Calmversations

Erica Li's parents survived the Chinese Cultural Revolution and eventually migrated with her to the United States. She is now keenly aware of parallels between current DEI mandates in medicine and what occurred in her country of origin.   Learn more about her work at http://criticalmedtheory.com  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Neil Shenvi is a theoretical chemist, author, and Christian apologist. In this calmversation we speak about Christian Nationalism, critical social justice's influence on American Christianity, and the transformational message of Christianity, on a personal level. Connect with Neil on twitter @NeilShenvi, find his writing at https://shenviapologetics.com  And purchase "Why Believe?" through https://amzn.to/3vJ0obO  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Gar Lock is an ex-con who now counsels ex-cons to straighten our themselves and their lives. In this conversation we speak about anger management and gender expectations. He's also Irish, which is pretty rad. Follow him on twitter @Soil1s4Future support this channel with a small tip via https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Louise Perry is a writer at The Daily Mail and  Find Louise Perry on twitter @louise_m_perry   Pre-order her book (US): https://amzn.to/3b7l724  UK: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Case+Against+the+Sexual+Revolution-p-9781509549993  Her mumsnet Q&A: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/AMA/4588112-ama-with-louise-perry-author-of-the-case-against-the-sexual-revolution-14th-july  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Chanel Pfahl is a Canadian educator who has been "investigated" (on-going-ly) for disagreeing with the ruling progressive ideology. Learn more about her story: https://wokewatchcanada.substack.com/p/intimidation-masquerading-as-virtue  Follow Chanel on twitter @ChanLPfa   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyc

​ @Auron MacIntyre  and  @Wokal Distance  debate the pros and cons of liberalism and traditionalism, and express their mutual love of Christian rock. Find and follow them on substack at https://auronmacintyre.substack.com  and https://wokaldistance.substack.com  On YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/auronmacintyre  and https://bit.ly/3bSc05n  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Theo shares about her childhood medical and sexual trauma, wrestling with a Disorder of Sexual Development so rare it's still got an incredibly awkward name, and how she used transition to process her life—only to realize that radical self-acceptance with her natural body and difficult history was the right choice for her. Connect with Theo on twitter @XXinv9   Suggested reading: "The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel Van Der Kolk   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Auron MacIntyre has been producing articles, interviews, and video essays on right-wing "dissident" or "reactionary" thought. In this interview we explore the right side of the political compass and why "Cthulhu always swims left." Find him on twitter @AuronMacintyre and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre/videos  His writing: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/p/introduction-to-the-total-state?sd=pf  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Carl Benjamin and I discuss his essay "The Five False Assumptions of Liberalism." We also commiserate about the end of the West as we know it. Links: https://www.lotuseaters.com/five-false-assumptions-of-liberalism-10-06-2022  https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePodcastoftheLotusEaters  https://www.youtube.com/c/SargonofAkkad/    Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Kelly is a concerned parent who has been investigating the socialist dogma encroaching through California public education. Connect with her on twitter @kellyske and find her podcast at https://atimetostand.me  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce 

Maria works with New Polity, which is a Catholic think tank out in some quaint college town. They do good work, which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/NewPolity1 and https://newpolity.com  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Alan Wolan is a fan of Thomas Sowell. In this conversation he tells me why.  Find him on twitter @AlanWolan and his podcast at   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-genius-of-thomas-sowell/id1581181836  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

NJada (a detrans male) speaks to me about his search for redemption through—and then from—a transgender identity.  Find him on twitter @Herenotthere5   And on substack at https://njadadetrans.substack.com   Njada's art: https://njada-art.blogspot.com   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Shape Shifter speaks about a life of dealing with internal and external homophobia, and how transition damaged his body and distracted him from dealing with childhood trauma and self acceptance. Find shape shifter on twitter @ShifterofShapes and on youtube at  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcU5PxKfWqAQcaFIecpwiHA  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Zander Keig is a transman who began transition at 39. In this discussion we speak about how society treated his as a masculine woman and how masculinizing his body help him become more aligned with his self and the world. He is a social worker focused on proper treatment and getting things done, more than sloganeering. Find out more about his work at https://www.zanderkeig.net Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Helena is a female-to-male-to-female detransitioner, Limpida is a male-to-female detransitioner, Josh Slocum (host of Disaffected Podcast) is a gay man who's a couple years younger than me, and I'm Benjamin Boyce, of no known novel sexual or gender identities. In this conversation, the four of us tackle the negative impacts that popular feminism has had on young people, and young men in particular. Find us on twitter at @lacroicsz, @americandog1998, @OriginalRecipeG, and @BenjaminABoyce because I made my account when I was an adult and haven't yet had to make a replacement. Helena's substack: https://lacroicsz.substack.com Limpida's substack: https://strigoi.substack.com Benjamin's substack: https://theaphorist.substack.com support this channel https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Mia is a Canadian mom who writes great twitter threads about medical scandals past and present. In this conversation we speak about the direction Canada is going with affirmation-only therapy for gender questioning youth. Find her on twitter @_CryMiaRiver Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Ben Appel speaks about growing up in a cult, dealing with depression and substance abuse, reconciling with his sexuality, fighting for gay marriage, jumping at the opportunity to attend Columbia University—only to find that a new fangled homophobia had become the norm in progressive circles. Find him on twitter @BenAppel and substack at https://benappel.substack.com  His viral article: https://www.newsweek.com/new-homophobia-opinion-1698969 Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Five years ago, on May 23rd, 2017, a group of students confronted Bret Weinstein outside his classroom at The Evergreen State College. Armed with a script and emails of his which the students believed proved him to be racist, the demanded he apologize and undo the harm he perpetuated by refusing to participate in the college's yearly "Day of Absence" event. Historically, students, staff, and faculty "of color" would meet off campus to speak about their experiences and share solidarity—in 2017, the program coordinators wanted to switch the day, and ask (or strongly encourage) students, staff, and faculty of minimal color to go off campus and meditate on their privilege and white supremacy. Bret took exception to this, and said as much in emails to the program coordinators. The Evergreen students, with two weeks to go before the end of the school year, had been riled up by an alleged act of racism (which turned out to be fabricated or at least blown out of proportion), and planned a week long protest to demand that TESC, one of the most progressive and explicitly anti-racist colleges in the United States, purge itself of white supremacy. Bret Weinstein's class was their first stop, but over the next few days, with cellphones streaming, they proceeded to terrorize, hold hostage, and submit to struggle sessions all who met their path. I was on campus at that time, and in the wake of the protests I exhumed and published internal documents and videos showing that The Evergreen State College teachers and administrators indoctrinated the students into such behavior (watch my full documentary at https://bit.ly/evergreenstory) This set me on the path to running this channel, and also sent Bret Weinstein into public intellectualism. In this discussion, we speak about the intervening years. Find Bret on twitter @BretWeinstein, and watch/listen to his Darkhorse Podcast (produced with his wife Heather Heying) on youtube and spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4cPXjuF6PtQtliZFBVAGou https://www.youtube.com/c/BretWeinsteinDarkHorse Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Zach Elliott is both a Christian and a Scientist—and even he can't reconcile the nonsense of gender identity Zach's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParadoxInstitute  Find Zach on twitter @zaelefty   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Curtis Yarvin has been writing about the "deep right" for several years. Originally writing under the pseudonym Mencius Molbug, his ideas made waves for their apparent radicalness—notably, his assertion that the United States would be best served by electing a monarch, or Political CEO type figure, who has autocratic authority to clean up our government's entrenched and unaccountable bureaucracy. This idea is shocking to most Americans, but makes a lot of sense once you hear out his reasoning.  Find his writing at https://graymirror.substack.com Support this channel https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Sinead (@ImWatson91) is a female-to-male-to-female detransitioner, and Tullip (@TullipR) is a male-to-female-to-male detransitioner. In this calmversation, they discuss family relationships during transition, the influence of trauma and stereotypes, and what lies ahead for the growing "detrans" community. Find them on twitter at the above @'s and support this channel via https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Part of a series: http://bit.ly/DeTransStories Michelle speaks to me about growing up on the internet, dealing with self esteem and bullying and undiagnosed autism, becoming an activist and transitioning, and then using critical thinking to work her way toward acceptance of herself and reality. Find & follow Michelle on twitter @somenuancepls and on substack at https://somenuanceplease.substack.com   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Marc Barnes publishes New Polity podcast and journal, a site where "theocratic nut jobs" discuss the failures of Liberalism and what should come next through a Catholic lens. His work on Gender is especially insightful, but I've been digging his conversations on Tyranny and other relevant topics.  Find more of  @New Polity  at https://newpolity.com and https://www.youtube.com/c/NewPolity1  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Stephanie Davies-Arai has been exposing the inadequacy of gender medicine in the UK since 2015 at https://transgendertrend.com  Helen Joyce has written the leading critique of the transgender movement "Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality" found at bookstores everywhere. Read more of her work at https://transgendertrend.com  Channel 4 Documentary: https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/about-us/kids-edge-channel-4-documentary/kids-edge-gender-clinic/  MORE READING:   https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/04/25/we-have-been-experimenting-on-children/  https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/  https://www.transgendertrend.com/sajid-javid-to-launch-urgent-inquiry-into-gender-treatment-for-children/  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Doctor Gribble is a medical professional focusing on women and infants. She has recently with some colleagues written a paper on the need to preserve sex-based language in the medical context. We speak about that, breast feeding (kinda learned some things there!), and how the COVID response lacked understanding of the infant-mother relationship. Find her on twitter @DRKarleenG and her work at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2022.818856/full  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

