In this podcast with author Richard Hanania we talked about his brand new book, The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics. In a nation nearly evenly split between conservatives and liberals, the left dominates nearly all major institutions, including universities, the government, and corporate America….
Category: Politics
Chatter #337 – Liz Webster: British Farmers Are Under Attack (Is Brexit Is To Blame?)
Liz Webster is head of Save British Farming, a campaign group advocating for farmers in Britain. Since Brexit, farmers in Britain have been under increasing financial and regulatory pressure. The government, who sold a vision of British farming being supported post-Brexit to bolster and expand their output have abandoned the farmers, undermining our…
Chatter #336 – Butcher of Wall Street: SEC Charges Citadel For Marking Shorts As Long
Marcel Kalinovic, the Butcher of Wall Street, is back on the show to discuss the SEC charging Citadel for marking shorts as longs and has fined them $7 million. We also talked about the AMC dividend, the border crisis in America, and the US election! https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-192 “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced…
Chatter #335 – Stephen Horn: Convicted For Filming On January 6th (Is Freedom of the Press Dead?)
Stephen Horn is an independent journalist who was present inside the capitol on January 6th. Despite entering the capitol solely for the purpose of journalism, he has now been convicted on 4 counts as if he were a rioter. He offered his footage to the FBI for evidence of crimes being committed and…
Chatter #334 – Dr Rakib Ehsan: What The Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities
Dr. Rakib Ehsan’s book “Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities” highlights the growing tensions between the liberal cosmopolitanism of the British political Left and the patriotic faith-based conservatism that runs deep in many of Britain’s ethnic-minority communities. Ehsan argues that Britain needs a robust civic patriotism that understands that…
Labour and the Tories – Two Sides Of The Same Coin
Labour will be no different than the Tories if they win the next election. This may sound like an absurd and provocative statement. I’ve been greeted with much pushback whenever I have brought this up with many people on the left (see below my interviews with Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte of The…
