Monthly Archives: September 2021

American writer, journalist, and one half of the Habibi Bros., Siraj Hashmi joins Michael this week for a discussion on The List of Twitter users who need their phone taken away, whether or not a large part of the lockdown crisis is about the intentional creation of an outgroup, how the collective social outrage for Trump may have mutated into hatred for the unvaxed, how people currently cherry-pick their values to suit their social needs, how AOC plays a professional wrestling heel for the GOP and how her image has been severely compromised, why Neo-Confederate Rick Wilson is arguably the worst person on Twitter, Siraj's deep connection to Pakistan and being forced to flee shortly after the events of 9/11, how poorly South Asians are treated in the Middle East, how America has earned the moniker of "The Great Satan" overseas, why it's more important to value truth over picking a side, an explanation of what Taliban rule will mean for the people of Afghanistan, plus how the CIA dealt with not knowing how to torture prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, and so much more!

Objectivist, and current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute, Yaron Brook joins Michael this week for a discussion on why Objectivism as an organized movement is more popular now than when Ayn Rand was alive, the story behind Yaron's contentious interview on the Jesse Lee Peterson show, the validity or lack thereof for criticisms of Rand's philosophy, whether or not Objectivism is an open or close system and what the nature of it is, whether or not a woman should aspire to become Commander in Chief of the armed forces, the misinterpretation of Rand and Locke's "blank slate" philosophies, the steps we take as infants to develop a sense of object permanence, plus some of the worst reactions to Ayn Rand's works that Yaron has encountered throughout his career, and so much more!

Canadian politician, founder and leader of the People's Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier joins Michael this week for a discussion on why Justin Trudeau called an election in the middle of his term, the attempts by Canada's mainstream media to attack the PPC and the misrepresentation of the party's stance on immigration, why Trudeau is the most divisive Prime Minister in the country's history, how the Conservative party in Canada is now no different from the others, why the PPC is currently surpassing the Green Party of Canada, what should constitute being classified as a refugee when immigrating to Canada, the increasing divide between urban and rural cultures in Canada, the abhorrent authoritarianism seen through videos of Canadian police violently pulling people from their homes, plus how people can get involved and support the People's Party, and so much more!

American attorney and author Kurt Schlichter joins Michael this week for a discussion on the botched military withdrawal from Afghanistan from a veteran's perspective, how our military is a system comprised of smaller systems, whether or not he's surprised at how it was handled and how it could've been done more seamlessly, a detailed walkthrough on the recent anti-abortion legislation in Texas, the definition of standing in terms of lawsuits, how likely it is that Governor Newsom will be recalled from office in California, whether or not replacing him with someone like Larry Elder would make a difference in turning California around, plus why Kurt was surprised that Cuomo was removed from office, and so much more!