Freddie DeBoer: The Cult of SmartGeneral:Freddie’s Substack: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/Freddie’s website: https://fredrikdeboer.com/The Cult of Smart available here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250224491/thecultofsmartFollow:On X: https://twitter.com/freddiesubstack?lang=enReferences:Freddie’s essay: https://freddiedeboer.substack.c…

Podcast notes: Tom NashGeneral:Tom’s website: https://www.tomnash.com/Tom’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_nash_the_perks_of_being_a_pirate_jan_2019?language=enFollow: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DjHookieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/djhookie/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomnash/References: The Curb-Cut Effect: https://…

General: Find Christoph on Twitter @Halalcoholism https://twitter.com/Halalcoholism?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorReferences: Johnathan Haidt on the podcast. https://www.stitcher.com/show/tea-for-two-with-iona-italia-and-helen-pluckrose/episode/06-jonathan-haidt-and-greg-lukianoff-the-coddling-of-the-american-mind-57029667Th…

In this episode of Tea for Two, we're taking a look at a performance of Ernest Hemingway's "The End of Something", narrated by Craig A. Hart and Nicole Swanson. The theme song for this production was written by Mark Alan Swanson.Av Craig A. Hart

In this episode of Tea for Two, we're taking a look at a performance of Ernest Hemingway's "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife", narrated by Craig A. Hart and Nicole Swanson. The theme song for this production was written by Mark Alan Swanson. The narrators' performances are complemented by the incorporation of background music and sound effects. The…

Riding Out the Media Storm: Claire Lehmann General:Claire’s writing for Quillette: https://quillette.com/author/clairelehmann/And for The Australian: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/claire-lehmannFollow:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairelehmann/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clairequillette/References:Eoin Lenihan on Antifa: ht…

General:Kat’s latest novel, You Must Remember This, from Harper Collins. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-must-remember-this-kat-rosenfield?variant=40371773407266 The novel will be released in the UK on the 2 March 2023 and can be pre-ordered here:https://www.waterstones.com/book/you-must-remember-this/kat-rosenfield/9780063207394Kat’s we…

General: Murder In Old Bombay. Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries Book One. From Macmillan books. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269546/murderinoldbombayAnd on audio https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Murder-in-Old-Bombay-Audiobook/1250775043?qid=1673616961&sr=1-2&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_2&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=…

Podcast Notes: Alice DregerGeneral:The Index Case by Molly Macallen, the first novel in the Maddy Shanks series. Published on Lulu.Visit Alice’s website: https://alicedreger.com/ Follow:Follow Alice on Twitter https://twitter.com/AliceDreger?s=20&t=CDzQ-0LkFfFGhqph0trBOQArticles and books:Alice’s non-fiction books: https://alicedreger.com/books/Ali…

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Information about Rio:https://www.queermajority.com/about-the-editor-sub/about-the-editor-rvhttps://areomagazine.com/author/rioveradonir/Bi Foundation: https://www.bisexuality.org/ Queer Majority: https://www.queermajority.com/ Bi.org: https://bi.org/en amBi: https://www.ambi.org/Av Iona Italia

GeneralVisit John’s academic webpage for more information on his publications:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/people/john-mullan John’s book ‘What Matters in Jane Austen: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved’:https://www.amazon.com/What-Matters-Jane-Austen-Crucial/dp/B00BNI1Z8Y Jane Austen’s books:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68 ReferencesIona’s …

GeneralVisit Brett’s website, where you can find his blog and much more:https://www.bretthall.org/Follow Brett on Twitter:https://twitter.com/TokteacherSubscribe to Brett’s YouTube channel:https://youtube.com/channel/UCmP5H2rF-ER33a58ZD5jCig?sub_confirmation=1ReferencesIona’s Substack essay, in which she previously described Brett as a philosopher—…

GeneralVisit Richard’s website to find out more about him and how to buy his books, including the main subject of this conversation, Richard’s award-winning 2002 novel ‘Altered Carbon’:https://www.richardkmorgan.com/ ReferencesAbout Richard:https://www.richardkmorgan.com/about-the-author/ Ewan Morrison’s Areo article ‘Why We Must Walk Away from Ome…

