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HeterodorxThe Straight-Inclusive Queer Majority with Rio VeradonirA founding editor of online magazine Queer Majority, Rio Veradonir advocates “an inclusive vision of queerness grounded in the liberal value of universal human rights, rather than identity politics.” We discuss liberalism, anti-liberalism, the gay press, extremism in media, neo-marxism, critical social justice, legitimate vs made-up oppression, population politics, the right to hurt yourself, the distribution of mens’ IQs, and, most importantly, pegging. Nina argues against surrogacy, Cori shares his podcast goals, and both admire Veradonir’s use of the word “orthopraxy.” We also use the word “retarded” because Heterodorx is a free speech zone. Liberty for all!Links:Q...2025-02-271h 08
Damage Control'Queer' radicalism, bisexuality and more (ft. Rio Veradonir)"Queer Majority" editor-in-chief Rio Veradonir joins the DAMAGE CONTROL podcast to discuss queer radicalism, bisexuality, and more. Follow Rio on Twitter: https://x.com/RVeradonir Check out Queer Majority: https://queermajority.com/ 2024-09-0138 min
The DissidentsEp. 033: Slippery Slopes: Helen Pluckrose & Rio Veradonir talk Liberal Norms and Moral PanicThis week we talk culture, ideological politics, philosophy, and law with the celebrated author of Cynical Theories (Helen Pluckrose) and the Assistant Director at the Bi Foundation and editor-in-chief of Queer Majority (Rio Veradonir). Helen and Rio speak with Mike and Elizabeth about challenges to liberalism, past, present, and future. They also share their reasons to celebrate and be hopeful.
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Queer Majority: https://www.queermajority.com/
Bi Foundation: https://bi.org/en/about
Bailey, Allison (2014). The Unlevelled Knowing Field: An Engagement with Dotson's Third-Order Epistemic Oppression. Social...2023-12-142h 11
Moving Forward#141 Authoritarianism❌Alex Chaney, host of the Yang Daily Podcast, joins us today to discuss a topic of his choosing: authoritarianism.2020-09-071h 05Moving Forward#140 From Clickbait to The Fourth Estate📰Adam Hallissey, Editor-in-Chief of The Progressive Brief, joins the pod today. Adam got his start in journalism in 2015 with a pro Bernie Sanders blog that went viral. He explains how the rush for clickbait, and the easy money that it brings, led him down a path toward the dark side: fake news. "I realized I didn't really believe in most of what I was writing." Today, his online magazine is more nuanced, and his own perspective is decidedly more pragmatic.2020-08-301h 29Moving Forward#139 Three Right Turns↩️This crossover episode with Three Right Turns doubles as the introduction to many upcoming conversations between Rio & A.Ron Hubbard.2020-08-261h 33Moving Forward#138 The Dividend Report II - Rio🎙This is the second of two crossover episodes in which Seth Underwood of The Dividend Report interviews Corey and Rio separately about their "breakup" and the future of Moving Forward.2020-08-201h 48Moving Forward#137 The Dividend Report I - Corey🎙This is the first of two crossover episodes in which Seth Underwood of The Dividend Report interviews Corey and Rio separately about their "breakup" and the future of Moving Forward.2020-08-1955 minMoving Forward#136 Rethinking Humanity🍁Lacey Delayne of the Rethinking Humanity podcast joins us. We discuss her interest in the writings of philosopher Erich Fromm, how they relate to the ideas of Andrew Yang, and why Human Capitalism is superior to traditional Social Democracy.2020-08-181h 00Moving Forward#135 The Horse Race 🏇🏇🏿Tom Leung, host of Nerds for Humanity, rejoins the pod. As one of our new recurring guest stars, Tom’s conversations will be focused on political data and statistics. We discuss national and state-wide polls and other relevant facts related to the US presidential election.2020-08-171h 12Moving Forward#134 Anarcho-Communism🏴☠️Chester (Chet) Gaines rejoins the pod, this time to school Rio on the topic of anarcho-communism.2020-08-141h 45Moving Forward#133 Preserving Liberalism🗽Jenner Zeno, host of Mindwave, rejoins the pod to help Rio process the “breakup” with his ex cohost Corey.2020-08-131h 17Moving Forward#132 New Progressive Voice(s)🌳For this crossover episode, Joshua interviews Rio & Corey about the future of the Moving Forward Podcast via his Youtube channel New Progressive Voice.2020-08-091h 35Moving Forward#131 Cohosts’ Quarrel👨❤️👨Productive disagreement and consensus building are hard. Off air, cohosts Rio & Corey have nearly broken up many times. So far, they’ve managed to stay together. Is this time different?2020-08-041h 49Moving Forward#130 “Alt Left” vs “Alt Right”🔁Does the “alt left” pose a threat to the DNC establishment similar to that of the “alt right” in the GOP? Today’s guest is a lifelong Democrat who thinks the answer is an unequivocal yes. Corey disagrees. Rio is more sympathetic.2020-08-031h 14Moving Forward#129 Fascism. is. Bad.It’s rare, although disturbingly less so these days, to meet someone who openly admits to supporting fascism. But what is fascism? What are its characteristics, where does it fall on the political spectrum, and how does it relate to our politics in this moment?2020-07-261h 21Moving Forward#128 It’s Not Me, It’s You💔Former Andrew Yang staffer Rebecca Nagy rejoins the pod to help us learn from the campaign’s mistakes. Also, Rio breaks up with the Yang Gang.🥺2020-07-1539 minMoving Forward#127 Plenty of Blame🎭Former Democratic political consultant Brad Nickel helps us decipher who is to blame for the cynicism and apathy of the US electorate.2020-07-1152 minMoving Forward#126 The New Narrative🗣We make the case for a narrative of cohesion to replace that of division: Conservatives and progressives are not enemies. We’re allies, whose ideas strengthen one another. Only together can we preserve American democracy. It’s up to us to claim our agency and be heard.2020-07-0838 minMoving Forward#125 Republicans for Biden🐘A double feature with our last episode: We speak to Carl, a 40 year old Republican who plans for the first time in his life to vote for a Democrat for president.2020-06-241h 16Moving Forward#124 Commies for Biden🔨One of our behind-the-scenes interns, the oft mentioned Chet, finally rejoins the pod to discuss why he believes the far left should vote for Joe Biden.2020-06-231h 37Moving Forward#123 Down in the Drumpfs😞Bunker baby throws a tantrum, after being pwned by tweens. Meanwhile, Yang Gang fires a bazooka at its own 🍆 .2020-06-2135 minMoving Forward#122 Pragmatic Progressive(s)🐻After a long hiatus, AJ (of the Pragmatic Progressive show) rejoins the pod. This time, he brings his brand spanking new cohost Cody. Together with Coreycrat, the three bears of pragmatic progressivism picked Riopublican’s brain about the future of conservatism.2020-06-211h 27Moving Forward#121 UBI For America🧢An OG Yangster explains why the debate about a “progressive” UBI versus “libertarian” UBI is counterproductive.2020-06-141h 15Moving Forward#120 The Great Realignment🇺🇸As developed economies transition from the Industrial Age to the Information Age, centers of capitalist activity are moving. What does this mean for the Republican and Democratic coalitions?2020-06-1248 minMoving Forward#119 Criminal Justice👩🏾✈️We compare and contrast the policy platforms of Joe Biden and Donald Trump as they relate to criminal justice reform.2020-06-101h 56Moving Forward#118 The Hardy Report📰Edward Hardy joins us to discuss the similarities and differences between Brexit and America First.2020-06-0451 minMoving Forward#117 Idpol👤Today, we tackle the totally uncontroversial subject of identity politics. No biggie.2020-06-021h 09Moving Forward#116 Censorship🤫Our country is coming apart at the seams as radicals on both sides incite violence. Meanwhile, Trump picks an idiotic fight with Twitter over his “right” to use their private platform to throw gasoline on the flames.🔥2020-05-3145 minMoving Forward#115 James Treakle🎥Filmmaker and Democratic strategist James Treakle helps us brainstorm ways to broaden the Humanity First coalition beyond the Yang Gang.2020-05-281h 08Moving Forward#114 End Poverty🔐We lay out a nonpartisan plan to end poverty.2020-05-251h 09Moving Forward#113 RINO’s Paradise🦏The “alt right” has displaced the true right from the GOP. Many #NeverTrump conservatives have left the Republican Party. Kudos to the brave rhinos still living among the hyenas.2020-05-2348 minMoving Forward#112 The Darkest Timeline👾What if accelerationists get their way?2020-05-2051 minMoving Forward#111 New Progressive Voice🌳Joshua, host of New Progressive Voice, comes on the pod to help us refine our new narrative around the real divide.2020-05-1848 minMoving Forward#110 Scandaaal😱Not all scandals are made equal. What are the similarities and differences between those plaguing Joe Biden and Donald Trump?2020-05-1731 minMoving Forward#109 The Real Divide🔀 (part2)Conservatives and progressives must find consensus in order to move our country forward. Only by working together can we defeat our true enemies: the regressives and radicals who would turn the clock back on human civilization.2020-05-131h 12Moving Forward#108 The Real Divide🔀 (part1)Populist discontent with liberalism is directly contributing to the rise of authoritarianism globally. In this invisible cold war, where exactly are the battle lines drawn?2020-05-111h 56Moving Forward#107 Heidi Briones🧑🏻💼Today, we speak with one of the first candidates for congress to be endorsed by Andrew Yang and Humanity Forward. Heidi has a real shot to win the primary in Oregon’s first district.2020-05-1046 minMoving Forward#106 Foreign Policy🗺We dive back into our Moving Forward Platform Project. This time, we seek consensus between the default Coreycrat and Riopublican positions on foreign policy.2020-05-061h 32Moving Forward#105 Party Politics⚙️Today, we tackle the two party system: why does it exist, how can we change it, and how do we effectively work within it in the meantime?2020-05-041h 17Moving Forward#104 How Yang Lost🧢In order to dispel the toxic conspiracy theories once and for all, we break down the no-nonsense explanation for how Andrew Yang lost the primary (and what that means for Humanity Forward).2020-05-0155 minMoving Forward#103: Healthcare: Biden vs Trump🏥We compare and contrast Biden’s and Trump’s healthcare policies, demonstrating that Biden’s is significantly better from both a progressive AND a conservative perspective.2020-04-271h 38Moving Forward#102 Why Sanders Lost👴🏻Sanders has done the right thing by dropping out and endorsing Joe Biden. But why did he lose the primary in the first place? Today, we bring the data.2020-04-1741 minMoving Forward#101 Taxes💵We commence our most epic undertaking yet: the development of a Moving Forward Platform. One issue at a time, we’ll build consensus policy positions from scratch. Today, we start with a foundational subject: taxes.2020-04-151h 05Moving Forward#100 Centennial!🥳We reflect upon our 100 episode journey and strategize for the future.2020-04-091h 33Moving Forward#99 Stimulus💸Today, we go over the details of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES).2020-04-021h 00Moving Forward#98 Coronavirus🦠The diametric duo finally returns! We discuss the politics surrounding COVID-19.2020-04-0148 minMoving Forward#97 Mike Broihier for Senate👨🏻🦳Today, we speak to Mike Broihier, who is running for Senate in Kentucky with a platform that includes Universal Basic Income. Mike’s campaign has several staffers who also worked on Andrew Yang’s presidential run. Together, they aim to unseat Mitch McConnell. www.mikeforky.com2020-03-1047 minMoving Forward#96 Nerds 4 Humanity🤓Tom, of Nerds 4 Yang, rejoins the pod to help us sort out the future of Humanity First.2020-03-011h 11Moving Forward#95 Education🏫A. Ron Hubbard, host of the “Three Right Turns” podcast, joins us for a discussion about Education reform.2020-02-271h 10Moving Forward#94 Ethics👤In the tradition of our past episode on “Values,” (#49), we’re sitting down today to focus on another overlooked issue at the root of political disagreements: Ethics.2020-02-261h 32Moving Forward#93 Debate Talk📢It’s time for another installment in our crossover series with The Dividend Report’s Seth Underwood. We discuss the NV debate as well as Andrew Yang’s commentary on CNN. What does this all mean for the future of #HumanityFirst?2020-02-212h 13Moving Forward#92 The Grifter’s Guide to the Universe💰Credited by Andrew Yang in his book The War on Normal People, Scott Santens is one of the masterminds behind the Freedom Dividend policy. He returns to the pod to help us strategize about the future of the Humanity First movement.2020-02-201h 21Moving Forward#91 Moving Forward➡️Andrew Yang may have suspended his campaign, but the Humanity First movement must carry on.2020-02-151h 12Moving Forward#90 Nationalist to Globalist🌎Trump voter Bryan Frew explains how the Freedom Dividend helped him bridge the “nationalist” / “globalist” divide.2020-02-1227 minMoving Forward#89 Debate Talk📢The Dividend Report’s Seth Underwood rejoins us for another entry in our Debate Talk series.2020-02-121h 23Moving Forward#88 James Ellars👨💼As a member of the UBI Caucus, James Ellars is running for Congress in California’s eighth district.2020-02-071h 04Moving Forward#87 A Sanders Presidency?👴🏻A Bernie Sanders nomination seems increasingly likely. To reflect upon this, we invited Elizabeth (a former Sanders supporter turned Yang Gang) on the pod to explain why she’s gone from feeling the Bern to #NeverBernie.2020-02-051h 16Moving Forward#86 A Savior in the Truest SenseVincent Miller is an ex Trump supporter who was de-radicalized (his words) by Andrew Yang’s campaign.2020-02-031h 08Moving Forward#85 Dan Ross🧑🏻🦱Despite struggling with homelessness, Dan Ross was inspired by the Yang campaign to run for Congress in New York. How’s that for grassroots?2020-02-0131 minMoving Forward#84 A Smart Trump Supporter😱Trump’s base is less educated on average than those of past Republican presidents. With degrees in political science, international conflict resolution, and psychology, Rio’s friend Mattaus Pfeiffer is a diamond in the Trumpkin rough.2020-01-3055 minMoving Forward#83 Zoltan Istvan🤖We speak with our first Republican member of the UBI Caucus - and our first presidential candidate. Zoltan is a transhumanist running in the GOP presidential primary, with an aim to transforming the Republican Party for the better.2020-01-2535 minMoving Forward#82 Eddie Briseño🧑🏽🦱Today, we spoke with Humanity For Yang’s Social Media Meister Eddie Briseño. He gives us some useful advice on how to grow the Yang Gang. TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chupwn2020-01-181h 22Moving Forward#81 Debate Talk📢The Dividend Report’s Seth Underwood joins us in the “Wine Cave” for our fourth Debate Talk (and the first that didn’t include Andrew Yang). We weigh in on what that means.2020-01-152h 03Moving Forward#80 Healthcare - Part III👨⚕️Medical Doctor and healthcare policy advocate Brian Sachs joins us for the final episode in our healthcare series. Brian, who does mission & charity work, explains why he believes Andrew Yang’s healthcare plan is the best on offer.2020-01-1248 minMoving Forward#79 Healthcare - Part II🏥We continue our all-encompassing analysis of every detail in Andrew Yang’s new healthcare policy platform.2020-01-112h 11Moving Forward#78 Healthcare - Part I🏥This is the first episode in our three part series covering Andrew Yang’s new healthcare policy platform.2020-01-101h 43Moving Forward#77 A Rose By Another Name🌹Jonathan Munitz, host of the “Hill of Roses” podcast, explains why he recently stopped supporting Bernie Sanders and instead joined the Yang Gang.2020-01-0655 minMoving Forward#76 Rashad Lloyd🧔🏾Happy New Year! 🥳 Our Moving Forward resolution is to talk to every single member of the UBI Caucus, one at a time. So, today we bring you Rashad Lloyd, who is running for Congress in Maryland’s 5th district.2020-01-0246 minMoving Forward#75 Commies for Yang 🔨Chet Gaines is a self-identified anarcho-communist Yangster who sees “post scarcity” as an opportunity to achieve the goals of the old guard left in new guard ways.2019-12-3056 minMoving Forward#74 Wine Cave🍷The Dividend Report’s Seth Underwood joins us for the fourth entry in our ongoing crossover series: Debate Talk📢2019-12-211h 57Moving Forward#73 The Ghost Town Problem🏚We discuss four policies from Andrew Yang’s platform, each of which addresses the crisis of dying small town economies in a unique way.2019-12-122h 06Moving Forward#72 The UBI Caucus!👥Ryan Blevins returns to tell us about his exciting new project: He’s building a coalition of congressional candidates who support a Universal Basic Income. So far, there are 26 Democrats, Independents, and Republicans in the nonpartisan caucus.2019-12-0225 minMoving Forward#71 Thanksgiving Dinner🦃Let’s indulge in a great American tradition: random political talk on Thanksgiving! Corey and Rio stand in for your left and right wing relatives for some good old fashioned taboo turkey talk.2019-11-2830 minMoving Forward#70 Yin for Yang☯️It’s time for another crossover episode! Yin for Yang is a great new podcast that seeks to inform and engage female supporters of Andrew Yang.2019-11-2700 minMoving Forward#69 “F*CK”🤦♂️We discuss the House impeachment hearings and speculate about the upcoming Senate trial, at a time when partisanship is high and patriotism is in low supply.2019-11-241h 07Moving Forward#68 Debate Talk📢The Dividend Report’s Seth Underwood rejoins us for the second in our Debate Talk series, this time to discuss the November Democratic Primary Debate hosted by MSNBC and the Washington Post.2019-11-231h 24Moving Forward#67 Climate - Part II❄️Andrew Yang’s massive climate policy platform continues and concludes.2019-11-122h 11Moving Forward#66 Climate - Part I❄️Our epic discussion of Andrew Yang’s extensive climate policy platform commences...2019-11-111h 41Moving Forward#65 Let’s Make Some States!🇺🇸Today, we cover two more of Andrew Yang’s policies: DC & Puerto Rico statehood.2019-11-1013 minMoving Forward#64 Brodie Mulligan🤠Our mission to help elect pro UBI candidates pushes on. Brodie Mulligan is running for the Texas Senate in full support of Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend policy.2019-11-011h 09Moving Forward#63 Guns🔫With the aid of masked guest “Einherjar,” we seek consensus on one of the most contentious issues in American politics: Guns.2019-10-301h 01Moving Forward#62 Richard Rhodes👨🦳We speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Rhodes about his latest book, “Energy,” in which he chronicles the history of large-scale energy transitions and makes the case for nuclear power as a solution to the climate crisis.
After reading Rhodes i had the EXACT reaction as the following.
Data must ALWAYS win!!
"Cravens and I, for example, both encountered respected scientists, men of honesty and integrity — in my case, the Nobel laureate physicists Hans Bethe and Luis Alvarez, among others — who quietly educated us in the relative risks and benefits of nuclear energy. As a result, we both concluded, independently, that the b...2019-10-281h 00Moving Forward#61 Fred Ramey Redux 🚚We had Fred Ramey on again to ask him about the press coverage he’s received since Andrew Yang said “I have a trucker friend named Fred” on the debate stage.2019-10-251h 03Moving Forward#60 Ryan Blevins👨💼Ryan Blevins is a robotics engineer running for Congress in CA’s 10th district. We talk about his experience creating the robots automating away our jobs. Plus, we discuss how the Yang Gang can help elect people like Ryan - so we can pass the much needed Freedom Dividend.2019-10-2442 minMoving Forward#58 Saving Democracy✊In honor of Elijah Cummings, who recently passed, we are doing a policy episode focusing on Andrew Yang’s electoral reform policies: Restoration of Voting Rights, Automatic Voter Registration, Make Election Day a Holiday, End Partisan Gerrymandering & Proportional Selection of Electors. Plus, we touch on the Trump/Russia stuff.2019-10-2158 minMoving Forward#57 Debate Talk📢Today, we’ve got another crossover episode: The Dividend Report’s Seth Underwood joins us for our post debate analysis. We discuss Yang’s exchanges with Warren and Sanders about automation, trade, and the Federal Jobs Guarantee, plus more!2019-10-171h 04Moving Forward#56 Finance & Time Banking🏦Our ambitious undertaking covering every single policy in Andrew Yang’s epic platform continues. This time, we discuss three finance related policies: Algorithmic Trading, Modern Time Banking, and Timing of Payments for Small Businesses.2019-10-1333 minMoving Forward#55 Net Neutrality👨💻Moving Forward gets nerdy today! 🤓 We discuss Andrew Yang’s policy positions on three techy topics: Net Neutrality, Data Ownership, and Crypto & Digital Asset Regulations.2019-10-1145 minMoving Forward#54 Bear Cave: Trade🐻Today, we bring you the third entry in our “Bear Cave” series with AJ Pena (aka “Baby Bear”). This time, we talk Trade. Topics include: tariffs and the trade war, outsourcing and manufacturing, NAFTA and the TPP.2019-10-0836 minMoving Forward#53 Taxes😱We discuss three policies from Andrew Yang’s platform related to everyone’s favorite topic: taxes. We explain how the VAT+UBI is progressive, contrasted with payroll taxes - which are regressive. Plus, we break down how Yang is going to simplify our country’s migraine-inducing tax system.2019-10-0635 minMoving Forward#52 Richard Ojeda👊Former West Virginia State Senator and Retired Army Major Richard Ojeda came to national prominence as an outspoken champion of the Teachers’ Strike. After a brief run as a 2020 Presidential hopeful, he’s ready for the next chapter... and we may have a Moving Forward exclusive scoop. ;)2019-10-041h 04Moving Forward#51 Problem Solver Politics⚖️Today, we talk to the guys at Problem Solver Politics, a new #YangGang podcast that started as a local radio show in Los Angeles.2019-10-031h 08Moving Forward#50 Nikola Danaylov👨🏼🦳Nikola Danaylov is a respected science commentator, bestselling author, and host of the Singularity weblog. We talk algorithms, big data, net neutrality, and more!2019-10-022h 04Moving Forward#49 Values👥Today, we sit down for a hard conversation about values. In debates, differences in fundamental values are often the elephant in the room. So, in an effort to heal the toxic polarization in our political landscape, we seek consensus at the root of many disagreements: values.2019-09-301h 09Moving Forward#48 Bear Cave: Healthcare🐻For the second entry in our new “Bear Cave” series featuring recurring guest AJ Pena (aka “Baby Bear”), we talk Healthcare policy. Specifically, we discuss the ‘public option,’ taxation, and rhetorical strategy.2019-09-2738 minMoving Forward#47 Yang Gang Samurai⚔️We bring you the notorious @trumpwarrior45, aka Manny, an overnight phenom on the Twitterscape who explains how he went from #MAGA to #MATH thanks to Andrew Yang! #YangGangUnited2019-09-261h 03Moving Forward#46 Impeachment👩⚖️We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this special emergency edition of the Moving Forward Podcast. Given recent developments, should Donald Trump be impeached? We break it down, live.2019-09-2549 minMoving Forward#45 Idealism🧠Today, we talk to retired school teacher and ardent Andrew Yang supporter Fred Eder about idealism, education, and honesty in politics.2019-09-2434 minMoving Forward#1 Conservatives for Yang🏛This is the conversation that brought your cohosts together. Corey Cottrell interviewed Rio Veradonir for his progressive morning news show #Coffee. Afterward, this new podcast was born.2019-05-121h 35