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Bill Burr Goes DARK WOKE On Ben Shapiro | The Kyle Kulinski Show

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15 min

In this video, Im exploring how business elites and super-rich industrialists funded a narrative that would come to dominate the 20th century: the myth that free markets equal freedom, that government is the enemy, and that corporate success magically trickles down to benefit...

77 min

Missing Words: How Can We Respond to Our Biggest Challenges If We Don't Have Words to Describe Them?

In 2022, I did an Earth Day talk calledWords vs Reality, and it cataloged three dozen or so terms that from a systems perspective would actually require new labels. For example,fossil fuelsmight better be labeledflammable fossils, orconsumermight behuman. After reflecting...

Nate Hagens

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons

Have I mentioned how important I think Daniel Quinns Ishmael is? I reread it recently for the first time in a while, and was again impressed with how many important modernity-challenging ideas are packed into one novel.

Tom Murphy

The Story of B by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons

Oh No. Is Do the Math about to get hijacked for another long series about a Daniel Quinn book, like it was for Ishmael?

Tom Murphy

My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons

Were awkwardly caught between being too intelligent to work as well as turtles and mushrooms, but not intelligent enough to be like angels or gods. The flaw, then, is intelligence, which gives us enough power to screw up the world. Its a special curse.Yet, we need not invoke...

Tom Murphy

How Inequality of Wealth and Power Are Like Obesity and Diabetes

Why are human beings so greedy and why are our societies so hierarchical, when our ancestors societies were so fiercely egalitarian? What is human nature in this regard?

29 min

Rick Steves After Travelling To Iran: Why Death To America

In this video, which is part of his TEDxRainier talk, Rick Steves shares lessons learned from Iran and tells why spending all that time and money away from home has broadened his perspective, enriched his life, and made it clear to him, as he says in his talk, Fear is for...

5 min

The Fashion of Sci-fi Futures

Visions of the future are common in science fiction. From "The Fifth Element" to "Doctor Who" to "The Hunger Games," we have imagined the future of fashion time and time again. But what if...it's all weird and messed up and we have to write a video essay about it? What if...

32 min

How CRINGE Became the Cop In Your Head

Why is Gen Z so obsessed with cringe culture, and what does it reveal about todays digital world? This video essay examines the evolution of cringefrom embarrassing moments to ironic badges of identityfocusing on how Gen Z reclaims millennial-era awkwardness, such as Tumblr...

33 min

Why Elites Ruined the Left Right Political Spectrum (and Why We Need It Back!)

This video explains: 1. What the political left and right actually mean 2. Why elites dont want us to know what they mean 3. How confusion about left and right is a major cause of growing inequality 4. How understanding what left and right mean is a key tool in the fight for...

54 min

They Live (1988)

Master of fright, John Carpenter directs this entertaining and darkly humorous horror film. Roddy Piper plays Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker who stumbles upon a special pair of sunglasses that reveal an awesome global secret--the ruling elite of the world are...

86 min

How Koyaanisqatsi Changes Our Perspective On Modernity

What's it like to see the world for the first time, with a fresh pair of eyes, from a completely different perspective? In this video, we'll be taking a look at one of the most profound films of the last several decades: Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary and visual...

13 min

What Makes Trump & MAGA So Cruel? A Psychiatrist Explains

Have you ever wondered why Trump and MAGA seem so cruel to many people? In this video, psychiatrist Dr Russell Razzaque explains the psychological factors at play. We'll dive into the emotional and mental drivers behind these political movements and why they resonate with so...

14 min

Gaza Before the Genocide

I took these clips in 2021 and I am so grateful that I did. Gaza has always been a city of great joy mixed in with pain due to the blockade and countless israeli bombardment campaigns. We are used to building and rebuilding our small city after every aggression, but this...

4 min

The Big Lie the West Believes About Israel

Mass protests are erupting across Israel but not for the reasons you might think. This video takes you beyond the headlines into the uncomfortable truths, the rising extremism, and the dangerous blind spots in how the West talk's about Israel and Gaza.

5 min

Maga Pastor ADMITS What They’re Really Fighting For

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10 min

How Israel Won the West (2024)

How Israel Won the West examines how Israel has come to occupy such a privileged and protected place in the Western world. It traces the journey of the Jewish people from biblical stories of origin through centuries of persecution and the advent of Zionism, all the way to the...

74 min

Rick Steves' Iran (2009)

Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In this one-hour, ground-breaking travel special, you'll discover the splendid monuments of Iran's rich and glorious past, learn more about the 20th-century story of this perplexing...

