Best Contrapoints Podcasts (2025)

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EP.255 - DAVID BYRNE 1:31:07

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Adam talks with American musician, author, director and co-founder of Talking Heads, David Byrne, about Reasons To Be Cheerful, biking in London and New York, outsider music, his new album Who Is The Sky, songwriting, music videos, dancing and memories. List of the song clips used in the introduction on Adam's website HERE Conversation recorded fac…

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Onion Nuggetz 8/27/25 - Pimpmunk Died - Trump Dying? - LilNasX Arrested - Paul's Third Party 4:24:14

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By Deep Fat Fried

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Sydney Sweeney and the Outrage Machine 1:10:50

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Sydney Sweeney is Hollywood’s most-discussed starlet, often for confusing reasons. Her existence as a visible woman with a human body made her the target of widespread male adoration, ridicule, and political projection. How she navigates being the new Miss American Dream is yielding increasingly bizarre results — what’s the deal with her eugenics, …

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Onion Nuggetz 8/12/25 Trump Takes Over DC, Gay Marriage in Jeopardy 3:50:34

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Tournament of Politicians Onion Nuggetz 8/8/25 2:40:52

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The Trans Teen Imprisoned for Refusing to Join the IDF 56:02

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Yona Roseman is 19. In two weeks, the Israeli government is imprisoning her for refusing to join Israel's military, for which service is required by all Israeli Jewish teenagers. Because she is transgender, Yona anticipates she’ll be kept in solitary confinement for 22 hours per day. She’s been brutalized by cops who hurl slurs at her despite Israe…

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Onion Nuggetz 8/5/25 - Cenk Jubilee - Boogie2988 Marriage - MTG Disses GOP 5:02:08

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How Inequality of Wealth and Power are like Obesity and Diabetes

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Why are human beings so greedy and why are our societies so hierarchical, if our ancestors were so fiercely egalitarian? What is “human nature” in this regard? A new theory about inequality of wealth and power in human societies. TO SUPPORT MY EXISTENCE: PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS PATREON PER EPISODE DONATIONS KO-FI ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DO…

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Maxwell Mayhem - Evil AI - Joe Rogan's Texas Flop - Carnies, Mutations, Dementia 5:13:16

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By Deep Fat Fried

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Crazy Hypotheticals - Hulk Hogan Dead - Ghislaine Drama - Trump vs. South Park 4:59:12

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Jojo Siwa: The Internet’s Court Jester 1:32:06

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Jojo Siwa has been a lot of things: an eleven-year-old abused on television for public entertainment, a tween merchandising mogul with a billion dollar brand, Nickelodeon’s first out gay child star, and most recently, a dollar store trad wife. Behind the facade of endlessly shapeshifting court jester, though, Jojo Siwa is a 22-year-old human who ha…

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EP.254 - JESSICA KNAPPETT WITH MUSIC FROM DAUDI MATSIKO LIVE @ YORK THEATRE ROYAL, 2024 1:16:07

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Adam talks with British writer, actor and comedian Jessica Knappett live on stage in York and in the second half, describes his perfect day for Jessica's podcast. There's also music from British Ugandan musician Daudi Matsiko Conversation recorded in front of an audience at the Theatre Royal, York on 28th May, 2024 DONATE TO MSF IS OUR GOVERNMENT C…

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The Life of Musk - Hunter Biden Unleashed - MAGA Schism - RIP OZZY 6:11:38

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The New York Times Thinks Gays Have Gone Too Far (with Chase Strangio) 2:01:11

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On the twilight of Pride Month, the New York Times published (and sent out a push notification for) a guest essay titled “How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized and Lost Its Way” by a gay journalist named Andrew Sullivan. If you thought I could resist this A Bit Fruity bait, you’d be wrong. Today, Chase Strangio — who recently made history as the …

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Onion Nuggetz 7/11/25 - Contrapoints Disappoints - MAGA shakeup - Scamazon Slime Day 5:10:16

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EP.253 - SQUID 1:03:59

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Adam talks with the members of celebrated English 5 piece Squid about band dynamics, whether they belong to the genre 'Ramen Rock', working with 'Windmill scene' producer Dan Carey, sweary shop assistants, the perils of playing pissed, and a very deep philosophical question. They also play a couple of songs from their recent album Cowards. Plus, Ad…

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Onion Nuggetz 7/8/25 - TEXAS FLOOD HIJINX - EPSTEIN HAD NO CLIENTS - ELON'S THIRD PARTY - SUPERMAN REVIEWS 5:40:16

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By Deep Fat Fried

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Onion Nuggetz 7/1/25 - TRUMP: "DEPORT ELON!" - CHATGPT PSYCHOSIS - BOB VYLAN CENSORED - DEBT EXPLOSION 4:22:32

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Hello, Fellow Jews! How Lies About Oslo led to the Destruction of Gaza

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My message to Jewish supporters of the war in Gaza. (TIMESTAMPS BELOW) TO SUPPORT MY EXISTENCE: PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS: PATREON PER EPISODE DONATIONS: KO-FI ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS: TRANSCRIPT BIBLIOGRAPHY / WORKS CITED VIDEO VERSION AUDIO PODCAST (or search for “worbs” on your podcast app) RSS FEED tweeter: @worbsintowords ALL …

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EP.252 - GUZ KHAN (LIVE) 1:15:22

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Adam talks with British comedian, actor, and writer Guz Khan about parenthood, accents, languages, chatting shit and getting banged, how older Asian men respond when a prankster moans in their ears, and Guz demonstrates a dramatic strategy for getting Adam on Taskmaster. CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE Conversation recorded live at Manchester's Alber…

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Why Is Everyone Going Back Into the Closet? 1:14:24

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From granola fascism to the manosphere, much gets said of the various right-wing pipelines people have gone down in the years since lockdown. One such pipeline remains more mysterious. When you think of conversion therapy, do you imagine a doctor administering shocks to a gay man strapped to a chair? A queer child sent to conversion camp against th…

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Onion Nuggetz 6/24/25 - FAKE CEASEFIRE - LOOMER EATS DOGFOOD - MUSK vs. GROK 6:21:48

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EP.251 - DECLAN McKENNA 46:52

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Adam talks with English singer/songwriter Declan McKenna about not going off the rails, why classic music can sound boring, why Robin Williams' best film was 1 Hour Photo and keeping your head in the music industry. Declan also performs an acoustic version of his track Elevator Hum. Recorded face-to-face in London on 11th April, 2024 Thanks to Séam…

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Onion Nuggetz 6/19/25 - MAGA CIVIL WAR - WORLD WAR 3 - WAR OF 1812 2 4:38:44

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EP.250 - JONNY SWEET 1:28:40

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Adam talks with British writer, actor and comedian Jonny Sweet about class, shame, not feeling at home in your own skin and other themes in his debut novel The Kellerby Code, as well as how promoting a book encourages authors to make up a load of bullshit about the themes in their books. Adam and Jonny also swap news of ailments and an unsettling S…

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TRUMBUSH - IRAN HIJINX - FOREVER WARS Onion Nuggetz 6/17/25 6:17:49

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Never Apologize to Fascists (with Contrapoints) 1:11:18

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Last week, world-class athlete Simone Biles stood up to failed-athlete-turned-crybully Riley Gaines when Riley antagonized a transgender child to her 1.5 million Twitter followers. A harassment campaign, which has become a standard (and winning!) online strategy for online right, ensued against Simone. The comments flooded in, eviscerating the gymn…

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EP.249 - PAULINE BLACK 59:20

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Adam talks with English author, actor and frontperson of seminal ska band The Selecter, Pauline Black about the early days of Two Tone, her experiences growing up feeling out of place as part of an adoptive family in Essex and how she came to be reunited with her biological mother. Conversation recorded face-to-face in Coventry on 8th May, 2025 Tha…

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Onion Nuggetz 6/7/25 - Trump vs. Musk, Andy Dick Adventures in Los Angeles, Summoning Demons, Jordan Peterson Bigotry 4:42:41

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Onion Nuggetz 6/3/25 - ACTOR MURDERED - RUSSIA/UKRAINE HEATS UP - FETTERMAN MELTS - MUSK BACKSTABS TRUMP 7:04:46

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EP.248 - LOYLE CARNER 1:07:21

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Adam talks with British-Guyanese hip hop musician Loyle Carner about Mums, Dads, being a parent, kids' music, bear attacks, managing ADHD, unwelcome thoughts and the value (vs the potential danger) of hope. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 12th May, 2025 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversat…

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The Antisemitism Panic (with Matt Lieb) 1:20:07

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“From the river to the sea” is antisemitic. “Free Palestine” is antisemitic. Children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel raising money for child amputees is antisemitic. ICE is kidnapping college students for antisemitism. Trump is dismantling higher education because of antisemitism. As a Jew, I’m… confused. And uncomfortable. Today, we examine the validity of…

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Why Elites Ruined the Meaning of the Left Right Political Spectrum (and we need it back!)

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Market Exit, like many others before him, tells us that the left-right political spectrum is obsolete and does more harm than good. That’s because he doesn’t know what they mean. This video explains: 1. What the political left and right actually mean 2. Why elites don’t want us to know what they mean 3. How confusion about left and right is a major…