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The Same Drugs

Meghan Murphywww.meghanmurphy.ca
Meghan Murphy and guests embrace authenticity, and have real, honest discussions about culture, politics, relationships, psychology, health, social media, cancel culture, and more. Conversations outside the algorithm.
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The sex trafficking of minors has skyrocketed in the US since 2021 — why?

Why is the sex trafficking of minors is one of the fastest-growing criminal enterprises in the US? In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Madeleine Rowley , the journalist behind a recent report in The Free Press : " Inside America’s Fastest-Growing Criminal Enterprise: Sex Trafficking." The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported, non-Russia-funded podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Oct 24, 202437 min

Is Barry Neufeld a test subject for Canada's online hate speech tribunals?

Barry Neufeld was a school trustee in Chilliwack, BC from approximately 1993 through till 2022. In 2017, he spoke out against SOGI 123, BC’s “sexual orientation and gender identity curriculum,” on Facebook. This is when his troubles began. Both the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) filed complaints against him with the BC Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), claiming Neufeld had breached the human rights code and had “created an unsafe work environment” f...

Oct 17, 202452 min

Under socialism, everyone becomes a slave

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with ⁠Michael Rectenwald⁠ about the Great Reset, what socialism really is, and how the utopia elite progressives have in mind will turn us all into joyless cogs if we aren’t careful. Michael Rectenwald is a former New York University prof and leftist, ousted for criticizing social justice ideology, is the author of numerous books, including "The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty : Unraveling the Global Agenda , Beyond Woke " and "Springtime for Snowfl...

Oct 14, 20241 hr 9 min

The truth about raw milk

Raw milk is a powerful superfood that builds our immune system, heals the gut, can provide protection from allergies and inflammation, and provides all sorts of nutrients — why has it been vilified? And why is unpasteurized milk illegal to buy and sell in places like Canada? In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Mark McAfee — Chairman and President of the Raw Milk Institute Board, Founder of McAfee Farms, Organic Pastures Dairy, and RAW FARM — about the benefits of raw milk and why so many ...

Oct 04, 20241 hr 17 min

Naomi Wolf reported on reproductive health issues associated with the Covid vaccine and got cancelled

Meghan Murphy speaks with ⁠Naomi Wolf⁠, ⁠ who began reporting on the women who said their menstrual cycles had been impacted negatively after receiving the mRNA vaccine, She is the editor of a new book, out next month, called ⁠ The Pfizer Papers, ⁠ and the best-selling author of The Beauty Myth, The End of America , and Vagina: A New Biography . The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported, non-Russia-funded podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporti...

Sep 21, 202445 min

Sometimes late is the perfect time: Henry Oliver defends late bloomers

In a culture that fetishizes youth and too often fails to appreciate the wisdom and experience elders have to offer, Second Act: What Late Bloomers Can Tell You About Success and Reinventing Your Life is a welcome relief. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with author Henry Oliver about why being late can be better than being early. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported, non-Russia-funded podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a...

Sep 17, 202458 min

Xi Van Fleet lived through Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China and is warning Americans of troubling parallels

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Xi Van Fleet, ⁠author of⁠ , “Mao’s America: A Survivor’s Warning.” Xi lived through the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a schoolgirl, eventually managing to escape to America as a university student. She loved the United States and everything it stood for, but began to see troubling parallels emerge in “critical race theory.” Xi had to speak out about really happens under communism so did., warning of what she recognizes as a route towards “loss of freed...

Sep 05, 202457 min

'The elites are in a state of panic': Michael Shellenberger on Brazil's censorship frenzy and the ongoing attack on X

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Michael Shellenberger , author of Sanfransicko and Apocalypse Never , founder and president of Civilization Works (né Environmental Progress), publisher of the Twitter Files and the WPATH Files, and founder of Public. Michael was recently in Brazil, covering their evermore drastic attempts at censorship, writing that the country was “on the brink of dictatorship,” as the country’s Attorney General and Supreme Court sought to shut down X. After publishin...

Aug 30, 202449 min

Stuart Parker was a gold star leftist—he's working with the BC Conservatives now

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Stuart Parker. Stuart was the leader of the BC Green Party from 1993 to 2000 (and had been the founder and spokesperson of the party's youth wing, the Young Greens, from 1988 to 1992) and was the acting leader of the BC Ecosocialists, a party “further left than the NDP, greener than the greens,” in 2020. After leaving the Greens, he joined the NDP, until he was ousted in 2018. Stuart has subject to a seemingly endless mass cancellation across the left, ...