GeneralVisit Louise’s website: https://www.louisemperry.co.uk/ Buy Louise’s book ‘The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century’: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sexual-Revolution/dp/1509549994 Follow Louise on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Louise_m_perry References‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ by Oscar Wilde:https://w…

GeneralVisit Andrew’s website: https://www.andrewscurran.com/Find out more about Andrew’s books, including ‘The Anatomy of Blackness: Science and Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment’ and his co-edited, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., volume ‘Who’s Black and Why? A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race’, which are the focus of thi…

GeneralVisit Steven’s website, which includes information about all his books, including his latest, ‘Rationality’, and how to purchase them:https://stevenpinker.com/ Follow Steven on Twitter:https://twitter.com/sapinker Timestamps00:00 Opening and introduction.2:17 The conventional wisdom that humans are irredeemably irrational is wrong: rationali…

GeneralVisit Mark’s website, where you can find out more information about his books, including how to purchase them: https://www.markschatzker.com/ Follow Mark on Twitter:https://twitter.com/markschatzker ReferencesMark’s paper, co-authored with Jeffrey Brunstrom, on micronutrients and food choice:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/…

GeneralFollow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattjj89 Some of Matt’s previous writing and speaking about Ukraine:https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-forget-nato-ukraine-s-problem-is-russian-imperialism-1.10576686https://areomagazine.com/2022/02/25/putins-pointless-war/https://www.callin.com/episode/matt-johnson-how-to-view-the-war-in-…

GeneralBuy Katy and Jeremy’s book ‘Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law’: https://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Pigs-Wonderful-History-Animal-ebook/dp/B09CGQDNGD Katy’s academic webpage: https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/katy-barnett Follow Katy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrKatyBarnett Jeremy’s academic webpage: https://law.…

GeneralArvid’s website:https://arvidagren.com/ Buy Arvid’s book ‘The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution’:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-genes-eye-view-of-evolution-9780198862260?cc=us&lang=en Follow Arvid on Twitter:https://twitter.com/arvidagren ReferencesDaniel’s Areo review of Arvid’s ‘The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution’:https://areomagazin…

GeneralVisit Simon’s website for information about him and to buy his book ‘SPEECH! How Language Made Us Human’:https://www.simonprentis.net/ Follow Simon on Twitter:https://mobile.twitter.com/memesovergenes ReferencesTwo for Tea interview with Sean B. Carroll:https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/77-sean-b-carroll-revolutionising-our-understandi…

GeneralFollow Arjun on Twitter:https://twitter.com/juicemoorthyThe Factual:https://www.thefactual.com/?lp=newReferencesMatthew Walker’s ‘Why We Sleep’:https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Unlocking-Dreams/dp/1501144324/ Timestamps00.00 Opening and intro. The Factual: credibility grading of news articles/stories.2:33 The Factual’s history, its missio…

Visit Oliver’s website:https://www.oliverburkeman.com/ Follow Oliver on Twitter:https://twitter.com/oliverburkeman Oliver’s most recent book ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals’:https://www.amazon.com/Four-Thousand-Weeks-Management-Mortals/Oliver’s book ‘The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking’:https://www…

GeneralBuy Matt and Alina Chan’s book ‘Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19’:https://www.amazon.com/Viral-Search-COVID-19-Matt-Ridley/dp/006313912X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GSU5N0P40R26&keywords=matt+ridley&qid=1648046232&sprefix=matt+ridley%2Caps%2C253&sr=8-1 Matt’s website, where you can find out more about him and his other books and work:https:…

GeneralAlex’s website:https://alexkorbphd.com/ Follow Alex on Twitter:https://twitter.com/alexkorbphd Buy Alex’s book ‘The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time’:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1626251207/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=gs2&linkId=TQYPHQ6B534LQ4PZ&creativeASIN=1626…

GeneralFollow Nicholas on Twitter:https://twitter.com/NAChristakis The Human Nature Lab at Yale University, of which Nicholas is the director:https://www.humannaturelab.net/ Buy Nicholas’ books, including his latest, ‘Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live’:https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/…

