Ep#180 - The Woke Reformation - Travis Brown

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes film maker Travis Brown. Travis has created an episodic YouTube series titled ‘The Woke Reformation’. The project brings together a number of notable public figures to talk about woke ideology and offer advice on how best to resist it. Watch the video version of this interview at www.youtube.com/gspellchecker 0:00 Start 1:20 Escaping a fundamentalist Christian upbringing 4:58 On filmmaking 6:39 Is anti-wokeness a right-wing/conservative pursuit? 9:38 What is ‘woke’ ideology? 11:47 The role of ‘post-modernism’. 14:14 ‘The Woke Reformation’ YouTube Series 16:44 Similarities with religion 21:42 How has this ideology spread so quickly? 24:34 How do we encourage pushback in the workplace? 31:25 Having productive dialogue and disagreements 35:53 The book ‘White Fragility’ recommended in the workplace 38:27 The hypocrisy of ‘social justice’ advocates 41:22 How do we find meaning in life? 46:04 Do we overestimate the risk and endpoint of woke ideology? 49:14 Why do they eat their own? Support the podcast at http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify. Watch ‘The Woke Reformation’ on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuEaiegl_xFmAlBSidT5beeO2ApQP084Q Follow on Locals: https://thewokereformation.locals.com/