Conversations with Peter Boghossian
"No dogma. Just dialogue." Conversations with Peter Boghossian features candid, intellectually rigorous dialogues with leading thinkers, dissidents, and public figures on today's most divisive cultural, political, and philosophical issues.
Episodes
Hamza Andreas Tzortzis is an Islamic apologist and the founder and CEO of Sapience Institute.
Hamza and I only scratched the surface of this conversation about Islam. The goal was not to solve theological, political, metaphysical, or divisive social issues in 60 minutes. The goal was to introduce you, the audience, to what and how one thoughtful, controversial, and highly educated Muslim who has devoted his life to Islam thinks abo...
Jennifer Sey is the former CMO of Levi's and Founder of XX-XY Athletics, a clothing brand standing up for female athletes and fair competition. In this conversation at the Genspect Conference, Jennifer and I discuss her brand, the issue of males in female sports, and much more. Jennifer on Instagram:
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Our TPUSA event at UC-Berkeley was chaos. Rioters outside and an extraordinary police presence inside. The environment was extremely tense. This is a clip from the event where I talk about having difficult conversations.
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At the Comedy Cellar in NYC, in a basement crammed with 180 seekers of unvarnished truth, Coleman Hughes, Dov Davidoff, and I laughed and philosophized. We didn't show up to pamper fragile egos or flash virtue badges; we plunged into the messy underbelly of sexuality, identity, and the existential void that's stranding men (esp. young men) in a swamp of self-doubt, feminization, and cultural derangement.
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In this conversation, Mia Hughes and I discuss the launch of her recent Genspect campaign, "Restoring Clinical Clarity on Gender Distress".
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Do not be deceived by Jesse Peltan's age. Referred to as Elon Musk's energy consigliere, the man is a living encyclopedia of all things energy-related. But he's not merely an encyclopedia; he's razor-sharp with thoughtful, feasible solutions to our impending energy crisis. Jesse on X:
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In this conversation, Mia Hughes and I discuss transgender procedures and the language and obfuscation that allows them to occur (especially on children). We also discuss insane stories that she has uncovered while researching transgender issues.
I found this conversation with Mia Hughes fascinating and deeply disturbing. This is the fourth conversation I've had with Mia and the second Spectrum Street Epistemology we've done togeth...
Frances Widdowson is a former professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary. She was attacked by indigenous activists during a Spectrum Street Epistemology session at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba. She tells her story in this episode of Conversations with Peter Boghossian.
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Ridvan Aydemir, better known online as Apostate Prophet, is an Ex-Muslim, Turkish-German YouTuber known for critiquing Islam.
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Rarely have I met anyone whose beliefs and broad view of the world comport so well with my own. So, it was a genuine pleasure to sit down with Lionel Shriver in person (our last interview was online, and I don't like those nearly as much) and solve some of the world's problems.
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Farzad Mesbahi is an expert on Tesla and futurism. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. Discussions of trans, Muslim immigration, the death of the West, the decline of civilization, political assassinations, and such take a toll on me. So, it's refreshing to switch gears (pun intended) and discuss some optimistic futurism with a genuine expert.
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Dr. Péter Krekó is an economist, political scientist, European public intellectual, professor, the executive director of the Budapest-based independent think tank Political Capital, and a fierce critic of Viktor Orbán and his administration.
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Raymond Ibrahim is a no-nonsense historian and blunt commentator on Islam and its intersections with the West. He pulls no punches. We strolled through Central Park on a crisp summer afternoon, in deep conversation.
We walked, sat (as we both are getting over a knee injury), and conv...
I have a specific point of disagreement with my friend Brett Hall, the Australian science educator, renowned podcaster, and consigliere to figures like David Deutsch and Naval. And while we have broad agreement on a number of issues and even share a core identical epistemological commitment (Truth), we do have a more than pesky disagreement: What role, if any, should belief, including using the word "belief," play in one's epistemo...
In this episode, I talk with Matt and Max Smith, co-authors of The Preparation: How To Become Competent, Confident, and Dangerous.
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In NYC, two people stopped me on the street and commented on my conversation with philosopher and linguist Benedict Beckeld. One man told me, and I quote, "It changed my life."
Obviously, then, due to the overwhelmingly positive responses and because Benedict challenged some of my core beliefs, it was a no-brainer to have another conversation with him.
Our conversation in NYC was forthright, nuanced, I'm sure controversial to many,...
Rod and I have far more in common than not, and I am honored to call him a friend. He's thoughtful, interesting, supportive, kind, humble, sincere, and fun to hang out with. Metaphysical and political differences should never, ever get in the way of friendship.
And yet those differences and divisions are what we've endured culturally and socially for the last 15 years, at least. We've mediated our friendships through metaphysical a...
Sean Nottoli is a Danube Institute researcher, self-identified conservative, and a political renaissance man. We discussed China and the US, energy, Iran and Israel, and more.
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Like most honest people, Morgan Marietta, formerly Dean of Economics, Politics & History at the University of Austin (UATX), is repulsed by the dishonesty that's consumed our academic institutions.
I'm sure you've heard most of the reasons why academies need open inquiry and honest conversation before, but I particularly liked Morgan's comment, "There's a conformist answer and those answers are boring, monochrome, and humorless." H...
Danny Kaplan is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at The University of Austin. Danny has forgotten more about math and statistics than I will ever know, and I found it wondrous and delightful to explore my ignorance with him. Indeed, advanced math or even basic math is almost never something I think about, and I've been unclear whether not knowing it hindered me in any way. I now have a clearer answer...
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