Freddie DeBoer: The Cult of SmartGeneral:Freddie’s Substack: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/Freddie’s website: https://fredrikdeboer.com/The Cult of Smart available here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250224491/thecultofsmartFollow:On X: https://twitter.com/freddiesubstack?lang=enReferences:Freddie’s essay: https://freddiedeboer.substack.c…

Podcast notes: Tom NashGeneral:Tom’s website: https://www.tomnash.com/Tom’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_nash_the_perks_of_being_a_pirate_jan_2019?language=enFollow: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DjHookieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/djhookie/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomnash/References: The Curb-Cut Effect: https://…

General: Find Christoph on Twitter @Halalcoholism https://twitter.com/Halalcoholism?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorReferences: Johnathan Haidt on the podcast. https://www.stitcher.com/show/tea-for-two-with-iona-italia-and-helen-pluckrose/episode/06-jonathan-haidt-and-greg-lukianoff-the-coddling-of-the-american-mind-57029667Th…

Riding Out the Media Storm: Claire Lehmann General:Claire’s writing for Quillette: https://quillette.com/author/clairelehmann/And for The Australian: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/claire-lehmannFollow:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairelehmann/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clairequillette/References:Eoin Lenihan on Antifa: ht…

General:Kat’s latest novel, You Must Remember This, from Harper Collins. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-must-remember-this-kat-rosenfield?variant=40371773407266 The novel will be released in the UK on the 2 March 2023 and can be pre-ordered here:https://www.waterstones.com/book/you-must-remember-this/kat-rosenfield/9780063207394Kat’s we…

General: Murder In Old Bombay. Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries Book One. From Macmillan books. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269546/murderinoldbombayAnd on audio https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Murder-in-Old-Bombay-Audiobook/1250775043?qid=1673616961&sr=1-2&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_2&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=…

Podcast Notes: Alice DregerGeneral:The Index Case by Molly Macallen, the first novel in the Maddy Shanks series. Published on Lulu.Visit Alice’s website: https://alicedreger.com/ Follow:Follow Alice on Twitter https://twitter.com/AliceDreger?s=20&t=CDzQ-0LkFfFGhqph0trBOQArticles and books:Alice’s non-fiction books: https://alicedreger.com/books/Ali…

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Information about Rio:https://www.queermajority.com/about-the-editor-sub/about-the-editor-rvhttps://areomagazine.com/author/rioveradonir/Bi Foundation: https://www.bisexuality.org/ Queer Majority: https://www.queermajority.com/ Bi.org: https://bi.org/en amBi: https://www.ambi.org/על ידי Iona Italia

GeneralVisit John’s academic webpage for more information on his publications:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/people/john-mullan John’s book ‘What Matters in Jane Austen: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved’:https://www.amazon.com/What-Matters-Jane-Austen-Crucial/dp/B00BNI1Z8Y Jane Austen’s books:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68 ReferencesIona’s …

GeneralVisit Brett’s website, where you can find his blog and much more:https://www.bretthall.org/Follow Brett on Twitter:https://twitter.com/TokteacherSubscribe to Brett’s YouTube channel:https://youtube.com/channel/UCmP5H2rF-ER33a58ZD5jCig?sub_confirmation=1ReferencesIona’s Substack essay, in which she previously described Brett as a philosopher—…

GeneralVisit Richard’s website to find out more about him and how to buy his books, including the main subject of this conversation, Richard’s award-winning 2002 novel ‘Altered Carbon’:https://www.richardkmorgan.com/ ReferencesAbout Richard:https://www.richardkmorgan.com/about-the-author/ Ewan Morrison’s Areo article ‘Why We Must Walk Away from Ome…

GeneralVisit Louise’s website: https://www.louisemperry.co.uk/ Buy Louise’s book ‘The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century’: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sexual-Revolution/dp/1509549994 Follow Louise on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Louise_m_perry References‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ by Oscar Wilde:https://w…

GeneralVisit Andrew’s website: https://www.andrewscurran.com/Find out more about Andrew’s books, including ‘The Anatomy of Blackness: Science and Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment’ and his co-edited, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., volume ‘Who’s Black and Why? A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race’, which are the focus of thi…