Aug 24, 20241 hr 49 min

Why did a male win gold in women's boxing?

On Friday, Algeria’s Imane Khelif won the gold medal in the 66kg women’s boxing category at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Reports say the athletes has two DNA tests showing he is male, but the IOC insists he is "female." What's the truth? And why won't Khelif offer his own test results to refute the claims he is male? Meghan Murphy speaks with Linda Blade , founding member of the International Consortium on Female Sport (ICFS) , co-author of UNSPORTING: How Trans activism and Science Denial are Destr...

Aug 14, 20241 hr 21 min

“I woke up missing part of my face”—Jared Klickstein barely survived addiction, and wrote a book about it

Meghan Murphy speaks with Jared Klickstein , who spent years on the street as a drug addict before the severe consequences of his lifestyle forced him to get clean for good. Jared recently published a book about his experiences: Crooked Smile: What It Took to Escape a Decade of Homelessness, Addiction, & Crime. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Aug 13, 20241 hr 47 min

Yasmine Mohammed escaped the abuses of Islam only to watch the West bow down

Meghan Murphy speaks with Yasmine Mohammed , a woman who suffered enormous oppression and abuse growing up under Islam, but escaped and is now one of its feircest critics. Yasmine is a human rights campaigner, free speech advocate, founder of the Free Hearts Free Minds charity, director of the Clarity Coalition , host of the Yasmine Mohammad Podcast , and author of Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims . The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider...

Aug 06, 20241 hr 32 min

America's most exciting election season yet!

Meghan Murphy speaks with Batya Ungar-Sargon , deputy opinion editor of Newsweek and author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women , about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, his decision to choose J.D. Vance as his running mate, Biden’s dropping out of the race, his endorsement of Kamala Harris to become the next Democratic nominee, and more! The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Jul 31, 202438 min

Is Pierre Poilievre the Trump of Canada?

Meghan Murphy speaks with Andrew Lawton , senior journalist at True North , host of The Andrew Lawton Show, and author of a new book, Pierre Poilievre: A Political Life , about the politician’s history and future in Canadian politics. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , beco⁠ming⁠ a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ...

Jul 25, 202450 min

"Everyone had slaves" — Wilfred Reilly on the truth about history, Trump, and the waning popularity of woke

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Wilfred Reilly, about the attempted Trump assassination, why American progressives hate America, the bungling of Western history and more. Wilfred Reilly is a professor of political science at Kentucky State University and author of Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me . The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , beco⁠ming⁠ ...

Jul 19, 20241 hr 15 min

Women need to reclaim their outlaw energy

What do women lose in rejecting their heart’s desire in exchange for “appropriate” femininity? Is passivity, accommodation, and nurturing really all we have to offer? And if so, why does that make so many women feel resentful or unfulfilled? Lisa Marchiano is a Jungian analyst, writer , and host of This Jungian Life . Her new book is The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire . In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Lisa about why women need to seek out and nur...

Jul 11, 20241 hr 24 min

What the f**k is happening in Canada?

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with fellow Canadian and ex-Vancouver-dweller, Jason James , about not fitting in, why Vancouverites are so depressed, why Canada can’t seem to keep up, what the climate change response is really about, and more. Jason James now lives in Alberta and is the host of the Brave New Normal podcast . The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Jul 04, 20241 hr 30 min

Andrew Doyle on the enduring appeal of authoritarianism

Andrew Doyle is a journalist, playwright, comedian, and host of Free Speech Nation on GB News. He is the author of Free Speech And Why It Matters and The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World . In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about free speech, democracy, why authoritarianism remains so appealing to so many, and how to avoid tyrannical regimes The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Jun 27, 20241 hr 25 min

Carolyn Burjoski was censored and libeled after speaking up about gender identity books in school libraries

Meghan Murphy speaks with Carolyn Burjoski, an elementary school teacher with the Waterloo Region District who spoke out about the culling of books from school libraries and the addition of books about “trans kids” and other inappropriate themes. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , beco⁠ming⁠ a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Jun 21, 20241 hr 7 min

Bridget Phetasy on the 90s, marriage, divorce, and becoming a mom

Meghan Murphy speaks with writer and comedian, ⁠Bridget Phetasy⁠ , about moving to Texas, becoming a mom, why divorce is bad for kids, the 90s, and more. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , beco⁠ming⁠ a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribing on Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . You can watch select c...

