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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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Thomas Sowell

The Quest for Cosmic Justice

The podcast mentioned Thomas Sowell's book, where he demonstrates that equal outcomes across the board are not achievable, and that focusing on meritocratic processes is essential.

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Thomas Sowell has spent a whole career proving this every which way that, you know, equal outcomes across the board are not on the menu.

— Episode: 474. Why “Anti-Racism” is the Worst Form...

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Episode: 474. Why “Anti-Racism” is the Worst Form of Racism...

The podcast mentioned Thomas Sowell's book, where he demonstrates that equal outcomes across the board are not achievable, and that focusing on meritocratic processes is essential.

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Thomas Sowell has spent a whole career proving this every which way that, you know, equal outcomes across the board are not on the menu.

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Logan Lancing

The Queering of the American Child

How a New School Religious Cult Poisons the Minds and Bodies of Normal Kids

This book explores the intersection of Marxism and postmodernism, particularly within queer theory and its implications for children's education. It was discussed as a provocative inquiry into how these ideologies influence the education of American children.

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The new book, The Quering of the American Child.

— Episode: 473. The War on Children & the Language...

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Episode: 473. The War on Children & the Language of Decepti...

This book explores the intersection of Marxism and postmodernism, particularly within queer theory and its implications for children's education. It was discussed as a provocative inquiry into how these ideologies influence the education of American children.

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The new book, The Quering of the American Child.

The Quering of the American Child with James Lindsay.

The heart of Marxism in my view...is that Marxism is a theology. It's not an economic theory.

The Queering of the American Child I didn't delve too much into it in the woke war path because I don't think I understood it at that level yet.

Our definition we use in the book...is that queer is defined in this way: he says unlike gay identity, queer identity need not be grounded in any positive truth or in any stable reality.

THE WOKE WARPATH: How Marxists Use Race and Gender to Break America Cover

Logan Lancing

THE WOKE WARPATH

How Marxists Use Race and Gender to Break America

This book examines the philosophical underpinnings of the radical left, exploring the alliance between Marxism and postmodernism. It was described as an inquiry into the philosophical underpinnings of the radical left and their strange alliance.

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you have two books, THE WOKE WARPATH which is an inquiry essentially into what Marxism and postmodernism fundamentally. The Strange Alliance between those two things

— Episode: 473. The War on Children & the Language...

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This book examines the philosophical underpinnings of the radical left, exploring the alliance between Marxism and postmodernism. It was described as an inquiry into the philosophical underpinnings of the radical left and their strange alliance.

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you have two books, THE WOKE WARPATH which is an inquiry essentially into what Marxism and postmodernism fundamentally. The Strange Alliance between those two things

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Erich Neumann

The Great Mother

An Analysis of the Archetype (Works by Erich Neumann) by Erich Neumann (1964-02-21)

Peterson mentioned this book by Eric Neumann, a study of the symbolism of productive chaos, as a book that, if more widely studied by the academy, could have changed intellectual history and prevented the current culture wars.

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And he wrote two very profound books, one called The Great Mother, which is a study of the symbolism of chaos.

— Episode: 485. The Rebirth of God: Pathology and P...

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Episode: 485. The Rebirth of God: Pathology and Promise | J...

Peterson mentioned this book by Eric Neumann, a study of the symbolism of productive chaos, as a book that, if more widely studied by the academy, could have changed intellectual history and prevented the current culture wars.

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And he wrote two very profound books, one called The Great Mother, which is a study of the symbolism of chaos.

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Tara Isabella Burton

Strange Rites

New Religions for a Godless World

Peterson mentioned this book by Tara Isabella Burton in relation to contemporary expressions of semi-religiosity and a turn towards orthodoxy among millennials.

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Tara Isabella Burton I don't know if you know her work she wrote strange rights which is a fast she's an oxford phd and it's everything from soul cycle to sleep no more to burning man like just contem...

— Episode: 485. The Rebirth of God: Pathology and P...

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Episode: 485. The Rebirth of God: Pathology and Promise | J...

Peterson mentioned this book by Tara Isabella Burton in relation to contemporary expressions of semi-religiosity and a turn towards orthodoxy among millennials.

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Tara Isabella Burton I don't know if you know her work she wrote strange rights which is a fast she's an oxford phd and it's everything from soul cycle to sleep no more to burning man like just contemporary expressions of semi religiosity

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