GeneralVisit Steven’s website, which includes information about all his books, including his latest, ‘Rationality’, and how to purchase them:https://stevenpinker.com/ Follow Steven on Twitter:https://twitter.com/sapinker Timestamps00:00 Opening and introduction.2:17 The conventional wisdom that humans are irredeemably irrational is wrong: rationali…

GeneralVisit Mark’s website, where you can find out more information about his books, including how to purchase them: https://www.markschatzker.com/ Follow Mark on Twitter:https://twitter.com/markschatzker ReferencesMark’s paper, co-authored with Jeffrey Brunstrom, on micronutrients and food choice:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/…

GeneralFollow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattjj89 Some of Matt’s previous writing and speaking about Ukraine:https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-forget-nato-ukraine-s-problem-is-russian-imperialism-1.10576686https://areomagazine.com/2022/02/25/putins-pointless-war/https://www.callin.com/episode/matt-johnson-how-to-view-the-war-in-…

GeneralBuy Katy and Jeremy’s book ‘Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law’: https://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Pigs-Wonderful-History-Animal-ebook/dp/B09CGQDNGD Katy’s academic webpage: https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/katy-barnett Follow Katy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrKatyBarnett Jeremy’s academic webpage: https://law.…

GeneralArvid’s website:https://arvidagren.com/ Buy Arvid’s book ‘The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution’:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-genes-eye-view-of-evolution-9780198862260?cc=us&lang=en Follow Arvid on Twitter:https://twitter.com/arvidagren ReferencesDaniel’s Areo review of Arvid’s ‘The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution’:https://areomagazin…

GeneralVisit Simon’s website for information about him and to buy his book ‘SPEECH! How Language Made Us Human’:https://www.simonprentis.net/ Follow Simon on Twitter:https://mobile.twitter.com/memesovergenes ReferencesTwo for Tea interview with Sean B. Carroll:https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/77-sean-b-carroll-revolutionising-our-understandi…

GeneralFollow Arjun on Twitter:https://twitter.com/juicemoorthyThe Factual:https://www.thefactual.com/?lp=newReferencesMatthew Walker’s ‘Why We Sleep’:https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Unlocking-Dreams/dp/1501144324/ Timestamps00.00 Opening and intro. The Factual: credibility grading of news articles/stories.2:33 The Factual’s history, its missio…

Visit Oliver’s website:https://www.oliverburkeman.com/ Follow Oliver on Twitter:https://twitter.com/oliverburkeman Oliver’s most recent book ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals’:https://www.amazon.com/Four-Thousand-Weeks-Management-Mortals/Oliver’s book ‘The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking’:https://www…

GeneralBuy Matt and Alina Chan’s book ‘Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19’:https://www.amazon.com/Viral-Search-COVID-19-Matt-Ridley/dp/006313912X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GSU5N0P40R26&keywords=matt+ridley&qid=1648046232&sprefix=matt+ridley%2Caps%2C253&sr=8-1 Matt’s website, where you can find out more about him and his other books and work:https:…

GeneralAlex’s website:https://alexkorbphd.com/ Follow Alex on Twitter:https://twitter.com/alexkorbphd Buy Alex’s book ‘The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time’:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1626251207/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=gs2&linkId=TQYPHQ6B534LQ4PZ&creativeASIN=1626…

GeneralFollow Nicholas on Twitter:https://twitter.com/NAChristakis The Human Nature Lab at Yale University, of which Nicholas is the director:https://www.humannaturelab.net/ Buy Nicholas’ books, including his latest, ‘Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live’:https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/…

GeneralDiscover Rob’s writing, interviews, and other work on his website:https://www.robkhenderson.com/ Follow Rob on Twitter:https://twitter.com/robkhenderson ReferencesRob’s essay ‘America's Lost Boys and Me’:https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/americas-lost-boys-and-meRob’s essay ‘Elite universities should stop prizing victimhood’:https://unherd.co…