56 min

Why Wolfenstein 2 feels weird (even if you're not white)

Hi, this is my first video. lmk what you think.

44 min

Artificial Creativity: Has AI Stolen Our Creative Soul?

In this provocative video essay, Kirby Ferguson dives headfirst into the brave new world of artificial creativity specifically, AI-generated art and the storm of wonder, fear, and ethical questions its kicking up.

23 min

What Is Zionism?

The first of an in-depth, three part series explaining the Israel / Palestine conflict through the lens of the movement at its heart: Zionism. - Ryan Chapman

37 min

Bangkok Barcelona On Foot (2023) ($5)

A 3.5-Year Journey of Courage, Kindness, and Connection

27 min

The Eternal Song (trailer)

Watch here https://theeternalsong.org

3 min

Radical Love: The Life and Legacy of Satish Kumar (trailer)

Best known for his 8,000-mile walk for peace, former monk, activist, author and educator Satish Kumar has been inspiring global change for nearly 70 years. Between his home in the south of England and an experience returning to India, the documentary "Radical Love" portrays...

3 min

life changed when i realized the rules are made up / my journey to an off-grid life

reflecting on my journey to a life of peace and joy as i celebrate my 38th birthday on this beautiful planet. ~ i recently launched my Patreon! if you enjoy my videos and reflections, and would like to see a little more, or if you'd simply like to support my content creation...

7 min

The Divided Brain (2019)

THE DIVIDED BRAIN is a mind-altering odyssey about one scientist's quest to prove a growing imbalance in our brains and to help us understand how this makes us increasingly unable to grapple with critical economic, environmental, and social issues.

79 min

The Self-Improvement Lie

The obsession with self-improvement isnt just a personal journey its a consequence of the economic system we live under: Neoliberalism. From hustle culture to self-help podcasts I break down how market-fundamentalist thinking has infiltrated not only our institutions, but...

22 min

We Talked To Trump Voters. They Have A Warning For Him. | Ft. John Russell

We asked Trump voters in West Virginia to reflect on the presidents first 100 days.They told us they liked that he was shaking things up. But they had a message: Dont forget the working people. We are holding the country together, and you cannot forget about us.

13 min

Open Reality: Meeting the Polycrisis Together With All Beings

This writing began with the premise that humans are not alone in this world, and that our largest problems are rooted in imagining ourselves alone. The original focus was on climate change. During the years of writing, society fell apart in multiple ways. I found myself...

Shodo Spring

Israeli Settlers Show Louis Theroux Their Full Colours in BBC Documentary

Novara Media discusses the insights from Louis Theroux's new BBC documentary, The Settlers.Support our work: http://novara.media/support

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Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025)

Fourteen years after his first visit and 2011 film The Ultra Zionists, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the West Bank.

62 min

Scared Sacred (2004)

In a world teetering on the edge of self-destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimage. Visiting the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's possible to find hope in the darkest moments of human history.

105 min

Red Fever (trailer)

Red Fever is a witty and entertaining documentary about the profound Indigenous influences on Western culture and identity, from sport and fashion, to politics and the environmental movement.

2 min

The Resurrection of Victor Jara (2015) ($5)

This feature length film explores the legacy and cultural resurgence of South American singer-songwriter and activist Victor Jara, who was brutally killed in 1973 following a military coup in Chile.

98 min

After Winter, Spring (2015) ($4)

Six years in the making, award-winning film AFTER WINTER, SPRING is an intimate portrait of a rural community in southwest France as it grapples with a profound question: will it be the last generation of family farmers in a region continuously cultivated for over five...

74 min

How I Escaped The Alt-Right

In the end, it was Sargon's unimpressive intellect that gave me the first nudge. Who would've thought. - Adam Something

8 min

How US Neo-Nazism Actually Works | Arno Michaelis

Arno Michaelis is a former white nationalist skinhead, lead singer of the neo-Nazi metal band Centurion, and member of Hammerskin Nation, one of the most violent white supremacist gangs in the US.

52 min

Comedian Bill Burr Roasts Whiny Right-Wing Snowflakes Who Cry About Wokeness in Media

In a recent episode of his Monday Morning Podcast, comedian Bill Burr took aim at the right-wing babies constantly whining about wokeness in movies. Its a sign of growing cultural backlash to conservatives war on woke, which eerily resembles the SJW caricature they created...

22 min

Is AI Art Trained on Stolen Art or Is It Fair Use?

This video delves into the legal and ethical implications of using copyrighted images in AI image-generating model training. The discussion covers key factors such as transformation of original works, the amount of copyrighted material retained in AI models, and the legality...

