By Yassine Meskhout
Semi-official podcast of The Motte
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Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, and RSS. In this episode, we talk about white nationalism. Participants: Yassine, Walt Bismarck, TracingWoodgrains. Links: Why I'm no longer a White Nationalist (The Walt Right) The Virulently Unapologetic Racism...
Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, and RSS. In this episode, we talk about the deep state, J6, and Ray Epps. [AI-generated transcript here] Participants: Yassine, Shakesneer. Links: Jack Posobiec’s Pipe Bomb Allegation (Twitter) Pipe Bombs in...
Listen on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts, Podcast Addict, and RSS. In this episode, an authoritarian and some anarchist(s) have an unhinged conversation about policing. Participants: Yassine, Kulak, & Hoffmeister25 [Note: the latter’s voice has been modified to...
In this episode, we discuss Jad Sleiman’s story and the current state of journalism. Participants: Yassine, Jad. Links: The Crass-Examination Of Jad Sleiman (Blocked & Reported) A WHYY journalist was fired for his stand-up comedy videos (Philadelphia Inquirer) Jad Slay...
In this episode, we discuss information addiction. Participants: Yassine, Jason, Neophos, Shakesneer. Credit to Internaut for the inspiration. Links: None. Go outside. Recorded 2023-05-08 | Uploaded 2023-06-03 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...
In this episode, we discuss gayness. Participants: Yassine, TracingWoodgrains, Sultan, Shakesneer. Links: Ezra Klein Interviews Dan Savage (New York Times) Stonewall: A Butch Too Far (An Historian Goes to the Movies) Mattachine Society (Wikipedia) 3 Differences Between the Terms ‘Gay’...
In this episode, we discuss porn. Participants: Yassine, Interversity, Neophos, Xantos. Links: E016: The Banality of Catgirls (The Bailey) Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports (Behavioral Sciences) How Pornography Can Ruin Your Sex Life...
In this episode, we discuss the question of Quebec. Participants: Yassine, Obsidienne, Restons Civilisés, Révolte Des Koulaks. Links: René Lévesque - Nationalisation de l'électricité au Québec (1962) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKmwGQ4-zKQ FLQ Manifesto 1970 http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/docs/october/documents/FLQManifesto.pdf Nègres blancs d'Amérique https://archive.org/details/white-niggers-america/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater October Crisis - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Crisis Pierre Trudeau: "Just watch me" | CBC.ca https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1241195075951 — Recorded 2022-05-22 | Uploaded...
In this episode, we discuss ethnic representation in casting. Participants: Yassine, Ishmael, Sultan Links: The Value of "True" Diversity in Media (Yassine Meskhout) https://ymeskhout.substack.com/p/the-value-of-true-diversity-in-media History or fiction? Fact check ‘Bridgerton’s historical storylines here (Film Daily) https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/bridgerton-facts/ Now you know why they didn't remake The Dambusters (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd-eYCoTJcw To Make...
In this special episode, Katie Herzog (famed testicle enthusiast and part-time podcaster) interviews Yassine on Andy Ngo Links: Robby Soave's debunking of a dumb Ngo rumor: https://reason.com/2019/09/03/andy-ngo-video-antifa-patriot-prayer-attack-media/ Ngo's statement on recent attack: https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1400266501601513475 White people accosting Asians who they think look like...
In this episode, we discuss “Two Arms and A Head” Participants: Yassine, Doglatine, KulakRevolt, XantosCell Links: Two Arms and a Head (Clayton Atreus): http://www.2arms1head.com/ Death of a Client (Yassine Meskhout): https://old.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/m6ritx/death_of_a_client/ Original Clayton Thread: https://advrider.com/f/threads/seattle-to-argentina-on-a-klr650.136505/ The heartbreaking story of teacher, 24, who starved herself to death:...
In this episode, we discuss anarcho-primitivism. Token Normie Host: Master-Thief Guests: GreatJasoni, KulakRevolt, Marlow (We reached out to Ted Kaczynski through the staff at ADX Florence prison and he declined to be interviewed.) Links: Ted Kazcynski, Unabomber Manifesto (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm Goury, Return to Monke: The Meme...
