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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Join intellectual phenomenon Dr. Jordan Peterson for enlightening discourse that will change the way you think. This podcast breaks down the dichotomy of life through interviews and lectures that explain how individuals and culture are shaped by values, music, religion, and beyond. It will give you...

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The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing. Cover

Joost Meerloo

The Rape of the Mind

The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing.

It was a book that Jordan B. Peterson mentioned that was written in the Netherlands and was one of the best books on brainwashing he had ever read.

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rape of the mind 1956 one of the best books on brainwashing I've ever read

— Episode: 274. Cometh the Horsemen: Pandemic, Fami...

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It was a book that Jordan B. Peterson mentioned that was written in the Netherlands and was one of the best books on brainwashing he had ever read.

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rape of the mind 1956 one of the best books on brainwashing I've ever read

The Mystery Of Capital Why Capitalism Succeeds In The West And Fails Everywhere Else Cover

Hernando De Soto

The Mystery Of Capital Why Capitalism Succeeds In The West And Fails Everywhere Else

It was referenced as highlighting how difficult it can be to legally register businesses in some countries, leading to years of red tape and potentially invalidating legal efforts.

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You know I read a great book called The Mystery of Capital, a Hormando de Soto.

— Episode: 271. How Black Lives Truly Matter | Maga...

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Episode: 271. How Black Lives Truly Matter | Magatte Wade

It was referenced as highlighting how difficult it can be to legally register businesses in some countries, leading to years of red tape and potentially invalidating legal efforts.

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You know I read a great book called The Mystery of Capital, a Hormando de Soto.

De Soto I was going to bring him up.

Yeah yeah De Soto's great man that's a great book and he points out that in some of the so-called developing countries especially the more corrupt ones not only does it take multiple years to do anything at all legally but by the time you jump through all the hoops to do it legally the laws have been changed so that what you do is no longer valid.

Composition Notebook: Uniquely Print Beautiful Illustration pattern -7.5" X 9.25"- Blank Wide Lined 120 Pages, Workbook for daily creative writing journal. Cover

Achita Key

Composition Notebook

Uniquely Print Beautiful Illustration pattern -7.5" X 9.25"- Blank Wide Lined 120 Pages, Workbook for daily creative writing journal.

It was mentioned as a forthcoming book that will offer specific suggestions on how to accelerate progress for Africans, particularly through entrepreneurship and economic freedom.

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Her forthcoming book The Heart of Achita, available soon through magatweid.com will provide detailed suggestions for how to accelerate progress for Africans.

— Episode: 271. How Black Lives Truly Matter | Maga...

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Episode: 271. How Black Lives Truly Matter | Magatte Wade

It was mentioned as a forthcoming book that will offer specific suggestions on how to accelerate progress for Africans, particularly through entrepreneurship and economic freedom.

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Her forthcoming book The Heart of Achita, available soon through magatweid.com will provide detailed suggestions for how to accelerate progress for Africans.

Deceit and Self-Deception: Fooling Yourself the Better to Fool Others Cover

Robert Trivers

Deceit and Self-Deception

Fooling Yourself the Better to Fool Others

It was published in 2011 and was discussed as a definitive treatment of the subject of deceit and self-deception, including how fooling yourself can be a way to fool others.

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In 2011 he published a popular book Deceit and Self Deception, fooling yourself the better to fool others, published in the US as the folly of fools.

— Episode: 270. Deception and Psychopathy | Robert...

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Episode: 270. Deception and Psychopathy | Robert Trivers

It was published in 2011 and was discussed as a definitive treatment of the subject of deceit and self-deception, including how fooling yourself can be a way to fool others.

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In 2011 he published a popular book Deceit and Self Deception, fooling yourself the better to fool others, published in the US as the folly of fools.

It's been translated into 11 languages including Korean, Chinese and Taiwanese and is widely regarded as a definitive treatment of the subject.

Wild Life: Adventures of an Evolutionary Biologist Cover

Robert Trivers

Wild Life

Adventures of an Evolutionary Biologist

It was published in 2015 as a personal memoir about Robert Trivers' experiences as an evolutionary biologist, and was translated into both Spanish and Polish.

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In 2015 he published a personal memoir Wild Life Adventures of an evolutionary biologist translated into Spanish and Polish.

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Episode: 270. Deception and Psychopathy | Robert Trivers

It was published in 2015 as a personal memoir about Robert Trivers' experiences as an evolutionary biologist, and was translated into both Spanish and Polish.

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In 2015 he published a personal memoir Wild Life Adventures of an evolutionary biologist translated into Spanish and Polish.

Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature ... America (or at least the Republican Party) Cover

Rod Dreher

Crunchy Cons

How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature ... America (or at least the Republican Party)

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Areopagitica and Other Writings (Penguin Classics) Cover

John Milton

Areopagitica and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

Jordan B. Peterson mentioned John Milton's 'Areopagitica' as a classic defense of free speech and thought, contrasting it with the modern censorship efforts discussed in the podcast.

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in 2022 I haven't got the year exactly right but 1637 1640 or somewhere near that it was Milton wrote area of pagodica which is an empowerment of great bit was deciding then that you know squirrels pa...

— Episode: 267. Trudeau vs. Canada | Rex Murphy

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Episode: 267. Trudeau vs. Canada | Rex Murphy

Jordan B. Peterson mentioned John Milton's 'Areopagitica' as a classic defense of free speech and thought, contrasting it with the modern censorship efforts discussed in the podcast.

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in 2022 I haven't got the year exactly right but 1637 1640 or somewhere near that it was Milton wrote area of pagodica which is an empowerment of great bit was deciding then that you know squirrels pamphlets usually of of a religious orientation had to be had to be prohibited had to be censored

of all the great speeches about free expression the value of books the value of publication of all the defenses of real free speech and real free thought the area of pagodica is classic and as Milton says you know whoever knew truth to be defeated in an open contest

The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Children Cover

Stephanie Brill

The Transgender Child

A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Children

Dr. Ken Zucker's work on transgender children was mentioned, particularly his research indicating that a large percentage of children with gender dysphoria later identify as homosexual.

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I followed Ken Zucker's work on the trans on trans kids...Zucker worked at a place called Camage in Toronto...major mental health institution...and he was a mainline scientific researcher...he ran a g...

— Episode: 266. Gay Parenting: Promise and Pitfalls...

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Episode: 266. Gay Parenting: Promise and Pitfalls | Dave Ru...

Dr. Ken Zucker's work on transgender children was mentioned, particularly his research indicating that a large percentage of children with gender dysphoria later identify as homosexual.

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I followed Ken Zucker's work on the trans on trans kids...Zucker worked at a place called Camage in Toronto...major mental health institution...and he was a mainline scientific researcher...he ran a gender dysphoria treatment clinic...probably the clinic...and he was the editor of the main journals where research on that sort of topic was published.

what Zucker his treatment program for kids with gender dysphoria was quite straightforward...he observed as a consequence of his careful research that about 85% of kids who manifest extreme gender dysphoria...80 to 85% of them would desist on their own by the age of 18 or 19...and so his hypothesis was leave them the hell alone because you do the least harm that way and most of them will settle into their bodies as they mature.

but what he also showed...is that a very large proportion of kids with gender dysphoria grow up and are homosexual...and so what that means...what that certainly means is that the vast majority...it might be as high as 80% of the kids who are being convinced now that they inhabit the wrong bodies and are being surgically mutilated...the overwhelming majority of them are gay.

Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World Cover

Adrian Wooldridge

Aristocracy of Talent

How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

It explored the history and practice of meritocracy, contrasting it with non-meritocratic systems and examining the modern left's revolt against it, especially in the US.

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I've rarely researched or been able to talk with someone who has so many interests that dovetail with mine and very much looking forward to this conversation.

— Episode: 265. Meritocracy or Else | Dr. Adrian Wo...

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Episode: 265. Meritocracy or Else | Dr. Adrian Wooldridge

It explored the history and practice of meritocracy, contrasting it with non-meritocratic systems and examining the modern left's revolt against it, especially in the US.

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I've rarely researched or been able to talk with someone who has so many interests that dovetail with mine and very much looking forward to this conversation.

His most recent book, which I recently read is The Aristocracy of Talent, How Maritocracy Made the Modern World.

So you publish this Aristocracy of Talent, and it's the continuance of an interest that you've held for a long time. How is the book being received?

Well, I'm glad to say that the book has been extremely well received in Britain. It's been reviewed by all the leading periodicals on both the left and the rights. Has been widely discussed on the radio and in various media outlets.

The Best of Fyodor Dostoevsky Cover

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Best of Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky's work was mentioned as part of the material that Peterson read while grappling with existential questions about darkness and evil, and potential remedies.

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That's why I read Jung extensively and Nietzsche and Dostoevsky and Sonshinets and those are the people I ran across others as well, that who seemed to have some answers as far as I could tell.

— Episode: 264. Beyond Order: Rule 2 - Imagine Who...

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Episode: 264. Beyond Order: Rule 2 - Imagine Who You Could...

Dostoevsky's work was mentioned as part of the material that Peterson read while grappling with existential questions about darkness and evil, and potential remedies.

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That's why I read Jung extensively and Nietzsche and Dostoevsky and Sonshinets and those are the people I ran across others as well, that who seemed to have some answers as far as I could tell.

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