Fear Of A Black Planet Podcast
1) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep155 - Freedom is not optional
This week I talk about: The dispiriting nature of the lockdownThe disputed science around the Covid-19 threatLord Sumption’s piece in the Mail On SundayWhy Liberty is not an optional extraFreedom...Show More
2) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep154 - Red Pill and Propaganda
This week I talk about: Liberty, citizenship and flourishingOwning my basic white guy-nessHumanism and civil libertiesNihilism and wokenessHuman nature and grand statementsMy problems with the re...Show More
3) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep153 - Coronavirus and Aldous Huxley
This week I talk about:Why I have had a break in podcastsWatching the UK become a ‘command society’Democratic audit and hysteriaHow Fear Works by Frank Furedi (book)Hysteria and public consentPeter Hi...Show More
4) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep130 - Bill Burr, Handmaid’s Tale and picking your battles
This week I talk about:Avoiding reactive Culture War clashesPresenting your own world view robustlyPicking your battlesFeminism and Handmaid’s Tale hysteriaTrue gender oppression in Islamic dictatorsh...Show More
5) Fear of A Black Planet - Ep129 - Tulsi Gabbard, alarmist media and individuality
This week I talk about:My recent gig Good songwriters vs showoff musosSome interesting songsCultivating individualityMill, Wilde and eccentricityTulsi Gabbard (hot) and free speechIdentity politi...Show More
6) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep128 - The beginning of the end for woke
This week I talk about:Dave Chappelle’s new specialSpeaking truth to powerHow the woke types became a new aristocracy The loss of religionDivided times and wokenessDouglas Murray on mob outrageTh...Show More
7) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep127 - Elvis, personhood and sneering hipsters
This week I talk about:Bank holiday bohemianismCreative routinesIntroverts and extrovertsPersonhood and relationshipsThe modern tendency to undermineElvis and perfect imperfection
8) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep126 - Ancient history and the EU
This week I talk about:My weekend in BradfordProvincial architectureA run-in with a train attendantFinding some old books from uniThe Delian League of ancient GreeceThe Athenian ‘Empire” and the EUPla...Show More
9) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep125 - Art and anxiety
This week I talk about:Different creative processesThe chaos of the artistic lifeAnxiety and fearJordan Peterson on fear and sufferingThe role of art and belief systemsChaos, order and being in the zo...Show More
10) Fear Of A Black Planet - Ep124 - The dangers of ideology
This week I talk about: More Beatles geeking outJordan Peterson’s impact on meIdeological thinking vs authentic thinkingReactive culture and nuanceAmerican shootings and ideological reaction