Truth Unrestricted
Confirmation bias, commonplace assumptions, and the zeitgeist itself are disassembled, examined, and reassembled in a detailed autopsy on our current ideaspace. Everyday concepts you probably take for granted are examined in a new light.
Episodes
112 episodes
Poilievre's Problem
What would Pierre Poilievre do as Prime Minister? How could Poilievre resolve his Trump-like rhetoric with a political need to oppose an expansionist Trump agenda? And what will Poilievre's most enthusiastic supporters do if he loses?
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Episode 109
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25:44
Blendr's Illuminati Lite
Blendr News is a Canadian online alternate media outlet striving to become the next major interpreter of the world for those dissatisfied with the Liberal Party of Canada. In this episode, I check in with one of their videos to see how it compa...
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Episode 108
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48:24
Reciprocal Populism
Is the left creating their own populist movement to counter the right? Is it possible that it's happening by happenstance rather than by design? Do we need to be aware of the shape of our resistance lest it create bigger problems?
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Episode 107
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1:35:38
Canadian Sovereignty
Do you want Canada to join the US? If so, why? And if you won't say, why not?
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Episode 106
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10:51
Bluffing
Poker as Life: BluffingThere can exist a situation in information logic where a person knows something (usually that they themselves are lying) that they imagine no one else could possibly know. And in this way they manufacture a high level...
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Episode 105
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36:32
AI with Stephen Mather
Is AI conscious? How could we tell? Is AI dangerous? Can we trust AI? Could AI come to trust us?Stephen Mather is the co-host of the Matter Over Mind podcast which discusses quantum physics and psychology by turns.https://open.spo...
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Episode 104
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52:53
Political Compromise
What level of political compromise should politicians on the left be comfortable with when attempting to curb the excesses of the right? Can the less extreme participants trust the more extreme and, if so, to what extent?
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Episode 103
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1:00:23
Could football be rigged?
Can football be rigged? Could the Super Bowl have been rigged? Why? Why not? What would it take for it to have been rigged? What would it take for someone to believe it had been rigged?This episode was made for youtube and contain...
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Episode 102
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43:47
Spirituality vs Science
Does science slowly "eat away" at spiritual ideas? Does the exactness and thoroughness of modern science stifle spiritual belief? Do people attempt to re-engage with spiritual beliefs by first casting themselves and their ideas against science?...
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Episode 101
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41:21
Evidence Aversion with The Vaccination Station
Truth UnrestrictedBuilding language for the Disinformation Age.Evidence Aversion is about the propensity or likelihood that a person who engages with unreal beliefs will work to avoid being exposed to evidence and ideas that would...
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Episode 100
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31:41
Every Accusation is a Confession
You may have heard it said that "every accusation is a confession." But what does that really mean? Why do we think it's true? Are we looking at it in the world right now?
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Episode 99
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31:52
American Cultural Aggression - Australia
The USA has been pushing its culture outward past its borders for a very long time. This is the beginning of a series of episodes dedicated to looking at what that cultural aggression looks like from the perspective of people that experience it...
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Episode 98
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1:34:04
Proof By Association
The Gish gallop is a technique employed to skip away from the current topic and toward other supposedly related topics so as to confuse and overcomplicate a discussion and make it much more difficult to debunk or oppose. Finding ways to dismant...
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Episode 97
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48:18
Jim Stewartson's McCarthyism
Jim Stewartson is an online influencer who pushes disinformation to people on the left. He espouses extreme views which work to radicalize those who pay attention. In this episode, I speak to Robin Eriksson about the nature of the problem with ...
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US Election Post Mortem
This episode is long. We also swear a lot. Enjoy.Linkshttps://www.nbcwashington.com/decision-2024/2024-voter-turnout-election-demographics-trump-harris/3762138/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/after-victory-the-path-ahead-trump-le...
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Episode 95
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2:25:50
Practical Fascism
Fascism attempts to weaponize human selfishness and hatred. It encourages the worst parts of people on a grand scale. How can we recognize it? How can we counter it? What can we, as individuals, do against something that subverts entire nations...
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Episode 94
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40:27
Violence Of Our Ancestors
Truth and Reconciliation Day is a relatively new Canadian holiday that recognizes the struggle of indigenous peoples in Canada and the world while also working on healing rifts and countering racial hate. Len Morissette is a co-founder of C.I.A...
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Episode 93
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1:06:23
Immigration Lies
It is obvious that Trump plans to use fear about immigrant crime as a wedge issue in the upcoming election. The current focal point for this effort is on Haitian migrants in Springfield, OH. Is anything about this factual?Linkshttps...
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Episode 92
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1:02:58
US Election Update - September
The first (and likely only) debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is over. All of Trump's pending legal issues and have been delayed until after the election. And Taylor Swift has given her endorsement. Are we almost out of election stu...
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Episode 91
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1:27:00
Staged
When a lone gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th, we saw online the birth of a new conspiracy belief. It has heavily influenced a large number of people on the left to participate in consp...
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Episode 90
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1:24:24
Skepticism with Daniel Loxton
NotesDaniel Loxton is an author and science communicator. He has published books about skepticism and was previously the editor of Junior Skeptic magazine. Daniel, David Bloomberg and I discuss skepticism, its importance, and how we can pro...
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Episode 89
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1:24:48