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Taking The Myth - August 2021 Edition

Aug 28, 20211 hr 13 min
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This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss the big topics.

0:00 Intro 0:29 Laurel Hubbard crashes out of Tokyo 2020 6:25 Teachers told to affirm 4 year old’s preferred pronouns/gender in Scottish schools without parental consent 15:48 The Jake Davison mass murder/shooting in the UK and the commentary surrounding it. 22:48 Is society producing more angry young men? If so, why? 27:22 Beauty privilege 30:16 The exit from Afghanistan and the return of Taliban rule 38:59 Is it stupid to think the Taliban have changed for the better? 47:23 The UK’s responsibility to Afghan refugees and the potential impact 56:26 Audience Question: Is stupidity more dangerous than actual bad things? 59:04 The problem of social media and vaccine misinformation. 01:08:02 Audience questions about woke influence in institutions. 01:10:14 Joe Biden

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