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Lionel Shriver - The Left's War on Merit
Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include:
-Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book
-Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’
-Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be
-The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’
-The literary influences on her writing
-Why some people conform with social fads and others do not
-The inherent contradictions of woke
-Losing friends due to the culture war
-Her views on euthanasia
-Who she will vote for in the US election
And loads more!
Get full episodes and ask future guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net
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Buy Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mania-latest-novel-award-winning-author/dp/0008658676/ref=sr_1_1_sspa
Read her column: https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/lionel-shriver/
Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
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Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include:
-Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book
-Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’
-Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be
-The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’
-The literary influences on her writing
-Why some people conform with social fads and others do not
-The inherent contradictions of woke
-Losing friends due to the culture war
-Her views on euthanasia
-Who she will vote for in the US election
And loads more!
Get full episodes and ask future guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net
Keep the podcast going by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic
Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon
Buy Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mania-latest-novel-award-winning-author/dp/0008658676/ref=sr_1_1_sspa
Read her column: https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/lionel-shriver/
Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
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