In this long episode, we look at several interviews conducted by notorious 'skeptic' author Michael Shermer on his podcast and "shitty YouTube channel", as it was memorably described by Rebecca Watson...

After an introductory discussion of Shermer and his... ahem... chequered history (to put it legally non-actionably), we boggle at the decidedly low-energy Mr Skepticism as he interviews psychologist of abuse and gaslighting Jennifer Fraser PhD about her book about abuse and gaslighting and her own history of being abused and gaslit, all without breaking a bead of sweat. This is Michael Shermer, remember. Then we take in some lowlights of his unbelievably vapid conversation with store-brand Bari Weiss, Bari Weiss's wife, Nellie Bowles, who is just... insufferable. We conclude by voyaging fully into the sickness as we tune into a discussion Shermer had with rabidly Islamophobic Zionist neocon warmonger and racist reactionary crank Douglas Murray, all about how Islam is a 'culture of death' and maybe Israel accidentally did some bad stuff in Gaza but, y'know, that's war, or something.

Big content warnings on this one. It's what I call a 'journey episode'. Not only is it over 2hrs long (we try to keep the length down but sometimes it's not possible) but all the way through it also raises topics that are very hard to deal with, including sexual and psychological abuse, and the manifold violent crimes of the state of Israel, including the Gaza genocide. And all through it, there is the personification of self-identified rational, logical, sceptical centrism nodding along like the libertarian reactionary and alleged abuser he actually is.

I've made time stamps for this one, for ease of navigation or multi-session listening.

The Intro to Shermer section starts around 13:50

The section dealing with the Fraser interview starts around 24:11

The Nellie Bowles bit begins around 1:04:00

And the Douglas Murray section starts at around 1:31:00

NOTES:

Rebecca Watson, "So I'm in the Epstein Files" https://www.reddit.com/r/behindthebastards/comments/1p1noab/so_im_in_the_epstein_files_rebecca_watson_on/

Rebecca Watson, "Epstein Files Reveal How Pathetic Richard Dawkins and Others Really Are" https://www.reddit.com/r/behindthebastards/comments/1p1noab/so_im_in_the_epstein_files_rebecca_watson_on/

PZ Myers, "What Do You Do When Someone Pulls the Pin and Hands You a Grenade?" What do you do when someone pulls the pin and hands you a grenade? https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/08/08/what-do-you-do-when-someone-pulls-the-pin-and-hands-you-a-grenade/

Mark Oppenheimer, Buzzfeed, "Will Misogyny Bring Down the Atheist Movement?" https://www.buzzfeed.com/markoppenheimer/will-misogyny-bring-down-the-atheist-movement

The Michael Shermer Show, "Douglas Murray on Hamas, Iran, and the Collapse of the Two-State Solution" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTTXoQ42wP4&pp=ygUObXVycmF5IHNoZXJtZXLSBwkJ0woBhyohjO8%3D

The Michael Shermer Show, "Shermer Says 5: What Went Wrong in Minnesota? Protests, Panic, and Personal Responsibility" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iZRwQ4ggFc

The Michael Shermer SHow, "The Psychology of Gaslighting, Bullying, Cults, and Coercion" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w37x_mIGOIA

The Michael Shermer Show, "What Happened to Journalism" https://youtu.be/uUfkVLkvPzk

PZ Myers, Michael Shermer is Scum https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/14/michael-shermer-is-scum/

PZ Myers, Shermer-Shrier Interview https://freethoughtblogs.com/reprobate/2021/08/01/the-shermer-shrier-interview/

Skepchick / Rebecca Watson, The Fascists are Lying about ICE Murdering an Innocent Woman https://skepchick.org/2026/01/the-fascists-are-lying-about-ice-murdering-an-innocent-woman/

Science-Based Medicine, Michael Shermer's Anti-Trans Obsession https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/fakeskepticshermer/

Legal Planet, False Equivalence Watch: Michael Shermer https://legal-planet.org/2013/02/10/false-equivalence-watch-michael-shermer/

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Daniel and Jack are delighted to welcome back - after far too long an absence - the brilliant Amanda Rogers (AKA MsEntropy).

We pick Amanda's brains in a conversation about the complexities of the concept of terrorism, its relationship to national states, citizenship, and fascism, with special relevance to America in the grip of Trump, MAGA, and their apparatchiks. Amanda touches on recent events including the ICE / Border Patrol incursions, the under-reported Prarieland trial of protestors, and most especially the horribly topical issue of the US-Israeli military attack upon Iran.

Content Warnings, as ever.

