Islam vs. Islamism: A Distinction Without a Difference? | Ferghane Azihari

Peter Boghossian walks through Central Park with poet, tarot reader, and bird whisperer Enrique Enriquez. They discuss augury, devotional joy, the language of birds, and the crisis of meaning plaguing young men. Contact Enrique here. Follow Peter Boghossian for more.

Hunter Ash left the left not out of disillusionment but logic. He and Peter Boghossian trace the path from progressive true believer to post-rationalist: Why language became a weapon, what the "progressive stack" is really doing, and whether liberal institutions can survive their own tolerance. See more Peter Boghossian here.

Global macro strategist Michael Every of Rabobank joins Peter Boghossian to dissect how conflict in the Middle East is fracturing global energy markets, exposing the fatal flaw in mainstream economic models: They assume everything returns to normal. From the Strait of Hormuz and dollar dynamics to "reverse perestroika" and the Taiwan question, Every builds a geopolitical and financial framework most analysts refuse to confront. This is the kind of conversation that makes the comfortable assumption of stability look like willful blindness. Click here for more Peter Boghossian.

Is Islam compatible with liberal democracy? Peter and French economist Ferghane Azihari follow the data where it leads. See what Peter's been up to here.

How did queer theory move from a deranged academic ideology to popular, received wisdom? Anita Bartholomew joins me to trace the ideology's rise and the cost to children. Watch full video here. Read more from Peter Boghossian

Philosophy professor and elite climber Bill Ramsey argues that a life without struggle cannot be fulfilling. The same honesty demanded by a rock face should be demanded of us by reason. Watch full video here. Follow Peter Boghossian

Angela Todd is the founder of PDX Real, a Portland Oregon based citizen journalist covering politics, crime, and the realities facing the city. Watch full video here. Follow Peter Boghossian

Europe is sleepwalking into a demographic crisis it may not survive. Jan Vandebeek, Dutch researcher and data scientist, joins Peter Boghossian to lay out the hard numbers behind mass immigration into Europe, the failure of multiculturalism, and what happens to liberal democracy when the population replacing it doesn't share its values. This is not a conversation about feelings. It's a conversation about data, sovereignty, and civilizational survival. Watch full video here. Follow Peter Boghossian

Hakim El Karoui is head of the Paris office of Brunswick, a UK-based communications consultancy. He has authored the report on Islam in France, Un islam français est possible, and Nouveau monde arabe, nouvelle politique arabe pour la France (the New Arab world, a new "Arab policy" for France). We discuss Islamism in France, the Far-Right and Far-Left, assimilation, and more. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Peter Boghossian

Nicolas Pouvreau-Monti is director and co-founder of the Observatoire de l'Immigration & de la Démographie (OID), a French think-tank that provides objective facts and data as well as legal recommendations for sensible immigration policies and effective border control in France and Europe. We discuss immigration data, integration challenges, the rise of Islam and anti-Semitism, political constraints, and more. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Peter Boghossian