Jonathan Kay is a Canadian journalist, author, and editor of Quillette. He hosts the Quillette podcast and was a long time columnist and editor at the National Post. In this episode, Meghan speaks with Jon about trans-identified males in women's disc golf, Dylan Mulvaney's girlhood, Jon's fast food and related exercise addiction, the end of Twitter's misgendering ban, Adrienne Smith's indoctrination workshop , feminism, and more. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, donor and subscriber suppor...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 53 min
Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party is trying to push through a bill that would give the government the power to filter what Canadians see in their news feeds, on YouTube, and on social media. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with journalist Rupa Subramanya about Bill C-11 and its consequences, should the bill become legislation. Read her article, "Trudeau’s Battle Against a Free Internet," at The Free Press. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, donor and subscriber supported podcast! Plea...
Apr 19, 2023•40 min
Matt Thornton received his blue belt from the legendary Rickson Gracie in 1993 and was the first person in the state of Oregon to receive a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He also gave John Kavanagh, father of MMA in Ireland and trainer to UFC legend Conor McGregor, his black belt. Matt’s school, Straight Blast Gym (SBG), became Oregon’s first MMA-style gym. His book, "The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World," comes out on April 11th, 2023. To...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Has feminism gone too far? UK writer and author of Feminism Against Progress , Mary Harrington , thinks so. In fact, she thinks we need to go back — way back. Modern technologies, cosmetic surgeries that chase youth eternally, and interventions like the pill have not offered women freedom or empowerment, leading us to wonder if things should have stopped with the first wave. Certainly, Mary believes we should be moving in an entirely different direction. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks wit...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Michael Shellenberger is a leading energy expert, founder and president of Environmental Progress , cofounder of the California Peace Coalition , and the best-selling author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities and Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All . He recently co-founded Public , an investigative and exploratory journalism platform, on Substack, with journalist Leighton Woodhouse. Michael lives in Berkeley, California. I spoke with him about the ways progressi...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Stephanie Winn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, host of the You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist podcast , and Associate Producer of a new documentary called Affirmation Generation : The Lies of Transgender Medicine , which talks to detransitioners, therapists, doctors, and other experts about the "trans youth" trend and its impact on young people. To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to select content, become a subscriber on Patreon . The Same Drugs is on Twitter @the...
Mar 04, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Jamie Kilstein is a comedian who was a woke, cancel culture-devotee, before being cancelled himself. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about being cancelled, quitting porn, jiu jitsu, masculinity, and more. Follow Jamie on Twitter @jamiekilstein and on Instagram @thejamiekilstein . To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to select content, become a subscriber on Patreon . The Same Drugs is on Twitter @thesamedrugs _. Stay up to date with The Same Drugs on Substack . Wa...
Feb 21, 2023•2 hr
Jared Klickstein was an addict for many years, ending up on Skid Row, in and out of jail and the hospital before finally getting clean. He recently wrote an article for Public about the real cause of homelessness and how to better address the growing problem of addiction, crime, and homelessness. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Jared about his life and experiences, as well as his views on harm reduction and addiction. To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to select con...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Peter Boghossian had been a professor of Philosophy at Portland State University for a decade when he famously resigned in September 2021, on account of harassment and an increasingly illiberal atmosphere, limiting free thought, free speech, and critical discourse. He is now engaged in a "Street Epistomology" project, wherein he engages the public in conversations about controversial topics, encouraging them to question their beliefs and maybe even change their minds. In this episode, Meghan Mur...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Benjamin Dichter was one of the key organizers behind the Freedom Convoy that brought Canadians together last year to demand an end to lockdowns and mandates. He recently published a book about what happened behind the scenes, how the media acted as a tool of big government, and how the truckers saved Canada. Almost a year after the truckers saved Canada from authoritarianism, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about what happened behind the scenes and the political changes he sees on the horizon. Fi...