EPISODE NOTES:

Amanda on X/Twitter is @MsEntropy

Prarieland:

https://prairielanddefendants.com/about-the-case/

https://thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/24/new-details-july-4-ice-attack-holes-feds-case/

https://truthout.org/articles/these-dallas-residents-are-on-the-front-lines-of-trumps-war-against-antifa/

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Kick off! Daniel & Jack discuss Elijah Schaefer's recent troubles, TDS showing up in the Epstein Files, and - mainly - Megyn Kelly's appearance on Piers Morgan's show to deliver an unhinged racist rant about Bad Bunny doing the Superbowl Half-Time Show.

Sorry about the delay getting this to you - Jack has been super busy lately, and also ballsed up his first attempt at the edit.

Content Warnings.

EPISODE NOTES:

Megyn Kelly on Piers Morgan Full Episode, "I'd rather DIE than bend the knee!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mlVhRPcwL8

Bad Bunny Haltime Show, with subtitles in English and Spanish. https://www.reddit.com/r/BadBunnyPR/comments/1r41xp7/bad_bunnys_apple_music_super_bowl_halftime_show/

Bad Bunny in Spanish on SNL: https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/1nz2cfo/what_bad_bunny_said_in_spanish_in_snl_monologue/

Americanos Todos poster (1943): https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc426/

Chomsky Epstein email Daily Shoah (link to my Bluesky repost of Hannah Gais, with my comments.) https://bsky.app/profile/danielharper.bsky.social/post/3mdpszz25mk2y

Will Somner on Elijah Schaeffer and Sarah Stock https://www.thebulwark.com/p/shocking-sex-scandal-rocks-trad-right-elijah-schaffer-sarah-stock

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Daniel and Jack talk about Nuremberg (2025) starring Russell Crowe as Hermann Goering.

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Sinister Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson gets interviewed by chunky conservative media lolcow Ross Douthat. Amazingly, the person who comes out of this horrifying development looking worst is... Sam Harris?

CONTENT WARNINGS. BECAUSE DOUG WILSON SAYING STUFF.

EPISODE NOTES:

Christian Nationalism vs Clown World | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAYWbbSeIhE

Dogma, Tribe, and Truth (Sam Harris, Making Sense Ep. 449) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmtTAlbGv_M

I Don't Speak German: 139: Bad Faith Discussion; Doug Wilson talks to Sam Harris https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/139-bad-faith-discussion-doug-wilson-talks-to-sam-harris

EXTRA NOTES re WILSON:

Sons of Patriarchy Podcast - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SonsofPatriarchy

Inside the Church That Preaches 'Wives Need to Be Led with a Firm Hand' https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-the-church-that-preaches-wives-need-to-be-led-with-a-firm-hand/

At Doug Wilson's DC Church Plant, 'Worship Is Warfare' - Christianity Today https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/christ-church-dc-doug-wilson-pete-hegseth/

Doug Wilson: The New Right's Favorite Pastor - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/05/23/doug-wilson-new-right-pastor-hegseth-trump-officials-00355376

Examining Doug Wilson & Moscow - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ExaminingMoscow

Sexual Abuse is Inevitable in Christian Patriarchy; Just Take a Look at Doug Wilson's Christ Church, and its New 'Documentary' 'Eve in Exile: The Restoration of Femininity' | Religion Dispatches https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/31/sexual-abuse-inevitable-christian-patriarchy-just-take-look-doug-wilsons-christ-church

Culture war and the evangelical church: Doug Wilson's "No Quarter November" hit the mainstream this year. https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/12/evangelical-church-doug-wilson-idaho-culture-war-no-quarter-november.html

Doug Wilson Says https://dougwilsonsays.com/

5 Part interview with Doug Wilson at Darren Doane's podcast / channel https://www.youtube.com/@allmyfriendsareheretics1354/featured

Doug Wilson's Religious Empire Expanding in the Northwest https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/doug-wilsons-religious-empire-expanding-northwest/

Rachel Shubin: Analyzing Douglas Wilson's Handling of the Steven Sitler and Jamin Wight Cases https://www.moscowid.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Analyzing-DWs-Response-to-Sitler-and-Wight-Cases.pdf

Doug Wilson Archive | Champion of child rapists, Attacker of victims, Pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, Presiding Minister of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) https://dougwilsonarchive.wordpress.com/

Doug Wilson Believes - Quotes from the Moscow, Idaho Pastor https://dougwilsonbelieves.com/

Fundie Fridays: Doug Wilson, the Final Boss of Christian Nationalism https://youtu.be/6dhaNeJ9UDw?si=SbAJoNEqnhOg8ckF

Confronting Doug Wilson - by Kristin Du Mez https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/confronting-doug-wilson

In an Idaho college town, Doug Wilson envisions an American theocracy : Up First from NPR : NPR https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1224382120

Bible Experts React To Viral CNN Christian Segment | HuffPost UK Life https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/doug-wilson-pete-hegseth_l_689a2042e4b0be3f5edc4799

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Daniel and Jack pick through Sam Harris' disgracefully friendly interview with right-wing fundamentalist and Hegseth-inspirer, Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson.

