The End of Woke? - Andrew Doyle

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Andrew Doyle is a Northern Irish playwright, journalist, and political satirist. | Pre-order Andrew's new book "The End of Woke" - https://geni.us/TheEndofWoke Follow Andrew on X - https://x.com/andrewdoyle_com SPONSOR. We’re honoured to parter with Hillsdale College. Go to https://hillsdale.edu/trigger to enroll for free. SPONSOR. 👉 Listen to the NPR Politics Podcast for daily breakdowns of U.S. politics - wherever you get your podcasts. SPONSOR. Express VPN. Go to https://www.expressvpn.com/trigger/ to get 4 months FREE Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Shop Merch here - https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: [email protected] Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Introduction 06:30 The Supreme Court Ruling 12:21 Is Liberalism Responsible For Woke? 26:22 Is There A Fundamental Weakness Within Liberalism? 39:15 Did We Need To Import Millions Of People From Non-Liberal Cultures? 52:48 If We'd Kept The Country How It Was Everything Would Be Fine 59:17 The Woke Right 01:08:13 The Desire For Vengeance 01:16:14 What's The One Thing We're Not Talking About That We Should Be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We were in the Western world medicalising kids because they were gender non-conforming, autistic or likely to grow up to be gay.
0:10.9	We were fixing gay kids on the NHS doing what the mullers in Tehran do.
0:16.8	What would you say to the argument that wokeism, the reason it came about, the reason it took hold is because of liberalism?
0:25.6	To say it is liberalism writ large is the reverse of the truth.
0:31.6	Woke is a failure of liberalism, not its end goal.
0:35.6	Authoritarianism isn't something that just disappears simply because the people wielding that power
0:40.4	have a democratic mandate.
0:41.9	It's perfectly possible for a democratically elected government to be authoritarian.
0:45.5	We're living through one right now.
0:49.7	Tariffs, meme coins, Girl Scout cookies.
0:52.1	What do they all have in common?
0:53.8	Come on, it's all about the money.
0:55.8	Economics is everywhere and everything, fueling our lives even where we least expect it.
1:01.1	If you're a fan of trigonometry, then we know you're the type who's curious to learn.
1:06.0	That's why I recommend you listen to the Planet Money podcast from NPR.
1:10.7	Look, the economy's confusing, even when you try and keep up.
1:14.7	That's why so many people I respect rate Planet Money from NPR.
1:19.4	Through storytelling, they found a way to make big economic ideas make sense,
1:24.1	not dry lectures, real stories, weird experiments, even humor.
1:28.8	One episode, they're shooting a satellite into space, then next they're launching a record
1:33.2	label, all just to help you understand how the world works.
1:37.5	That's commitment.
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