I spoke to a former friend of Sam Harris’ who fell out with Sam and others in the heterodox-sphere after Oct 7th, and their insistence on defending Israel no matter what. My guest for this episode is filmmaker Jay Shapiro who made a documentary featuring Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz in 2018. He has also collaborated with Sam and his wife, Annaka on other projects.

Jay Shapiro has a book coming out in May, ‘Insufficient Rewards: How we Traded Integrity for Comfort and Outsourced Morality to History’.

Links:

This is the Documentary we reference in the episode https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8257128/

Find more of Jay’s work here: https://whatjaythinks.com

Here’s the conversation with Coleman Hughes that came up on my feed: https://youtu.be/SIouIY1TGr4?si=cwYpNdt3wWCt7uwf

Sarah Haider promoting eugenics conference: https://bsky.app/profile/nicemangos.bsky.social/post/3ljzlffucx227

Read more about the Ex Mus to TradFash pipeline in my multi-part series here (you can purchase it via patreon or become a subscriber and unlock all exclusive posts -

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Pt 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106501752?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

Pt 3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106529773?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

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[This is a Reupload of a previous Twitter Space.]

Recent stories discussed in the intro: 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/border-patrol-agents-fire-allegedly-disrupting-childrens-halloween/story?id=126900354

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-nazi-uniform-assaulted-georgia-student-was-denied-entry-bar-offici-rcna239893

This Space was recorded on Oct 27th 2023, with friends of the show Jack Graham of the IDSG podcast and Linguist Dr. Caitlin Green.

Join us for a chat about Heterodox Horror Stories!

[This is a live event on a broken hellsite, so pls excuse the sound quality not being to usual podcast standards.]

We discuss Bill Maher, Steven Crowder, Yale professors Nicholas & Erika Christakis & their calls for students to ‘look away’ from ‘offensive Halloween costumes’, U of Oregon Professor Nancy Shurtz who wore blackface at a party that students attended ….all this and more.

Enjoy!

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‘Hexes, Heroes & Hypocrisy’

Join me for the final pt of this Charlie Kirk series, where I go through his abhorrent views, the extreme free speech hypocrisies from certain free speech warriors… & the bizarre beliefs in witches/curses cropping up on the right. We also discuss the normalization of extreme racism in western societies.

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Links:

Taxpayers shelled out $2.6 million in security costs for Charlie Kirk’s memorial https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/taxpayers-shelled-out-26-million-in-security-costs-for-charlie-kirk-s-memorial/ar-AA1OTR6A

US strips visas from six foreigners over Charlie Kirk remarks https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/us-visas-charlie-kirk-reaction

Kirk fan Hit and Run https://youtu.be/KdcRHDMChIk?si=nmeQeifiU7lX4Dxe

Xavier Conley Ilhan Omar CNN clip https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO_Op1KDWX1/?igsh=ZHNrc3ZlaWN4Z3Z3

New Atheists & Great Replacement fearmongering https://www.patreon.com/posts/112243637

https://onlys.ky/the-great-replacement-how-new-atheists-legitimized-and-spread-a-white-nationalist-conspiracy-theory/

Unhinged transphobe threatens to shoot up LGBTQ+ bar to become a “martyr for Charlie Kirk” https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/unhinged-transphobe-threatens-to-shoot-up-lgbtq-bar-to-become-a-for-charlie-kirk/

Man charged w killing 3 at waterfront North Carolina bar is decorated Marine vet & Purple Heart recipient https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nigel-edge-north-carolina-bar-shooting-suspect-marine-veteran/

Mormon church shooting suspect had Trump sign outside home https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/mormon-church-shooting-trump-sign

Re: Sam Harris & Black brain surgeons: https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1511339657396690944?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

Polite Conversations Race ‘Science’ episodes:

Pt 1 https://spotify.link/otjmpUOgOXb

Pt 2 https://spotify.link/7l3SgcUgOXb

Pt 3 https://spotify.link/Jqw8rqWgOXb

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[This is Pt 2 of 3]

Pt 2 explores the use of state power to police speech & expression around Charlie Kirk.

