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

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Andrew Gold

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🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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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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