535. Is It Too Late for the UK? A Candid Talk with Winston Marshall

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in person with Dr. John Vervaeke. They discuss the relationship between your calling and your conscience, the three dimensions of the sacred, how Descartes famous “I think therefore I am” conclusion might be restructured in modern day, what exactly Socrates’s Daemon was, and the bridging of morality and meaning.   John Vervaeke is an Associate Professor in Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto. His work constructs a bridge between science and spirituality in order to understand the experience of meaningfulness and the cultivation of wisdom so as to afford awakening from the meaning crisis.   This episode was recorded on January 8th, 2023     - Links -   For Dr. John Vervaeke:   Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke   After Socrates (Series) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOwjmZx12gk&list=PLND1JCRq8Vuj6q5NP_fXjBzUT1p_qYSCC   The Vervaeke Foundation https://vervaekefoundation.org/   “Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis” (book) https://www.amazon.com/Zombies-Western-Culture-Twenty-First-Century/dp/1783743298   "Mentoring the Machines: Orientation - Part One: Surviving the Deep Impact of the Artificially Intelligent Tomorrow" (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Mentoring-Machines-Orientation-Artificially-Intelligent/dp/1645010821/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1705353143&refinements=p_27%3AJohn+Vervaeke&s=books&sr=1-2&text=John+Vervaeke  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Jan 20241h 41min

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson speaks with former-Scientologist and podcaster Aaron Smith-Levin. They explore his upbringing within the “church,” how Scientology entices new members, the basis for Dianetics in Freudian psychology, the religiously inspired twist only found behind multiple paywalls, the higher being known as Xenu, what broke Aaron’s belief, and his now ongoing fight against the manipulation of this still relevant, international cult.   Aaron Smith-Levin is a former Scientologist and host of the “Growing Up In Scientology” YouTube channel. He was also a main interviewee on the docu-series “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.” Since leaving the cult, he has devoted himself and his career to unmasking the harmful practices and beliefs held by the international religion.   This episode was recorded on December 23, 2023     - Links -   2024 tour details can be found here - https://jordanbpeterson.com/events     Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/   For Aaron Smith-Levin:   “Growing Up in Scientology” YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/@GrowingUpInScientology/videos  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Jan 20241h 25min

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson speaks with ex-KGB spy, author, and podcaster, Jack Barsky. They discuss Jack’s upbringing under the communist utopian dream, following the motivating sentiment of “freedom for the oppressed,” how he embedded himself in American society, what brought him into contact with the FBI, and how he was able to walk away. Jack Barsky (born Albrecht Dittrich, Jack being at first an American alias) is a German-American author, IT specialist and former sleeper agent of the KGB. He spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988, and was exposed after the Cold War. Barsky then became a resource for U.S. counterintelligence agencies, which secured his citizenship. His autobiography, “Deep Undercover,” was published in 2017. This episode was recorded December 9th, 2023   - Links -   For Jack Barsky:  Psychology Podcast website https://www.kgbspychology.com/ Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Undercover-Tangled-Allegiances-America/dp/1496416821 Jack’s personal website https://jackbarsky.com/ On Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackbarsky/ On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jackbarskyofficial/ On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/spybarsky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Jan 20241h 40min

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson speaks with English actor, musician, broadcaster, and party leader Laurence Fox. They discuss his current canceling, arrest, and litigation, the globalist scheming of London's current mayor, Sadiq Khan, the ironic expansion of surveillance cameras across England, and the state of Western Democracy when removed from humor, art, and nuance.   Laurence Fox graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2001. He debuted as a screen actor in 2001’s The Hole, directed by Nick Hamm. He is likely best known in the entertainment world for his 10 year stint as James Hathaway in the TV show Lewis. In 2020, Fox criticized both the George Floyd riots, and the COVID vaccine mandates, coming from the Conservative point of view. He then founded the Reclaim Party, from which he unsuccessfully ran for mayor. Since this, he has been ever-present in the media, denouncing political correctness.   This episode was recorded on December 11th, 2023   Dr. Jordan B. Peterson speaks with English actor, musician, broadcaster, and party leader Laurence Fox. They discuss his current canceling, arrest, and litigation, the globalist scheming of London's current mayor, Sadiq Khan, the ironic expansion of surveillance cameras across England, and the state of Western Democracy when removed from humor, art, and nuance.   Laurence Fox graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2001. He debuted as a screen actor in 2001’s The Hole, directed by Nick Hamm. He is likely best known in the entertainment world for his 10 year stint as James Hathaway in the TV show Lewis. In 2020, Fox criticized both the George Floyd riots, and the COVID vaccine mandates, coming from the Conservative point of view. He then founded the Reclaim Party, from which he unsuccessfully ran for mayor. Since this, he has been ever-present in the media, denouncing political correctness.   This episode was recorded on December 11th, 2023     - Links -   For Laurence Fox:   Reclaim Media https://www.youtube.com/c/ReclaimTheMedia_   On X https://twitter.com/LozzaFox?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor   On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lozzafox1/?hl=en  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Jan 20241h 37min

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with investment expert and author Terrence Keeley. They discuss the recent success of the ARC conference, the reality of climate narratives and the ESG mafia, the cost effective solutions to some of our most pressing problems, and the positive side of societal betterment via impact investing.   Terrence Keeley is an American investment expert and author who has worked with and managed some of the largest investment organizations in the world. Besides having been an executive at Blackrock, Terrence also founded and served as the Senior Managing Principal of Sovereign Trends, LLC, an advisory firm for and about sovereign institutions. From 1987-2010 he was a senior managing director at UBS Investment Bank, where he oversaw the firm’s transactional and advisory relations with central banks, sovereign wealth funds, ministries of finance, public pension funds, and multilateral organizations, including the IMF and World Bank.   Terrence served as a consultant to Pope Francis’ financial reform commission, overseeing the Vatican bank. He is also a founding director of the Financial Hippocratic Oath movement. From 1982-85 he served as one of the first young trustees on the Notre Dame Board. Today he is also a frequent commentator/author on all issues relating to international finance, cross-border capital movements and global financial governance. He is married to Saskia Bory of Geneva, Switzerland. Their two sons attended the Lycée Français de New York.​   This episode was recorded on October 13th, 2023     - Links -   2024 tour details can be found here - https://jordanbpeterson.com/events   For Terrence Keeley: Learn about how to go beyond ESG investing here  https://www.1pointsix.com/   Sustainable (Book) Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Sustainable-Moving-Beyond-Impact-Investing/dp/0231206801 Columbia University Press https://cup.columbia.edu/book/sustainable/9780231206808 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Jan 20241h 41min

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in-person with longevity and chronic pain expert, Dr. Adeel Khan. They discuss how Adeel helped treat Dr. Peterson and his wife Tammy for chronic pain, how gene-editing via stem cells will be the inevitable future of medicine, the doomed nature of restriction-based dieting, the physiological basis behind depression, and the current state of research giving new insights into longevity.   Dr. Adeel Khan completed his MD at the University of Ottawa in Canada. After training in sports medicine and interventional pain, he specialized in regenerative medicine. He co-founded Xalt and is the Chief Scientific Officer of Science & Humans. He is also the chief medical officer for Minicircle, the world’s first reversible gene therapy. He has a special interest in using interventional procedures to treat weightlifting injuries, as well as chronic neck and back pain. Dr. Khan is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at University of Toronto.   This episode was recorded on Dec 29th, 2023.   - Links -   For Dr. Adeel Khan: On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dr.akhan/?hl=en On TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@theregendoc?lang=en Learn more about Dr. Khan's clinic Eterna Health and the services we offer here https://eterna.health/ Find out how to attend our upcoming anti-aging/longevity conference Unlock Longevity in Austin, TX on Feb. 24, 2024 here https://eterna.health/unlock-longevity/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Dec 20231h 36min

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with author, philosopher, and app developer Sam Harris. They discuss the benefits of routine meditation, deleting X (twitter), the issue of defining a Higher Good, the reality of evil, and the difficulty in establishing a shared morality.   Sam Harris is the author of five New York Times best sellers. His books include The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, Waking Up, and Islam and the Future of Tolerance (with Maajid Nawaz). The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. His writing and public lectures cover a wide range of topics—neuroscience, moral philosophy, religion, meditation practice, human violence, rationality—but generally focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live.   - Links -   For Sam Harris:   30 FREE days on the Waking Up app https://www.wakingup.com/peterson Website and “Making Sense Podcast” https://www.samharris.org/ On X https://twitter.com/MakingSenseHQ On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/samharrisorg/?hl=en  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Dec 20232h 7min

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in-person with author and podcaster, Michael Malice. They discuss his latest book, “The White Pill.” From this they explore the philosophy of Ayn Rand, anarchism, the history and rebranded atrocities of Czarist Russia, and why utopian visions cyclically entice generations of people, despite leaving each one devastated for their commitment.   Michael Malice is the author of “Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il” and The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics,” “The White Pill,” and organizer of “The Anarchist Handbook.” He is also the subject of the graphic novel “Ego & Hubris,” written by the late Harvey Pekar of American Splendor fame. He is the host of “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice. Malice has co-authored books with several prominent personalities, including “Made in America” (the New York Times best selling autobiography of UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes), “Concierge Confidential” (one of NPR’s top 5 celebrity books of the year), and “Black Man, White House” (comedian D. L. Hughley’s satirical look at the Obama years, a New York Times best seller). He is also the founding editor of “Overheard in New York.”     - Links -   For Michael Malice:   The White Pill (Book) https://www.amazon.com/White-Pill-Tale-Good-Evil/dp/B0BNZ7XZ5T/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1703176917&sr=1-1   On X twitter.com/michaelmalice   On Locals Malice.locals.com   On Youtube https://www.youtube.com/michaelmaliceofficial   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Dec 20232h 6min