I want to assure everyone that my captors are treating me well and the reports of a hunger strike were fake news. In this episode, everyone is vaccinated, thus proving the point. Makeshift host: Interversity Metacontrarian ensemble: SayingAndUnsaying, LiminalWarmth, KulakRevolt, McMuster Volume adjuster: Neophos Shownotes: Making...
I want to assure everyone that my captors are treating me well and in accordance with all relevant international treaties. In this episode, we discuss natalism and anti-natalism. Participants: jeopardy host trace wise and rational men like xantos Copers in denial jason and civ...
In this episode, we discuss drugs, primarily nootropics & psychedelics. Participants: Yassine, Sultan of Swing, Interversity, XantosCell, & Unsaying. Links: Modafinil (Gwern) Adderall Risks: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (SlateStarCodex) Potential Therapeutic Effects of Psilocybin (SpringerLink) Why Were Early Psychedelicists So Weird? (SlateStarCodex) Schelling fences...
In this episode, we discuss student loan forgiveness. Participants: Yassine, TracingWoodgrains, Pete C. Links: Student Debt Forgiveness: Let’s Do Some Math (Current Affairs) Why Biden Should Forgive Student-Loan Debt (The Atlantic) Forgiving Student Debt Would Boost Economy (NPR) Why Is College in America So Expensive? (The...
In this episode, we discuss self-defense. Participants: Yassine, Edmund-Nelson, KulakRevolt, XantosCell Links: Kenosha Shooting (Yassine Meskhout) How Often Do People Use Guns In Self-Defense? (NPR) Florida's Stand Your Ground Law & Michael Drejka (Yassine Meskhout) Quit Lying to Women About How to Survive Violent Attacks...Please. (YouTube) Lucia...
In this episode, we discuss the canon! Participants: Yassine, Interversity, greatjasoni, KulakRevolt, TracingWoodgrains Links: Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University) The Tyranny of Pop Music (Roger Scruton) The Paradoxes of Christianity (Gilbert K. Chesterton) Why Is Art Expensive? (Priceonomics) Recorded 2020-11-07 | Uploaded 2020-11-22 This is a...
In this episode, we talk cars. Participants: Yassine, Interversity, LetsStayCivilized, and Master-Thief. Links: The Disillusionment of the American Planner, or How We Became Mark Brendanawicz and How Houston Regulates Land Use (Nolan Gray, Market Urbanism) Euclidean Zoning and Japanese Zoning (Urban Kchoze) Is Covid-19 the...
In this episode, we discuss restrictions on the voting franchise. Participants: Yassine, Greatjasoni, Master-Thief, Neophos, and SayingAndUnsaying. Links: Solving the Problem of Political Ignorance (Cato) Thousands Lose Right to Vote Under 'Incompetence' Laws (Pew) Women Against Suffrage (Helen Andrews) A Cheap, Inoffensive Way to Make Democracy...
In this episode, we discuss super stimuli. Participants: Yassine, KulakRevolt, Greatjasoni, SayingAndUnsaying, TracingWoodgrains Links: Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. - "Supernormal Stimuli" - TAM 2012 (YouTube) Supernormal stimulus (Wikipedia) The Surprising Psychology Of OnlyFans Simps (YouTube) Supernormal Stimuli Reptile Brain (Stuart McMillen) Does Too Much Pornography Numb Us to...
In this episode, we discuss Neoreaction. Participants: Yassine, KulakRevolt, Greatjasoni, Marlowe, TracingWoodgrains Links: Reactionary Philosophy In An Enormous, Planet-Sized Nutshell (SSC) The Anti-Reactionary FAQ (SSC) Neoreaction Summary (TracingWoodgrains) The Deep State vs. The Deep Right (Curtis Yarvin) Neoreaction Excerpts (greatjasoni) Why I am Not a Libertarian (Mencius Moldbug) Recorded...
In this episode, we discuss schooling. Participants: Yassine, KulakRevolt, Master-Thief, Neophos, TracingWoodgrains Links: The K-12 Implosion (YouTube) RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms (YouTube) Lazy Rivers and Student Debt (Inside Higher Ed) Mastery Learning (Wikipedia) The Problem We All Live With (This American Life) A Textbook Example of What's...
