The Modest Rebel Podcast

"Between the sexes, there is no such thing as “winning.”  Whenever only one sex wins, both sexes lose. "  -Warren Farrell, PhD

Matt and Derek introduce the epidemic of suffering boys using the book The Boy Crisis by Dr. Warren Farrell and Dr. John Gray as a basis for guiding the discussion.  Topics include the validity of one sex being able to "win," incoherent attitudes about the success of men vs women, clear and often surprising evidence that illustrates the problem, the disparities between girls and boys in academic performance, and the 70 ways in which boys suffer due to an absence of biological fathers in the home, also known as "dad deprivation."

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Matt and Derek discuss the recent attack on Salman Rushdie and how the West has failed to support Western values such as free speech in the modern era.  Topics include the history of the Satanic Verses, the response of the West, whether words are violence, the criticism of ideas, and the implications of religious provincialism.

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Matt (Canadian) shares the prevailing anti-American sentiment that many Canadians display and Derek (American) responds.  Such criticisms and commentary include that Americans are boorish and rude, ignorant and uncultured, too prideful or patriotic, dumb with a low-quality public education system, they have a broken health care system, the individualistic versus collectivist mindset, a melting pot versus a multicultural approach to immigration, and their categorization as gun-loving rednecks.

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Matt and Derek discuss the misuse of the term "phobia" in the modern era, and what is being inferred by those who direct it at others.  Topics include xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, Islamophobia, what is trying to be achieved by those use these terms, the validity of the title "activist," and how to interpret what is meant by those who use these words.

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Is this the hot take we need?  Matt expresses his concerns with the connection between an uninformed citizenry and the imposition of tyranny.   What  do you actually know about Roe v Wade, vaccines and autism, gender and sex, climate change, democracy and human rights?  How does our failure to adequately understand and discuss these issues openly encourage tyranny?

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Matt and Derek discuss the value of small workplaces in contributing to happiness and mental well-being.  Topics include entrepreneurship, the difference between small and large workplaces, competence and empowerment, reward for efforts, and mental health.

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Matt shares an excerpt from The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity & Love, and he offers a reliable and useful definition of truth.

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Matt and Derek discuss the efficacy of government.  Topics include the assumptions about competence, bureaucracy, the government as a business, the tendency of tyranny, and the inappropriate off-loading of human responsibility to such an entity.

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Matt and Derek share their thoughts about the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial.  Topics include personality disorders, the case itself, media coverage, the failure of media to pivot, the clash of narratives from those who support one side or the other, the popularity of lawyer-guided content.

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Matt poses a question about the presence of dark triad personalities in academia.

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