Dangerous Speech

Dangerous Speech

By Obaid OmerSociety & Culture
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Dangerous Speech episodes

  • Ep 153 Jen Richmond And Wink Twyman
    I spoke with Jen Richmond and Wink Twyman about how their new book, Letters in Black and White, the discourse on race, take over of public institutions.

    Follow me: @dangerousspeach
    
Follow Jen: @truth_inbetween
    Follow ILV: @ilvalues
    You can get their book here: https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Black-White-Correspondence-America/dp/1634312368
    Their website where you can find more writing, podcasts, and original documents from their book: https://truthinbetween.com/
    
The forward to their book: https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/foreword-to-letters-in-black-and
    And a write up: https://tarahenley.substack.com/p/weekend-reads-letters-in-black-and
    1 hr 50 min
  • Ep 152 Mia Ashton
    I spoke with Mia Ashton about how the push for trans rights is stripping women of theirs, women-only spaces, the indoctrination of children, the cult-like aspects of gender theory and the signs of a change in the discourse. 

    Follow me: @dangerousspeach

    Follow Mia: @_CryMiaRiver
    You can find Mia’s articles here: https://thepostmillennial.com/author/mia-ashton?utm_campaign=64466
    And this piece: https://public.substack.com/p/why-are-we-sterilizing-children
    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep 151 Dr Tabia Lee
    I spoke with Dr. Tabia Lee about being fired from her position as the director of diversity because she did not follow the current DEI ideology, the differences between liberalism and critical social justice and the harm that is being done outside of the academy due to CSJ
.
    Follow me: @dangerousspeach
    
You can read more about Lee here:
https://compactmag.com/article/a-black-dei-director-canceled-by-dei
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11902095/DR-TABIA-LEE-fired-diversity-chief-Woke-extremists-taking-Americas-colleges.html
    Check out some of her work:
https://sites.google.com/view/foothill-deanzaracelessness/resources
    https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/race-ideology-in-practice
    https://www.deanza.edu/faculty/leetabia/
    57 min
  • Ep 150 Jim McMurtry
    I spoke with Jim McMurtry about being fired as a teacher for speaking the truth about residential schools, K-12 education in Canada, and the corruption of our institutions.
    Follow me: @dangerousspeach
    Follow Jim: @JimMcMurtry01
    1 hr 29 min
  • Ep 149 Jake Mackey
    I spoke with Jake Mackey about academia, and how it has gotten to the state it’s in. The slowly building pushback to authoritarianism within the academy and some of the initiatives involved. Do we have to rebuild, or can we save our institutions?
    Follow me: @dangerousspeach
    Follow Jake: @omni_american
    You can find out more about the Academic Freedom Alliance here: https://academicfreedom.org/
    Check out the work being done at Free Black Thought:
https://freeblackthought.com/
    Read their journal:
    https://freeblackthought.substack.com/
    This is a guide FBTT made to help parents concerned about CRT-based DEI initiatives in schools:
https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/six-unsettling-features-of-dei-in
    1 hr
  • Ep 148 Khadija Khan
    I spoke with Khadijah Khan about the de facto blasphemy laws in the UK pertaining to Islam and how the authorities keep capitulating to fundamentalists and creeping illiberalism.
    Follow me: @obaidomer
    Follow Khadijah: @KhadijaKhan__
    Here are some of Khadijah’s articles:
http://www.sedaa.org/2022/09/after-mahsa-aminis-death-its-time-for-hijab-apologists-to-take-a-back-seat/
    https://areomagazine.com/2023/01/19/romanticising-shamima-begum/
    1 hr 8 min
  • Ep 147: Asra Nomani
    I spoke with Asra Nomani about her latest book, Woke Army, the link between fundamental Islam and woke progressives. The history of Left/Fundamental Islam cooperation.
    Follow me: @obaidomer
    Follow Asra @AsraNomani
    You can buy Woke Army here: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637580045/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26OXPIGRMIRZD&keywords=woke+army+%22nomani%22&qid=1676558566&sprefix=,aps,71&sr=8-1
    58 min
  • Ep 146 Lee Jussim Pt 3
    I spoke with Lee Jussim about his recent attempted cancellation, the state of psychology, academia and their future, and the loss of trust in institutions.
    Follow me: @obaidomer
    FollowLee: @PsychRabble
    You can find Lee's substack here: http://unsafescience.substack.com
    1 hr 10 min
  • Ep 145 Alan Davison Pt2
    I spoke with Alan Davison about a recent article he wrote about how our institutions need to support dissenting views. The self-inflicted lack of trust in academia, the encroachment of illiberalism in our institutions.

    Follow me: @obaidomer
    Follow Alan: @alan_davison
    Read Alan’s article here: https://spectator.com.au/2022/10/bursting-the-bubble/
    Alan’s Faculty special speaker series, “Permission to Think” that he is working on with Josh Zepps: https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/partners-and-community/fass-industry-events/permission-think
    An article on indigenous science in New Zealand: https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2021/12/17/royal-society-of-new-zealand-responds-to-complaints-about-investigations-of-its-fellows-free-speech-and-two-science-supporting-academics-apparently-get-punished-for-their-free-speech/
    Research on free speech in New Zealand universities: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/11/502
    1 hr 5 min
  • Ep 144: Greg Lukianoff
    I spoke with Greg Lukianoff about the difference between free speech tradition and laws, what is and isn’t book banning, the issues in higher education, and the erosion of the institutions that protect civil liberties
    Follow me: @obaidomer
    Follow Greg @glukianoff
    Follow FIRE: @TheFIREorg
    You can find out more and support FIRE here: https://www.thefire.org/
    56 min

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I'm trying to discuss hot button topics in a reasonable manner. I'm also trying to figure out first principles and how we come by them and decide which are best. I'm speaking with academics, authors,…

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