Jan 12, 2023•51 min
Shannon Thrace was happily partnered with Jamie for 14 years when he decided he wanted to transition. Shannon's memoir, 18 Months , describes her confusion and heartbreak at watching the man she loved become an entirely different person — narcissistic, moody, selfish, dramatic, and depressed. The physical changes didn't help either. 18 Months tells a compelling story about the trans trend and its impact on men, women, and relationships. To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to se...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Tristan Hopper is a Canadian journalist writing for the National Post. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about all the bad policy 2022 brought Canadians — from MAID to gun law — as well as the great policy on Costco hotdogs. To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to select content, become a subscriber on Patreon . The Same Drugs is on Twitter @thesamedrugs _. Stay up to date with The Same Drugs on Substack . Watch The Same Drugs on YouTube . Please consider becoming a...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Jennifer Sey rose through the ranks over almost 23 years at Levi Strauss & Co, and was on track to become the first female CEO of the company when she resigned. After speaking out against school closures during the Covid lockdowns, Jennifer was told to stop talking. She refused. Jennifer is the author of Chalked Up , an autobiography of her time as an elite gymnast, and a producer of Athlete A , a documentary about sexual assault in gymnastics. Her new book is called Levi's Unbuttoned . In t...
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Jimbob is on his fifth Instagram account — banned repeatedly for his comics and memes that use satire to point to hypocrisy on the left, right, and centre. This puts him at odds with all sorts of people, but it also keeps his satire free from the kind of political biases that can end up feeling heavy-handed and obvious. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Jimbob about his politics, his art, and the trajectory of our technocratic society. Jimbob has a new book out, "SAVAGE MEMES VOL. 4," a...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 26 min
The truth few are willing to acknowledge about the men who transition to become "women" is the sexual aspect. There is a dark underbelly to what has been framed as a movement for "trans rights," erased by progressives and trans activists. Genevieve Gluck , co-founder of Reduxx and host of the Women's Voices podcast, has delved deeper than most. I spoke with her about what drives men's desire to transition, and how things like pornography, autogynephilia, even drag queen story hour all play a par...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Pamela Garfield-Jaegar calls herself "The Truthful Therapist." She has spent over 20 years as a social worker and therapist, and is now working to help parents and youth navigate an evermore politicized therapy industry, where more and more kids are being medicalized unnecessarily, and where parents and therapists alike are pressure to prioritize ideology over truth. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with her about over-diagnosing mental illness and over-prescribing pharmaceuticals, as well ...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with David "El Necio" Diaz , an up and coming champion in the bare knuckle boxing world with an incredibly inspiring story to tell. Meghan spoke with Necio from LA, where he recently attended the premiere of a new docum entary s eries being produced about his life and fight, as he was in his final week of prepping for his fight in Orlando on November 5. To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to select content, become a subscriber on Patreon . ...
Nov 05, 2022•57 min
Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has long been notorious for open drug use, homelessness, and crime, but in recent years things have gotten noticeably worse. What was once relegated to a relatively small area of the city has spilled out into many other neighbourhoods, with stranger attacks now happening daily and overdose deaths through the roof. What happened? And how do we fix it? Aaron Gunn is an independent journalist and host of Politics Explained, a series exploring politics in Canada and the...
Nov 02, 2022•52 min
It's 2022, do you know where your meat comes from? Probably not. Dishonest labeling, loopholes, and misleading claims about sustainability and health sell people lies about the meat they buy. We are sold meat claiming to be all-American and antibiotic-free that is anything but. Moreover, we are told meat is unhealthy and bad for the environment, in an attempt to sell processed "plant-based" or lab-grown "meat" products that are neither healthy nor ethical. Benjamin Spell is the Founder and CEO o...
