James Lindsay is a mathematician, author and founder of New Discourses: a media platform dedicated to dissecting radical sociopolitical ideologies. We discuss the woke left’s roots in Maoist communism, how Marxism captured the west, and the outgrowth of radical leftism into what is now defined as the “woke right.”

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Yao Zhang is a China-born anti-CCP commentator whose popular YouTube videos have made her the subject of attacks from the CCP. We discuss her experience growing up in communist China, the tactics the CCP have used to brainwash Chinese citizens, and the threat China poses to western democracies.

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Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss the reported military coup against Xi Jinping in China, how it destabilizes Mark Carney and the Liberal’s trade partnership with China, and who Jeffrey Epstein really was.

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Kris Eriksen is a political commentator, host of Nightcall discussions and co-host of the Philosopher, Stoic and the Teddy Bear podcast. We discuss the slow unraveling of Canada’s uniparty political establishment, Mark Carney’s continued antagonism of the Trump administration, and what the Liberal partnership with China means for Canada’s future as a sovereign nation.

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Ehsan Arjmand is an Iranian-born engineer, outspoken advocate for a free Iran, and host of the Chanteh podcast. We discuss his experience growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran, misconceptions about Iran and the uprising against the Khamenei regime, and the fight to overthrow their Islamic fundamentalist dictatorship.

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Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist and publisher of The Bureau. We discuss the reasoning behind Trump’s extraction of Maduro from Venezuela, the American interests in Iran and Greenland, and how the instability in Venezuela, Iran and Greenland all connect to China.

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John-Paul Berg is a political commentator and host of the Dumb the Wiser podcast. We discuss the final stages of the globalist takeover, the struggle to save the American empire from falling alongside Canada and the EU, and humanity’s turn toward God in troubling times.

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For the first episode of 2026 I go solo to reintroduce myself to new listeners, recap the last two years of Brave New Normal and announce my plans for the next phase of this podcast—which includes some good news and some bad news.

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