GeneralDiscover Rob’s writing, interviews, and other work on his website:https://www.robkhenderson.com/ Follow Rob on Twitter:https://twitter.com/robkhenderson ReferencesRob’s essay ‘America's Lost Boys and Me’:https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/americas-lost-boys-and-meRob’s essay ‘Elite universities should stop prizing victimhood’:https://unherd.co…

GeneralFollow Alan on Twitter:https://twitter.com/alan_davison Alan’s academic profile:https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Alan.Davison Alan and Josh Szeps’ special speaker podcast series ‘Permission to Think’ homepage:https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/partners-and-community/fass-industry-events/permission-think Josh Szeps’ podc…

GeneralFind out more about Meghan, her books, and articles, on her website:https://www.meghandaum.com/ Follow Meghan on Twitter:https://twitter.com/meghan_daum Buy Meghan’s book ‘The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through The New Culture Wars’:https://www.meghandaum.com/the-problem-with-everything Buy Meghan’s book ‘The Unspeakable: And Other …

GeneralJacob’s website:http://jacobmchangama.com/ Order Jacob’s forthcoming book, ‘Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media’:https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jacob-mchangama/free-speech/9781541620339/ Jacob’s podcast series on free speech, ‘Clear and Present Danger’:http://www.freespeechhistory.com/ Follow Jacob on Twitter:https://twit…

GeneralNev’s website:https://nevmarch.com/Follow Nev on Twitter:https://twitter.com/nevmarch Buy Nev’s first novel ‘Murder in Old Bombay’ here:https://read.macmillan.com/lp/murder-in-old-bombay/ Pre-order the sequel ‘Peril at the Exposition’ here:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250855039/perilattheexposition The Rajabai Clock Tower deaths, upon …

Christopher’s website:https://www.christopherjferguson.com/ Follow Christopher on Twitter:https://twitter.com/CJFerguson1111 Christopher’s Amazon page, with links to his books, including ‘Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games Is Wrong’, ‘Suicide Kings’, and ‘How Madness Shaped History: An Eccentric Array of Maniacal Rulers, Raving Narcis…

Mónica’s Link Tree with links to preorder her upcoming book ‘I Never Thought Of It That Way’, her website, and more:https://linktr.ee/moniguzman Follow Mónica on Twitter:https://twitter.com/moniguzman Braver Angels website:https://braverangels.org/ ReferencesJohn R. Wood Jr’s previous appearances on Two for Tea:https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodca…

Ben’s website:https://benburgis.com/ Follow Ben on Twitter:https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Buy ‘Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters’ by Ben Burgis:https://redemmas.org/titles/36536-christopher-hitchens--what-he-got-right--how-he-went-wrong--and-why-he-still-matters Follow Matt on Twitter:https://twitte…

Dorian’s academic profile:https://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/dorian-abbot/ Follow Dorian on Twitter:https://twitter.com/DorianAbbot ReferencesDorian’s article ‘MIT Abandons Its Mission. And Me.’, in Bari Weiss’s ‘Common Sense’ Substack:https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/mit-abandons-its-mission-and-me Dorian’s ‘Wall Street Journal’ article, ‘The View…

Jack’s chess blog:https://chessgospinny.blogspot.com/ Follow Jack on Twitter:https://twitter.com/imjackrudd Jack’s Lichess account:https://lichess.org/@/JackRudd Mansa’s Medium blog:https://medium.com/@rasmansa Follow Mansa on Twitter:https://twitter.com/rasmansa Mansa’s Lichess account:https://lichess.org/@/rasmansa ReferencesLichess, free online …

Rob’s website:https://www.robbrooks.net/ Rob’s academic profile:https://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/our-people/robert-brooks Follow Rob on Twitter:https://twitter.com/Brooks_Rob Rob’s column for The Conversation:https://theconversation.com/columns/rob-brooks-1343 Buy Rob’s first book, Sex, Genes & Rock ’n’ Roll, here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Genes-Roc…

