18 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American podcast co-hosted by 'the besties' — Jason Calacanis, Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, and David Friedberg — covering technology investing, economics, and politics from a Silicon Valley venture capital perspective.
American rapper and co-founder of Public Enemy whose delivery, rhetoric, and political consciousness defined the golden age of political hip-hop — and who called hip-hop 'the CNN of black America' — establishing the template for the conscious rapper.
Canadian neuroscientist and former academic sex researcher whose The End of Gender argues that biological sex differences in brain and behavior are real and that the current gender ideology denies scientific evidence — making her a prominent heterodox voice on sex, gender, and neuroscience.
Ellen Goodman is an American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who wrote for The Boston Globe for over 40 years on social, ethical, and political issues.
American comedy podcast co-hosted by Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh — combining comedy commentary on current events, sports, and culture with political incorrectness and social observation.
American conservative journalist and senior editor at The American Conservative — known for her revisionist biographical criticism of progressive icons and her engagement with conservative intellectual debates.
American alternative media website and radio network founded by Alex Jones — the largest conspiracy theory media platform in the US — which combines political commentary, crisis actor claims, and supplement product sales into a vertically integrated media business.
British investigative journalist and author of Hired — in which he spent six months working in Amazon warehouses, Uber driving, care homes, and call centres to document the reality of low-wage work in Britain.
Michael Kinsley is an American political journalist and commentator, former editor of The New Republic and founding editor of Slate, known for his proposal that government exit the marriage business entirely.
American author and political commentator known for anarchist-adjacent views, his biography of Kim Jong-Il, and his presence as the most recognizable face of American anarcho-nihilism in online intellectual culture.
British historian and journalist who wrote sweeping histories of Christianity, Judaism, modern times, and the United States — and biographies of Napoleon, Churchill, Darwin, and Jesus — combining accessible narrative with strong Catholic conservative perspective.
American radio host whose The Rush Limbaugh Show became the most listened-to radio program in American history — and who founded the modern conservative political talk radio format that shaped American political discourse for three decades.
American political commentator and former Fox News host whose Tucker Carlson Tonight was the most watched cable news program — who was fired by Fox News in 2023 and subsequently built an independent media presence on X.
American mathematician and cultural critic who became the most systematic public analyst of 'woke' ideology — co-author of the Grievance Studies Affair (2018) and founder of New Discourses.
James Lindsay's podcast and media platform dedicated to systematic analysis of critical theory, postmodernism, and 'woke' ideology — one of the most detailed academic-style critiques of these traditions in public media.
A contested concept used by critics of the left to describe the alleged project of applying Marxist class analysis to culture, identity, and education — deriving from the Frankfurt School and Antonio Gramsci's hegemony theory.
American author and feminist intellectual best known for The Beauty Myth (1990), a landmark feminist critique of beauty standards. In later years became controversial for heterodox positions on COVID policy, vaccine mandates, and civil liberties, moving away from mainstream progressive positions.
Canadian journalist and researcher of South Asian origin, born c. 1975. A regular contributor to the National Post and other outlets, Subramanya covers Canadian immigration policy, multicultural politics, and economic issues from a centre-right to classical-liberal perspective. Has written critically on mass immigration's economic and social effects and on the Trudeau government's policy record.