0:00 Intro
0:39 What is the glue of America First
5:50 How Trump forced the GOP to drop abortion
9:41 ‘Woke’ is not over 
15:18 Zohran Mamdani’s vibe shift
17:49 The collapse of moral relativism 
19:13 What comes after the Neo-Liberal era
22:24 Dissecting Populism: Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Gamer Gate
27:02 The revolt against third-wave feminism 
31:04 The war against boys
33:31 The propaganda of progressive education 
39:14 Liberal women want a blue-collar liberal guy?
44:30 Is the American dream no longer affordable? 
52:33 Why is Gen-Z shrinking away from ‘living life’
57:00 The ‘empowerment’ lie sold to millennial women 
59:18 New Media Woke or anti-establishment? 
1:02:40 The Liberal blind spot on anti-establishment sentiment
1:11:09 The rise of Zohran Mamdani in the attention economy 
 1:14:12 The populist ascent of Zohran Mamdani
1:19:02 The hypocrisy behind Zohran’s struggle cosplay 
1:22:38 Taylor Swift: Startup marriage vs Merger marriage
 1:25:57 How technology changed gender dynamics
1:28:46 Taylor Swift’s woke millennial misery 

Emily Jashinsky, host of After Party, Undercurrents, and Breaking Points, joined me to break down the rise of populist backlash as a reaction to the progressive stronghold over American culture. 

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