I discuss the difference between ‘cancel culture’ & the govt policing people’s views. We talk about the forced writing of Kirk’s name on Starbucks cups, the forced lowering of flags, the doxxing database and more.

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Links

The Man Doxxing Americans for Not Mourning Kirk was Accused of Pistol-whipping a Womanhttps://x.com/jason_paladino/status/1968077852068520071?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

Pride & trans flags lowered to half-staff https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/a-pride-flag-at-half-staff-to-honor-charlie-kirk-trump-order-to-lower-flags/article_c9f8fd72-7fde-5b60-be81-4a923021f452.html

Starbucks employees pressured to write Kirks name on cups https://x.com/lippyaddiction/status/1969414107510997413?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

Insurrectionists using Kirk’s death to call for civil war https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/pardoned-insurrectionists-are-using-charlie-kirks-death-to-call-for-civil-war/

The Full Weight of the Federal Govt Is Being Used to Memorialize Kirk https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/the-full-weight-of-the-federal-government-is-being-used-to-memorialize-charlie-kirk/

FBI cuts ties with ADL https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-cuts-ties-with-anti-defamation-league-2025-10-01/

Website ID-ing people as Charlie Kirk’s Murderers’ Rebrands, Then Vanishes https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/charlie-kirk-murderers-site-defamation-1235429785/

GOP lawmakers push for Kirk likeness on US coins. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article312245756.html

Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa https://bsky.app/profile/paleofuture.bsky.social/post/3m2pho6dcwk2k

Democratic lawmakers put aggressive pressure on the former Columbia U president to crush the protests. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/26/universities-columbia-trump

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Lately, the Cult of MAGA has been very open & enthusiastic about their desires for a ‘Holy War’. They have now found a MAGA Martyr in Charlie Kirk — and are doing everything possible to use the assassination of this far-right influencer to accelerate the pace of authoritarianism.

In this part of the episode, I’ll explore the absurdity around the climate of ‘mandatory grieving’ in the aftermath of this shooting.

The deification, the glorification and the liberal whitewashing of who Charlie Kirk truly was — we’ll cover all that and more.

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Links:

How British Arms & Intelligence fueled Israel’s genocide. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/factbox-how-british-arms-and-intelligence-fueled-israel-s-gaza-genocide/3620091

A timeline of Canada’s exports to Israel & the Liberal govt’s attempts to make the scandal disappear. https://www.readthemaple.com/canadas-arms-to-israel-scandal-explained/

UK: nearly 900 arrests at Palestine protest shows Govt's disregard for protest rights https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/uk-nearly-900-arrests-palestine-protest-shows-governments-disregard-our-protest

Available via Patreon: Boghossian Goes full Fash https://www.patreon.com/posts/137585027

School shooting suspect was fascinated w/ mass shootings & expressed neo-Nazi views https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/report-says-school-shooting-suspect-was-fascinated-with-mass-shootings-and-expressed-neo-nazi-views/

US justice dept removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/justice-department-study-far-right-extremist-violence

UN says Trump's team to blame for nonworking escalator/teleprompter https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/after-mechanical-challenges-trumps-team-blame-nonworking-escalator-125877886

Cato institute conservative concludes RW views are the second most common motivating ideology for murders in politically motivated terrorist attacks, after islamists if u count 9-11. If you exclude 9-11, RWers are ahead of all others -by a lot. (Islamism is also a rightwing ideology fwiw) https://www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/politically-motivated-violence-is

'Charlie Kirk Square': Traffic Circle named in Honor of Kirk https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-09-11/ty-article/.premium/charlie-kirk-square-israeli-mayor-names-traffic-circle-in-honor-of-our-great-friend/00000199-38f5-d704-a9d9-faff486a0000

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An episode from last year, from my patreon exclusive series, The Aftershow.

Unlocked extended episode for the main feed, as sadly it still remains very relevant.

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Join us for part 2 of this Panel on wtf is going on in Germany. My German guests include Ilyas who is a German Muslim, Claus is a German who was raised with very right-wing views but has since shed them, and we also have John who has a Master’s degree in German Studies and lived there as an exchange student.

