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Aporia Podcast

Aporia Magazine

Aporia Podcast is a social science publication and podcast. Listen to fascinating guests from the world of genetics, psychology, sociology, economics & more. You can find our articles and bonus content here: https://www.aporiamagazine.com

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00:58:57

Why are so many people identifying as LGBT? | Eric...

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2022/11/13

Prof Eric Kaufmannis aCanadianprofessor of politics atBirkbeck, University of London.He’s the author of several books includingWhiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities, and Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Today, we’re speaking with Eric about his two reports for the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology: Born This Way? The Rise of LGBT as a Social and Political Identity Diverse and Divided: A

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01:00:23

Born from the "Genius Sperm Bank" | Leandra Ramm -...

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2022/10/24

Leandra Ramm is an American singer and actress known for opera and musical theatre. She is an offspring of the Repository for Germinal Choice (otherwise known as "The Genius Sperm Bank"). My own story: https://ideassleepfuriously.substack.com/p/on-discovering-that-i-was-sperm-donor#details My links: Substack: https://ideassleepfuriously.substack.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Ideas_Sleep Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ideas_Sleep Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:26 How I heard about Leandra’s

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00:59:12

What historical event should all Britons know about?...

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2022/10/11

Simon Webb is an historian, writer, and host of the popular YouTube show, History Debunked. He has written about slavery, World War I, and even fairies. Check out his channel and books. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:27: What historical event should we all know about and why? 4:50 Why does Simon think democracy isn't fit for purpose? 7:35 The ironies of Brexit and immigration 10:04 Does learning history really change you? 11:13 Homeschooling's power 17:55 Is there potential for a post-Woke politics

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01:53:47

Growing up gifted in Australia | Helen Dale - Ideas...

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2022/09/29

Today I'm speaking with the Australian writer and retired lawyer, Helen Dale. Helen is best known for writing The Hand that Signed the Paper, a novel about a Ukrainian family who collaborated with the Nazis in The Holocaust. The book was published in in 1994 and won the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's top literary prize. Helen became the award's youngest winner. However, controversy ensued after it became known that Helen had been trolling the diversity obsessed literary establishment by claiming

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01:04:12

They're coming for behavioural genetics | Noah Carl -...

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2022/09/14

Noah Carl is a British sociologist and independent researcher. He currently writes for a number of outlets, but his most consistent output can be found on Substack (link below). Apologies in advance if this conversation isn't up to the usual standard, Noah actually messaged me out of the blue asking if I wanted to do a podcast, so I only had an hour or two to put some questions together. We only had an hour, but I think there’s a lot in here. Some of the spicier topics we touch on include:

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01:41:28

The problem of evil, free will, and self-defeating...

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2022/08/13

This week I’m speaking with Parker Settecase, a philosopher and host of the Parker’s Pensées podcast, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkersPens... I really enjoy Parker’s show. He interviews fascinating philosophers and theologians and gets deep into the weeds with them. Parker is also a Christian, so I thought it’d be interesting to chat about how his views have evolved. We also discuss the problem of evil, free will, and whether my rationalism is self-defeating. Enjoy! You can

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01:50:12

The Future of Genetic Engineering | Torill Kornfeldt...

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2022/06/26

Torill Kornfeldt is a Swedish science journalist, author and speaker focusing on biology and biotechnology. She is the author of two books. The first, The Re-Origin of Species, discusses the reconstruction of extinct animals using gene modifications. However, in this conversation we mostly speak about Torill’s second book, The Unnatural Selection of Us. We talk about the power of CRISPR, why China is winning the tech race, designer babies, longevity, and the obligatory mention of Jurassic Park. My

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01:22:50

We must accelerate gifted students | Nicholas...

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2022/06/12

Nicholas Colangelo is a world-famous scholar in gifted education. He is the author of numerous articles on counselling gifted students and acceleration. He has edited three editions of the Handbook of Gifted Education. He co-authored the famous national report “A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students. My links: Substack: https://ideassleepfuriously.substack.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Ideas_Sleep Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ideas_Sleep

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00:48:25

Fired after sharing police shooting statistics | Zac...

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2022/06/05

What you’re about to watch or listen to is my most important podcast so far. Today I’m speaking with Zac Kriegman. Zac is a former director of data science at Thomson Reuters, perhaps the world’s most important news organisation. He’s a former director because he was fired aftersharing research on the company's internal social media platform showing that American police killed more unarmed white people than black people as a proportion of the population. This wasn’t just one statistic thrown

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01:40:55

The psychology of political conservatism & system...

