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Rebecca Lemke’s book, The Scarlet Virgins will be published soon. You can read about it, and her on her blog here, or on Facebook here. In our discussion, we talked about Purity Culture and its disadvantages, and its thought leaders including Josh Harris, who wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye, and Bill Gothard who advocates total … Continue reading "CO029 Rebecca Lemke on Purity Culture"

John Iadarola is a co-presenter of The Young Turks and a presenter of Think Tank. In our discussion, we referred to the Backfire Effect which was documented in a study by Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler, which found that people with invested political opinions tend to believe them even more strongly when confronted with refuting evidence. We … Continue reading "CO028 John Iadarola talks to Challenging Opinions"

Todd Feinburg is a conservative radio host and presenter of the Harvard Lunch Club podcast. Follow him on Twitter or @ToddTalk.

Chris Tatem is the presenter of the Cross Examined Life podcast. We talked about the Swedish model for prohibiting the purchase, but not the sale of sex by prostitutes, particularly in relation to the paper How to Argue About Prostitution by Michelle Madden Dempsey.

Doug Payton is the presenter of the Consider This podcast, and he also co-presents Person of Interest and Chester’s Mill Gazette for Golden Spiral Media. Information about the US presidential Electoral College is here. This is the electoral system used to elect the mayor of London and this is the system used to elect the … Continue reading "CO025 Doug Payton on the Electoral College"

Spocko writes the blog SpockosBrain.com. In our discussion we discussed the Ashley Madison hack, and the exposure of the Hacking Team‘s client list. This is a story about Spocko in the New York Times, and a clip about the TPP. This is a story about Spoco says Rush Limbaugh’s distributors hate him, and his take on Rupert Murdoch … Continue reading "CO024 Spocko on Data Privacy Rights"

Rodney Perry is a writer, photographer and presenter of the Life as King podcast. One of the things that I mentioned in our discussion was the Oppression Olympics, you can watch it here.

Claire Berlinski is a journalist, academic and author. She has lived and worked in Thailand, Laos, Turkey and France, an an academic for the American Foreign Policy Council and the Manhattan Institute. She has written a number of books, including There Is No Alternative about Margaret Thatcher. Claire’s GoFundMe page is here.

Julio Ricardo Varela a co-host of the In The Thick podcast and a frequent contributor to other media including LatinoUSA. In our discussion I mentioned that, among Trump supporters, a huge proportion think that he is performing well in his first weeks in the job, and that he has strong backing from voters in areas … Continue reading "CO021 Julio Ricardo Varela on Hispanics in America"

Joel Pollak is the senior-editor-at-large for Breitbart News. He was the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress from Illinois’s 9th congressional district in 2010. He wrote the book How Trump Won based on his experiences following Donald Trump on the campaign trail.