Content Warnings

Episode Notes:

Harris's release of his interview with Wilson: https://youtu.be/kRQ6Tcw9maM?si=hQEOhfyk_V7jMoyS

Note: At one point in our episode, Daniel states that Wilson also posted the interview with Harris on his own channel, and this seems to be a mistake. Oops.

Harris' response to his interview with Wilson: https://youtu.be/3qjNXaKjcc8?si=D_9Gkbq7PXKO7wnQ

Wilson's response to the interview on his own channel: https://youtu.be/AWgWkZjbYRw?si=2KuiQcvoiVrSal08

Behind the Bastards episodes on the Hegseth book: https://youtu.be/FUU8NTFHCvk?si=ZCjOM6Mjtp1X9dPy & https://youtu.be/1HKE8cBYokY?si=1QrNOJZWcKvcq-mR

Fundie Fridays episode on Doug Wilson: https://youtu.be/6dhaNeJ9UDw?si=y_CcsEb2Dc0rR8QG

Texas 'sodomy' case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas

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Daniel and Jack talk about Nuremberg (2025) starring Russell Crowe as Hermann Goering.

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We look at Megyn Kelly's sickening and ludicrous (and instantly infamous) apologia for Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of the dump of Epstein emails, and follow the thread from her, via Richard Hanania's deranged tweets about how it's normal for adult men to fancy minors, and Alan Dershowitz's seemingly eternal dedication to having Jeffrey Epstein's back, all the way back to a 2017 meeting between Epstein and Steve Bannon (et al), as related by Michael Wolff in a book, published in 2021, that contains many things now being treated as revelations by the media...

Oh what a tangled web we weave...

Gigantic and terrible content warnings.

Episode Notes:

Rebecca Watson's video on Epstein emails and Lawrence Krauss: https://youtu.be/VNLdyWPAz18?si=TEQwu2KcUdfJl3Tf

Articles about Epstein and Bannon at Byline Times by Nafeez Ahmed:

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/steve-bannon-offered-trumps-maga-as-shield-for-jeffrey-epstein/

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/jeffrey-epstein-had-access-to-trumps-inner-circle-while-working-with-steve-bannon/

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We finally deliver on a promise going back to the start of the show, an episode on the 'nazi dads' podcast Full Haus.

Content extremely warnings. Contains extensive clips featuring racism and sexism, and slurs (bleeped by us).

Episode Notes:

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/us-state-department-official-involved-white-nationalist-movement-hatewatch-determines/

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/white-nationalist-state-department-official-surfaces-photographs/

https://accollective.noblogs.org/post/2024/09/18/night-of-the-long-con-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-national-justice-party/

Oh, and Daniel's recent appearance on Half the Answer talking about the Tucker / Nick Fuentes interview: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-answer-47-the-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-interview-episode/

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We look at some recent news stories, including:

Progressive Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, his scandals, and the reactions;

Kenneth Leland Morgan walking into a pub in Athens Georgia in a full SS uniform, assaulting a woman, being arrested, and then being bailed out by Paul Miller AKA 'GypsyCrusader';

and the revelation that upcoming nazi video-maker 'Shameless Sperg' is Chris Booth, husband of Meghyn Booth, Republican treasurer of Maple Valley Township.

Episode Notes:

Platner:

Graham Platner's claims that he didn't know tattoo was Nazi-linked undercut by new evidence | CNN Politics

overview for P-Hustle

Graham Platner asked why Black people 'don't tip' in Reddit posts

Booth:

Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels | Far right (US) | The Guardian

https://rumble.com/user/ShamelessSperg/videos?e9s=src_v1_cmd

Miller and Morgan:

Kenneth Leland Morgan update: Who is Paul Miller? Man claims to help Georgia Nazi dresser get bail as new video emerges | Hindustan Times

Who is Kenneth Leland Morgan? Athens, Georgia man in Nazi uniform allegedly assaulted woman outside Cutter's Pub | Hindustan Times

Man in Nazi uniform assaulted Georgia student after he was denied entry to bar, officials say

https://x.com/jokerwaffenfren/status/1982568060692427192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1982568060692427192%7Ctwgr%5E762b5102659e01bf355e40c126de12ef094256be%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F

Nick Fuentes goes on Tucker:

Tucker Carlson's interview with far-right antisemite Nick Fuentes divides conservatives | Tucker Carlson | The Guardian

Heritage Foundation head defends Tucker Carlson for hosting white nationalist with antisemitic views - The Washington Post

Antisemitism exposed in the ranks of the right — the GOP-Israeli honeymoon is over

Angela Collier's The Faust and the Furious https://youtu.be/CnsDc9GDn1Y?si=zPCtZ1WI6wY_x7TS

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A clip of our new bonus episode on Kurt Vonnegut's great anti-fascist absurdist tragicomic novel Mother Night and the 90s film version.

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