Calmversations

Abigail Shrier (@AbigailShrier) is an author and frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal. Her book, Irreversible Damage is—I kid you not—excellently composed and a very timely investigation into how young women are being swept up in an ideology that ferries them toward irreversible body modification. Find her book wherever you can—I won't link to major book stores here because they've been sketchy with their treatment of her work.   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Dr. Borysenko is an organizational psychologist and neophyte to the internet discourse arena. In this discussion, we cover mindfulness practices, corporate and business culture, and the ways in which hyper vigilant far leftism is eroding productivity and community. Follow her on twitter @DrKarlynB, on Parler @Karlyn, and on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGTrP78wxs0OmJVxsDInVFw Support this channel: https://www.paypla.me/benjaminboyce

Anderson Todd is a Jungian therapist and and instructor at the University of Toronto. This conversation is so wanderlusty that I'm just not gonna try to summarize it. Find his youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Hrwd_CHQ78oBocLCVUp2g Support this podcast via https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

John R. Wood Jr. (@JohnRWoodJr) is a founding member of The Braver Angels Project, a bipartisan think tank focused on bringing Red and Blue (Republican and Democrat) Americans together, to work toward a stable and lasting society. In this episode, John details the history of Black Americans, and answers why he thinks a reaffirmation of America's founding values—and not its dissolution—is the path forward. Find his work at https://braverangels.org support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Infrequent guest Lisa Marchiano joins me to speak about current activism and uprising through a Jungian lens. She is a co-host of This Jungian Life (a brilliant listen!) and runs a private practice of her own. Find her work at thisjungianlife.com and on twitter @LisaMarchiano Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Kneeling, washing of feet, public confessions, racism as original sin... many aspects of the current moral code are evocative of religious rites and theological doctrine. Where did these ideas come from? What is their eventual effect? James Lindsay, Mike Nayna, and myself have been studying these phenomena before they went mainstream, and in this conversation we detail the origins and outcomes of the New American Religion that calls itself "antiracism." James' work: https://newdiscourses.com Mike's work: https://www.youtube.com/c/mikenayna Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Chris Shelton (@sheltondesigner) is an ex-Scientologist who has been spending the last few years detailing how cults operate. In this conversation we use his research to explore how the current moral climate is allowing opportunists to gain control of people's thoughts and actions. Find his work at https://mncriticalthinking.com Support this podcast: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce

Chloé Valdary (@cvaldary) is the author of The Theory of Enchantment education course and an all around talented dame. We speak about her take on the black American experience, and how she is optimistic that the current civil unrest will lead to lasting change. We talk our way through the hitches and snags toward a better country and world—if only our common values can win out over our all too common temptations.  Find her work on theoryofenchantment.com Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

In the spring of 2017, two weeks before I was to graduate from The Evergreen State College, a series of protests erupted on campus, ostensibly regarding racial inequities. Students blockaded buildings, rounded up staff and faculty, verbally harassed anyone who disagreed or questioned their methods, took administration hostage, and went so far as to roam the campus with baseball bats, in an extracurricular attempt to "community police." The first individual they targeted was Evolutionary Biology Professor Bret Weinstein, who had been arguing against certain measures the college was taking to make anti-racism the central focus of collegiate life. And although the students never meant him to be the focus or their unrest, he publicly called out their actions, and became the lightning rod that grounded the events in terms of academic freedom, toxic progressivism, and what it meant, in 2017, to be or to not be a racist. In this episode, Bret and I discuss the lessons to be derived from this protest. If you are interested in learning more, I have a 24 episode video series detailing these events, found here: http://bit.ly/31mddXS Support this podcast: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Carl Benjamin (also known as Sargon of Akkad) is an intellectual public figure who got his start in mid-2010's youtube. We explore the tensions between left and right ideologies, and the ethics that are driving modern day political discourse. Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminaboyce