Polite Conversations

Dutch Journalist Gillian de Nooijer joins me for a conversation about the Dutch far right. Find Gillian on Bsky: Gilliandn.bsky.social and on twitter: @GillianDN We discuss Geert Wilders, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Pim Fortuyn (who was assassinated in 2002) and self-described conspiracy theorist Thierry Baudet. We also chat about the controversial blackface character in The Netherlands known as Zwarte Piet, Eurabia & Netherabia conspiracy theories…. Douglas Murray comes up… and so does Israel…. [*Pls Subscribe to the Premium Tiers via patreon.com/nicemangos to access the extended version of this episode.* (You can now also purchase individual episodes)] Links Podcast Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment [https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment] Douglas Murray Speech at Pim Fortuyn Memorial Titled: ‘What are we to do about Islam? A speech to the Pim Fortuyn Memorial Conference on Europe and Islam’ https://web.archive.org/web/20080201133647/http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000809.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20080201133647/http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000809.php] Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dutch citizenship controversy: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/16/nicholaswatt.mainsection [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/16/nicholaswatt.mainsection] Theo Van Gogh assassinated and Ayaan threatened https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/11/29/dutch-politician-plans-sequal-to-gogh-movie [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/11/29/dutch-politician-plans-sequal-to-gogh-movie] Islamophobia in Europe: How governments are enabling the far-right ‘counter-jihad’ movement (More info about funders of anti muslim organizations, publications and public figures like Geert Wilders) https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/192414854/Aked_Jones_Miller_Counterjihad_report_2019.pdf [https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/192414854/Aked_Jones_Miller_Counterjihad_report_2019.pdf] Geert Wilders' questionable American patron https://www.ftm.eu/articles/geert-wilders-american-patron [https://www.ftm.eu/articles/geert-wilders-american-patron] Vox explainer on Zwarte Piet https://youtube.com/shorts/TDA4HbuEcxM?si=Khja025EQsfpHZ-c [https://youtube.com/shorts/TDA4HbuEcxM?si=Khja025EQsfpHZ-c] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

“It’s embarrassing, destructive & looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right” - writes journalist Gareth Watkins (@garethwatkins.bsky.social). In this convo we explore this dreadful intersection of AI ‘art’ & fascism. Check out his excellent, viral piece here: https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/ [https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/] Find Gareth’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/death-sentence/id1330059162 [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/death-sentence/id1330059162] 🚨If you’d like to contribute to the fundraiser you can do that here (Ty!): https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment [https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment] Vance/Trump Ghibli-fied: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1908898969930834427?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw [https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1908898969930834427?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw] White House Ghibli filter deportation: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1905332049021415862?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw [https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1905332049021415862?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw] White House ‘deportation ASMR’ video with chained people: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw [https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw] Trump AI Pope: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-accused-of-mocking-catholics-after-posting-image-of-himself-as-pope [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-accused-of-mocking-catholics-after-posting-image-of-himself-as-pope] When Spirited Away won at the 75th Oscars in 2003, Miyazaki wasn't present because, as he explained a few years later, he was protesting the invasion of Iraq that the United States had commenced that same year. https://ew.com/why-hayao-miyazaki-didnt-accept-boy-and-the-heron-oscar-in-person-8607398#:~:text=When%20Spirited%20Away%20won%20at,had%20commenced%20that%20same%20year. [https://ew.com/why-hayao-miyazaki-didnt-accept-boy-and-the-heron-oscar-in-person-8607398#:~:text=When%20Spirited%20Away%20won%20at,had%20commenced%20that%20same%20year.] Anti-trans fencer gets $5000 cash prize for refusing to compete against trans woman https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/anti-trans-fencer-gets-5000-cash-prize-for-refusing-to-compete-against-trans-woman/ [https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/anti-trans-fencer-gets-5000-cash-prize-for-refusing-to-compete-against-trans-woman/] The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians https://www.wired.com/story/delirious-violent-impossible-true-story-zizians/ [https://www.wired.com/story/delirious-violent-impossible-true-story-zizians/] Roko’s Basilisk https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko's_basilisk] Grok rants about ‘White Genocide’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil Rights In this clip we talk about the politicization of things like the global pandemic, the genocide in Gaza - these issues should really be large enough to break through across the political spectrum, yet… they don’t. We are starting to see some people on the right speak out against the genocide more recently, but it’s a small number. We also touch upon Sam Harris and his promotion of ‘race science’. Find the longer episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5A [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5A] And the extended version on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127474402 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/127474402] If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Sam Harris has recently claimed that he’s only just become an unapologetic Zionist post Oct 7, in this episode we examine this claim as well as his generally flimsy excuses for supporting Israel.  In the extended version of the episode we take a look at his “pre-Zionist” era.  Pls subscribe via patreon.com/nicemangos to unlock the full episode. You can also help unlock this episode for everyone by either becoming a patron over the $1 tier or leaving a review for the show via Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  —— Links:  The Podcast fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment [https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipment] Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gaza [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gaza] Israeli TV producer calls for Gaza Holocaust  https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-tv-producer-calls-gaza-holocaust-gas-chambers [https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-tv-producer-calls-gaza-holocaust-gas-chambers] Genocidal eclairs sold in Israel as children in Gaza starve https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-05-06/ty-article-opinion/.premium/let-the-idf-mow-them-down-in-israel-violence-saturates-everyday-life/00000196-a4a1-d9bf-a1b6-eda114250000 [https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-05-06/ty-article-opinion/.premium/let-the-idf-mow-them-down-in-israel-violence-saturates-everyday-life/00000196-a4a1-d9bf-a1b6-eda114250000] Sam harris thinks RW antisemitism is nbd, “even in the aftermath of a synagogue shooting” https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1183877283548991488?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw [https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1183877283548991488?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins] Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg combined during the Second World War. Euromed Monitor: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6669/Euro-Med-Monitor:-Israel’s-brutality-in-Gaza-surpasses-all-recent-forms-of-terrorism [https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6669/Euro-Med-Monitor:-Israel%E2%80%99s-brutality-in-Gaza-surpasses-all-recent-forms-of-terrorism] Israel’s brutality surpasses all recent forms of terrorism  Arthur Balfour was a white supremacist — and an anti-Semite, too https://forward.com/opinion/386480/its-time-to-admit-that-arthur-balfour-was-a-white-supremacist-and-an-anti-s/ [https://forward.com/opinion/386480/its-time-to-admit-that-arthur-balfour-was-a-white-supremacist-and-an-anti-s/] https://web.archive.org/web/20140725012047/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-the-myth-of-hamass-human-shield-9619810.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20140725012047/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-the-myth-of-hamass-human-shield-9619810.html] Myth of Hamas’ Human Shields (2014)  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

This is an old musical bit I made for Woking Up episode 4, but i’m reposting again because a couple of the quotes in here are referenced in the upcoming episode. So, I thought it would be fun to revisit. 🎵🎶🧠 Enjoy this bit of pure, distilled Rationality! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.