# Helen Pluckrose

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#1020 - James Lindsay

James Lindsay is an American author, mathematician, and cultural critic best known for co-orchestrating the 2017–2018 Grievance Studies Affair, where he, Peter Boghossian, and Helen Pluckrose submitted hoax papers to academic journals to expose perceived ideological biases in fields like gender stu…

James Lindsay on Marx, Education, and the History of “Woke”

I sat down with James Lindsay to unpack how woke Marxist ideology infiltrated Western society, starting from Marx himself up through the political turmoil of the past decade. While working on the “Grievance Studies” hoax papers alongside Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose, James began to realize …

Helen Pluckrose: From Social Justice to Social (In)Justice

In this episode, Eric talks with writer and cultural commentator Helen Pluckrose about a pattern that shows up in universities, organizations, and public life: the slow shift from inquiry to certainty. Helen’s work began with a simple concern about the health of academic debate. Over time, that con…

2 Liberal Atheists and the Virus of ‘Wokism’ w/ Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay

In this can’t miss episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, Charlie is joined by Dr. Peter Boghossian, a full-time faculty member in the department of philosophy at Portland State University and author of “How to Have Impossible Conversations, along withJames Lindsay, founder and president of NewDiscourse…

#184 - Helen Pluckrose - Liberalism, Free Speech & the Authoritarian Turn

Helen Pluckrose joins me to discuss how liberalism was lost and why free speech, individual liberty and viewpoint diversity need to be defended from both the authoritarian left and the authoritarian right. Helen explains why liberalism does not mean “left wing”, why it is better understood as the o…

S2 E5 Power, knowledge and language in neurodiversity with Helen Pluckrose

Have you noticed that the way some people talk about neurodiversity has changed? Have you heard that diagnostic language is violent, that neurodivergent people are oppressed by neuronormative standards and that it’s ableist to suggest that it’s preferable to be non-disabled, if that’s an option? Ha…

E110: The Grievance Studies Affair: A Rhetorical and Political History (Part 1)

In the first installment of this multi-part series, Alex and Calvin trace the intellectual genealogy behind one of the most consequential academic hoaxes of the past decade.  In Part 1, we outline the precursor hoax perpetrated by Alan Sokal, and then introduce the three figures who would come to o…

Does the language you speak shape who you are?

We usually think of language as a tool to express who we are and what we believe. But what if it’s the other way around? What if language actually shapes us? In this episode, we explore whether the language(s) we speak can influence our culture, our values and even our perceptions of the world. …

How does language affect how we think?

Does language shape the way we think? In this episode of @DohaDebates, host Nadir Nahdi is joined by Lera Boroditsky, Safwan Masri, David Shariatmadar and Helen Pluckrose to discuss how language affects the way we perceive things. Can language itself radically shift worldviews and values? The vi…