Recovering Anarchist

What happens to authenticity when our lives become profiles for constant viewing?

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* You and Your Profile, by Hans Georg-Moeller and Paul J. D'Ambrosio

* White Noise, by Don DeLillo

* The Lies that Bind, by Kwame Anthony Appiah

* Racecraft: Why Theory Podcast

* SEA / GARDEN: Future Ecologies Podcast

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What do SJWs and Mormons have in common? How can you support a loved one who’s self-destructing through politics? Are paywalls contributing to the spread of low quality news? Plus: an update on the show!

The Right Looks for Converts; the Left Looks for Traitors

The Coddling of the American Mind

The Fifth Column

My Year of Grief and Cancellation

Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls

Project 2025

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Is “anarchist” more than a Twitter bio buzzword? What would happen if we actually abolished the police? Is Google paying the price for dampening the open exchange of ideas?

My Life as an Anarchist

Google’s Woke AI Wasn’t a Mistake. We Know. We Were There.

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What are the pitfalls of the consent discourse? Are leftists ignoring a way to end the abortion wars? Did George Floyd protesters create any lasting change?

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The Limits of Consent

Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me)

How Abortion Became ‘the Defund the Police of the GOP’

Alabama Governor Signs Bill To Protect IVF Treatments Into Law

David French on Abortion

Things Fell Apart, S1 E1

List of police reforms related to the George Floyd protests

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Why are leftists allergic to good news? Is there one simple way to fix the internet’s problems? How is Canada’s proposed Online Harms Bill a threat to free speech?

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The Trouble With the Guilt Economy

The One Internet Hack That Could Save Everything

Long-Awaited Online Harms Bill Proposes Higher Sentences for Spreading Hate Online

Shawna: A Life on the Sex Offender Registry

CCLA Urges Substantial Amendments to the Online Harms Act

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Why is a Canadian university student commuting by plane? How do accusations of social justice-related harm spin out of control? Why do leftists shun detransitioners?

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UBC Student Commutes From Calgary

How To Spot a Crybully

As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.

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Can polyamorous and monogamous people successfully date each other? What percentage of single people who’ve tried polyamory would do it again? What do polyamorists avoid talking about? What are polyamorists really like? Are polyamorists all wealthy white people? Plus: we discuss the ideological trappings of polyamory.

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Polyamory’s Superiority Complex

Desire, Familiarity, and Engagement in Polyamory

Who Really Practices Polyamory?

Demographic Comparisons of American Individuals in Polyamorous and Monogamous Relationships

The Futile Search for Purity

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