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2022/05/25

John Jost talks about his childhood, education, cowboys and Indians, the psychology of political conservatism and system justification, the horseshoe theory of political orientation, ideological asymmetries, political polarization, capitalism, fear of socialism, the existence of racial microaggressions, being misunderstood by the left and the right, and the work of Ezra Klein, Mahzarin Banaji, Joshua Greene, Kurt Gray, Dan Kahan, Jonathan Haidt, and Jordan Peterson. My links: Substack:

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01:30:35

Why teach children philosophy? | Peter Worley - Ideas...

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2022/05/15

Peter is a Visiting Research Associate at King's College London and a PhD candidate at Sheffield University. He is a multi-award-winning author for Bloomsbury Education and author and editor for Crown House Publishing on The Philosophy Foundation Series of books. He is a commissioning editor for The Philosophers' Magazine. Peter read philosophy at University College London and Birkbeck College, completing his MA in 2004. He has been working with children in education since 1993 and has been doing

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02:22:57

How stupid is the average person? | Emil Kirkegaard -...

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2022/05/07

Emil Kirkegaard is a social scientist and prominent blogger focussing on a range of topics deemed controversial (and therefore interesting), from intelligence, to crime and migration. He publishes a very popular blog and Substack (links below). https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/ https://kirkegaard.substack.com/ My links: Substack: https://ideassleepfuriously.substack.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Ideas_Sleep Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ideas_Sleep

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02:34:22

The Liberal Bias in Psychology | Bo Winegard - Ideas...

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2022/05/01

Bo Winegard received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Florida State University in 2018 under the supervision of Professor Roy Baumeister. Winegard became an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Marietta College in 2018; he was fired in 2020. In this podcast, Bo shares his story. We talk about all things controversial in psychology and much, much more. You can find Bo's writing here: https://quillette.com/author/bo-winegard/ If you'd like to subscribe to my Substack and learn about giftedness,

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01:26:35

Education, civilization, technology, & the left |...

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2022/04/24

John Zerzan (born August 10, 1943) is an American anarchist and primitivist ecophilosopher and author. His works criticize agricultural civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocates drawing upon the ways of life of hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for what a free society should look like. Subjects of his criticism include domestication, language, symbolic thought (such as mathematics and art) and the concept of time. His six major books are Elements of Refusal (1988), Future Primitive and

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00:44:48

Taking on Twitter | Jason Miller - Ideas Sleep...

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2022/04/24

Jason Miller is an American communications strategist, political adviser and CEO, best known as the chief spokesman for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign and transition of Donald Trump. He was a Senior Adviser to the Trump 2020 re-election campaign. In March 2021, Miller became a contributor for Newsmax. Miller left his position as Trump's spokesman in June 2021 to become the CEO of GETTR, a micro-blogging social network with a conservative user base.

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01:40:32

The Decline of Intelligence | Ed Dutton - Ideas Sleep...

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2022/04/11

Ed Dutton is Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Asbiro University in Poland. Find out more about him here: https://edwarddutton.com/ If you'd like to subscribe to my Substack and learn more about giftedness, stupidity, and other interesting things: https://ideassleepfuriously.substack.com If you'd like to get your name in the credits, early access to videos, livestreams, and private Zoom calls, you can support the show on Patreon from just $1: https://www.patreon.com/Ideas_Sleep Twitter:

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01:22:47

Why are too many lectures boring? | David Roberts -...

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2022/03/27

David Roberts studied undergraduate International Relations and Politics with an emphasis on the developing world. Inspired by a tutor, he undertook and completed a PhD on peacebuilding in Cambodia, at the time of biggest ever post-Cold War United Nations peacekeeping operation. His research centred on why the Khmer Rouge guerrillas refused to participate in the peacebuilding operation, and he followed his thesis up by locating and interviewing senior Khmer Rouge officers in hiding in northwestern

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00:30:28

Non-violent resistance in Ukraine and Russia | Alex...

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2022/03/09

Dr Alexandre Christoyannopoulos is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations. His research and teaching interests include political violence, pacifism and nonviolence studies, anarchist studies, political thought, politics and religion, and critical security studies. Read Alex's article here: https://theconversation.com/ukraine-nonviolent-resistance-is-a-brave-and-often-effective-response-to-aggression-178361

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01:09:16

What does it mean to be gifted? | Joseph Renzulli -...

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2021/12/20

Dr. Joseph Renzulli is a leader and pioneer in gifted education and applying the pedagogy of gifted education teaching strategies to all students. The American Psychological Association named him among the 25 most influential psychologists in the world. Dr. Renzulli received the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Award for Innovation in Education, considered by many to be “the Nobel” for educators, and was a consultant to the White House Task Force on Education of the Gifted and Talented. Joseph S. Renzulli is

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01:18:05

Does the modern left hate the working class? | Paul...

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2021/11/14

Paul Embery is a firefighter, trade union activist and prominent proponent of Blue Labour. He is a regular columnist for UnHerd.

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