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The bestselling author Johann Hari joined me from London to discuss his books on addiction and mental illness, his film The United States vs. Billie Holiday, and his prescription of love. Enroll in the upcoming Renegade University webinar FROM SATOSHI TO FINANCIAL SOVEREIGNTY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOCURRENCY: https://renegadeuniversity.com/product/introduction-to-cryptocurrency/ Join Renegade University: https://www.renegadeuniversity.com/ Join the Unregistered … Continue reading Unregistered 157: Johann Hari →

I spoke with Sonnie Johnson, whose unique brand of conservatism—especially her views on racism, criminal justice, the war on drugs, and the Republican Party—could make a lot of leftists happy if they were to actually listen to her. Sonnie is the host of Sonnie’s Corner on SiriusXM and the Did She Say That podcast. Sonnie’s … Continue reading Unregistered 156: Sonnie Johnson →

Vin Armani joined me from his new home in the paradise of Saipan to discuss the global revolutionary effects of cryptocurrency, the current “dim age” of Western civilization, his career as a celebrity sex worker, and his upcoming course for Renegade University. Enroll in Vin Armani’s upcoming webinar FROM SATOSHI TO FINANCIAL SOVEREIGNTY: AN INTRODUCTION … Continue reading Unregistered 155: Vin Armani →

I had the opportunity to speak with one of my all-time favorite podcasters and public intellectuals, Dasha Nekrasova, who co-hosts with Anna Khachiyan the singular, highly popular, and often controversial Red Scare podcast. It’s rare to encounter someone like Dasha, whose analyses of art, culture, and psychology are as original and astute as her brilliant … Continue reading Unregistered 154: Dasha Nekrasova →

On January 17 a group of self-identified “Boogaloo Boys” held an armed demonstration outside the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan. I spoke with Magnus Panvidya, a member of that group, about the surprising politics of one of the most feared and hated political movements in the United States. Video credit: https://twitter.com/AlexMesterBlade Enroll in “Make Your … Continue reading Unregistered 153: Magnus Panvidya →

Every time I talk with Scott Horton, who in my opinion is the best expert on U.S. foreign relations from an antiwar perspective, I learn more than I did from taking entire university courses on the subject. I can virtually guarantee that you will possess new ways of thinking about the wars in Yemen and … Continue reading Unregistered 152: Scott Horton →

Born and raised at the end of Jim Crow in Opelousas, Louisiana and now a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Cedric Johnson joined me to discuss his origins in black institutions in the post-segregation South and his brilliantly provocative scholarly work attacking the very ideas of race, “whiteness,” “blackness” … Continue reading Unregistered 151: Cedric Johnson →

I was joined by the historian, philosopher, and rock star Alexander Bard from his home in Stockholm to discuss the ways in which academia, capitalism, traditional politics, and the nation-state are being replaced by digital freedom. Renegade University webinar: TALKIN’ SHIT: THE HISTORY OF HIP-HOP with Kamasi Hill: https://renegadeuniversity.com/product/talkin-shit-the-history-of-hip-hop/ 25% off all CBD products at: … Continue reading Unregistered 150: Alexander Bard →

I spoke with Mark Crispin Miller, a distinguished professor of media studies at New York University whose work I’ve known for decades, about the efforts by administrators at NYU and colleagues in his own department to censor, punish, and remove him. Miller’s crime has been “excessive skepticism” about such things as COVID lockdowns and the … Continue reading Unregistered 149: Mark Crispin Miller →

I sat down with one of the last real journalists in the United States, Katie Herzog, formerly a highly controversial staff writer at the alt-weekly newspaper The Stranger and now a less controversial but freer and highly successful podcaster as the co-host of Blocked and Reported with Jesse Singal. We discussed Trump’s claims of electoral … Continue reading Unregistered 148: Katie Herzog →

I spoke with Ivor Cummins, one of the leading critics in the world on the efficacy of lockdowns and masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19. I can now walk outside without a mask and denounce the soul-killing lockdowns and know that plenty of science is on my side. Ivor Cummins’s “The Fat Emperor” website: … Continue reading Unregistered 147: Ivor Cummins →

The renowned blogger Curtis Yarvin, also known by his former pen name Mencius Moldbug, returned to the podcast to bend my mind on the politics of COVID, the meaning of a Biden presidency, and a host of other issues that I thought I knew well. No one makes me think harder. Sign up to participate … Continue reading Unregistered 146: Curtis Yarvin →

How many people in other countries has Trump killed? What will Biden do to the rest of the world? Do Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping want to conquer America? The journalist James Carden, who served as policy adviser to the Special Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and the Office of Russia Affairs at the US State … Continue reading Unregistered 145: James Carden →

A life-long big-city gun-phobe, I spoke with three of the leading distributors of information on DIY and 3D-printed guns: CTRLPew, Jeff Rodriguez, and Ivan. There are now untold numbers of unregistered home-made guns in the United States, possibly in the hundreds of millions, which supplement the 400 million legally registered firearms owned by Americans. My … Continue reading Unregistered 144: CTRLPew, Jeff Rodriguez, and Ivan →

I was joined by Gustavo Arellano—author of Ask A Mexican and Taco USA, formerly the sage of the OC Weekly, and now a columnist for the Los Angeles Times—to discuss why Trump got so many Latino votes, the plight of immigrants in the pandemic and under lockdowns, the rich and complex history of Mexico, and … Continue reading Unregistered 143: Gustavo Arellano →

Stephen Kershnar is a professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the most renegade academic I have found. We talked about his many books in which he argues with scholarly rigor and precision that veterans don’t deserve our gratitude, that if it were logically consistent the pro-life movement would … Continue reading Unregistered 142: Stephen Kershnar →

My favorite comedian and political commentator joined me again for a discussion about fatherhood, indoctrination in families, the benefit of reading neo-Nazis, the libertarian conundrum on immigration, the “rich people’s politics” of most Americans, and how we both resent being associated with a president we both consider to be a mass murderer. Talkin’ Shit: The … Continue reading Unregistered 141: Dave Smith →

Matt Welch joined me to talk about his remarkable and—from my point of view—enviable career in journalism. After founding a counter-cultural newspaper in post-Communist Prague he went on to write columns for the Los Angeles Times, serve as Editor-in-Chief of Reason magazine, and co-host a short-lived but stunningly intelligent cable news show (The Independents). He … Continue reading Unregistered 140: Matt Welch →

Justin Weiss became addicted to heroin and methamphetamine as a young teenager. Over the next decade he was made a ward of the state and incarcerated in juvenile detention facilities, adult prisons, and a series of brutal “rehabilitation” centers. He lived on the street and in trap houses. Now, as a recovering addict and a … Continue reading Unregistered 139: Justin Weiss →

I sat down with Chicago rapper and Vice Lords member Coolee Bravo to discuss life on the streets, in a gang, in prisons, in the Army, and under Joe Biden’s crime bill of 1994. Coolee also explains why a majority of black people “are not liberals.” Coolee Bravo’s albums “45” and “20 Minutes in Chicago”: … Continue reading Unregistered 138: Coolee Bravo →