"The Family Sex Show" is a production that was going to be toured through the UK. The content of the show included full nudity and curiously intimate discussions about sex targeted to minors. Internet backlash caused the production company to cancel it. I was attracted to the hoopla, took a look at their website, and found some quite disturbing material. The More You Know meets TMI. support this channel: https://paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Connect with Brian on twitter @BriWagon   His  @Soft White Underbelly  interview: https://youtu.be/V8a1c4IxPf0  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Cynthia has experienced intense gender dysphoria since childhood—despite being a very feminine female. That, combined with abuse at the hands of her father, has caused her to deeply look into the source of her traumas and take control of her body, her life, and her sense of agency. Her message to troubled young people about realistic self-acceptance is not to be overlooked.  Find Cynthia on twitter @PTElephant and her art at  https://www.ptelephant.com  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Denise began researching and writing about the spread of transgenderism in 2015 when her teen daughter one day decided she was "trans," and wished to have surgery. Denise searched for information about teens suddenly identifying as the opposite sex, and found a dearth of information, so began 4thWaveNow to chronicle her findings. The trans phenomena has since gained major momentum, and last week the Biden administration declared full support—legal and executive—for the "affirmation only" model for children. Denise has something to say about that. This is her first public appearance.   LINKS:  https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1511693222870929409?s=20&t=LowLwNj9Nn3YyMgwJGaxKQ  https://4thwavenow.com https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1489066/download  https://4thwavenow.com/2017/07/23/i-just-gave-him-the-language-top-gender-doc-uses-pop-tart-analogy-to-persuade-8-year-old-girl-shes-really-a-boy/    Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

So a rationalist and a symbolist walk into a podcast...    Jonathan Pageau hosts The Symbolic World at https://thesymbolicworld.com  James Lindsay hosts New Discourses at https://newdiscourses.com  Connect with them on twitter at @PageauJonathan and @ConceptualJames   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Carole Hooven is an Ivy League lecturer who's recent book: "T: The Story of Testosterone" delves deep into the science of the male hormone and its effect on our bodies and society.    Helena is an outspoken detransitioner (female-to-male-to-female) who took a high dose of testosterone for eighteen months, in a bid to identify as a transman.   Follow them on twitter @lacroicsz and @hoovlet   Links for further reading:  http://www.carolehooven.com  Helena's writing: https://lacroicsz.substack.com  Article Helena mentioned: https://blogs.feministwiki.org/socjuswiz/2019/10/20/masculinity-anime-and-gender-dysphoria/  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Birdie Rose is a British Artist who has come under repeated fire for... drawing pictures of her heroes. We speak about her creative process and the relationship between art and the culture war. Find her art: https://thefamousartistbirdyrose.com  Follow her on twitter @TheFamousArtBR   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Joan Sammon and Alma Cook work with oil companies in North Dakota. In this conversation, I ask them why the heck gas costs so much. The answer didn't make me happy with US Energy policy. Joan's writing: https://joansammon.substack.com  Alma's singing: https://sptfy.com/almacook   @Alma Cook  's song "5000 Candles" https://youtu.be/fijEKS49DU0  Find Alma and Joan on twitter at @HearAlma and @sammonsays, respectively.   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