9 min

How Stoicism Became Religion for Immature Men

Stoicism is the most misunderstood school of philosophy. Right down to the way we use it in the English language. This beautiful school of thought, designed to help us live a virtuous life in service of others has been bastardized and corrupted by marketers.

26 min

The Right's Wokeness Problem

Paul Grahams recent essay on wokeness is usefulnot because it offers an entirely sound analysis, but because it provides a fascinating case study in ideological blind spots.

Tim Hjersted

How Fascism WON in America

This video unpacks how decades of economic inequality, racial division and propaganda conditioned Americans to accept authoritarianism. From Reaganomics to Trump 2.0, we explore the rise of corporate fascism and the forces behind it.- TRUTH IS SPEAKING

32 min

Why the Right is Obsessed with Daddy | George Lakoff

Have you ever asked yourself why the right talks the way it talks? George Lakoff may have the answer. - Metaphorical Matters

11 min

How Hate Killed Truth

We're in trouble.

24 min

The Politics Of Hate: The Far Right In The US And Europe (2017)

Christian Picciolini, a former leader of the American white-supremacist skinhead movement, explores how so many young people are recruited into violent extremist ideologies and how he now works to pull people out of hate movements.

68 min

How MAGA Evangelicals Corrupted Christianity

MAGA evangelicals have abandoned the core teachings of Christianity, replacing the gospel of Christ with blind loyalty to Donald Trump. When Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde called for mercythe most basic Christian principleTrump and his supporters dismissed her, proving how deeply...

16 min

Democracy Doesn’t Exist in the United States | Chris Hedges

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, many are raising concerns about the possible decline of liberal democracy. What then would a second Trump term mean for the next four years for the United States? And what impact will the president's foreign policy have on the...

37 min

Wisdom Weavers Of The World

As humanity stands at a crossroads, 13 Indigenous Elders from diverse cultures around the globe gather in Hawaii to discuss the state of the world and invited the filming of their councils and ceremonies to co-create a message for humankind.

14 min

Belkî Sibê: A Journey Through the Syrian War and The Rojava Revolution

Belki Sibe is a volunteer soldier's film. It unfolds an 18 month journey through war and revolution, in Rojava Kurdistan NE Syria, during the advance and victory of the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS, including the story of the International Freedom Battalion, where...

3 min

How Soon is Now? Daniel Pinchbeck on Social Change and Global Transformation

Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of How Soon is Now? We are on the brink of an ecological mega-crisis threatening the future of life on earth and our actions over the next few years may well determine the destiny of our descendants. Between a manifesto and a tactical plan of...

11 min

House Music: A Cultural Revolution (2024)

Chicagos secret is very much out in the open now: house music DJs headline clubs and festivals from London to Cape Town. But this electronic dance music was born behind closed doors at underground venues. In the early 1980s, a band of mostly Black, gay artists created house...

53 min

The REAL Story of Jesus

This might be a controversial question. But the answer isn't straightforward and requires us to examine Jesus in a way many of have us have never before.

12 min

If Aliens and T2 Came Out Today (Satire)

This is a satire of how easily offended anti-woke critics would treat Aliens and Terminator 2 if they came out today. This is actually a segment toward the end of my last video, called Why I Stopped Being Anti-Woke.

6 min

A Video to Send to Your Trump-Voting Friends and Family

Want a better economy? Hate elitism? The problem isn't the left vs right, it's the top vs the bottom. You might want to look up.

23 min

Material Conditions: How to Eliminate Sexism

What would happen if you could end sexism overnight by giving everyone a magic pink pill? Why changing hearts, minds and culture isnt enough, you need to change the conditions that generate cultural attitudes in order for changing hearts and minds to have a long term effect.

33 min

How Jesus Turned Me Into A Marxist

While lots of politicians and hucksters would like you to believe that Christianity is antithetical to Marxism and Communism, they're absolutely wrong. I explain in this video about how my own experiences with Christianity led me to a radical politics grounded in Marxist...

19 min

The Red Pill Lie

There is currently a movement known as "red pill" that is handicapping young people and dooming them to a lifetime of failed relationships. They're the disease presenting themselves as the cure. I talk about why they're wrong and provide some actual guidance from my...

80 min

Why I Stopped Being Anti-Woke

I discuss how and why I changed over the last decade, from being more anti-sjw (anti-woke) to realizing the dangers of falling into that trap.

56 min

The Movement We Need

This series of writings is an experimenta new way of writing a book that invites you all to participate in. Ive written or co-written thirteen published books over more than four decades as an author, and a number of others (we dont talk about those), and seen publishing...

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