Oct 22, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Meghan Murphy speaks with Erin Friday, a San Francisco attorney and a member of Our Duty , an international group that opposes transgender ideology. She is also the mother of a formerly trans-identified child. To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to select content, become a subscriber on Patreon . The Same Drugs is on Twitter @thesamedrugs _. Stay up to date with The Same Drugs on Substack . Watch The Same Drugs on YouTube . Please consider becoming a supporter of The Same Drugs...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Tara Henley is a writer and podcaster based in Toronto, and the author of, "Lean Out: A Meditation on the Madness of Modern Life." She worked for the CBC for the better part of a decade before resigning in January, penning an open letter saying the broadcaster "went from being a trusted source of news to churning out clickbait that reads like a parody of the student press" and that, "To work at the CBC in the current climate is to embrace cognitive dissonance and to abandon journalistic integrit...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr
On September 15, PayPal froze the accounts of The Daily Sceptic and the Free Speech Union , both founded by Toby Young . While some progressives and liberals argue that tech companies like PayPal are private companies, and therefore have the right to deny services to whomever they like, the ramifications of this trend should deeply concern us all. PayPal restored Toby's accounts this week, but the fight isn't over! I spoke to Toby live on YouTube on Thursday, September 29th at 4PM CT/5PMET. To g...
Oct 02, 2022•59 min
Greg Lukianoff is co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind and CEO of FIRE , recently rebranded as the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (previously, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education). Before becoming FIRE’s President in 2006, he worked with the ACLU, which has famously adopted an ideological and activist approach to issues of speech, censorship, and open debate of late, in contrast with their past work defending free speech for all, even the Nazis. In this e...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Konstantin Kisin is a Russian-British comedian, co-host of Triggernometry , and the author of, "An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West." In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about the realities of life under communism, political correctness, feminism, the conflict in the Ukraine, Sam Harris, Matt Walsh, his new book, and more! This episode was made available for early access to patrons. To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to select content, become a ubscriber on Patre...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 47 min
John Carpay is the founder and president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) . Meghan Murphy speaks with him about the ongoing enforcement of the ArriveCan app on those entering Canada, the Trudeau government's plan to introduce a "digital ID," and the potential for this to lead to a China-style social credit system. This episode was made available for early access to patrons. To gain early access to episodes and exclusive access to select content, become a subscriber on Pat...
Aug 29, 2022•54 min
Kevin Bardosh is a social scientist, affiliate assistant professor at the University of Washington’s School of Public Health, and lead author of a paper published in February, called, “The Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Vaccine Policy: Why mandates, passports, and segregated lockdowns may cause more harm than good.” The paper looks at unintended consequences of COVID policy in the areas of behavioural psychology, political and legal effects, socioeconomics, and the integrity of science and ...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Terry Glavin, a Canadian journalist, author, and columnist at the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post. After publishing a piece outlining the journalistic failures leading to national headlines falsely claiming the discovery of "mass unmarked graves of Indigenous children" at the sites of former Residential Schools in Canada, Terry was slandered across social media and the Canadian literary landscape as "a residential school denialist” and "racist," de...
Aug 16, 2022•58 min
James Lindsay, the man who dared insist 2+2 never equals 5 , has been permanently suspended from Twitter. Meghan Murphy spoke with him live on Sunday, August 7th about kids and gender, drag queen story hour, queer politics, and what he means by “groomer.” James is a mathematician, author, and cultural critic. His podcast, New Discourses, is on YouTube . The Same Drugs is on Twitter @thesamedrugs _. Stay up to date with The Same Drugs on Substack . Watch The Same Drugs on YouTube . Please conside...
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 42 min
How did media and journalism become the domain of the elite? Why does liberal media only represent the ideologies, politics, and narratives of a tiny fraction of the population? What happened to reporting for the masses? In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Batya Ungar-Sargon — deputy opinion editor at Newsweek and author of the book you all must read immediately, "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy" — about these issues and more. The Same Drugs is on Twitter @the_samedrugs ...
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Yannis Pappas is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about why he became a comedian, how hardship can be good for people, why YouTube has gone after his content, and what the impact of “wokeness” has been on comedy. Yannis’ podcast, “Long Days, with Yannis Pappas,” is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Watch his special, Mom Love , on YouTube. Follow Yannis on Instagram @yannispappas . To gain early access to episodes and select content,...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 31 min