GeneralFollow Alan on Twitter:https://twitter.com/alan_davison Alan’s academic profile:https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Alan.Davison Alan and Josh Szeps’ special speaker podcast series ‘Permission to Think’ homepage:https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/partners-and-community/fass-industry-events/permission-think Josh Szeps’ podc…

GeneralFind out more about Meghan, her books, and articles, on her website:https://www.meghandaum.com/ Follow Meghan on Twitter:https://twitter.com/meghan_daum Buy Meghan’s book ‘The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through The New Culture Wars’:https://www.meghandaum.com/the-problem-with-everything Buy Meghan’s book ‘The Unspeakable: And Other …

GeneralJacob’s website:http://jacobmchangama.com/ Order Jacob’s forthcoming book, ‘Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media’:https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jacob-mchangama/free-speech/9781541620339/ Jacob’s podcast series on free speech, ‘Clear and Present Danger’:http://www.freespeechhistory.com/ Follow Jacob on Twitter:https://twit…

GeneralNev’s website:https://nevmarch.com/Follow Nev on Twitter:https://twitter.com/nevmarch Buy Nev’s first novel ‘Murder in Old Bombay’ here:https://read.macmillan.com/lp/murder-in-old-bombay/ Pre-order the sequel ‘Peril at the Exposition’ here:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250855039/perilattheexposition The Rajabai Clock Tower deaths, upon …

Christopher’s website:https://www.christopherjferguson.com/ Follow Christopher on Twitter:https://twitter.com/CJFerguson1111 Christopher’s Amazon page, with links to his books, including ‘Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games Is Wrong’, ‘Suicide Kings’, and ‘How Madness Shaped History: An Eccentric Array of Maniacal Rulers, Raving Narcis…

Mónica’s Link Tree with links to preorder her upcoming book ‘I Never Thought Of It That Way’, her website, and more:https://linktr.ee/moniguzman Follow Mónica on Twitter:https://twitter.com/moniguzman Braver Angels website:https://braverangels.org/ ReferencesJohn R. Wood Jr’s previous appearances on Two for Tea:https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodca…

Ben’s website:https://benburgis.com/ Follow Ben on Twitter:https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Buy ‘Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters’ by Ben Burgis:https://redemmas.org/titles/36536-christopher-hitchens--what-he-got-right--how-he-went-wrong--and-why-he-still-matters Follow Matt on Twitter:https://twitte…

Dorian’s academic profile:https://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/dorian-abbot/ Follow Dorian on Twitter:https://twitter.com/DorianAbbot ReferencesDorian’s article ‘MIT Abandons Its Mission. And Me.’, in Bari Weiss’s ‘Common Sense’ Substack:https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/mit-abandons-its-mission-and-me Dorian’s ‘Wall Street Journal’ article, ‘The View…

Jack’s chess blog:https://chessgospinny.blogspot.com/ Follow Jack on Twitter:https://twitter.com/imjackrudd Jack’s Lichess account:https://lichess.org/@/JackRudd Mansa’s Medium blog:https://medium.com/@rasmansa Follow Mansa on Twitter:https://twitter.com/rasmansa Mansa’s Lichess account:https://lichess.org/@/rasmansa ReferencesLichess, free online …

Rob’s website:https://www.robbrooks.net/ Rob’s academic profile:https://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/our-people/robert-brooks Follow Rob on Twitter:https://twitter.com/Brooks_Rob Rob’s column for The Conversation:https://theconversation.com/columns/rob-brooks-1343 Buy Rob’s first book, Sex, Genes & Rock ’n’ Roll, here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Genes-Roc…

Jamie’s academic profile:https://iash.uq.edu.au/profile/2151/jamie-freestone Jamie and Matthew McGann’s joint website/blog:http://www.mcgannfreestone.com.au/ Jamie’s Areo articles:https://areomagazine.com/author/jamiemiltonfreestone/ ReferencesJamie’s ‘The meaning of science’ blog post (about his upcoming book):http://www.mcgannfreestone.com.au/?p=…

Faithless Hijabi website:https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/ Faithless Hijabi on Twitter:https://twitter.com/FaithlessHijabi Support the work of Faithless Hijabi:https://www.faithlesshijabi.org/support-us/Follow Zara on Twitter:https://twitter.com/zarakayk References:Zara’s offending Facebook post featuring a photoshop of two men kissing in front of t…