In this episode, we discuss sex & violence. Participants: Yassine, Flashy Man, Edmund Nelson, Neophos, Peter Floetner Links: The Exploited - Sex and Violence (YouTube) The vast gap between how the US and Europe think about teens and sex (Quartz) Why Parents Worry More About...
In this episode, we discuss polyamory with special guest Aella Participants: Yassine, McMuster, Frida, Aella The Amory Spectrum (KnowingLess) Polyamory Is Growing—And We Need To Get Serious About It (Quillette) It’s Time to Legalize Polygamy (Politico) No, Polygamy Isn’t the Next Gay Marriage (Politico) Polyamorous Love...
In this episode, we discuss the ethics of space exploration and colonization. Participants: Yassine, Geoff Greer, Master-Thief, crc32, McMuster Space Force vs. Starfleet (Twitter) United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel (Wikipedia) Delta-V subway map (Imgur) Delta V / Δv explained in KSP (YouTube) The Tyranny...
In this episode, we dissect the Quillette article “The Neurodiversity Case for Free Speech”. Participants: Yassine, NinetyThree, Geoff Greer, Master-Thief The Neurodiversity Case for Free Speech (Quillette) Goldwater Rule’s Origins Based on Long-Ago Controversy (APA) Mental Health ‘Disabilities’ as Legal Superpowers (Quillette) Node.js forks again...
In this episode, we dogpile on Jay er... discuss how guns are cool and have absolutely no negative downsides. Participants: Yassine, crc32, Jay, Geoff, KulakRevolt, MasterThief, McMuster The Rifle on the Wall: A Left Argument for Gun Rights (The Polemicist) Iceland grieves after...
In this obligatory Halloween episode, we discuss how horror movies often reflect the anxieties of the culture they’re made within. Participants: Yassine Crc32 KulakRevolt The Best Questions For A First Date (OkCupid) 1969: Montreal’s ‘night of terror’ (CBC) Film Theory: How To WIN The Purge (YouTube) Surviving a...
In this episode, we discuss how Blizzard got itself into a hot Chinese mess. Participants: Yassine McMuster NinetyThree Cheezemansam Jay LetsStayCivilized Rock N' Roll Racing (YouTube) One of America’s biggest gaming companies is acting as China’s censor (Vox) Nearly all of the NBA’s Chinese partners have cut ties with the...
In this episode, we discuss Richard Stallman’s comments and his resignation. Participants: Yassine crc32 AngryParsley (Geoff) McMuster NinetyThree Remove Richard Stallman (Medium) Amid Epstein Controversy, Richard Stallman is Forced to Resign as FSF President (It’s FOSS) Transphobic maintainer should be removed from project (GitHub) Code of Conduct (Contributor Covenant) Multiple CoC...
In this episode, we work on discussing the politics of discussing politics at work. Participants: Yassine crc32 Geoff (/u/AngryParsley) McMuster Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore (Bloomberg) I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup (SSC) Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know (SSC) Politics isn’t...
In this episode, we discuss a new THC breathalyzer, and the abolition of prisons and police along with some of their alternatives. Participants: Yassine NinetyThree crc32 ggreer (Geoff) Breathlyzers: Y Combinator bets on a startup building a weed breathalyzer for cops (Techcrunch) A partial list of things that...
In this episode, we discuss the signaling theory of education, the case for corporal punishment, and how internet infrastructure providers should respond to objectionable speech. Participants: Yassine NinetyThree McMuster CRC32 Peter Floetner Signaling Theory of Education: The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone (The Atlantic) A...
In this episode, we discuss the political aesthetics of modern architecture, Jordan Peterson’s beef with recent Disney movies, and super nerdy shit in the form of Harberger taxes. Participants: Yassine NinetyThree McMuster LetsBeCivilized Mupetblast Modern Architecture is
In the inaugural episode, we mispronounce Andy Ngo’s name repeatedly, discuss Antifa, Yellow vests movement, federally mandated busing, Singaporean housing policy, and the inflexibility of the French language. Participants: Yassine NinetyThree McMuster LetsBeCivilized With special guest CRC32’s toddler Recorded 2019-07-01 Uploaded 2019-07-08 This is a public episode. If...