Decoding the Gurus18 Joulu 2025

Supplementary Material 41: Ironic Nazis, Blustering Tories, and Ol' Squeaky's Lament

In this tragic episode, we pay tribute to a fallen comrade and honour his memory with a discussion of a melange of truly terrible people, some of whom are much worse than others.

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Supplementary Material 41

00:00 Introduction and Swimming Update

02:34 The Tragic Tale of Old Squeaky

09:01 Sam Harris interpersonal bias & Megyn Kelly

26:05 Gary Stevenson vs Rory Stewart

36:26 Master Certificates and Jaffa Cakes

41:59 Dasha's Nick Fuentes Problem

50:08 Nick Fuentes' Racist Remarks

54:29 Piers Morgan vs. Nick Fuentes

59:08 The Two Nick Fuentes Personas

01:02:39 Father Issues

01:20:51 Nick Fuentes the Racist

01:30:36 Piers Lab Leak Ad Break

01:32:52 Antisemitism and Holocaust Denialism

01:45:25 IDW Style Credulity and Holocaust Denialism

01:48:12 Hitler was really f**king cool?

01:58:20 Blustering Boomer Outrage vs. Online Groyperism

02:02:09 Debating Misogyny and Extremism

02:12:54 Piers Take on Fuentes

02:17:11 Overall thoughts on Piers Morgan vs Nick Fuentes

02:20:15 Infighting on the Conspiratorial Right

02:25:13 Bret Weinstein's Powers of Prediction: Trump on Rob Reiner

02:30:29 Outro

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