With Cori on indefinite hiatus, gender critical statistics aggregator, writer, designer, miracle cancer survivor, and friend o’ the pod’ Alasdair Gunn humbly offers to serve in his absence. We discuss why we don’t want to discuss gender. According to our recording platform’s AI assistant, we also talk about:
00:00 - Introduction to the podcast’s themes and hosts
02:00 - Discussion on gender podcasts and societal fixation
05:46 - Reflections on aging, identity, and the concept of “crone”
08:10 - The social and political landscape of pride events and gender activism
12:49 - Society’s treatment of political figures and societal change
16:37 - Observations on youth, right-wing cringe, and political identity
20:18 - Personal anecdotes about pets and animal behavior
25:22 - Critique of education and societal control
30:45 - Personal health crises, autoimmune diseases, and medical treatment
40:03 - Reflections on raising children and social conditioning
48:36 - The societal response to activism and political protests
52:37 - The influence of societal narratives and the importance of saying no
60:12 - The history of communism, anarchism, and the personal stories of relatives
66:00 - Advances in medicine and personal health management
70:39 - The reality of living after life-threatening health crises
76:10 - The importance of respecting host, John Corey, and future guest planning
82:52 - Insights into Rene Girard’s work on scapegoating and societal myths
We miss you John Corey! But with replacements like Alasdair Gunn and Riverside’s Large Language Model, we continue on.
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