Polite Conversations

Dutch Journalist Gillian de Nooijer joins me for a conversation about the Dutch far right. Find Gillian on Bsky: Gilliandn.bsky.social and on twitter: @GillianDNWe discuss Geert Wilders, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Pim Fortuyn (who was assassinated in 2002) and self-described conspiracy theorist Thierry Baudet. We also chat about the controversial blackface character in The Netherlands known as Zwarte Piet, Eurabia & Netherabia conspiracy theories…. Douglas Murray comes up… and so does Israel….[*Pls Subscribe to the Premium Tiers via patreon.com/nicemangos to access the extended version of this episode.* (You can now also purchase individual episodes)]LinksPodcast Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipmentDouglas Murray Speech at Pim Fortuyn Memorial Titled: ‘What are we to do about Islam? A speech to the Pim Fortuyn Memorial Conference on Europe and Islam’https://web.archive.org/web/20080201133647/http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000809.phpAyaan Hirsi Ali Dutch citizenship controversy: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/16/nicholaswatt.mainsectionTheo Van Gogh assassinated and Ayaan threatened https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/11/29/dutch-politician-plans-sequal-to-gogh-movieIslamophobia in Europe: How governments are enabling the far-right ‘counter-jihad’ movement(More info about funders of anti muslim organizations, publications and public figures like Geert Wilders) https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/192414854/Aked_Jones_Miller_Counterjihad_report_2019.pdfGeert Wilders' questionable American patron https://www.ftm.eu/articles/geert-wilders-american-patronVox explainer on Zwarte Piet https://youtube.com/shorts/TDA4HbuEcxM?si=Khja025EQsfpHZ-c

“It’s embarrassing, destructive & looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right” - writes journalist Gareth Watkins (@garethwatkins.bsky.social).In this convo we explore this dreadful intersection of AI ‘art’ & fascism.Check out his excellent, viral piece here:https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/Find Gareth’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/death-sentence/id1330059162🚨If you’d like to contribute to the fundraiser you can do that here (Ty!): https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipmentVance/Trump Ghibli-fied: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1908898969930834427?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50LqwWhite House Ghibli filter deportation: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1905332049021415862?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50LqwWhite House ‘deportation ASMR’ video with chained people: https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1891922058415603980?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50LqwTrump AI Pope: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-accused-of-mocking-catholics-after-posting-image-of-himself-as-popeWhen Spirited Away won at the 75th Oscars in 2003, Miyazaki wasn't present because, as he explained a few years later, he was protesting the invasion of Iraq that the United States had commenced that same year. https://ew.com/why-hayao-miyazaki-didnt-accept-boy-and-the-heron-oscar-in-person-8607398#:~:text=When%20Spirited%20Away%20won%20at,had%20commenced%20that%20same%20year.Anti-trans fencer gets $5000 cash prize for refusing to compete against trans womanhttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/anti-trans-fencer-gets-5000-cash-prize-for-refusing-to-compete-against-trans-woman/The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizianshttps://www.wired.com/story/delirious-violent-impossible-true-story-zizians/Roko’s Basilisk https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko's_basiliskGrok rants about ‘White Genocide’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide

This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil RightsIn this clip we talk about the politicization of things like the global pandemic, the genocide in Gaza - these issues should really be large enough to break through across the political spectrum, yet… they don’t. We are starting to see some people on the right speak out against the genocide more recently, but it’s a small number. We also touch upon Sam Harris and his promotion of ‘race science’.Find the longer episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5AAnd the extended version on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127474402If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos

Sam Harris has recently claimed that he’s only just become an unapologetic Zionist post Oct 7, in this episode we examine this claim as well as his generally flimsy excuses for supporting Israel. In the extended version of the episode we take a look at his “pre-Zionist” era. Pls subscribe via patreon.com/nicemangos to unlock the full episode. You can also help unlock this episode for everyone by either becoming a patron over the $1 tier or leaving a review for the show via Apple Podcasts or Spotify. ——Links: The Podcast fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/polite-conversations-podcast-get-new-equipmentGaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister sayshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gazaIsraeli TV producer calls for Gaza Holocaust https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-tv-producer-calls-gaza-holocaust-gas-chambersGenocidal eclairs sold in Israel as children in Gaza starve https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-05-06/ty-article-opinion/.premium/let-the-idf-mow-them-down-in-israel-violence-saturates-everyday-life/00000196-a4a1-d9bf-a1b6-eda114250000Sam harris thinks RW antisemitism is nbd, “even in the aftermath of a synagogue shooting” https://x.com/nicemangos/status/1183877283548991488?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqwhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg combined during the Second World War.Euromed Monitor: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6669/Euro-Med-Monitor:-Israel’s-brutality-in-Gaza-surpasses-all-recent-forms-of-terrorism Israel’s brutality surpasses all recent forms of terrorism Arthur Balfour was a white supremacist — and an anti-Semite, toohttps://forward.com/opinion/386480/its-time-to-admit-that-arthur-balfour-was-a-white-supremacist-and-an-anti-s/https://web.archive.org/web/20140725012047/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-the-myth-of-hamass-human-shield-9619810.htmlMyth of Hamas’ Human Shields (2014) 

This is an old musical bit I made for Woking Up episode 4, but i’m reposting again because a couple of the quotes in here are referenced in the upcoming episode. So, I thought it would be fun to revisit. 🎵🎶🧠Enjoy this bit of pure, distilled Rationality!

This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil RightsIn this clip we discuss how supposedly liberal leaning podcast promoted an extremely radicalized ex-muslim guest, while simultaneously stripping context on who this guest was, what her far-right views and associations were…. to talk about her experience with Ayahuasca instead. Find the longer episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5AAnd the extended version on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127474402Other Links: My Patreon post when this Ayahuasca episode came out: https://www.patreon.com/posts/118099707If you want to learn more about more about the ExMus to Trad Fash trajectory, check out my written, patreon-exclusive series here: Pt 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-1-106445369?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkPt 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106501752Pt 3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ex-mus-to-pt-3-106529773Hope not Hate investigation on Race ‘Science’ https://investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science-inc/If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos

This is a clip from my recent episode - Aftershow 12: It was Always About Civil RightsIn this clip we discuss politics and censorship. Particularly censorship in Saudi Arabia, bootleg movies, bleeping of words like ‘king’ and ‘prince’.Find the longer episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7E5brkdweRAHZXv62Id3Kl?si=WefcxlutSUexGXcwegB-5AAnd the extended version on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127474402If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos

Well, we kept the wannabe Trumpians out. But …things are undeniably more rightwing. What now?——If you enjoy the show pls consider supporting via patreon.com/nicemangos

[Apologies for my flu voice in the intro]Join myself and Patron of the show - photographer & healthcare worker Joe / @Brownsvillain (on Twitter) for a conversation about the tactics of the ‘anti-woke’ and what lies beneath the surface of such grievances. We discuss the Covid19 pandemic, Trump’s campaign of cruelty and how many anti-woke grievances were a precursor to this fascist moment. Links: The Norman Mailer Essay about the 1964 Republican Convention that came up in conversation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Red_LightCivil Rights Documentary mentioned in the episode: ‘Eyes on the Prize’ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/Hope not Hate investigation on Race ‘Science’ https://investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science-inc/Calgary removed fluoride from its water supply. A decade later, it's adding it backhttps://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5224138/calgary-removed-fluoride-from-its-water-supply-a-decade-later-its-adding-it-backIsraeli Football Hooligans in Amsterdam episode: Public version: https://open.spotify.com/episode/69rGp8OV9Wi8IFcNJoq8kh?si=fmcNXCqETb2Y7UP94jknVQExtended version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-88-israeli-in-117803351?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTrump Guts Key Civil Rights Protections With New Executive Orderhttps://truthout.org/articles/trump-guts-key-civil-rights-protections-with-new-executive-order/Find Joe onInstagram: @brownsvillainBluesky: @brownsvillain.bsky.social