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Polite Conversations

A podcast discussing, culture/'Culture Wars', religion, politics, sexuality...from a progressive, ex-muslim perspective.

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Panel 23: The Rationals, Atheism & Bad Covid-19 takes

Panel 23: The Rationals, Atheism & Bad Covid-19 takes

I'm joined by 2 well known names from 2012-5 atheist twitter for this episode! If you were hanging out on atheist twitte... Read more

16 May 2020

1hr 33mins

Ranked #2

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PC Panel 11 - Contrapoints & Hbomberguy on 'Engaging the Other Side'

PC Panel 11 - Contrapoints & Hbomberguy on 'Engaging the Other Side'

We chat about Social media, Leftist Youtube, 'engaging the other side' and deflecting tactics that cause discourse in ge... Read more

24 Jan 2018

1hr 44mins

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Episode 56 - Thoughts on Sam Harris' 'Thoughts on White Supremacy'

Episode 56 - Thoughts on Sam Harris' 'Thoughts on White Supremacy'

Sam's recent episode on white supremacy was really something. And for him to have recorded this just after the Gilroy an... Read more

18 Sep 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 13 - Lucien Greaves Cofounder & spokesperson for The Satanic Temple

Episode 13 - Lucien Greaves Cofounder & spokesperson for The Satanic Temple

After the last couple of episodes being stressful and debate-y, what could be better than a cute, fluffy episode on Sata... Read more

25 Jul 2016

1hr 9mins

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PC Panel 14 - Are too Many Atheists Veering Dangerously Towards the Alt Right?

PC Panel 14 - Are too Many Atheists Veering Dangerously Towards the Alt Right?

This episode I have @ChrisDStedman who wrote the 'controversial' Vice piece with the same title...and James Croft (@JFLC... Read more

19 Apr 2018

1hr 33mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 34 Fascist Fashion w/Contrapoints

Episode 34 Fascist Fashion w/Contrapoints

I got together with my fave youtuber Contrapoints for a weirdly specific conversation about Fascist Fashion, Emoji Nazis... Read more

20 Jul 2017

1hr 36mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 10 - Bina Shah

Episode 10 - Bina Shah

Join me and New York Times Columnist Bina Shah for a Polite Conversation about Feminism (Islamic and intersectional) , R... Read more

15 Jun 2016

1hr 34mins

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Episode 55 - Rubinology 101 with Timbah on Toast

Episode 55 - Rubinology 101 with Timbah on Toast

Timbah and I got together to chat about his excellent series on Dave Rubin.Check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/wat... Read more

27 Jun 2019

1hr 33mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 51 - Christopher Stroop, Exvangelical activist and writer

Episode 51 - Christopher Stroop, Exvangelical activist and writer

Here's my chat with the wonderful Chris Stroop (@C_Stroop), Exvangelical activist and writer, creator of #EmptyThePews. ... Read more

11 Sep 2018

1hr 40mins

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Panel 22 - "Whiteness"

Panel 22 - "Whiteness"

A concept often talked about and often misunderstood in the ongoing culture wars, join me & the panel to find out mo... Read more

10 Apr 2020

2hr 16mins

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Episode 39 Mythicist MilWhatHappened?

Episode 39 Mythicist MilWhatHappened?

This Episode Thomas Smith joins me to discuss wth happened at Secular conference Mythicist Milwaukee, where he was invit... Read more

26 Oct 2017

1hr 23mins

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Episode 48 - Christian Picciolini

Episode 48 - Christian Picciolini

This episode, join me and Christian Picciolini, former neo-nazi and founder of Life After Hate (an organization that hel... Read more

12 Jul 2018

1hr 10mins

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Episode 5 - Ali Rizvi: The Hostage Episode

Episode 5 - Ali Rizvi: The Hostage Episode

It's been quite a wild ride to have this episode of Polite Conversations returned to me. It was returned butchered, with... Read more

27 Mar 2016

58mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 2 - Aliyah Saleem - Seduced by Extremism

Episode 2 - Aliyah Saleem - Seduced by Extremism

In this Episode we chat with the excellent Aliyah Saleem. Ex-Muslim activist, and co-founder of http://faithtofaithless.... Read more

26 Feb 2016

1hr 30mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 3 - Conner Habib - Twitter battles, Atheism, Dawkins

Episode 3 - Conner Habib - Twitter battles, Atheism, Dawkins

Conner Habib is a writer, lecturer, and sex worker advocate.He has appeared in nearly 200 adult scenes and is the Vice P... Read more

26 Feb 2016

1hr 7mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 8 - Sohail Ahmed, Ex Salafi extremist turned gay activist

Episode 8 - Sohail Ahmed, Ex Salafi extremist turned gay activist

I chat with @SohailPakBrit about his incredible journey from being a former extremist who at one point considered carryi... Read more

10 May 2016

1hr 4mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 32 - Cathy Young: SJWs (Social Justice Warriors) vs. Anti-SJWs & Polarized Politics

Episode 32 - Cathy Young: SJWs (Social Justice Warriors) vs. Anti-SJWs & Polarized Politics

This episode I speak with journalist Cathy Young, who sometimes refers to herself as a “dissident feminist” - She’s a fo... Read more

16 Jun 2017

2hr 27mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 7 - Passover

Episode 7 - Passover

An ex-Muslim and an ex-orthodox Jew walk into a Skype conversation...Join us as we talk about Passover, Spiritual impuri... Read more

29 Apr 2016

1hr 19mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 6 - Charlie Hebdo Editorial: How Did We End Up Here?

Episode 6 - Charlie Hebdo Editorial: How Did We End Up Here?

So a bit of a practice episode, many of you asked for my thoughts on the recent "controversial" Charlie Hebdo editorial,... Read more

6 Apr 2016

21mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 14 - Ex Zoroastrian Priest

Episode 14 - Ex Zoroastrian Priest

"Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions. It was founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient ... Read more

9 Aug 2016

1hr 1min

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