Jun 14, 20241 hr 47 min

'My name is Victoria, I work for OnlyFans, and I hate myself'

Victoria Sinis went from working in marketing to recruiting for OnlyFans, before coming to a point where she felt like she couldn’t live with herself anymore. She quit and began speaking the truth about OnlyFans — warning young women and girls to stay out of the industry. Meghan Murphy speaks with her about her experience working for the agency, the reality of OnlyFans, and why she decided to speak out. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

May 14, 202447 min

Overcoming anxiety, dating for life, and keeping the sleep paralysis demons away, with Adam B. Coleman

Adam B. Coleman is a writer , the author of Black Victim To Black Victor, host of the Breaking Bread podcast, and the Founder of Wrong Speak Publishing . In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with him about escaping the victimhood mentality, how single parenthood can harm kids, dating with intention, the importance of traveling alone, what faith means to him and more. (The shirt referenced early in the interview is by XX-XY, Jennifer Sey ’s new clothing company, which can be found under the shop...

May 06, 20242 hr 4 min

America has turned the working class into second class citizens

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Batya Ungar-Sargon , author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women , about elite disdain for the working class, the way the working class have been undermined in America, and how they lost access to the American Dream. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , beco⁠ming⁠ a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patron⁠...

Apr 23, 20241 hr 2 min

Liberal feminism's lies, with Helen Roy

In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Helen Roy about good marriages, the ways modern liberal feminism has failed women, how to date better, male hypocrisy and more. Helen is a staff writer at The Blaze , the host of Girlboss, Interrupted and publisher of Ladies' Late Rome Journal on Substack. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting us with a donation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , beco⁠ming⁠ a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patron...

Apr 17, 20241 hr 7 min

Is TikTok the end of the world? Will Gen Z rebel against online everything? Is there an ok way to use dating apps?

Katherine Dee is something of an internet archivist. She publishes Default Wisdom , writing about online subcultures you’ve never heard of as well as AI boyfriends, dating advice, and girl boss feminism. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with her about using dating apps in a non-horrible way, whether TikTok is the worst thing in the world (and whether Twitter is better), Andrew Huberman takes, and more. Find Katherine on “X” @default_friend . The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-s...

Apr 08, 20241 hr 2 min

Kellie-Lynn Pirie transitioned to escape her trauma, and found only regret

Kellie-Lynn Pirie , formerly Kenneth Anderson, is a BC-based detransitioner and the founder of Detrans Alliance Canada . After suffering unimaginable trauma as a child, fighting addiction, and seeking escape from her sexualized female body, she decided she would be happier and better off “as a man.” After getting a double mastectomy, a hysterectomy, and going on testosterone, Kellie-Lynn began to realize she’d made a choice that would not resolve her woes, and that she now regretted. She decided...

Apr 01, 20241 hr 11 min

'This is pure authoritarianism': The Online Harms Act threatens to usher in fascism in Canada

The Liberal Party’s Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) was tabled at the end of February, proposing to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to qualify online “hate speech” as discrimination. If passed, individuals would gain the ability to file anonymous complaints against other Canadians for engaging in speech they consider to be hateful on social media. If found guilty, individuals can be fined up to $50,000 or be penalized with life in prison for “hateful conduct.” Meghan Murphy speaks with John Car...

Mar 21, 202453 min

'They are perfectly healthy kids' — WPATH's reckless treatment of so-called 'trans kids' revealed

Last week, leaked files from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), considered the “leading global transgender healthcare body,” revealed that the clinicians who shape how so-called “gender medicine” is regulated and practiced around the world have been blatantly and knowingly ignoring medical ethics and informed consent all along. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Mia Hughes , author of the WPATH Files report, published by Environmental Progress . The Same D...

Mar 14, 20241 hr 19 min

Do we really have free speech in Canada when we can't protest the government?

Do we really have free speech in Canada when we can't protest the government? Why isn't the media doing its job? Is Justin Trudeau going to get away with all he is continuing to do to silence dissent in Canada? Mocha Bezirgan is a journalist from Turkey living in Alberta, who has been among the very few to cover the case of the Coutts Four , apparently imprisoned for participating in the Freedom Convoy protests at the border, in Coutts, Alberta. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Mocha a...

Mar 05, 202436 min

Julie Bindel: the OG journalist who fought trans insanity nearly alone for years

Julie Bindel is a longtime journalist and feminist who was among the first to push back against trans-identified men attempting to access women-only spaces, when she wrote an article called "Gender benders, beware" for The Guardian. Julie has been attacked, harassed, slandered, and no-platformed ever since, but she never left the fight, despite being mostly alone in her push back in the media and journalistic world for many years. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Julie about her histor...

Feb 27, 202454 min
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