Will’s website:https://willstorr.com/ Follow Will on Twitter:https://twitter.com/wstorr ReferencesWill’s two previous Two for Tea appearances:https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/17-will-storr https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/30-will-storr-the-psychology-of-stories Buy Will’s book Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed:https://www.amaz…

Follow Kat on Twitter:https://twitter.com/katrosenfield Kat’s website:https://katrosenfield.com/ Some of Kat’s non-fiction writing, for UnHerd and Spectator World:https://unherd.com/author/kat-rosenfield/ https://spectatorworld.com/author/kat-rosenfield/ Purchase Kat’s new book, No One Will Miss Her, here:https://www.harpercollins.com/products/no-o…

Follow Gurwider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/G_S_BhogalYou can find all Gurwinder’s Areo articles here:https://areomagazine.com/author/gurwinderbhogal/Articles referenced here: How Not to De-Radicalize a Twitter Neo-Nazi - Areo:https://areomagazine.com/2017/10/28/how-not-to-de-radicalize-a-twitter-neo-nazi/Alex Jones Was Victimized by One Oligop…

For more of James’ related thoughts on free speech, representation and democracy see:https://antigonejournal.com/2021/04/two-concepts-of-free-speech/https://areomagazine.com/2019/05/16/two-concepts-of-representation/https://proandepimetheus.blogspot.com/2020/08/harsh-but-unfair.htmlhttps://freespeech.buzzsprout.com/370355/5178406-episode-30-dr-kier…

Lee’s book with Lyudmila Trut, How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution (2017) can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Tame-Fox-Build-Dog/dp/022644418XI also highly recommend Behind the Crimson Curtain: The Rise and Fall of Peale's Museum (2020): https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Cr…

David has created a series of films on this controversy on his Rebel Wisdom channel. You can find them here: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/42-film-content/vaccines-ivermectin/842-vaccines-dark-horse-final-wordDavid and I talk about the responsibilities of independent media with regard to this issue here:https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/42-film-content/vaccine…

Nicholas’s book, Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security (2018) can be found here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/drones-and-terrorism-9781838608439/Subscribe to Arc Digital: Arc DigitalFor more relevant writing by Nicholas, see the following articles:https://www.arcdigital.media/p/every-option-in-afghanistan-was-b…

To find out more about Angel: http://angeleduardo.com/Follow Angel on Twitter @StrangelEdweird0:55 Introduction2:18 Starmanning7:58 David Fuller's Areo piece and Majid Nawaz13:00 Daryl Davis14:28 Is starmanning civility porn? Does it create false equivalences?16:23 Steve Sailer21:20 Changing our minds; an intellectual ship of Theseus23:45 Signallin…

For more about Dinyar: Dinyar Patel – Assistant Professor of South Asian History:https://dinyarpatel.com/Dinyar’s book, Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism (2020), can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naoroji-Pioneer-Nationalism-Dinyar-Patel/dp/0674238206Follow Dinyar on Twitter @DinyarPatelTimestamps3:18 Why Naoroji was important: an exc…

You can find full details of Adrian’s fiction here: https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/science-fiction-and-fantasy/adrian-tchaikovsky-books-in-order.Follow Adrian on Twitter @aptshadow.Timestamps0:57 Introduction1:58 Children of Time optioned3:24 Passage from Doors of Eden7:53 Alternative evolutionary scenarios9:55 Gould and the Burgess shale12:13 …

You can find a complete bibliography of David’s work here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-M.-Buss/e/B000AP5RSUDavid’s book, Bad Men: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment and Assault (2021):https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1472146336/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0(US title: When Men Behave Badly)The Buss lab at the University of Texas:…

Jerry’s book Why Evolution Is True (2010) can be found here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300564/why-evolution-is-true-by-jerry-a-coyne/Faith vs Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible (2016) can be found here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/312382/faith-versus-fact-by-jerry-a-coyne/9780143108269/Speciation (2004) by J…