359. Woke Culture & Gender Wars are Replacing Religion - Alex O'Connor

Alex O'Connor is incredible in this episode as he explains the unholy alliance of Richard Dawkins and Jordan Peterson (New Atheists & Religious Conservatives). He also looks into conspiracy theories, sloganeering of facile political views, transgender ideology, Palestine and the afterlife. #heretics #genderidentity #antiwoke  Alex O'Connor is one of my favourite YouTubers. Subscribe to his brilliant channel: www.youtube.com/@CosmicSkeptic Listen to his audio pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 Get our bonus segment on: http://andrewgold.locals.com Who is Alex?: Alex J. O’Connor is founder of the “Cosmic Skeptic” (now just his name) YouTube channel, podcast and blog, platforms dedicated to the publication of philosophical ideas and debates in an accessible format. A graduate of philosophy and theology from St. John’s College, Oxford University, Alex is an international public speaker and debater, having delivered addresses across multiple continents at conferences, universities, and local drinking groups, as well as debated ethics, religion, and politics with a number of high-profile opponents before college audiences, on radio talk shows and on national television. Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok  Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What makes you a heretic? Journalist Andrew Gold believes that, in an age of group-think and tribes, we need heretics - those who use unconventional wisdom to speak out against their own groups, from cancelled comedians and radical feminists to cult defectors and vigilantes hunting deviants. Learn from my guests how to rebel, think differently and resist social contagion. From Triggernometry's Francis Foster and the world's most cancelled man Graham Linehan to Robbie Williams and gender critical atheist Richard Dawkins. These are the people living with the weight of their own community's disappointment on their shoulders.