Continuum

The Iran War

Keith and Ryan discuss America’s disastrous war with Iran: Israel’s role in the origins of the Purim War, the economic consequences still working their way through energy markets and the wider economy, and the difficult question of how the conflict...

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America's AI Gamble

Keith and Ryan discuss America’s enormous gamble on artificial intelligence. From record AI investment, data centres, and the growing weight of the sector in the US economy to China’s rapidly improving open-source models and the possibility that...

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Christopher Nolan's Therapeutic Odyssey

Keith and Ryan make their long awaited return to discuss the current thing, and tell you why Christopher Nolan's Odyssey is even worse than you thought.

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Making Sense of the Manosphere

Ryan and Keith reflect on two decades of the manosphere. From early red pill forums and pickup culture to Andrew Tate, self-improvement influencers, black pill fatalism, and the wider online male advice economy. Why did so many young men turn to these...

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The Open Society

Why does the modern West treat minority rights as more sacred than the collective interest of its own people? Keith and Ryan discuss Karl Popper’s The Open Society and Its Enemies, written in the mid-twentieth century in response to the...

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Screening Ourselves to Death

Ryan and Keith discuss the sociology of screen addiction. The smartphone revolution of the 2010s has upended social life and remade our world. What does the new world of ever-present social media and algorithmic manipulation mean for happiness,...

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Slopulism

Keith and Ryan discuss the age of slop and the rise of slopulism. How have algorithms and the growth of the attention economy changed politics on the right, and who are the winners and losers? Plus, an examination of the ways the establishment is now...

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The Real Origins of Woke

Keith explains the true origins of wokeism, looking at the emergence of "the equality thesis" in the 20th century and its effect on politics. How much are today's social justice movements the outgrowth of the West's Christian inheritance, how much is...

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Why Is Ireland So Left Wing?

Keith explains the remarkable dominance of left wing politics in Ireland. Contrary to many of the explanations that Ireland's leftism is rooted in "third worldism" or Irish nationalism, the answer lies in Ireland's remarkable elite cohesion and their...

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The Neurology of Modernity

Keith and Ryan return to discuss The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist — a work exploring the “divided brain” and its consequences. They examine the distinct ways the left and right hemispheres interpret the world, and how an overdominance...

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The Fertility Crisis

Keith and Ryan return to discuss modern civilization's biggest crisis: the fertility collapse. Entire nations face erasure within generations on current trends. Why is this problem so persistent, what are the factors driving it, and what can be done...

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Can Rupert Lowe Restore Britain?

Keith and Ryan return to discuss the rise of Rupert Lowe's new party, Restore Britain. Can a nationalist party win an election in modern Britain, how are changing demographics affecting election outcomes now, and how much worse can Nigel Farage and...

Foundations

Keith and Ryan discuss their unconventional paths to their politics, the history of the online right, downsides of populism, and why nationalism needs a new intellectual core.

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