Brave New Normal

By Jason JamesSociety & Culture News Politics Philosophy

Brave New Normal episodes

March 04 Ep. 119 - Soren Aldaco: Transgenderism and the Child Mutilation Machine
Soren Aldaco is a detransitioner and consultant on issues relating to gender identity who is currently suing the former healthcare providers that groomed her into transitioning from female to male at the age of 15 years old. We discuss her journey through transgenderism, the ways she was groomed by doctors and in online chat rooms, and the psychological conditions that lay the groundwork for predatory ideologies.
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1 hr 18 min
February 25 Ep. 118 - James Lindsay: Mapping Communism and the Woke Right
James Lindsay is a mathematician, author and founder of New Discourses: a media platform dedicated to dissecting radical sociopolitical ideologies. We discuss the woke left’s roots in Maoist communism, how Marxism captured the west, and the outgrowth of radical leftism into what is now defined as the “woke right.”
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1 hr 46 min
February 18 Ep. 117 - Yao Zhang: Warning from a China Dissident
Yao Zhang is a China-born anti-CCP commentator whose popular YouTube videos have made her the subject of attacks from the CCP. We discuss her experience growing up in communist China, the tactics the CCP have used to brainwash Chinese citizens, and the threat China poses to western democracies.
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1 hr 49 min
February 11 Ep. 116 - Sam Cooper: Canada Gets Epstein'd in China
Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss the reported military coup against Xi Jinping in China, how it destabilizes Mark Carney and the Liberal’s trade partnership with China, and who Jeffrey Epstein really was.
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1 hr 10 min
February 04 Ep. 115 - Kris Eriksen: Canada's Suicidal Carney-val
Kris Eriksen is a political commentator, host of Nightcall discussions and co-host of the Philosopher, Stoic and the Teddy Bear podcast. We discuss the slow unraveling of Canada’s uniparty political establishment, Mark Carney’s continued antagonism of the Trump administration, and what the Liberal partnership with China means for Canada’s future as a sovereign nation.
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1 hr 10 min
January 28 Ep. 114 - Ehsan Arjmand: Restoring Freedom in Iran
Ehsan Arjmand is an Iranian-born engineer, outspoken advocate for a free Iran, and host of the Chanteh podcast. We discuss his experience growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran, misconceptions about Iran and the uprising against the Khamenei regime, and the fight to overthrow their Islamic fundamentalist dictatorship.
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1 hr 4 min
January 21 Ep. 113 - Sam Cooper: Decapitating China in Venezuela and Iran
Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss the reasoning behind Trump’s extraction of Maduro from Venezuela, the American interests in Iran and Greenland, and how the instability in Venezuela, Iran and Greenland all connect to China.
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1 hr 5 min
January 14 Ep. 112 - John-Paul Berg: Pulling Back the Curtain on Evil
John-Paul Berg is a political commentator and host of the Dumb the Wiser podcast. We discuss the final stages of the globalist takeover, the struggle to save the American empire from falling alongside Canada and the EU, and humanity’s turn toward God in troubling times.
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1 hr 33 min
January 07 Ep. 111 - New Year, Next Phase
For the first episode of 2026 I go solo to reintroduce myself to new listeners, recap the last two years of Brave New Normal and announce my plans for the next phase of this podcast—which includes some good news and some bad news.
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30 min
December 31, 2025 Ep. 110 - Elliot Daigneault (Right Call Podcast): Emasculation, Immigration and Culture Wars—Goodbye, 2025
Elliot Daigneault is a political commentator and co-host of The Right Call podcast. We discuss the feminization of Western men, the societal chaos caused by mass immigration into western nations, and how this all came to a climax in 2025, leading us into a newer, darker phase in 2026.
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1 hr 32 min

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Brave New Normal is a podcast hosted by Jason James. Every episode focuses on current events and interesting ideas emerging in the world of culture, politics and more.