We discuss aspects of German identity, history, nationalism and the thinking behind some of the blind and bizarre support we see for Israel, the stifling of pro-Palestinian views - especially in the arts, the treatment of left leaning Jewish people who are critical of Israel, the Herero & Nama genocide, the ICJ, ex-muslims & ‘liberal’ Muslims in Germany becoming tools of the right, & more.

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All guests on the Aftershow are Patrons of the Polite Conversations. Truly amazing to get to chat with fascinating patrons of the show from all around the world.

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Links:

Masha Gessen: Hannah Arendt would not qualify for the Hannah Arendt prize in Germany today https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/18/hannah-arendt-prize-masha-gessen-israel-gaza-essay

Masha Gessen: In the Shadow of the Holocaust https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/in-the-shadow-of-the-holocaust

Germany Officially Recognizes It Committed Genocide In Present-Day Namibia https://www.npr.org/2021/05/28/1001233776/germany-officially-recognizes-it-committed-genocide-in-present-day-namibia

Germany Is Known for Its Heavily Funded, Thriving Art Scene. But a Slew of Cancellations Is Threatening That Reputation: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/germany-cancellations-2407316

Candice Breitz https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/07/a-frenzy-of-judgement-artist-candice-breitz-on-her-german-show-being-pulled-over-gaza

On Adam Bromberg: Germany is Criminalising Palestinian Solidarity https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/06/germany-is-criminalising-palestinian-solidarity

German official targets Jewish artist over alleged anti-Semitism for criticising Israel Occupation https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230202-german-official-targets-jewish-artist-over-alleged-anti-semitism-for-criticising-israel-occupation/

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An episode from last year, from my patreon exclusive series, The Aftershow.

Unlocked extended episode for the main feed, as sadly it still remains very relevant. (Pt 2 will also be unlocked soon)

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This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation. Join myself and my panel of German/Germany related guests for a fascinating discussion about Wtaf is going on in Germany these days. My German guests include Ilyas who is a German Muslim, Claus who is a German that was raised with very right-wing views but has since shed them, and we also have John who has a Master’s degree in German Studies and lived there as an exchange student.

We discuss aspects of German identity, history, nationalism and the thinking behind some of the blind and bizarre support we see for Israel, the stifling of pro-Palestinian views, the perception of Arabs and foreigners in general, the treatment of left leaning Jewish people who are critical of Israel & more.

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All guests on the Aftershow are Patrons of the Polite Conversations. Truly amazing to get to chat with fascinating patrons of the show from all around the world.

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Links:

In case u are unfamiliar with trump-voting ‘liberal muslim’ Asra Nomani, here’s a book she wrote https://x.com/ilyasibnkarim/status/1674447440785686530?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

In Berlin, schoolchildren have been banned from wearing the scarf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/11/keffiyeh-scarf-fashion-history-palestine

How Palestine became a Forbidden word in German Highschools https://www.972mag.com/germany-education-israel-narrative-palestinians/

Karl Lagerfeld calls refugees enemies of Jews https://www.dw.com/en/karl-lagerfeld-evokes-holocaust-to-bash-germanys-angela-merkel-on-refugees/a-41368478

Palestinian rights and the IHRA definition of antisemitism https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/nov/29/palestinian-rights-and-the-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism

Will Politico 's New Owner Allow Criticism of Israel? https://jewishcurrents.org/will-politicos-new-owner-employ-journalists-who-criticize-israel

A clampdown on the arts in Germany https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/arts/design/germany-arts-cancellations-israel-palestinians.html

In Germany, a Witch Hunt Is Raging Against Critics of Israel https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2020-12-10/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/in-germany-a-witch-hunt-rages-against-israel-critics-many-have-had-enough/0000017f-db0d-df0f-a17f-df4fa21b0000

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A clip from my recent conversation with Mari Cohen - Associate Editor at leftist magazine Jewish Currents

Here are the articles we discussed in this clip:

Can Genocide Studies survive a Genocide? By Mari Cohen https://jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide-studies-survive-a-genocide-in-gaza

A Textbook Case of Genocide - Raz Segal https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide

Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mpxDnGm1c8isJlDGgidqc?si=vQXP3xObQtC5iIWB7H334A

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