Polite Conversations

Sam Harris has recently claimed that he’s only just become an unapologetic Zionist post Oct 7, in this episode we examine this claim as well as his generally flimsy excuses for supporting Israel. 

In the extended version of the episode we take a look at his “pre-Zionist” era. 

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Links: 

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Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gaza

Israeli TV producer calls for Gaza Holocaust 

https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-tv-producer-calls-gaza-holocaust-gas-chambers

Genocidal eclairs sold in Israel as children in Gaza starve https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-05-06/ty-article-opinion/.premium/let-the-idf-mow-them-down-in-israel-violence-saturates-everyday-life/00000196-a4a1-d9bf-a1b6-eda114250000

Sam harris thinks RW antisemitism is nbd, “even in the aftermath of a synagogue shooting” https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1183877283548991488?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg combined during the Second World War.

Euromed Monitor: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6669/Euro-Med-Monitor:-Israel’s-brutality-in-Gaza-surpasses-all-recent-forms-of-terrorism Israel’s brutality surpasses all recent forms of terrorism 

Arthur Balfour was a white supremacist — and an anti-Semite, too

https://forward.com/opinion/386480/its-time-to-admit-that-arthur-balfour-was-a-white-supremacist-and-an-anti-s/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140725012047/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-the-myth-of-hamass-human-shield-9619810.html

Myth of Hamas’ Human Shields (2014) 

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This is an old musical bit I made for Woking Up episode 4, but i’m reposting again because a couple of the quotes in here are referenced in the upcoming episode. So, I thought it would be fun to revisit. 🎵🎶🧠

Enjoy this bit of pure, distilled Rationality!

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This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil Rights

In this clip we discuss how supposedly liberal leaning podcast promoted an extremely radicalized ex-muslim guest, while simultaneously stripping context on who this guest was, what her far-right views and associations were…. to talk about her experience with Ayahuasca instead.

Find the longer episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5A

And the extended version on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127474402

Other Links:

My Patreon post when this Ayahuasca episode came out: https://www.patreon.com/posts/118099707

If you want to learn more about more about the ExMus to Trad Fash trajectory, check out my written, patreon-exclusive series here:

Pt 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-1-106445369?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Pt 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106501752

Pt 3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-3-106529773

Hope not Hate investigation on Race ‘Science’ https://investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science-inc/

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This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil Rights

In this clip we discuss politics and censorship. Particularly censorship in Saudi Arabia, bootleg movies, bleeping of words like ‘king’ and ‘prince’.

Find the longer episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5A

And the extended version on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127474402

If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos

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Well, we kept the wannabe Trumpians out.

But …things are undeniably more rightwing.

What now?

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[Apologies for my flu voice in the intro]

Join myself and Patron of the show - photographer & healthcare worker Joe / @Brownsvillain (on Twitter) for a conversation about the tactics of the ‘anti-woke’ and what lies beneath the surface of such grievances. We discuss the Covid19 pandemic, Trump’s campaign of cruelty and how many anti-woke grievances were a precursor to this fascist moment. 

Links: 

The Norman Mailer Essay about the 1964 Republican Convention that came up in conversation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Red_Light

Civil Rights Documentary mentioned in the episode: ‘Eyes on the Prize’ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/

Hope not Hate investigation on Race ‘Science’ https://investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science-inc/

Calgary removed fluoride from its water supply. A decade later, it's adding it back

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5224138/calgary-removed-fluoride-from-its-water-supply-a-decade-later-its-adding-it-back

Israeli Football Hooligans in Amsterdam episode: 

Public version: https://open.spotify.com/episode/69rGp8OV9Wi8IFcNJoq8kh?si=fmcNXCqETb2Y7UP94jknVQ

Extended version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-88-israeli-in-117803351?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Trump Guts Key Civil Rights Protections With New Executive Order

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-guts-key-civil-rights-protections-with-new-executive-order/

Find Joe on

Instagram: @brownsvillain

Bluesky: @brownsvillain.bsky.social

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Generally kinkshaming is not great, but when it comes to fascist and rightwing kinks, I think we can make an exception. We should Mock Elon’s breeding fetish any chance we get, and boy did a recent article present us with a great opportunity to do so.

Join me for a casual reading of some highlights from the recent WSJ piece on Elon’s ‘legion’ of babies.

The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers is a Wall Street Journal article by Dana Mattioli

Here’s a paywall free version of the article: https://archive.ph/2025.04.16-014447/https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-children-mothers-ashley-st-clair-grimes-dc7ba05c

Other links:

Twitter DMs being replaced: https://mashable.com/article/x-to-replace-dm-with-x-chat

The Polite conversations Fascist Feminism episode I mentioned https://open.spotify.com/episode/7JH7H6y5M0Erh5qGSAfj6Z?si=u9DZqgVISP6Tz82Iaj3ayA

Food and Fascism episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ESZbJst9wpaEaEGziGSFo?si=kTozQIYwS-m3Kt_Ioof8Sg

Race ‘Science’ series

Pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1r8AfX2Z15mkgDBr8Q0e8g?si=E-iLgueLQZa6DUMuULJOJQ

Pt 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/12HQ6bzV3iB0dhGwkgRQ3v?si=WuIv-wigRIifsFEeTEQqmw

Pt 3: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ZRzUS4RBy3qq3zo9Enaly?si=b_wklTJmQsOfLrrlTd-Ysg

Ex Mus to Trad Fash Pipeline series

Pt 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106445369

Pt 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106501752

Pt 3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106529773

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This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Transphobia in the New Atheist Scene’ - I was joined by Exvangelical writer Chrissy Stroop for this conversation. Chrissy talks about the debate culture that is holding atheist advocacy back, and I take a look back at some the worst debatebros in my DMs.

Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UIAKby4Nih0Bm5sO4q72H?si=HUPXlNKESLG61Z9Bk-G0kw

And the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-94-in-new-124954055?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Transphobia in the New Atheist Scene’ - I was joined by Exvangelical writer Chrissy Stroop for this conversation.

Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UIAKby4Nih0Bm5sO4q72H?si=HUPXlNKESLG61Z9Bk-G0kw

And the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-94-in-new-124954055?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Subscribe to the YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@politeconversationspodcast

If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos

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This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Transphobia in the New Atheist Scene’ - I was joined by Exvangelical writer Chrissy Stroop for this conversation.

Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UIAKby4Nih0Bm5sO4q72H?si=HUPXlNKESLG61Z9Bk-G0kw

And the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-94-in-new-124954055?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Subscribe to the YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@politeconversationspodcast

If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos

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