The Dissidents

This is Letters in Black & White, a short series of the Dissidents Podcast, introducing ideas from the newly released book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America. Today's guest is Samuel Hayes III, a Chief Facilities Officer at the College of William and Mary. Sam was responsible for connecting Wink to his Twyman deep roots via the magic of genetic genealogy. Can genetic genealogy bring us together across the color line? Can truth and reconciliation be found at the outer limits of 4th and 5th cousins on 23 and Me, Ancestry,com and Gedmatch? Welcome to a master expert who can teach us how  we bear the same DNA, whether we black or white in the South.  References: Letters in Black & White: A New Correspondence on Race in America

In the first of two podcasts about personality, Mike and Elizabeth discuss a group of traits often referred to as the “dark triad” (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) and their potential relationship with authoritarian political correctness and alt-right attitudes. We talk about the validity of the dark triad as a construct and a correlational study suggesting that dark triad traits may be linked to left- and right-wing authoritarianism. References: Moss J., & O'Connor P. J. (2020). The Dark Triad traits predict authoritarian political correctness and alt-right attitudes. Heliyon, 6(7), e04453. pmid:32715130

This is Letters in Black & White, a short series of the Dissidents Podcast, introducing ideas from the newly released book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America. The following is the fourth in a series of podcast conversations with interesting people on the topic of race in America. Today's guest is Mary Burkey Owens, a prominent attorney in Chesterfield County, Virginia today. When we were young, Mary and Wink were classmates at Thomas Dale High School, Class of 1979, in Chester, Virginia. Wink served as President of Student Council and Mary was the Senior Class Treasurer. Welcome to a class reunion and memories of race in the New South in the 1970s. Order Letters in Black & White

In this week's Dissidents Podcast Mike Burke and Elizabeth Spievak speak to Winkfield Twyman, Jr. & Jennifer Richmond about their new book Letters in Black and White. We discuss what it means to be both authentic and a dissident in an age of mass conformity. References: Letters in Black & White To see the original documents from the book, visit Truth In Between

This is Letters in Black & White, a short series of the Dissidents Podcast, introducing ideas from the book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America. The book comes out TODAY. As a bonus for anyone who purchases the book this week, we will send you Wink's manuscript - On the Road to Oak Lawn. Send an email to richmond@truthinbetween.com with proof of purchase and we'll send you a PDF of the manuscript to the email or your choice. Order Letters in Black & White The following is the third in a series of podcast conversations with interesting people on the topic of race in America. Today's guest is Nancy Williamson, a resident of Virginia. Nancy and Wink are distant cousins who learned of each other on 23 and Me. Even those of good intentions can fall prey to caricatures and stereotypes based on race. Welcome to a meeting of cousins across the color line and the dangers of misperceiving others. 

In this week's Dissidents Podcast Jennifer Richmond and Mike Burke speak with geopolitical guru and bestselling author, Peter Zeihan. We discuss illiberalism in places like China and Russia and how it is shaping illiberal trends throughout the Western World, especially the United States. References: https://zeihan.com/ The End of the World is Just the Beginning

This is Letters in Black & White, a short series of the Dissidents Podcast, introducing ideas from the forthcoming book, ⁠Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America. The following is the second in a series of podcast conversations with interesting people on the topic of race in America. Today's guest is Maya Valmon, a sophomore at Stanford University who is an impressive member of the school's track and field team. What does it mean to be Black and an Old American? Does appearance align with racial identity or not? These are fascinating questions Maya has encountered in her young life. A thoughtful pre-med athlete from Montgomery County, Maryland, Maya represents the best of the future. 

This week's Dissidents Podcast is a crossover with the Reformation Radio Podcast. Mike Burke and Jason Littlefield break down concepts of "Liberalism" and "Conservatism" in hopes a critical mass will come together to conserve Liberalism. They also get into how there's a growing sense of "good vs. evil/light vs. dark" in the world today.  Finally, the importance of abandoning political attachments and assumptions of others is vital for human liberty to maintain.

This is Letters in Black & White, a short series of the Dissidents Podcast, introducing ideas from the forthcoming book, Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America. The following is the first in the series of podcast conversations with interesting people on the topic of race in America. Today's guest is Sahil Handa, a young graduate of Harvard College who has written stirring essays about the generation gap between the Old and the Young, Coleman Hughes, James Baldwin and the infamous book Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge. Sahil brings the fresh perspective of an outsider to questions of the color line today. A writer, a philosopher, a Renaissance Man -- welcome to a non-conformist, Sahil Handa, who rejects the idea that a person's skin color ought to determine one's views. References: https://sahilhanda.com/ Rebel Rebel: https://www.discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-society/2022/02/11/rebel-rebel/ What the Old Don't Get About the Woke: https://www.persuasion.community/p/what-the-old-dont-get-about-the-woke What the Woke Don't Get About the Old: https://www.persuasion.community/p/what-the-woke-dont-get-about-the James Baldwin's Radicalism: https://www.persuasion.community/p/james-baldwins-radicalism In Defense of Coleman Hughes: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/coleman-hughes-slavery-reparations-defense/ Why I’m No Longer Talking to Anyone About Anything: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-anyone-about-anything/

In this week’s Dissidents Podcast, cohosts Mike and Elizabeth talk about applications of the Overton Window, which is a model for describing the slow evolution of societal values and norms.  The Overton Window suggests that we are all more followers than we are leaders and that our social institutions are more important to shaping our politics than we typically credit them for.  The Overton Window has been used in political decision making and to define the range of ideas people can support without risking social rejection. References: https://www.mackinac.org/OvertonWindow Otteson, James R. (2019). Escaping the Social Pull: Nonconformists and Self-Censorship, Society, 56(3), 559–568.