Curated playlist
Critics of multiculturalism
- Saul BellowSaul Bellow learned he had entered the U.S. illegally as a child when he tried to enlist. He became a citizen in 1941.
- Henry KissingerHenry Kissinger made a secret trip to China in July 1971. It helped end 23 years of diplomatic isolation.
- Nigel FarageNigel Farage told reporters on the 4th of July 2016 that he wanted his life back. The line echoed the slogan of the referendum campaign he had just won, in which he demanded his country back. He also promised that this resignation as…
- JD VanceJD Vance once called Donald Trump reprehensible, then became his running mate.
- Charlie KirkCharlie Kirk, then a senior at Wheeling High School in Illinois, once organized a boycott of the cafeteria's cookies to protest a price increase. Charles James Kirk grew into an American political activist, entrepreneur, and media…
- Javier MileiJavier Milei is the 57th president of Argentina, and his most recognizable prop is a chainsaw. Supporters carry chainsaws to his rallies as a symbol of his promise to cut down the size of the state. Commentators have even coined the term…
- MorrisseySteven Patrick Morrissey, known to the world as Morrissey, once led a tour of Manchester for the Oxford Road Show in 1985. Late in that tour he reached the secondary school he had attended. He described it in harsh terms and closed with a…
- Viktor OrbánViktor Orbán ended sixteen years as Hungary's prime minister at 21:31 on the 12th of April 2026, when he conceded an election to Péter Magyar. Voting had officially closed at 19:00. He said, "The responsibility and opportunity to govern…
- Christopher HitchensOn the 8th of October 2011, Christopher Hitchens collected the Richard Dawkins Award at the Texas Freethought Convention. It was his final public appearance. Christopher Eric Hitchens, a British and American author and journalist, had been…
- Laura LoomerLaura Loomer is an American activist whose surname has become a verb. To be "Loomered" is to be fired or damaged in some way for alleged disloyalty to Donald Trump. Few people earn that kind of reputation, and fewer earn it after being…
- David StarkeyHistorian David Starkey lost many honors within days in July 2020. A podcast remark on slavery set it off.
- Slavoj ŽižekSlavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher whom one admirer called the Elvis of cultural theory and whom another label dubbed the most dangerous philosopher in the West. He was born on the 21st of March 1949 and has written over 50 books. He…