<description>&lt;p&gt;Adaam is joined by James Lindsay, author of &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Identity_and/dp/1634312023"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cynical Theories&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;and founder of New Discourses, to play the epistemology drinking game: you take a shot every time either speaker uses the word! They talk about how higher education in America became a racket, whether we can revivify classical liberalism in the age of social media, whether we need to exclude bad actors from the public discourse, whether James’ Twitter persona is a force for good or for chaos, and how to tell a PsyOp when you see one. They of course also discuss the “woke right,” Tucker Carlson, and why scapegoating Jews is still the rage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday rumination, subscribe.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to Uncertain Things at &lt;a href="https://uncertain.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;uncertain.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Uncertain Things

Uncertain Things

In Defense of Exclusion (w/ James Lindsay)

DEC 19, 2025128 MIN
Uncertain Things

In Defense of Exclusion (w/ James Lindsay)

DEC 19, 2025128 MIN

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<p>Adaam is joined by James Lindsay, author of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Identity_and/dp/1634312023"><em>Cynical Theories</em></a><em> </em>and founder of New Discourses, to play the epistemology drinking game: you take a shot every time either speaker uses the word! They talk about how higher education in America became a racket, whether we can revivify classical liberalism in the age of social media, whether we need to exclude bad actors from the public discourse, whether James’ Twitter persona is a force for good or for chaos, and how to tell a PsyOp when you see one. They of course also discuss the “woke right,” Tucker Carlson, and why scapegoating Jews is still the rage.</p><p><em>Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday rumination, subscribe.</em></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Uncertain Things at <a href="https://uncertain.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">uncertain.substack.com/subscribe</a>