Jamie’s academic profile:https://iash.uq.edu.au/profile/2151/jamie-freestone Jamie and Matthew McGann’s joint website/blog:http://www.mcgannfreestone.com.au/ Jamie’s Areo articles:https://areomagazine.com/author/jamiemiltonfreestone/ ReferencesJamie’s ‘The meaning of science’ blog post (about his upcoming book):http://www.mcgannfreestone.com.au/?p=…

Faithless Hijabi website:https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/ Faithless Hijabi on Twitter:https://twitter.com/FaithlessHijabi Support the work of Faithless Hijabi:https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/support-us/Follow Zara on Twitter:https://twitter.com/zarakayk References:Zara’s offending Facebook post featuring a photoshop of two men kissing in front of t…

Will’s website:https://willstorr.com/ Follow Will on Twitter:https://twitter.com/wstorr ReferencesWill’s two previous Two for Tea appearances:https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/17-will-storr https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/30-will-storr-the-psychology-of-stories Buy Will’s book Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed:https://www.amaz…

Follow Kat on Twitter:https://twitter.com/katrosenfield Kat’s website:https://katrosenfield.com/ Some of Kat’s non-fiction writing, for UnHerd and Spectator World:https://unherd.com/author/kat-rosenfield/ https://spectatorworld.com/author/kat-rosenfield/ Purchase Kat’s new book, No One Will Miss Her, here:https://www.harpercollins.com/products/no-o…

Follow Gurwider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/G_S_BhogalYou can find all Gurwinder’s Areo articles here:https://areomagazine.com/author/gurwinderbhogal/Articles referenced here: How Not to De-Radicalize a Twitter Neo-Nazi - Areo:https://areomagazine.com/2017/10/28/how-not-to-de-radicalize-a-twitter-neo-nazi/Alex Jones Was Victimized by One Oligop…

For more of James’ related thoughts on free speech, representation and democracy see:https://antigonejournal.com/2021/04/two-concepts-of-free-speech/https://areomagazine.com/2019/05/16/two-concepts-of-representation/https://proandepimetheus.blogspot.com/2020/08/harsh-but-unfair.htmlhttps://freespeech.buzzsprout.com/370355/5178406-episode-30-dr-kier…

Lee’s book with Lyudmila Trut, How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution (2017) can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Tame-Fox-Build-Dog/dp/022644418XI also highly recommend Behind the Crimson Curtain: The Rise and Fall of Peale's Museum (2020): https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Cr…

David has created a series of films on this controversy on his Rebel Wisdom channel. You can find them here: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/42-film-content/vaccines-ivermectin/842-vaccines-dark-horse-final-wordDavid and I talk about the responsibilities of independent media with regard to this issue here:https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/42-film-content/vaccine…

Nicholas’s book, Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security (2018) can be found here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/drones-and-terrorism-9781838608439/Subscribe to Arc Digital: Arc DigitalFor more relevant writing by Nicholas, see the following articles:https://www.arcdigital.media/p/every-option-in-afghanistan-was-b…

To find out more about Angel: http://angeleduardo.com/Follow Angel on Twitter @StrangelEdweird0:55 Introduction2:18 Starmanning7:58 David Fuller's Areo piece and Majid Nawaz13:00 Daryl Davis14:28 Is starmanning civility porn? Does it create false equivalences?16:23 Steve Sailer21:20 Changing our minds; an intellectual ship of Theseus23:45 Signallin…

For more about Dinyar: Dinyar Patel – Assistant Professor of South Asian History:https://dinyarpatel.com/Dinyar’s book, Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism (2020), can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naoroji-Pioneer-Nationalism-Dinyar-Patel/dp/0674238206Follow Dinyar on Twitter @DinyarPatelTimestamps3:18 Why Naoroji was important: an exc…

You can find full details of Adrian’s fiction here: https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/science-fiction-and-fantasy/adrian-tchaikovsky-books-in-order.Follow Adrian on Twitter @aptshadow.Timestamps0:57 Introduction1:58 Children of Time optioned3:24 Passage from Doors of Eden7:53 Alternative evolutionary scenarios9:55 Gould and the Burgess shale12:13 …