Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm Collins
Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm Collins
Based Camp is a podcast focused on how humans process the world around them and the future of our species. That means we go into everything from human sexuality, to weird sub-cultures, dating markets, philosophy, and politics.
Malcolm and Simone are a husband wife team of a neuroscientist and marketer turned entrepreneurs and authors. With graduate degrees from Stanford and Cambridge under their belts as well as five bestselling books, one of which topped out the WSJs nonfiction list, they are widely known (if infamous) intellectuals / provocateurs.
If you want to dig into their ideas further or check citations on points they bring up check out their book series. Note: They all sell for a dollar or so and the money made from them goes to charity. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FMWMFTG basedcamppodcast.substack.com
Malcolm and Simone are a husband wife team of a neuroscientist and marketer turned entrepreneurs and authors. With graduate degrees from Stanford and Cambridge under their belts as well as five bestselling books, one of which topped out the WSJs nonfiction list, they are widely known (if infamous) intellectuals / provocateurs.
If you want to dig into their ideas further or check citations on points they bring up check out their book series. Note: They all sell for a dollar or so and the money made from them goes to charity. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FMWMFTG basedcamppodcast.substack.com
Episodes
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Feb 18, 2026 • 1h 24min
How Hosts Flip Gender Roles & Mentally Dominate Women
They unpack flipped dating dynamics where women pay for male attention and the psychology that makes it addictive. The conversation covers how clubs create obsessive attachments, the economics and debt cycles behind bottle culture, and host tactics like tailored memory work and staged exclusivity. Cultural reasons for the phenomenon across East Asia and comparisons to VTuber fandom and gambling are also explored.
Feb 17, 2026 • 1h 17min
Understanding The Morality of the Elite Technocrat
They dissect a philosopher’s claim that killing predators could reduce wild animal suffering and trace its alarming logical extensions. They explore predator versus prey psychology and how identity shapes moral focus. They connect elite technocratic thinking to pronatalism, declining fertility, and AI-driven solutions. They critique moral signaling in intellectual circles and the pragmatic case for hard effective altruism.
Feb 16, 2026 • 53min
AI Gives Men X-Ray Glasses: How Will Women & Gender Roles Adapt?
They debate how AI-generated sexual content could replace live performers and reshape the economics of sex work. They examine niche communities like furries as early AI adopters and tools that animate and monetize avatars. They discuss broader social shifts: falling in-person sexual activity among youth, changes to dating markets and reproductive tech, and possible pivots toward homemaking and new family forms.
Feb 13, 2026 • 1h 23min
Epstein & Us: Same Game, Different Teams? (Understanding the World of Elite Power Politics)
They dig into Epstein's transhumanist obsessions like gene editing, AI, social robots and fertility schemes. They map two elite factions—techno-pronatal decentralizers versus centralized gatekeepers—and why alignment, not left-right politics, defines power. They contrast secretive immortality projects with a public, high-agency pro-natal vision for the future.
Feb 12, 2026 • 1h 2min
We Stopped Fearing Swamp Hags & Society Collapsed (A Historic Anthropology)
They dig into the ancient “swamp hag” archetype found across Europe and Eurasia. They trace how folklore labeled liminal, disruptive women as warnings about social and biological risks. They connect those myths to modern figures like viral protesters, “Karens,” and shifts in witch portrayals. They debate how loosening community boundaries changed who gains influence and why that matters today.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 59min
How Influencers Became Strictly Better Than Journalists
They unpack the collapse of legacy newsrooms and why big papers are losing relevance. They map a new media ecosystem of niche researchers, synthesizers, and commentators. They praise citizen war reporting, Substack-style patron journalism, and teen investigators breaking major stories. They warn about AI-driven verification crises and algorithmic narrowing of information.
Feb 10, 2026 • 1h 37min
Are "Trad Wives" Just E-Girls?
They dig into scandals in trad influencer circles, spotlighting performative personas and hypocrisy. They trace how sexy, monetized trad imagery replaced older norms and why moralizers often implode. They discuss spotting authenticity versus grift, cultural differences in sexual norms, and practical dating signals to watch for. Expect juicy drama framed as cultural analysis.
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Feb 9, 2026 • 1h 14min
Epstein Might Be Alive: What Everyone Is Missing
They dig into a 4chan post traced to a corrections lieutenant and why that trace seems to stop. They revisit missing suicide-protocol details like Epstein’s transferred cellmate and altered logs. They examine claims about blurry camera images, ear comparisons, and AI fakes. They explore possible extraction scenarios, questions about body custody, and odd ancillary findings like artifact purchases and weird online receipts.
Feb 7, 2026 • 54min
Cuba: Biggest Crisis Since The Revolution (Fixing Substack's Podcast Listing Error Bug Regular Users Ignore Duplicate)
They dig into Cuba’s looming oil collapse and what running out of fuel would do to electricity, farming, and transport. They examine Cuba’s deep ties to Venezuela’s military and how those links are unraveling. They cover tourism’s collapse, mass emigration, and the military’s grip on the economy. They explore geopolitical moves by Mexico, Venezuela, China, and the U.S. around Cuba’s fate.
Feb 5, 2026 • 56min
Why Female Leaders Abuse Their Power (The Science)
They dismantle the myth of peaceful female-led societies and challenge the romantic bonobo narrative. They highlight recent data showing bonobos use sexual coercion and maternal nepotism. They discuss historical and modern findings suggesting women in power can be likelier to initiate conflict. They critique nostalgic progressivism and argue for pragmatic, data-driven views of power and society.
