable, well-researched video titled, ‘The Gaza Ghetto Uprising’.
In this part of the conversation we discuss topics that have largely been downplayed or ignored by western media, like the use of the Hannibal Directive on Oct 7, as well as the silence of many large leftist content creators, the weaponizing of #metoo and feminist discourse. We also talk about the blatantly eliminationist rhetoric on the ‘Two Nice Jewish Boys podcast’.
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Links:
IDF ordered Hannibal Directive on Oct 7 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-ordered-hannibal-directive-on-october-7-to-prevent-hamas-taking-soldiers-captive/00000190-89a2-d776-a3b1-fdbe45520000
Israeli forces accused of killing their own citizens under the 'Hannibal Directive' during October 7 chaos:
“The doctrine, written in 1986 in response to the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon, gave permission for Israeli forces to fire on enemies holding their comrades hostage — even at risk to those hostages.
Its authors said the directive did not allow captives to be killed, but critics say that over time an interpretation spread through the military that it was better to kill comrades than to allow their capture.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-07/israel-hannibal-directive-kidnap-hamas-gaza-hostages-idf/104224430
Translation of Giora Eiland’s gen ocidal article https://x.com/pixieofdeath/status/1726267178201362438?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Canada suspends ‘some’ arms exports to Israel https://www.democracynow.org/2024/9/11/headlines/canada_suspends_some_arms_export_licenses_to_israel
IDF spokesman says Hamas can’t be destroyed https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-spokesman-says-hamas-cant-be-eliminated-will-remain-in-gaza-if-no-alternative/
Mehdi Hasan vs Benny Morris - Head to Head https://youtu.be/Amz2Sf1JMDE?siXKSqtA1KQrtJFf
00:37:04
Sep 30, 2024
Joining me for this episode is Adi Callai, of the Rev & Reve Youtube channel - With an unusual perspective for someone who grew up in Israel. Adi researches counterinsurgency and military philosophy …& recently put out quite a radical, remarkable, well-researched video titled, ‘The Gaza Ghetto Uprising’.
In this part of the conversation we talk about topics such as; atrocity propaganda, the weaponization of identity for colonial purposes, pinkwashing, Refaat Al-Areer, the inversion of narratives (like Israel accusing Palestinians of using human shields while using human shields themselves). All this and more.
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Links:
The Gaza Ghetto Uprising: https://youtu.be/Pt_1k7nSv1M?si=R0nIvAdNXkQxPBPZ
Antisemitism, Weaponized: https://youtu.be/5MVIh6Rnzog?si=k7A6aJ02r_AKn-22
Hen Mazzig admits he was a paid contractor for the government of Israel:https://forward.com/israel/412206/did-this-pro-israel-superstar-work-as-a-secret-agent-on-college-campuses/
Smotrich self-IDs as a fascist homophobe: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-16/ty-article/.premium/israels-far-right-finance-minister-im-a-fascist-homophobe-but-i-wont-stone-gays/00000185-b921-de59-a98f-ff7f47c70000
NY Times “investigation” of mass r*pe by Hamas falls apart https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/watch-ny-times-investigation-mass-rape-hamas-falls-apart
Israeli media has debunked the ultra-Orthodox group Zaka's gruesome October 7 atrocity stories, but the American press won't do it. https://theintercept.com/2024/02/27/zaka-october-7-israel-hamas-new-york-times/
New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7 https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/1/nyt_anat_schwartz
An investigation into a New York Times story is causing internal chaos at the company https://www.npr.org/2024/03/03/1235606433/an-investigation-into-a-new-york-times-story-is-causing-internal-chaos-at-the-co
The unravelling of the New York Times 'Hamas r*pe' story https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/3/2/the-unraveling-of-the-new-york-times-hamas-rape-story
The New York Times pulled a high-profile episode of its podcast “The Daily” about sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas on October 7 amid a furious internal debate about the strength of it’s original reporting https://theintercept.com/2024/01/28/new-york-times-daily-podcast-camera/
Israeli soldiers are using Palestinian civilians as human shields in Gaza to enter and clear tunnels and buildings they suspect may have been booby-trapped, a leading Israeli NGO and newspaper have reported. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/14/israeli-forces-in-gaza-use-civilians-as-human-shields-against-possible-booby-traps
Israeli protesters rally for 'the right to r*pe' prisoners https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/8/13/israeli-protesters-rally-for-the-right-to-rape-prisoners
00:58:54
Sep 23, 2024
⚠️ Content Warning: discussion of Israel's assault on Gaza
Hey folks,
Here’s some of what I’ve been feeling lately. I will need to make some changes.
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00:32:16
Sep 13, 2024
Joining me for this fun-filled episode of The Aftershow is Entomologist *and* Jordan Peterson/Muppet impressionist, Peter.
We discussed a wide range of fascinating topics - from tabletop games & ‘nerd culture’ to air travel with octopuses, Jordan Peterson, The Muppets, Sam Harris, merge-gate, the recent multi-part episode on race ‘science’ & a whole lot more!
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Links:
Original Salon Article that caused the merge-gate outrage https://www.salon.com/2021/06/05/how-the-new-atheists-merged-with-the-far-right-a-story-of-intellectual-grift-and-abject-surrender/
My first episode responding to those who were defending ‘New Atheism’ during merge-gate
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6IQdcBSI6ShQuH5S6sYmi2?si=Inb2aotYSK221JCuZY72_w
2 Part Panel on merge-gate situation:
Defending New Atheism, Maybe Just Don’t (pt 1) https://open.spotify.com/episode/6FesH5ZincC0rUfKtYPkad?si=L4Nxbg5iTxyLKSKTTajQiA
Defending New Atheism, Maybe Just Don’t (pt 2) https://open.spotify.com/episode/2XIxGXj3IN8iLhU9xa0SPd?si=zlyJK1ztShqBH75WLk331w
Twitter thread explaining the timeline of the merge-gate situation: https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1406646731933167619?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
Polite Conversations episodes ft. Michael Brooks:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PIDupohwYl7gzOdzXDHE4?si=pOIufMaSTu2iGr3chQp4yQ
Review of Rubin’s Book https://open.spotify.com/episode/6sduCNViMS0uZLeVayYPj7?si=fhjtM6FNTyq0-Gn23sqR_g
Recent Polite Conversations race ‘science’ episodes
Pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1r8AfX2Z15mkgDBr8Q0e8g?si=2wIGL3vxReyzry7vz6-0yA
Pt 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/12HQ6bzV3iB0dhGwkgRQ3v?si=AHek0UOLROK6G1vhKJmpGg
Pt 3: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ZRzUS4RBy3qq3zo9Enaly?si=3srh-vtBR72-c_DTvyUp7A
00:25:16
Sep 05, 2024
In this part of the panel we discuss several online movements adjacent to race ‘science’ - Pronatalism, the tech right, Effective Altruism, etc.
Present-day eugenicist Diana Fleischman trying to define eugenics as broadly as possible https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1385264417869283329?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
My Ex-Mus to TradFash Pipeline series that I mentioned (patreon exclusive)
Pt 1- https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-1-106445369?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Pt 2- https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-2-106501752?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Pt 3- https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-3-106529773?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Rightwing Ex Muslim Sarah Haider tries to reassure her right/far-right audience that she supports white people having lots of babies https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1765759777848664346?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw
On Effective Altruism: Fraud, Lies, Exploitation and Eugenic Fantasies https://www.truthdig.com/articles/effective-altruism-is-a-welter-of-fraud-lies-exploitation-and-eugenic-fantasies/
America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/25/american-pronatalists-malcolm-and-simone-collins
The articles Kevin mentioned near the end: https://www.science.org/content/article/it-s-toxic-place-how-online-world-white-nationalists-distorts-population-genetics
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03252-z
00:48:18