Is It Time For Gay Pride To Go Away? - Josh Szeps - #767

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2024

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Josh Szeps is a journalist and the host of "Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps". What are the things you can't criticise? What about Gay Pride in Australia? What if you're a gay man? What about criticising the cringe of the anti-woke Right? Everyone is getting the heat today, including Josh's ex-employer the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Expect to learn what the difference is between getting cancelled by the left and right, why we feel the need to forensically pick through public figures' lives, why so many people believe the world is ruined, the problem with the anti-anti woke, what JK Rowling has been up to, what happened to the indigenous Australian people apology trend and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a 1-month of Brain.fm for free by going to https://Brain.fm/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 60% off an annual plan of Incogni at https://incogni.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Timestamps: (00:00) We Need to Move on From the Culture War (04:58) Why the Trans Debate is So Captivating (11:47) Josh’s Journey Through Mainstream Media (19:30) The Landscape of Social Justice in Australia (25:23) What Do Gay People Think About Pride? (30:59) Why Josh Had to Leave Broadcasting (34:37) Is the Media Trying to Make Everyone Trans? (37:58) The Culture Wars in Australia (41:17) Why the UK & Australia Love Order (46:58) Well-Meaning Disagreements on the Internet (56:43) Why the Equality Movement is Patronising (1:00:45) The Problem With the Anti-Woke Right (1:07:47) Getting Live Shows Cancelled (1:13:10) Why Taboo Opinions Are Labelled as Hate (1:17:43) The Difficulty of Unreliable Allies (1:28:19) Should People Pick Their Battles? (1:35:08) Is There Hope for the Next 5 Years? (1:40:12) The Untold Danger of Your Phone (1:47:41) Are We Paying the Costs for Future Generations? (1:55:21) Where to Find Josh Extra Stuff: Uncomfortable Conversations on Substack: https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/ Uncomfortable Conversations on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshSzeps_ Uncomfortable Conversations on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/327Ydka Uncomfortable Conversations on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3T9KGAh Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Josh Zepps, he's a broadcaster, podcast host, and a journalist.
0:08.0	What are the things you can't criticize? What about gay pride in Australia? What if you're a gay man? What about
0:15.6	criticizing the cringe of the anti-woke right? Everyone is getting the heat today
0:20.6	including Josh's ex-employer the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
0:24.7	Expect to learn what the difference is between getting cancelled by the left and the right,
0:28.8	why we feel the need to forensically pick through public figures lives, why so many people believe the world is ruined,
0:35.0	the problem with the anti-woke,
0:37.0	what JK Rolling has been up to,
0:38.0	what happened to the indigenous Australian people apology trend,
0:42.0	and much more.
0:44.8	This Monday, the first cinema shoot from our video wall podcast that we shot here in
0:49.3	Austin, Texas with Dr Kaye goes live and it's fantastic and it looks beautiful and you shouldn't miss it.
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