I speak with @erinsmithSF about her venture into Ukraine to deliver medical supplies. The conflict there, that us Americans are seemingly unable to project our own narratives on, is much more complex—and real—than social media depicts. Send Ukrainians some armor: https://wheatfoxops.com  Send Ukrainians some food: https://wck.org  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Why do people change their profiles en mass—for example, mask emoji's being swapped out for Ukranian flags, with little to no real statements or propositions or discussion of policies packaged with those virtue signals? Wokal and I speak about the lack of propositions within internet realities. Follow Wokal on twitter @Wokal Distance, and on youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdK1aG2OBqQiGMusVIexjg Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Stella O'Malley is a psychotherapist, founding member of Genspect, co-host of Gender A Wider Lens podcast, and all around great woman. We speak about her forthcoming book "Bully-Proof Kids" and how it applies to online adult interactions.   Follow her on twitter @stellaomally3, also, LINKS:   https://gender-a-wider-lens.captivate.fm  https://genspect.org  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Janice Fiamengo has been speaking about the inconsistencies and consequences of feminist theory and activism for nearly a decade. In this discussion, we get a sample of her breadth of knowledge on how feminism has negatively impacted both men and women.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DVPc51R5HJl8tlNASZKfA  And her writing at https://www.amazon.com/Sons-Feminism-Men-Have-Their/dp/1775081303/  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Trish Wood is a veteran Canadian reporter. In this conversation we speak about the warped coverage of COVID, the Canadian Convoy, and now Ukraine—and how the ruling elite are using mainstream media to set their agenda, to the detriment of common citizens and, not least of all, the public's ability to ascertain and act on the truth. Find Trish @WoodReporting on Twitter and on apple podcasts via  https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/trish-wood-is-critical/id1513237951  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Lisa Logan (@iamlisalogan) is a Utah mom who began investigating Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum being taught in her children's school, and found that it was an onramp for teaching kids Critical Race Theory and Queer Theory. She banded together with other parents, and has been fighting to keep this type of ideological indoctrination out of schools. More Resources: https://utahparentsunited.org/sel  https://www.momsforliberty.org  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Jonathan Shedler is a psychologist and clinician whose research covers personality types. In this discussion, we explore the ethos and historical context of Psychoanalysis, from its beginnings with Freud to its subsequent developments, and how it is distinct from other therapies. We cover psychoanalysis' purpose and methods, how it has become weaponized in common discourse, and what its real aims are. Follow Jonathan on twitter @JonathanShedler   Read his work at https://jonathanshedler.com  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Charlie Jacobs is a California mom whose daughter came out suddenly as trans. She began investigating where this identity had come from and discovered schools promoting sexuality and identity disorders, internet brainwashing cliques and predators, and a system—and a generation caught in this system—that has gone far, far off the rails. Follow Charlie on twitter @helplessma PARENT RESOURCES: https://genspect.org https://www.advocatesprotectingchildren.org https://www.segm.org https://www.partnersforethicalcare.com/media https://gender-a-wider-lens.captivate.fm https://pitt.substack.com/?r=p7w83 Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

John Vervaeke is a professor of cognitive science at the University of Toronto. In this discussion we speak about the crisis of meaning that is occurring in the modern world, and steps we can each take to make our minds robust and resilient in the midst of so much information and flux. Find his brilliant Awakening from the Meaning Crisis video series on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke Support this channel via https://www.paypal.com/benjaminboyce

Paul and Frank both worked in high school and were fired for challenging the woke orthodoxy. In this discussion we speak about twerking, education, and cultural ethics. Connect with these fellas on twitter via @CBHeresy and @pauldrossi   Get more of these guys: https://www.youtube.com/chalkboardheresy  Paul's story: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/i-refuse-to-stand-by-while-my-students  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

ScioSophia (@Scio_Sophia) is a climate scientist in a midwest university. We speak about what she considers to be a threat within universities to the scientific project—namely, Critical Theory under the guise of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We also speak about climate science and factors involved in our changing environment, and what we can do to help or hinder the natural world. Find her on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIrbp0D6JFnPOceu3o1bBUw Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://anchor.fm/calmversations/support

King Crocoduck's channel is a wealth of information on scientific though, which he applies to to dispel far-left and far-right fundamentalism, found here:   https://www.youtube.com/user/KingCrocoduck  James Lindsay can be found on twitter @ConceptualJames and his plenteous anti-woke and pro-liberal resources can be found at   https://newdiscourses.com   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://anchor.fm/calmversations/support

Limpidă discusses his struggles with toxic relationships—with his self, his family, his friends and lovers.  Find Limpidă on twitter at @americandog98 Support this channel: https://anchor.fm/calmversations/support

Heather Mason has been speaking out about female prisons and the treatment of criminals in general in Canada. In this interview we speak about how COVID policies are impacting the prison system and the addicts caught up in it. Follow Heather at @Mason134211f   More resources: https://www.womenarehuman.com  https://www.genderdissent.com/infographics?s=09  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://anchor.fm/calmversations/support

Mary Harrington is a weekly contributor to Unheard magazine. She's a self ascribed (not without tongue in cheek) "reactionary feminist" and has been working for some years on mapping her ideas about the failures of liberalism and what to do to segue the West toward a more realistic and grounded philosophical and social framework. Follow Mary @moveincircles on Twitter and find her spicy, brilliant articles at https://unherd.com/author/mary-harrington/  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Michael Millerman (@M_Millerman on twitter) has been working on setting mysticism in relation to philosophy, and broadening the realm of acceptable political discourse by setting right political philosophy into relation with liberal and left philosophies. In this conversation we speak about Leo Strauss, Heidegger, and Alexander Dugan—three philosophers that most inform Michael's thinking. He teaches philosophy online, and his courses can be found at https://michaelmillerman.ca  Find is youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp19_tJlXTN8kXoHJx7mIXQ  Support these calmversations by donating through: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce