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Hosted by Eiynah Mohammed-Smith · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 280 episodes
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Growing up in Saudi Arabia as a Pakistani, who now resides in Canada, Eiynah brings a global perspective to discussions about religion, politics, culture & sexuality - through the lens of a progressive ex-muslim immigrant. This podcast often focuses on unpacking various forms of extremism, particularly types that are less overt and masquerading as ‘intellectual’. Eiynah has a specific interest in covering online scenes like New Atheism and the Intellectual Dark Web. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Eiynah Mohammed-Smith hosts Polite Conversations, a society show with 280 episodes published.
[Aired originally for premium patrons in Dec 2025] Hope you enjoy this episode. I put a lot of work into listening to all these comedians and gathering clips. It’s a subject that feels very personal, because I grew up in
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[ aired originally August 13, 2025 on Patreon, released on the main feed Nov 2025] Finnish expert on far-right extremism Sami Eerola [ https://bsky.app/profile/eerolasami.bsky.social ] joins me for a conversation about t
What meaning do flags and flags and symbols of nationalism hold? —— This is a clip from pt 3 of my conversation with Canadian Journalist of Israeli background, Corey Atad. Find the extended version of the convo here: htt
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Concerned about rising antisemitism? The largest portion of blame should be placed on institutions that deliberately conflate Zionism and Jewish people… institutions that deem any criticism of Israeli war crimes, Israeli
Popular leftist Canadian Twitch streamer & YouTuber Lance, from The Serfs joins me to discuss American Leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. We discuss the controversies surrounding Hasan, the threat he poses to the estab
[This is pt 3 of 3 - Find the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos/posts/ep-113-double-162731875?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link ] I
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Here’s the first part of my conversation with Canadian Journalist Corey Atad, who is of Israeli background. In this part we talk about his relationship to Israel, how it has affected his personal relationships and politi
Here’s a little look at my upcoming 3-part conversation with Canadian Journalist Corey Atad, who is of Israeli background. Lots of twists and turns, agreements and disagreements - this monster sized ep has it all. We tal
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Join myself & Canadian journalist Scott Martin for a discussion on the increase in the normalization of extremism in Canadian Mainstream media. We talk about how that phenomenon is deeply connected to the constant whitew
The extended version of this episode has now been unlocked, thanks to new subscribers! Pls help me unlock more episodes by subscribing via patreon.com/nicemangos — What happens when an EXTREMELY Rational atheist, who sco
A clip from the episode ‘Hating Bill Maher’ with Will Weldon, host of the I Hate Bill Maher Podcast. Find the full public episodes here: Pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/30CfS6AdYhwbgyOzc7KCih?si=_naBOjzjSiOk2Hr1oT
I discuss the crybullying response of Israel supporters to the recent NYT report by Nick Kristof, titled ‘The Silence that meets the R*pe of Palestinians’. Among those supporters, we discuss reponses by Shermer, Douglas
A clip from the episode ‘Hating Bill Maher’ with Will Weldon, host of the I Hate Bill Maher Podcast. Find the full public episodes here: Pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/30CfS6AdYhwbgyOzc7KCih?si=_naBOjzjSiOk2Hr1oT
What happens when an EXTREMELY Rational atheist, who scoffs at others for believing in silly things like a magical sky daddy - aka ‘god’ …. Starts believing that his computer -Or chatbot to be more precise- is ALIVE … an
A clip from the episode ‘Hating Bill Maher’ with Will Weldon, host of the I Hate Bill Maher Podcast. Find the full public episodes here: Pt 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/30CfS6AdYhwbgyOzc7KCih?si=_naBOjzjSiOk2Hr1oT
This episode has now been unlocked, as promised! My guest for this episode is William Gillis (@rechelon.bsky.social), an anarchist author with a background in physics. We covered a broad range of topics in this conversat
Australian journalist (@mckinnon_a) Alex McKinnon (from Deepcut News) joins me to discuss the excessive ‘cancellations’ and speech restrictions in Australia, around the topic of Palestine. We also talk about the asymmetr
Scott Martin
interventional pain specialist and regenerative medicine consultant · Wildcatters Baseball
1 appearance on this show
Will Weldon
comedian and host of the I Hate Bill Maher podcast · I Hate Bill Maher Podcast
4 appearances on this show
David Frum
The Atlantic
1 appearance on this show
Douglas Murray
Author of "On Democracies and Death Cults"
1 appearance on this show
Matthew Sheffield
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Haidt
social psychologist, professor, bestselling author · NYU
4 appearances on this show
Dr. Caitlin Green
health coach
5 appearances on this show
Sam Harris
19th c. local Black history icon · Williamsburg, Virginia
1 appearance on this show
Lawrence Krauss
theoretical physicist and cosmologist · The Origins Project Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Andy Kindler
comedian
2 appearances on this show
Jay Shapiro
2 appearances on this show
Jack Graham
Pastor · Prestonwood Baptist Church
1 appearance on this show
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